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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915.
0 HOW THEY DO LO VE ONE
ANOTHER
It is written: "The love of
money is the root of all evil."
This may antly apply . to an
American manufacturer who is
advertising poisoned shells that
are so deadly that a victim who
' receives but the slightest scratch
will die within a period of four
hours, there being no remedy
for the deadly poison. In this
instance, the inventor's purpose
is doubtless to sell his invention
to warring factions, and if he
gets his price doubtless he will
not care for the misery and
agony that may be wrought
through his invention.
The poisoned arrow of the In
dian was looked upon with bor
ror, but civilization is double
discounting the Imrbarity of the
aborigines, except that so far the
victim, if captured, is not tor
tured, at least not publicly
In the European struggle there
is nothing too baibarous for the
opposing forces if it will help to
overcome the opposition.
The knowledge of the chemist
is being sought and research is
being stimulated to the highest
degree to search out the secrets
of Nature that her deadly forces
may be used to slaughter on
posing armies by the wholesale
Popular Mechanics Magazine
says: "Poison gases are used,
and if the wind is not right for
this, liquid fire is thrown into
the enemy's trenches. With the
conditions favorable, a dense
volume of poison gas that fol
lows the ground in a cloud 15
feet or more in depth is sent
down on the wind to the enemy's
position.
"Whoever may have been re
sponsible originally for the re
sort to poison gas, there is little
doubt that both the Germans
and the Allies are now using it.
The Germans used it in their
recent attack on Hill No. (50,
near Ypres, Belgium. In the
Argonne forest, in France, each
side attacks with gas at every
opportunity."
Turpenite, a chemical bomb
whose deadly effects are beyoia
anything yet discovered, was de
scribed in the same masrazine
This invention was known when
the European war started but its
explosive power was so high that
no gun had then been inventec
which could project it without
exploding the shell in the pro
cess, but now it is claimed that
a proper gun has been invented
by which this shell can be
thrown and that French and
British factories are actively-
pursuing the manufacture of
this deadly missile which is
credited with the power to kill
every living thing within a
radius of 100 yards.
The savage with his poisoned
arrow could not hold a candle to
these lords of civilization. He
had the will, but it takes the
brains of a civilized ? world to ' (oC30CDj
think and studv out these scien- i
tific means of annihilating each
other.
These are called Christian na
tions and from reports that come
out it is apparent that both sides
are calling upon the God of love
to prosper their armies and give
them victory over their enemies.
God is a God of love, but he is
not the author of the horrid
butchery that is going on in the
Eastern continent. Men have
brought that condition about by
disobedience to just and right
principles and the kingdom of
Peace cannot come but through
obedience to the Law of love.
which is the gospel.
When we take into considera
tion the wonderful strides that
nations have made in the art of
slaughtering each other during
these nineteen hundred years of
Gospel light, we do not wonder
that the Master, looking down
along the corridors of time, said:
"Nevertheless, when the Son of
man cometh, shall he find faith
on the earth."
We are off
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Once a month, regularly, the
Hkrald ollice receives a bunch
of press copy published and sent
out by the Municipal Ownership
Publishing Company of New
York City, which gives rise to
various thoughts as to why such
a company should exist, as its
whole effort is to discourage
ownership by municipalities
Coupled with this thought ar
rises a second which suggests
the inquiry: Who pays for the
editing, printing and distribu
tion of this literature? an
further, what is the object?
Has not a citv the right to
pool its issues, bond its property
and construct water systems
electric light and power plants
and other institutions for the
benefit, convenience and welfare
of its citizens? Surely it has
and especially is such construc
tion necessary where the healtl
welfare and. convenience of its
citizens are endangered.
Among the reasons given to
discourage such ownership is
this: That privately owned in
stitutions receive better care of
supervision and are made to oj
erate at a profit while those pul
licly owned do not receive the
close supervision that obtains in
private ownership.
That is very good reasouiiif?
but let us see if it will alwavs
hold good. Take a railroad for
instance, or a large coal or other
company, these are different
only in that they are companies
out they choose some one to su
perintend, and pay them liber-
ally for their service, and thev
hire men competent to look after
the work that is to be done
Now there is no good reason
why a city cannot carry on its
1 .
ousiness under the same meth
ods. There are other reasons why
this company is disseminating
all the adverse information that
it can regarding municipal own.
ership.- There are large inter
ests which do not wish public
ownership to flourish even in
the smallest degree and these in-
terests put up the money to run
this bureau of adverse and mis.
information concerning munici
pal ownership.
Municipal ownership is noth
ing more or less than co-opera-
On ad-writing this week,
but we are not off on
Goods and Quality.
Call in when you need anything;
We'll find time to wait upon you.
You need our goods;
We need your money;
The benefit is mutual.
MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO.
Monmouth, Oregon
If
tion. It is the same1 principa
embodied in company interests
and if looked after with proper
care must succeed. We wonder
if our mail system is a failure,
although the safe crackers of
the whole country are trying
their hand to get hold of Uncle
Sam s money.
Co-operation is a success and
always will be where judicious
care is used, but where there are
vultures mixed in with it who
use it as a leverage for their in
dividual aggrandizement it could
not succeed.
Present customs and condi
tions are a failure else we would
not have more than half the
world trying to cut each other's
throats. Then, again, if present
usuages were not a failure there
would be no need for the usher
ing in of the millenial period.
Peace a Long Way Away
In a review of the war. Hip
Associated Press points out that:
Most of Belgium is under the
cbntrol of Germany.
Portions of France and Russia
are in the possession of the Germans.
A small portion of Austria
iungary is under Italian nn
trol.
A small portion of Alsace is
in possession of the French.
The tip of the DardanelU ;
eld by the Allies.
Germany has lost nil
colonies.
The most of the war fiWi
Germany and the Allies i, in.
tact
There is no evidence to hnri
lie assertion that German
reached her maximum fM,t;
strength.
England, France and hsU .
Readily increasing in fighting
Servia and Montenegro are
undertaking new campaigns.
If there is anvthina- ; ..-.
facts which warrants th
of peace, it requires an
and Titrating mind to find it.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
Germany's successful campaign
ine Kussians has appar
ently wiped awav anv A;
that may have developed over
"'eueaaiockin north
i he reorganization of the British
government and the stimulation
of the munitions factories have
raaae unions feel mora ,
ever that in the end they cannot
uuv oe torious. The steady
Ingress in Alsace steadies hopes
may have
wavered because of th i .
the Dardanelles and the terrible
llllllMan XT
u iNormandy. Russia
mvues Civil Wr if 4k
--....nine one with Japan, is
ure And so, even if she
;wfetlikequittinwhich
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Peac will be impossible so
thinks I
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has ft r-rmnpn to win.
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