La Grande evening observer., January 23, 1915, Image 2

AGE TWO.
LA QBANDE EVENING OBSBRVEB
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1815.
American Sayo U. S. Would Have Done What
, ; Germany, Did Under Similar Conditions
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The "Oregon Herold'' a German pa
per published at Portland carries an
article on the Great War a- viewed
by one who assumes a defending at
titude on the Kaiser's side. Many La
Grande people have read it, for the
article is published in English and
the paper has a large circulation in
La Grande. It says: , y" .
Prof . ' George Stuart Fullertori 5f
the Department of Philosophy of Co
lumbia University, now Honorary Ex
change Professor in the University of
Vienna, has written a pamphlet en
titled "Why the German Nation Ha
Gone to War," in which he attempts
to make, clear,, as an American to
Americans, the reasons and justice of
Germany's entry into the war, and to
prove that the people of this country
would have acted in the same way if
,tbe United States were geographical-
Jly 1eaet by the same dangers from
abroad' as was Germany.. '.
' Prof. Fullerton explains at the start
' that he is an' American without a drop
of German blood ' in his veins, and
- cannot, therefore, be suspected of the
partiality that characterizes the Ger-nttn-Amerlcan.
His family, he adds,
. has been American as long as there
. has been an American nation. But
ke professes to have a thorough
knowledge of German conditions and
sentiment from 30 years' of study of
. Germany's science, literature and po
litical and economic development, and
acquaintance with many leading per-
sons in political and private life there.
Especially, he says, was he able to
. Judge of the German sentiment by
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tial nations, one, like Russia, vast
.ni nnwnrful. with a constantly mani
fested tendency to territorial spread
and growth at the expense of its
neighbors; the other, like France, im
peled by a self-confessed spirit of re
venge and hankering for nearly half
a century to regain its lost provinces
fsjwi ,its neighbor. , Then, he con
tinues, another power should be imag
ined, capable of controlling all our
outlets to the sea (taking It for grant
ed that our present wide stretch of
shore on both oceans were non-existent
and that instead we had but lim
ited access to, the Sea, as has Ger
many.) "' " '!
"How would we Americans accept
such a situation?" he asks. "Would
we humbly declare our readiness to
step out of the race for industrial
success, or to ask permission of an
other power for access to the trade
routes of the world? I know my
Americans,' and such questions strike
me as broadly humorous,.
In this naner I have no other aim
personal observation in the streets than -to set the American in the placo
during the month of August, when the
mobilization took place. -
" say without hesitation that no
class, either in Germany or Aus
tria, desired to precipitate this ter
rible war."' he says. ''Peace was de
sired, and earnestly desired, for eco-
. nomic reasons. But war was forced
upon both nations. That the war
' came Just when it did may be regard
ed as an accident, for the war was
sure to come in any case, .
. 'The Germans , are : a peace-loving
people. ; We Americans know that
there, is no-element in our own pop
ulation more orderly, industrious, and
law-abiding than the German element.
The German in Germany haa the
same characteristics. ' The land is an
orderly land, and the population is en
lightened, disciplined, and educated to
respect the law.: The right of even
the humblest are generously guarded.
The courts are just.
"Yet this orderly and peace-loving
people, a people which has not only
loved peace, but has for more than 40
years Kept the peace,, while other na
tions . carried on wars, has gone to
war against what seemed at first to
be overwhelming odds; and the rising
has been not that of a class, but of
a nation. W Neither the emperor nor
the government nor the officers in
the army and the navy are responsible
for the public sentiment which makes
this movement in Germany a national
, uprising. In the past three months
I have not met . with a German of
any-class, ; from the highest to the greater justice than Germany, be au
lowest, who has not been heart and , cused f mtorm,
soul for tha war. I have heard r nM Bm,ivient of on immense army she
laments from those who have sentjhas a colossal fleet, which she keep
their sons: I have heard no criticism! up at an enormous expense to ner
of their country from those who have ffirftffEELd 'pT
been bereaved and I know many poge of au0WjnK no nation to dispute
such.". ''(Z K ; :::K:l:: v!'':f with her the control of the seas, that
Prof. Fullerton asks Americans to Kreat common highway of the world,
imagine the United States for a time i over which all may pass, but whicn
Jifforontlv situated eeonraDhically. nn nnt.inn mav nossess. r. How formid-
with peaceful Canada and weak Mexi-Jable this equivalent for a great army
co replaced by two strong and marmay be to other nations has . been
made clear in wie present - crisis.
There is no nation in Europe that
can; without asking England's .per
mission, sail into the Atlantic, pass
the Straits of Gibraltar, make use of
the Mediterannean, or reach Asia by
way of the Suez Canal. The public
highway has by a single nation been
fenced in and made private property.
; "It is a pity that the word naval
ism is not good English, for that
which is exactly describes has been
peculiarly English for a century. Na
valism can be a more serious menace
than militarism, for the latter neigh
bors. . Navalism holds a threat over
every nation on the face of the globe
"We are neutrals, but we have a
right to know the truth about Central
Europe. It is 1 not right that we
should be kept in ignorance, or led
through misrepresentations, . to con
demn in haste nations, with which we
stand in friendly relations. When we
see a great nation of some 70 mil
lions, a nation hiirhly civilized, weal
thy and cultivated, a nation well aware
that it can prosper as few others,
if it be allowed to exercise its in
dustries in peace when we see such
a nation go to war against powerful
odds, risking its very existence in the
struggle, we must be shallow, indeed,
if we suppose that its whole popula
tion, a naturally peaceable and order
ly population, has either gone mad or
laspsed into barbarism. We must
stand before an unsolved problem un
til we attain to information and com
prehension. '
"Let the American forget the con
ditions under which, he himself lives.
Let him think himself into the situa
tion of the German. Then let him
astc himself, what, under the circim
(tauces he would do." . .
of the German. Militarism, which tha
German regards as only a somewhat
offensive name for his necessary prep
aration to repel verfl real dangers,
a legitimate measure of. self-defense,
has not hampered Germany as much
as she was hampered in the past,
when she was not in a position to
defend herself. Militarism is un
doubtedly a burden, but it has not
prevented Germany from cultivating
successfully the sciences and arts, to
the great benefit of humanity; from
initiating and carrying out social re
forms which insure to all classes of
her population an unusual measure
of well-being; from developing her in
ternal resources and building up her
foreign commerce in a way that has
made her a rich nation. - Militarism
may be a crushing burden, abstractly
considered, but it has - not . crushed
Germany, and to the German, that is
a consideration which deserves to be
weighed. , '
"We are all influenced by the con
stant repetition of a catch-word.
Americans have heard so much of
German militarism, largely from cer
tain foreign sources, that it would be
surprising if some of them were not
deluded into believing that Germany
is the only European nation with a
large army. Yet Russia has a largor
army, and has for years been using
it for aggression. France, , with a
much smaller population than Ger
many, has an army approximately the
same size, and, hence, may, with much
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OREGON HAS
GOOD REPUTE
CANNERIES COULD MAKE HUGE
PROFIT. -. , , ,;
Bartlett Pear Pronounced Excellent
When Canned, by English.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan.
21. An impressive statement of the
need) of canneries and dryers in fruit
communities of Oregon is made by
H. B. Miller in an article in a recent
issue of Better Fruit Mr. Miller is
director of the school of commerce
of the State University, and is also
organizer of the work of the indus
trial survey. He says in part:
' "It has finally becomo a Well es
tablished fact that the Oregon Bart
lett pear, although not quite eo good
for shipping in the fresh state, is
fully equal, if not superior, to the
pears produced anywhere in the world
for canning purposes. Had this fact
been made clear by the canneries of
Oregon years ago, and the growers
encouraged in that line of industry
Oregon would todny be taking in im
mense quantities of money for canned
pears.
The Oregon canned pears are now
pronounced in France and Great Brit
ian to be especially fine. : In fact,-, in
our world survey of the fruit mark
ets, we find it uniformly established
wherever Pacific Coast canned goods
find a market : that they are pro
nounced) thoroughly superior to . the
canned fruits from any other part of
the world1. The canneries now operat
ed and maintained by Oregon people
are proving that the Oregon Bartlett
pear, the Oregon strawberry, goose
berry, blackberry and raspberry, can
not be excelleu, and in all these lines
prospects are excellent ' for an - ex
pansion in trade. The manager of the
California Fruit Canners' Association,
C H. Bentley,. in his address before
the California fruitgrowers conven
tion, . pays 'high tribute tn all these
Oregon products and wishes that in
some oft these things they would! pro
duce as good quality in California as
we produce, here. He pays a partic
ularly high , tribute to the Oregon
strawberry and says that thatthe
markets will take equally great quan
tities of them. . He pays equally high
tribute to the Oregon gooseberry."
"What is absolutely necessary for
the development of this industry in the
northwest is the establishment of can
neries and dryers owneu and operated
by the people of this territory with
their produce marketed by an asso
ciation permanently interested! in the
development of the industry. . Secur
ing a market for the by-ptoducts of
the fruit growers, to my mind, should
not be the central idea of the can
ning and drying and preserving indus
try. If this territory lhas the real
natural advantages for the produc
tion of a high quality of fruits, ber
ries and vegetables of certain types,
it is of primary importance to put up
a high quality of goods, to distribute
them and establish a reputation for
high-class products. , We must make
a reputation for : our canned pears,
for our cherries, for our blackberries
and raspberries, our loganberries, our
strawberries, our string beans, - our
beets and other kinds of vegetables.
We must make a reputation for a fine
quality of dried fruits of all kinds
which we can produce to advantage,
and when we have done this, when
we have established! canneries and dry
ers, and factories fo& producing jams,
jellies and fruits in various forms of
the fineat quality, the by-product
question will take care of itself. These
plants will have no difficulty in hand
ling the by-products after they have
established a substantial reputation
for all these various qualities of high
class fruits, berries and vegetables."
NOTICE.
I want to imform the public that I
am the manager of the Palace Res
taurant and all bills must be approv
ed by me.
LOW YOUNG,
Adv. .1 21 tf.
E. RIESLAND,
Plasterer and Contractor.
Cement work of all kinds, Foun-
dations and Flue construction.
Cement block a specialty. Call
and see these blocks at E. C.
Davis' Marble Shop. Phone Red
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS WOE INVENTED TO SUPPLY
A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS OF CREAT
ING ARTIFICIAL light were mnsatiaf actory. ' Candles
wer dim and onrehable; gas, dirty ad daaferont; kero-r
sent, doll, smoky, odorous and also dangerous to health
and property. When tlctric lights were introduced taere
wit but one drawback. They cost considerably more thai
other lights. This objection hae been overcome s4 elee.
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trie light are now the nost economical at well as the
most satisfactory light N
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