St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-10-23

perfecting machinery to Kill cach
other with. or, fancy the hearty ma
ha" that will some day greet the nc
count of the southern cotton planters
of 1905, who we're forced to cheat
nature and turn under a portion Oh
her bountiful crop Of cotton; or the
fruit jobbers of California, for IN
stance. who dumped a shipload oil
bananas into the sea to maintain
market prices, while ragged men
sneaked along the cutters picking up
banana peelings and eating them VIII
relish. Verify, our vaunted civiiiEa'
ton needs a brisk curry-combing. Tor
Il "sho' Is" shaggy In spots.
We live in thinking age, ana yet
we talk earnestly and with much
godliness about humane bullets
and civiized warfare" as IL there
could be such things. A humane bui'
let is one that kills you without In
flicting any unnecessary injury upon
itself. Il Just hates 20 see you die
but can't resist the temptation. Ana
so we call the wise men OF our civl'
lized nations together to decide Tor
us lust how dead we may Kill one
another and what kind Of bulle's 10
Use without disregarding the inter
nationa' courtesies OF the benevolent
game OF warfare.
We fully believe we are living In
a thinking age. We are sure OF IT,
In fact. that II anyone doubts 1t. We
make Il pretty hot for him. But some
fair day, when we really do begin 10
think. we are all-cveryone OF us'
from the millionaire down to the
pauper-going TO see the abSurdi'y
OF our position. We are going to see'
for instance. that instead Of urging
parents to have more children, We
should take better care of the chil'
dren they have already. We are go
ing TO see that TO Increase armies
and nayics means to increase the
prospect OF trouble. and that the big
gcst navy" idea is not only absurd
$50 long as there Is dollar left IN
any nations treasury; but II Is also
very burdensome to taxpayers. we
nre going 10 zee the Inconsistency OF
our talk about "oyer'production' OF
the necessarlrs OF the life when any
one is In need. aud that big wheat
crop and long bread line are not
compatible with civniZatlon.
When this big truth comes home
az last TO human society, II VIII come
home to all classes OF human society
Doctor. lawyer, merchant and laborer
viii grasp Il together. We are all
brothers In the last analysis and We
all have our hearts In the right
place. The only thing that Ii up 10
the present time We have all been
lust a lit too busy with the business
lf hustnng for u living TO stop long
enough TO think about IL. In other
words. We are not yet living IN
thinking" age. though We have some
now fallen victim Ia the comical hal
ucination that We are. Funny Is
NJ Il?
Forces Of Nature Our Slave.
Rober' Ingersoll once said: Il do
not know what inventions are In the
Drain OF the future. do not know
what garments OF glory may be woven
or the world In the loom OF the
great ocean OF discovery. do not
know that science did just take
handful OF sand and make the tele'
scope. aud with IL read the starry
caves Of heaven; | know that science
.ook the thunder-bolts from the hands
Il Jupiter, and now the electric
spark, freighted with thought and
love, flashes under the waves OF the
sea; know that science sto = tear
from the cheek OF unpaid labor, con-
yerted IL into steam, and created a
slant that turnes with ureless arms
the countless wheels OF toll; | know
that science broke the chains from
the human limbs,and gave us instead
the forces OF nature for our slaves;
| know that we have made the at
traction OF grayitauon work for us;
we have made the lightnings our
messengers; We have taken auvan-
tage OF fire and flames and wind and
sea; these slaves have no backs to be
whipped; they have no children to
be sold. no cradles 10 be violated;
know that science has given us
better pictures and better books;
know il has givel US better hus-
bands and better wives. and better
children; know 1t has enriched us
and for that reason | am in favor of
intellectual liberty"