The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-09-20
", H. TillinshaSt, D. D. S,
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PROVIDENCE. r, J.,
MlLITARisM IN EUROPE.
Some OF the rentures Of Converting n Ma
tion Into an Army.

Some OF the rrntures Of Converting n Ma
tion Into an Army.
Why Is IL that under tho weight OF
tho enormous armies OF Europe tho
accumulation OF wealth still goes onp
How is IL that the life OF the people Is
not exhausted and the resources OF tho
governments woefully reduced; that
tho growing debts incurred by mill
tarism have not become too grisvous
20 bear and that gaunt impoverishment
has not commanded the abatement OF
the devouring extravaganza OF army
establishments The answer Is. first,
that the invention OF modern inven-
tions. labor-saving machines, facilities
for travel and the diffusion OF intelli-
gence, information In making tho best
OF the resources OF nature, and con-
trivances for developing all tho boun-
tres OF earth, have given the world
new sources OF wealth. and altogether
bestowed upon the industry by which
millions OF men approach omnipotenco
broader profitable application.
There is n greatly enhanced ability
OF the people 20 work 20 advantage.
a vast portion OF field labor In West
ern Continental Europe IL done by
women, and when one sees. though
they are OF bronzcd compilations and
by no means OF fashionable appear
ance, how stalwart they are, IL docs
not seem that their lot. hard as IL Is,
I. IL, Ia.
indications would declare IL. Tho
mothers Of tho masses OF the common
soldiers OF Germany work In the fields
are excellent harvest hands. patient.
faithful and enduring. Though poor.
they are strong, and not subjected 70
neuralgia headaches or liable 20 nerv-
ous prostratiOn upon slight provoca-
tion. II has been picturosguely said
that In Europe tho men and the
horses 90 90 war, and tho women and
cows stay at home and do tho
work. This Is one Of the features
OF converting nation into an
army. Some one has 20 till tho soil
and win the bread. This IL the be-
ginning Of military glory. Tho bril-
liant officers promenading, wearing
spurs and swords, have 20 bo sus-
tained. They contrast wildly with
teams OF COWS pushing with bar un-
der their horns light wagons with
loads OF hay or vegetables, or with
the peasant women, their burdens on
their heads. A pair OF COWS driven by
"A woman 20 n plOw or wagon would
excite astOnishment and possibly tho
wrath OF any rural community In this
country. but the sight is very COM
mon one In Germany and In France
the nations armed 20 destroy each
other-and the work that IL accom-
plished In the fields and on tho roads
by tho women and COVE. is part Of
that which tho necessities Of the army
require Every thing II made 20 count
IN these armed countries. The leaves
OF tho trees are swept together. and
with the dust and litter OF roads are
the basis OF manure heaps All the
little streams are directed Ia ditches.
and collected in pools swarming with
food fishes. The waysides arc adorned
with fruit trees, and tho walls Of the
houses In tho villages are covered
with grape vines When a field Is
harvested IL is cleaned ontirelyi tho
hay, or oats. or barley. or wheat &. all
gone from IL. and there IL nothing left
for the cleaner; and then the creates,
attention Is given 20 keeping up the
coil There arc the most rigid regu-
lations for taking care Of trees. Tho
people arc not only intensely indus
trious; they are painfully frugal
They save and make wealth because
they toll all the time and do not waste
any thing; and there you have the
primal secret Of the avoidance Of uni
versal ruin under the standing-arny
system. -Murat Halstead, In Cincin-
raj Commercial-Gazette.