Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
w. G.. T. U.'
BY JULIA A. GARRISON

The department of peace and arbi-
tration has not been considered in
previous contributions to The Herald
column, not because it was not deemed
of sufficient Importance, but because
so many of the things more within our
reach and closely related to the daily
lives of the people seemed to crowd
for a hearing.
The great peace movements of the
world show the trend of progress-the
abolition of war. The day Is rapidly
approaching when 1.-THE nations shall
learn war no more" 1t is true they
go on building great battleships and
vying with each other to maintain the
largest and most powerfully equipped
armies and navies, but underneath all
the outward display of numbers, show
and daring runs a current of feeling
that prophesies of peace.
The far-seeing and clear-sighted
sainted Frances Willard understood
this when she uttered the following
words on the subject of war:
"The w c.. T. U. agrees with the
wage workers that 1t is late in the
day to begin arming and drilling boys
in our public schools; We have got
beyond all that. The arbitrament of
reason instead Of passion is part OF
the inextinguishable purpose of the
majority to realize the good of life.
The price of bullet meat has risen
since the commonest man learned that
neither king nor lord had right to
put him at the front and have him
shot for a country that had never
treated him as other than a serf. The
great labor movement in all civilized
nations means the overthrow of war,
and this force allies with 1t that half
Of the world which prefers that its
sons should not bleed their lives out
on the battlefield, but should live to
enjoy the kindly fruits of the earth
and to make it the garden of the
Lord"
ent of this department. Mrs. Sue
Smiley Underhin, sends the following
report of the work done in Southern
California during the last year:
1--WE never have had so much or
so good work done as the last year and
the teachers are anxious for help to
give to their scholars.
1--WE in Southern California of the
w. C. T. Z. have sent out over 1884
pages of literature. Before the W. r.
c. on Memorial day there have been
peace addresses given and the school
children have had peace exercises.
'It was my privilege to be at the
Worlds Sunday School convention in
Washington, D. c., this spring, and
it was said again and again 1t was
one of the greatest peace gatherings
ever held.
"Blind Senator Gore said to the del
egates next him: You are sending
out a message of peace and good will
to the entire world. We passed the
naval appropriation bill today of $780,
900 to send out armed battleshlps
throughout the world. We are doing
one thing; you are doing another c:
G. Trumbull in the Sunday School
Times said Of this: The work that
this convention is doing will put an
end to hundred million-dollar naval
bills some day. William T. Ellis was
right when he called it the greatest
peace convention ever held
THE following which Roosevelt
said il put into practice would bring
the day when peace and good will
would reign in all the world soon: I
hold that while man exists it is his
duty to improve not only his own con-
dition but assist in ameliOrating man
kind And again: Labor is prior to
and independent of capital. Capital Is
only the fruit of labor and could
never exist but for labor. Labor is
the superior Of capital and deserves
much the highest consideration. Cap
ital has it's rights which are as wor-
thy of protection as any other rights.
Nor should this to a war upon the
owners of property. Property is the
fruit of labor; property is desirable,
is a positive good in the world. Let
not him who is houseless pull down
a house of another, but let him work
diligently and build one for himself,
thus by example showing that his own
shall be safe from violence when
built"