The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-06-15


1t is secure and safe. and is leading
70 fairer heights than humanity has
ever known before
There have been always two great
obstacles in the path of humanity.
These obstacles are cruelty and
drudgery. or perhaps it is better to
reverse the words, since drudgery has
perhaps led to much of the cruelty.
AS civilization advanced these tive
obstacles grew, like nonstrous snow.
balls, gathering strength and dimen.
sioEs as they were rolled along.
Civilization has Led to the necessity
Cor more and mo- drudgery for man
and beast. Watch for an hour the
traffic in any great city-think what
It means. Think of the hot kitchens
where cooks and scullery drudges toll
through the beautiful Summer days tc
supply food to restaurants and hotels
Think Of the early morning labor
.ers, who are up in the chill dawn OF
Winter TO carry on the industries
which gives us cur cream for the
breakfast coffee, our rolls and ouI
newspapers and our warm fires fol
the morning comfort!
Think of the workers il the coal
mines who supply our fuel. and Of the
-stokers on the ships who bring Us
over seas in search of pleasure!
Think Of the truckman. and the cab
men, All the horses, and the engi
neers and firemen On the trains, and Q
thousand more toilers who are work
ing with might and main to keep this
great mechanism of civilization Jun
uing,
In the olden days slaves and raacals
performed the drudgery of the world
for kings and barons and rulers of all
kinds. And they were beaten or be-
headed il they failed in any duty
Tines have improved bit since
then. but there are still cruelty am
sel1shness OF earth.
When machinery came into the
worlds work it was looked upon as
demon, taking the bread from poor
mems mouths. There ara still thou
sands OF people who so regard it, buI
it is n mistaken point of view.
Heralds CT Freedom.
The mechanical inventions OF this
age, are the advance heralds Of man :
ultimate freedom from drudgery and
Of the elimination OF cruelty from the
world.
The people who visited Paris
twenty years ago tell me the change
in the condition of the cab horses
there is marvellous And this cnangs
has come about greatly through auto.
matte inventions. So loug as the cab
was the OILY means of getting about
the city companies made no effort &c
improve conditions. The horses were
poorly fed and cruelty driven to meet
the public demand for transportation
After the coming of the underground
and surface automatic lines there was
slight effort at improving the cab
service, and since the advent of that
blessing to the world, the taximetei
automobile, a vast Improvement has
taken place in the appearance and
treatment of the animals. 1t still
needs betterment. but that bettermenl
will come. In another decade all
transportation in our large cities will
undoubtedly be made by automatic
machines.
This is but one sign of hundreds
which point to the lifting of burdens
from man and beast and the lessen
ing of druigery for humanity.
The great fuel problem viii be
solved by the invention-of man before
many years. Coal mines will be work
ed without the sacrifice of so many
ives, or fuel Will be created which
ioes away with the necessity of coal
Mankind will discover food pro.
duct which will lessen the labor Of
cooks. and mechanical appliances wiz
perform the cru6gery now attendant
upon the kitchen. :
And man will find time, inclination
and power to study the intellectual
and spiritual realms and know the
wonders which await those who seek
All honor to the mechanical age.
the age of invention.
1t is the corridor to the age of
spirituality and to greater art and
greater religion than humanity has
yet known.
Not all the sacred fires of India