The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-09-19

lions, the materials used by the
manufacturer, be duty-free. The
most ardent advocate of protective
tariffs never claimed that they would
benefit the world at large, never
reasoned from a higher standpoint
than mere local selfishness- 1t is
better for Pennsylvania that il on
manufacturers be protected, says
Mr.. Carey. Perhaps so, but is il
better for England, for Kansas, for
humanity at large? The welfare of
the human race as a whole demands
Free Trade.
/ must pass on to speak of the
master-folly and browning horror
and nightmare of the present age
War. The spectacle OF Europe in
arms, as she is to-day, is truly fear
full one. France has to-day a war
debt of nearly four billions OF dol
lars, and a million of soldiers under
arms. Prussia has as vast an army F;
Italy, Austria, Russia, England,
have each a great war debt, enor-
nous taxes upon Industry, and the
flower of the nation Withdrawn
from productive labor, and idiing
in camps, or Strengthening each 9th
er in battle. In this year of grace
1873, Europe has a standing army
o: five millions of men, and war
debt of some twelve thousand mil
lions of dollars. The grass is
scarcely yet green over the fields of
Sadowa and Sedan, and yet another
struggle of giants is at hand. The
reign of Theirs meant rest and re-
cuperation. The advent of Mac
Mahon is q prophecy of war. To
satisfy devilish Inst for revenge,
more burdens and chains must be
heaped upon labor, more mountains
of debt loaded into the descending
scale of national bankruptcy, more
myriHds of passive and helpless vic
Tins slaughtered in battle. The
wealth of empires is squandered
upon ornaments, fortresses, iron
plated ships. England in the des-
perate struggle to maintain her ira
ditional naval supremacy, has ex-
hausted the resources of defensive
art upon the iron walls of such
great ships as the Warrior and De-
vastation; and now Whitworth can
non are manufactured whose thous-
and-pound steel-pointed projectiIes
smash through fifteen inches of solid
iron, and armored ships are an ac-
knowledged failure. And now our
own torpedo-corps announce the
advent of their new horror, that
can, with perfect safety to them.
selves, blow out of the water the
mlghtiest ships afioat. 1t would
seem as if the machinery of war
itself would make war well nigh
impossible.
i cannot enlarge upon this or 9TH
or inviting topics. But / think ]
have said enough to show that five
of the prime needs of our future
civilization are: era-.HF. n
l Tho cessation of war.
=. a universal phonetic language.
3. A uniform international sys-
tenn of weights, measures and coin
ages.
4. The freedom of commerce be-
tween all nations.
5. A better adjustment of the
relations between Labor and Capt.
| tai.
During the past month (July) a
resolution passed the British House
OF Commons instructing the Minis
try to at once open negotiations
with the various nations of Christ
eddom looking to the universal use
of arbitration as a means of settling
disputes between nations. The re-
spouse of the Government was IA
vorable. This negotiation will be
opened; international commissions
will be appointed, and careful study,
by the greatest statesmen of the age,
will be bestowed upon this ques-
ton. There can be but one possible
result: The ultimate establishment
of High Court of Nations, an In
ternational Parliament, which shall
be invested with full power to ar
bilrate upon all questions concern
ing the rights, laws and comfy OF
nations. Many years may pass be-
fore this grand contamination shall
be Witnessed; it is probable that
Europe must pass through the hor-
rors OF another mighty war, before
her people shall learn the value and
the wisdom of peace but some are
now sitting within the sound of my
voice who will live to see the reali-
cation of the poets dream, ..es7-s-
"When the war-drum throbs no longer
and the battle flags are furied
In the Parliament Of Man, the Fedora
ton OF the World.'' .tN
When that day comes, and no soon
err, will Europe dare to disbsnd he
armies. Five millions of men vii
be restored to active industry. Tht
taxation upon labor will be vastl,
reduced, because thearmy and nav.
are the principal items of nationa
expense. The enormous publ
debt will be paid and will cease L
, burden industry. The horror, tn
? heart-break, the fearful sin, sham
and agony of war, its corruption
, waste and decentralization, will L
longer curse humanity. Eye hat
r not seen, nor ear heard, neither hat
/, il entered into the heart of man I
conceive the wonderful blessing
that will accrue to the humSn ract
when it is no longer menaced b
: the torch and sword of war.
spoke of the need of a unIYeI
, sal phonetic language, This ha;
=. by cynical philosophers, long bee
derided as the dream of fools, an
c not without cause. Mr.. Stephe
Q Pearl Andrews, the celebrate
Z "Pantarch," has published a boo
entitled "Alwato, the Univers'
: Language in which he attempts
pave the way for the introductio
o of an entirely new language, whic
8 shall, in its forms and phrases, be
O natural and not an arbitrary expre
sion of ideas. Many other vision
u aries have dabbled in the same poo
s and brought forth confusion an
r emptiness. All people agreed tn;
: the phonetic spelling of Englis
would be convenience, but Il
% vast vested interest in books, new
r papers, type, all conformed to Il
old models, opposed the reforT
Conservative scholarship opposed
10 because it was destructive to Il
forms of spelling, which indicate
- the derivation OF words. Sup
t old-fogyism, ignorance, the ha