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| While there is Life there's Hope.” XXXIX. MARCIL 27, 1902. No. 1013. 19 West Taiwty-Finst St., New York. Pablished every Thursday. $5.00 « Sice to foreign countries ta the f Union, vadyear extn, ‘single current copies Iocouts, “Hack numbers. after three wontbe {row ate of publication, 2 cents, No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. The illustrations in Lure are copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced without special arrangement with the publishers, Prompt notification should be sent by sub- soribers of any change of address, I" is more civil and just as useful to let our British friends do their || own commenting on the capture of Lord Me- thuen. His lordship has done his best but has | not, apparently, been able to overcome the disadvantages of his early education, All accounts represent him to be a handsome man,a .} Good man, and a brave sol- dier, As fellow-creatures we are sorry for him, of course, and we all hope his wound is not very bad and that he will get well of it. But to say that the news of his capture has been depressing to the average observer in this country would not be true. Generally speaking, British reverses are neither bemoaned nor applauded here. When the British win we sigh, and hopo it may hasten the end. When the Boers do a bril- liant exploit like this recent one, we don't sigh, but neither do we cheer. Woe smile and wag our heads, and say, “Golly! They're not licked yet!’ No other people is so neutral in this war as we are. No other people's feel- ings are so mixed, unless it is the feel- ings of the English themselves. Not to admire the doggedness of the Boer remnant is impossible. Not to admire such feats as General Delarey’s is im- possible. Not toadmiro Boer manners, when Lord Methuen and his next in command are turned over to their friends, is impossible. LIFE Lord Methuen's fighting days are doubtless over, The thing for him to do is to go home and serve as an illus- tration of Boer generalship and Boer magnanimity. It is probable that ho can do more in that way to hasten the end of the war than ho could ever have done by fighting in South Africa. He is the sort of fighter that protracts war, but relegated to peace, he seems well adapted to protract peace. There will doubtless be no more talk about hanging Boer-General Kritzinger. It won't be good form to hang any more Boer officers for some time, even though they aro ‘‘ Cape rebels.’” Wwe England is being drained of money and damaged in her military prestige by the long fight with the Boers, she is all the time being crippled at home by the mulish folly of her workingmen in developing the ‘ca canny”? system of labor, and the sluggishness of her manufacturers in adopting improved machinery. The principle of the ‘‘ca canny,” or “go easy,’’ system, as all the world knows now, is that the less work each man does in a day the more work (and wages) there will be left for others. So the trades unions limit rigidly each workman’s output, and do their best to make British labor as inefficient as possible. Handicapped by this system British manufacturers have to meet American competition. Our brethren over the way, with ‘‘ca canny” at home, Boers abroad, and Ireland rest- less and mutinons, have pretty serious conditions to confront, and some of them must be doing hard thinking. Perhaps the final result will be to check the craze for expansion which has of late so violently possessed tho leading countries of the world. We are getting our lesson well rubbed in in the Philippines, If England gets hers in the Transvaal, the world may be the better for it. ro ee [32 hard fight over the Cuban Sugar bill has shown how firmly high protection is seated in the saddle here, and how hard it is going to be to induce the protected industries to let go even the most moderate share of the advantages our present tariff gives them. For eight years now the Demo- cratic Party has been of no use, except to make mischief, and the extreme Pro- tectionists have managed legislation to suit themselves. Great prosperity has come to the country and wonder- ful advances have been made in tho cheapening of manufactures and the development of foreign trade, but it is time that the tariff should be modified in many particulars, The struggle against Cuban relief seems to have been in great measure a fight of high protection against any tariff tinkering whatever, It is a depressing thought that we shall have to talk tariff again in this country, but we will, and soon. TH dare-devil people who ride about New York in carriages and cabs probably do not realize how exceed- ingly perilous this practice scems to persons who are not used to it. Be- tween the street cars, the automobiles, the varying moods and humors of horses, and the risk of being mulcted in heavy damages for running over some one, carriage exercise in this town involves hazards enough to win it a high rating asa sport. Besides, there is always a chance of running down a child, and becoming a prey to fruitless remorse and the newspapers. It is a wonder the carriage habit keeps es at ban but use hardens folks to any- ae ol SHAW shows a sin- cere and virtuous disposition to mitigate the hardships to which trav- elers with baggage are exposed at this port. If he can make things better ho probably will, for he seems to want to. One way to help is for travelers to be honest and pay withont evasion what the law demands, Mrs. C. P, Hunt- ington set us all a good example the other day in paying more than $30,000 in duties. Copious honesty of that sort strengthens the new Secretary’s hands. comicbooks.com