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WHAT JORDAN OVERLOOKED.
THERE WILL NEVER bo another
great war," declared Prof. David
Starr Jordan, former president of
Stanford University, on many occasions upon
which ho delivered his famous address on
world peace. Tho reason given by tho savant
for this statement was that the great money
powers of Europo wero so closoly related that
for ono country to go to war would mean
a great loss to those controlling tho finances
of other countries. Ho pointed out that tho
mammoth holdings of tho Rothschilds tho
most wealthy family in tho world in Gcr
many, France nnd England absolutely put
war between theso countries out of tho ques
tion, for to carry on such a war the govern
ments would hnvo to borrow tho money from
tho Rothschilds, who would never consent to
bco their interests in any ono of theso coun
tries destroyed.
That Dnvid Starr Jordan's dream for
world pcaco was premature, all tho world
now knows. Theoretically, tho idea was per
fect; practically, it was not. In observing
tho strands of tho great monoy web which
bound tho countries of Europo-together so
that tho breaking of ono might mean disas
ter to the whole, David Starr Jordan over
looked ono clement. This was the vulner
ability of tho money kings. Dcspito tho
wealth thoy controlled, tho Rothschilds nnd
other monoy powers did not control men.
Would n great government refuso to go to
war because tho finnnco of his country was
at a low ebb, when residing within its bor
ders was ono of tho richest mcu on earth, a
privato citizen!
Naturally not. Tho wealth would bo cpn
fiscatcd if necessary nnd tho monoy king
would havo no redress against tho royal
troops. True, tho government might pledgo
itself to pay back tho monoy forcibly bor
rowed in tho future, but this would depend
upon tho fortunes of war and if tho ompcror
should bo defeated and his kingdom ront
asunder no restitution would bo mado. Were
it within tho power of a monoy king in ono
of theso countries to provent war, ho would
assuredly do so, for if his country borrowed
from him and won ho would bo a long timo
in regaining his monoy, whoroas if his
country lost, his wcnlth would bo gono
irreparably. Wero monoy tho real king of
Europe, tho present war would not bo rag
ing. David Starr Jordan reckoned without
tho might of kings, ruling by rights heredi
tary or divine
WORLD PEACE.
THE DREAM of David Starr Jordan for
world peaco will como truo much
sooner becauso of tho great European
war. Though tho war was tho ono thing this
learned man believed could not occur and
one thing which ho must viow with unutter
ablo horror, yet tho fact remains that it
probably advances tho pcaco propaganda of
the world by a hundred years by its very
inhumanity. Thero are thoso who say that
this war will set back tho world centuries.
It may do so in tho progress of fino arts
and sciences, but will it in tho growth of
human brotherhood!
When this great war is ovor and it is too
gigantic in its proportions to last for long
humanity will shrink from tho thought of
over repeating its horrors. Great as aro tho
bonds of patriotism, greater will rise tho
bonds of human brotherhood when it is seen
that patriotism may mean a blind sacrifice
of happiness, and even of life itself for sat
isfaction of tho jealousies of thrones.
THE DEATH OF MOLOOH.
OF GREAT INTEREST in considering
tho question of tho war's effect upon
pcaco, is nn editorial by General liar
rison Gray Otis in his paper, tho Los An
geles Times. In a recent issue, ho says:
"Thoso of us who wero in tho flesh dur
ing tho awful days of tho tcrriblo Civil War
that raged in America from tho early spring
of 18G1 to 18G5, will recall probably an old
war song of tho day whoso rofrain ran thus :
" 'Many aro tho hearts that aro weary to
night, waiting for tho dawn of peace,'
"Tho strugglo was awful and tho battles
strenuously fought, on both sides. To that
tjmo it was tho most destructive of human
lifo ever fought upon tho earth, nnd con
tinued so until tho present conflict now
raging along tho French frontier whero tho
Germans are finding ovcry step of their ad
vanco contested fiercely by tho French nnd
tho British soldiers.
"The now war is but a month old nt this
writing, and vol thero aro millions of hearts
weary waiting for tho dawn of 'pcaco in that
war-torn continent, hearts bleeding with an
guish for thoso who aro exposed to tho dan
gers of war.
"It is generally recognized that thero was
no valid foundation for tho conflict now
raging, that it is a disgrace to Immunity and
an awful menaco to modern civilization. It
is impossible to conccivo that mankind will
much longer tolerate tho cxistenco of such
wnrs as aro now cursing Europe.
"Women will not go on much longer en
during tho pains of childbirth, tho anxiety
of rearing children, tho expenso of training
them for lifo, lavishing lovo, toil and monoy
on their sons, to have them mado food for
powder and balls. Already thero aro low,
deep iiiuttcrings that forcbotlo evil in tho
futuro for tho man who raises u word in
favor of war. Tho day of tho fiorco war god
Mbloch, who mounted tho cono of a burning
mountain in hell and shouted: 'My voico is
still for war,' is about at an end among
mankind, and it is quite timo it was so."
THE COUNTY FAD.
A FARMER owes himself nn outing or
vacation of at least ono week a year.
Ho owes it to his family, ho owes it
to his business to keep in touch with up-to-dato
ideas, to bo progressive Tho county
fair points tho way.
Tho real object of tho fairs should bo,
first of all, educational. Then amusements
should bo furnished so as to givo tho farmer
or others attending a chango and a rest after
tho long months of hard work. "All work
nnd no play" is no hotter for tho farmer
than for anyono else -
All classes can bo equally benefitted by
attending tho fnir, no matter whether poor
or wealthy; whether farmer or mechanio;
whothcr privato citizen or public official.
Thus tho cntiro stato must profit.
Tho fair helps tho farmer boy nnd tho
farmer girl becauso no bright boy or girl can
attend an agricultural fair without broad
cning their ideas, nnd inspiring in them ugli
er ambitions for success in thoir work. Ihoy
enjoy much honest amusement nnd absorb
a vost amount of general information from
tho fair and nil its departments.
Tho fair helps tho farmer's lured man bo
causo it teaches him how tho simplo appli
cation of "brains" can rcduco tho amount
of labor needed to accomplish tho farmor s
task. Ho may own a farm himself somo day
nnd tho moro ho can comprohcud nnd prac
tice scienco in his work, or make brains
savo tho labor of his bauds, tho greater will
bo his success.
In fact, no man, woman or child can at
tend a good county or interstato or stato fair
without going homo with a better under
standing of tho work, better equipped in
mind and body to moot every, emergency..
BUSDNESS TRAINING.
EDUCATORS differ in .opinion regarding
which of the numerous courses offered
by tho colleges of tho land is tho best.
Tho fact of tho matter is that most of tho
courses aro good, but nono of them aro good
for ovorybody. A course that might bo just
tho thing for someone clso would not do nt
all for you. You must mako up your mind
as to what kind of training will do you tho
most good.
A business courso tenches you to do things.
It teaches you tho things that you must do
to mako a success in lifo. If you learn theso
things whilo you nro in school, or oven learn
part of them, you will bo just that much'
ahead when you get out into tho world. Yon
will know how to deal with people, what
business terms menn nnd many of tho im
portant fnctB that will Bavo you timo and
monoy when you got into business for your
self. It is rcmarkablo how few pcoplo know tho
common ordinary rules of business ; how fow
of them know how to handle a bank account,
for instanco; how fow of them know any
thing about notes, certificates of deposit,
drafts, accounts and tho numerous other
things that are encountered every day in tho
world of business.
Whether or not you decido to follow tho
lilies of a "higher education," you should
not neglect to becomo well informed in tho
basic transactions of tho business world.
Practicability of tho parcel post, as a me
dium of direct exchango between city dwell
ers nnd producers of tho farms has been
established by a test in ten cities. The Post
offico Department announces. Postmasters'
reports say tho now system had been wel
comed in nearly all tho communities, that it
appeared as a factor in reducing tho cost of
living, and that improvements under way
assured its growth. Dntnngo to parcels in
shipment amounted to less than one-tenth of
ono per cent, it was said, and that was main
ly duo to inefficient packing.
One of tho most lnmcntablo facts in con
sidering tho fcrlilo San Joaquin Valley in
California is tho lack of intcrurban roads.
Sacramento Vnlloy is rapidly developing be
causo of theso lines. Several aro now in
operation in tho San Joaquin district and
many nro being proposed, nnd it is thoir
completion which means much to tho small
land owner.
Tho German Roichstag and tho British'
Iloufio of Commons havo each appropriated
$1,250,000,000 to moot tho expenses of tho
wur. Tho French Chamber of Doputics has
appropriated billions of francs. Even Bol
giuiu, that nsked only to bo lot alono, has
had to put up $10,000,000. Tho pcoplo of
Europo will bo paying tho prico of this war
for a hundred years to como.
Tho Swiss checfio mndo in Washington and
Oregon seems to bo all right, but so far our
noutral chccscmakers hnvo been unablo to
imitnto tho wur cry of tho Liraburgcr product.
A lot of Americans aro coming ovor to.
America as their ancestors did, with all thoir
belongings in a pocket handkerchief.
Tho incrcaso in tho prico of peroxide is
bound to havo an effect on tho numbor of
blondes at largo in this country.
It is certainly tough when the war pre
vents people from buying necessities of lifo
liko Paris gowns.
Champagne is steadily rising in prico. Tho
suffering by reason of tho war promises to
bo amazing.
Tho gold that goes to Europo to buy war
supplies will protty soon como back to buy;
grub. .
Really, it looks as if wo havo beon send
iug missionaries to tho jvrpng jjlacwjj
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