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...same time the fact that those most intimate with the conditions have an entirely different view of the matter, forces us to the conclusion that there is at least room for two opinions. In such a serious matter a situation which is even doubtful should not be allowed to exist, if there are ways of improving it. Some claim that the protection is sufficient, but certainly no one can claim that it is the best possible protection under the circumstances...
...Berger has made a personal investigation of the wage question in the United States and has found that the average wage of the working man does not exceed $6.75, while in Lawrence, the textile workers receive less than $6 a week. These conditions exist in spite of the protective tariff which manufacturers claim is primarily to protect labor. Due to the high protective tariff, we are now in a condition of over-production, which forces us to compete with other countries in the world's market, and which is also responsible for our industrial crises, another of which Mr. Berger...
...civilization. Nothing could be more pitiful and blind than for the University to bury itself in books, and pass by an institution which has a purpose so nearly akin to its own. The situation in Europe provides us with an example of what the possibilities are. If any differences exist in the possibilities here, it is that they are greater, and more urgent. Here, more than in Europe, the opera needs backing. Money may be superficially the most important need of the Boston Opera Company, but the more fundamental need is an intelligent interest. This must be the foundation...
...point made by a contributor who, in discussing Socialism, said that the present system of society is fundamentally good and that the evils which exist arise from wrong doing of individuals is very superficial...
...possible adjustment of them to one another. It is a false conception of liberty which looks upon it as a system of disconnected parts, free from co-operation. Freedom is the chance to relate oneself to the force and activity of the mass without destroying oneself, and does not exist in factories where the operatives beg reformers to let things be for fear that reforms will simply cause more suffering and hardship for them, rather than a comparatively slight sacrifice on the part of the employer...