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to the petty tyrannies and squalor of distant states." Milltarlsm. "Why not?" By Ellwood Hend rick.

Atlantic, v. 107, p. 568 (Apr.).

The writer appears to accept at least a rtion of the program of international arbitration, for he favors the neutralization of private property and an international police force. He is not, however, impelled tobywrite anyasperce tionfor of hethe evils of militarism he dpoes, is found the next moment advocating the inter national due] in its most savage form, an um pired combat between picked contestants,

subject to a special code of honor, rendering the present standing armies unnecessary. Mormonism. “The Trail of the Viper." By Alfred Henry Lewis. Cosmopolitan, v. 50, p. 693 (Apr.).

This second article deals with the intrusion of Mormonism into national politics, Senator Reed Smoot coming in for a large share of attention. Party Politics. "The Problem, the Solution, and the Man." By George Harvey. North American Review, v. 193, p. 481 (Apr.).

“The vital problem now confronting the people of the United States, the problem involving the perpetuity of free institutions, the problem which transcends all economic, political and

moral issues, is how to make equitable dis tribution of the combined earnings of labor and capital without rending the fabric of popular government. . . . tion? "ThatPrimarily is the problem. in the spirit Where with lieswhich the solu— the subject is approached. Not independence, but interdependence, has become the law of life in this country. Co-operation, a drawing together in frank and unselﬁsh tolerance of one another’s opinions, is positively essential to the settlement of every great question. And this concurrence must be general, must come not only from all groups, but from all sections. Invariably and naturally the older and richer community is the more conservative, the more reluctant to accept innovation, the more obtuse

in recognizing either the equities or necessities of change." "Champ Clark vs. Joe Cannon." By Edward Marshall. “Joe Cannon vs. Champ Clark." By Henry Mann. Columbion, v. 4, pp. 5, 17 (Apr.).

Interviews with Mr. Clark and Mr. Cannon,

showing their opposed views on leading political issues, especially the tariff. "Mr. Roosevelt, Please Answer."

By M. E.

Stone, _]r. Metropolitan, v. 33, p. 722 (Mar.). Seeking shortcomings in Mr. Roosevelt's record during his ﬁrst term as President. Porto Rico. "Porto Rico in Transition." By Alfred Bishop Mason. Century, v. 81, p. 870 (Apr.). This descri tion of trade conditions in “our Emerald Isle‘ is thorou hly readable. Porto Rico, thinks the writer, s ould never become a

state in _the Union. “It would be a negro and poor white state." Tnrlﬂ (Canadian Reciprocity). "American Affairs." By A. Maurice Low. (337) National Review, v. 57, p. 110 (Mar.).

“Mr. Taft offers the country reciprocity as one of the ways to reduce living expenses by drawing on the cheaper market of Canada for agricultural supplies, and immediately the Insurgents protest that reci rocity will ruin their constituents, who are chieﬂy engaged in agriculture, and this the country regards as confirmation of the conviction generally held that the Insurgents were not sincere and were animated by personal ambitions and jealousies when the denounced the Tariff Bill and Mr. Taft for aving signed it." Taxation. “The Things that are Casar's, III." By Albert Jay Nock. American, v. 71, p. 714 (Apr.). Dealing in graphic language with the shifting of taxes to the consumer. Water Rights.

“The Law of the Desert

Garden." By Randall R. Howard. Metr0~ politon, v. 33, p. 681 (Mar.). Some of the states, we are told, have good laws, but the subject of water rights in the West is in a highly unsatisfactory condition. Woman Suffrage. “ ‘The Women Did It‘ in Colorado." By Rheta Childe Dorr. Hornp ton's, v. 26, p. 426 (Apr.). A sketch of the way the women voted in the last election, proving, the author thinks, that

the women of Colorado do not need any help from men to show them how to make intelligent use of the franchise. f