The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-15
nILIrAkIsM IN EUROPE.

The Immenss Staudiog Armies sup-
p6rssA ~ HE Leber. ATWsmen. 3
MuTat Halstead III cl6eibnaff Commercial
Gazette. -g
Why Is it that under the weight of
The easorrnUhs srrrIies q Europe the
accumulation Of wealth still goes ON ?
How il it that the life of the people Is
D0t exhsuSted and the resources OF
the government woefully reduced
that the growing debts incurred by
mllltarism have not become too
gSievous 20 bear. asld5 that gaunt nm
poverishment has not commanded the
abatement Of the devouring extraya-
9anee 81 FAxmy resiAi1iish4nnts? The
answer -. first. that the multipiica-
ton OF modern inventions, labor.
saving machines, facilities for travel
and for the diffusion of intelligence
and information, is making the best
Of the resources OF nature, and con.
Eivances for developing ali the boun.
ties Of the earth have given the word
new sources Of wealth, and altogether.
bestowed upon the industry by which
miliioae OF men approach omnipo-l
tence, broadef profitable applica-
ton. There Is . greatly enhanced
ability OF the people 10 work u ad !.
vantage. A vast portion OF field
labor = Western Continental EUROPE
~ done ~ women, and when one
sees, though they are of bronzed com
plexiens and by no means of fashion
able appearance. how stslwart they
are. 1t does not seem that their lot.
hard as it is, is quite so depIorable As
the surface indicatj0ns would declare
it. ATha nlGt6erAUff the masses of the
common soldiers Of Germany work i'm
the fields and are excellent harvest
hands. patieDt faithful snd enduring.
JhOsikh poor, tlbey ARE strong, and not
subject to neuralgia headaches, or liza
bic TO nervous prostration upon slight
PrOeOcAtiOn. IL haeknGn uicturesauely
safd that IN Europe the men and the
horses go TO war. and the women and
cows stay at home and do the work.
This Is one Of the features of convert
ing . nation into an army. Some one
has TO till the soil and win the bread.
This Is the beginning of military
glory. The brilliant officers prone
nading, wearing spurs and swords.
have to be sustained. They contrast
wildly with teams OF cows pushing,
with . bar under their horns liRht
wagons WITH loads of hay or vege.
tables, or with the peasant womens
their burdens on their heads. A pair
Of cQEsdriven by woman to a plow
or SAsoh Il womb iextite aston
ishment and possibly the wrath
OF any rural community in this,
country, but the sight is very COM
mon one in Germany and in France
the nations armed TO DESTROY each
other-and the work that Is accom-
plished in the fields and on the roads
by the women and cows, is part Of
that which lahe necessities Of,the army
require. Ndryhfnk is made to count
in these armed cDustri@. The leaves
of the. trees are seepf together, and
with the dust md jittSr jfroads are
the bssis Of manure; heaps All the
and collected in pools swarming with
food fishes. The waysides are adorned
With fruit trees. aud the walls Of the
hoiAes IN Nhc1 illaers ARE covered with
grape vines. When field is harvested
4 Is cleaned entirely; thehay, or oats,
or barley or wheat is ali gone. and
there is nothing left for the cleaner,
and then the greatest attention Is
gwen to keeping up the soil. There
S6o4hA most rigid regulations for TAX
Ing 6ofSQf trees. The people are not
oo1y - t(usslF Industrious; they are
painful t5eaa4Al. bey save and make
WoG1SA foc9Goe they tod - Che time
and d. not waS& anXobNk. nd there
YOU have. the priruaf kSecros of the
ayuiaas1oo oy uniyur6nl r11ns under the
sfondin& ormyey sem.