Weathers, John R

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Charles W. Dabney, 1887-1904 Office of the President 7-6-1923 Letter to President H.A. Morgan from John R. Weathers with News Article Enclosed John R. Weathers Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_dabn Recommended Citation "Letter to President H.A. Morgan from John R. Weathers with News Article Enclosed" President's Papers, AR-0001. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_dabn/156 This Dabney Letters is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of the President at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Charles W. Dabney, 1887-1904 by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. JOliN R. WEATHERS 11' iOWA CIRCLE ~, , . WASHfNGTON, O. C . f!-uL / /9;:t . ~~. (I { (PI 3. I u, ,, ___ ~,"~~ L..L.6 ~ ~, ~ ~, J~(,7~, Jfut d-La,. k: J~~~¥~ ~~~~Ci.4~4. ~t;;~RL~~ ~~~4~. ~~~ frr U:k~~ ~ ~r~ . f)~ '1t ~ tf~e,/~~P( ~ c:u... ~~~/$>~?-/uf-JOHN R. WEATHERS 17 IOWA CIRCLE Here's Where We Let Our Re,aders Talk I, All letter~ for publi~ation must bt accompt!ttied by the Mm~~ and ttddr~u~8 D! the writers, not nece8sarily lor publication, but tU evidence of good !(Lith. Lttttr!f ntUlt Mt t%ceed 1-50 words. If tdt) . l(mb, the1/ will bt. cut down or omittf)d~ 'U' . Ollterftin, Wells' Outline 01 History. To the Editor bf Th45 P08t-'S!r: , Since at least two communications have ~p­tleared In this ' section of Y'0ur 'pat>er ap-provlftg H. G. Wells' "Outline of History," 1 t~t'lU~8t th& 'Privil~ge of tll'e~enting to ~atron9 of The P6l!t ' a few candid re-markS corteerni·ng 's~id publication. aut I firfjt let me thank you for prInting It In r installments, ther~l:>y enabli.ng a.ll yoUr pt-t~ons 'to read it and form delibel'ate .op!n-ions as to 'its .merlts. Ina,8n\uch as the t erm. history iIJ corn-ntonly ~D4 appropriately aI'p1ied to sys-ternatid records of known past events and r taO't&, I fail to -·S·M hOW the irtitlal chaI'-t@u of thll'l work. made up chleny tlt An Indefinite -and confusing mass of geological I conjecture, can be properly labeled "his.-, tory," The :!!eientist. not the historia.n, ma.y r theorlz& and conjecture.' .. Atter a critical ramb~ throUgh Wells' labyrinth of geological conjectures and as-.!;umpt16ns, I am convinced tha.t th is work is but an .additional selent-Hic e'?) attempt . to discredit the Mosaic account of crea'-. Uon, as set forth 'in Genesis of the B!ble. . It ma.n I·. an evolvroent from ,protOPlasmic s'1ltrte . and not a being perfected !n the orlglinaJi creat·lve period, the Mosaic ac-i" count is false, and it is plainly the duty of I the scientist! of toda.y to prove their thMry 'by evolvingtrom protoplasm a new or6ation of a.nimals. (A bird comes from an 'Ii' and .. n I~ak tr~e from an acOrn, ac-e~r4;in~ to' GO-d's p!:Ul. Thifl U; ~xperi~ttee, n.ot conjeeture. BUllfJly of labor was not as .. teat as th8 . demand and thU Ithe. quantity (If ~t04U~­tiM. wa~ a.c~otd!n~l¥. i!'ljUr!ou~ly af'teettd. Here. howevfJr, ·is a MUree ot lab()t ~ul'ply which will ~o tar toward, meHhlg the re-quirements. If handled aright, It cafi be increa.sed almost Ittdeftnlt~ly and will act as an offset to any de-.rth of employe'S . caused by immigration re$triotions which ar~ now in force ~r may\ ,in th6 future b8 ' imposed. The exodus from the oftiM or th~ store to the industrial plant wHt a.lso 'have .1 "fholes·ome mOL ~l ~f'fect, beca.use it wiH , . serve to show the inh~rent dignity of ' hoft-est ·toil, and this, 'perhaps, w~. a. lesson that needed to be ·taught In these la.tter days. Upon the tOilerfl ' the;n8~lves th& presence in their mid'5t of bright. Wid~- I awa;ke, educated young men can $~are~ly fail to exercise a salutary innuene~. The , new departut~ will, of cOurse, b~ r6gretted by many who are wedued to old ideas and id·eals, but '<J.n ·the Whole it wiU brlt11r: :'flit~ it its own compensa.tions. D. L. Wa.shington, July 5. On Labor and Capitali.in • To the, Editor of The P08t-5ir: Ther~ ' i!!l no !\tees.ity to, put any plank in p~rty platforms for open shOps. '!'h& Constitu-tion, ifhon~Stly and corredl,- inter~re~ed, proVides a.gainst arty clus distinction. ·Unions as well as organized capital must not obstruct human' rig-Ills in pursUit or livelihood. unlo218 aI'S th,& naturA,1 reBult Of c&p.italism that has necessitated or-gal\iza.tion· ot' la.borfor l'l'oteeUoh. Bpth We that believe iJ1 the truth and divinity or«anizM capital and labor unions are of -the Bible ~hal1enge the skeptical selen- subjMt to regUlation by laws. 11 not, then ' U$t' t~ glv~ so1'i\&thlng more than a. ~a.b- . we will c:1rit~ into conditions that at~"'" bUnl" theory of his own ~xlstenM and now destroYip.g lturop~. Human 8&ltlsh-power to know his Creator. . ne~s m'us.t be elim!nated, aftd not until we JOHN R. W®A'rKERy~ ' gH a correct understanding ot llfe will ' WUhin«ton. July ~ . " ind·ividuals ' recognize. what "pure Chri$-tianlty is and not make a. Sunday sh'ow of it 01\1y. Modern disMv~rles r!ga.rding physical lift and future lite will give the A i'{t!w Labor Supply. TO the Editor of The Post-iSir: It i5 by no means tlurpriSinl. that the ' lure'of the hligh pay noW ·to be had .in mtHs and fac-tories Is attra.etlng boys fresh from high school and young Folleg~ graduates a.way from.th~ so-calle,d white-collar jobs. Ev-ery one kn,owS that "money ta.lks," and when it spea.ks it speaks with nO ·unce.r-taln sound. Very often the highly edu-cated youth who ha~ wOn his way -to a pro-fU5ion ha's a heartbreaking e:1:peritnce of wea.ry waitfnlf befor& he can {urn dnto douar5 and cents the knowle<:tge and -tra.in-ing he hal'! with so much difficulty and' at the cost or'so many -saerlftoes· acqUired. If he has not CluaUned for a J.')rofession, · he does not always t\n-d it easy to, secure a position he Is competent to fiU, and when he does secure It the weekly J.')ay envelope is generally ot rather exig'uous propor-ttons. No wonder then that he turns to the j ob .that pays him . ·ell at once, it it mean. the donninC' of overalls and the soiling of his hands. , 'T'here has been ()f a t ,. a com~laint that world a niore correct idea. of life. ' . ' F. ALLOSON. Wa.sh'tngton, July 3. r • The South Still "Dry." I T,o the Editor ot The Post-.81r:· Norman E. Mack- has. 'this to say in an Interview yes·te.rday: "The Soutl1e~n DemocrA.Uo dry States will go Democratlo .ven 1f the party pledges for & more llberal alcohOlic content." Mr. Mack ;gaid this .. Her staUn~ that Gov . .smith would be a eand'lda.te for the ." bemocratlc nO!Qlnatlon for Preslt!ent. As 8. lifelong Democrat of Georc-ia. I thirtk it is high titn6 to ceue m~ntionin« as pro$lp&Ctive candida.t~8. na.rrtu ot men who would have no cha.nce whatever of being elected. Does Mr. Mack Im_glne for one moment that GOY. Smith would . ha.ve the renlot,8t chalice ot carryinc- tht SOu~h­ern States, ev~n were the Dtmocr ... tle party to nomina.te him? No wet canodldate for any otnce has the slightest chance in Geor-&, Ia or the other Southel'n States. R. E . P. 

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