The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-08-18
WASTE OF
WAR


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'sess var any mers.-lsassa -
Thas pgophscy d beGipning % reach
IL fv1nlIueot. WhSu IL svful eose
il No al Treasure u rsckoned WITH,
Il y seeonSehing thaS sensible civil
lied nsa should ever resort 70 war
To settle any oueetioo, Theo d a.
othsr reason apast fruo il Aestruc.
live eAarsctee WIZ war ohoull nOe
b resogtea 70. II never ssttlss any
question. The best Il con % y 70
reetate Il anA mt Il IN another form.
Take for illustrssloa ~ Civil var IN
this sountyy. ma Il ssttls The roco
| oueotionf md Il eeetle the slavery
peoblsa? Not b. any means, but II
The amount a money that war cooe
- Auring ~ progsses and for PSI
sioas sincs, had bssu expended among
the cclorsd psopas q this nation for
Industrial sducatiop and other civil
Using agsociss that raos today would
have been further aAvasceA b he
scale oe peuQsosivs peoples than II
will 500 years from today under the
present Circumstances.
Christ's Kingdom does not come By
the sword II ID within you. The
patriotism Of war rules the world with
the sword. The patriotism q psacs
rules the world with IN idea. The
one 10 spectacular and wins instaBta-
neous applause; the other u quiet,
moves unseen and III marks are
seen only In generations. One =
Nike . derrick, II moves the mass OF
Iron by force applied In one place;
other IL like Q sunbeam, n moves
the mass oe iron by tho unseen ep-
pansion Of its molecules.
The maintenance of peace by pre-
parednoss for war 10 out At harmony
with tho gospel, with reason, with
sthics, with economies and with com
mon sense, and any institution that ID
out Of harmony with an these thinss
should BE- discontinued. The prophet
says the nations shah not Only settle
down to the great industries Of psacs
but that they shah mot learn war
any more. Al long % peace IL main
tanned b. overwhelming naviss the
nations are learning war and the prog
rsss Of the world 10 checked. Given
national Jealousy. hatred. prepared.
ness for war and any tribe n SUN.
Client to produce war. Given nationsi
fraternity, great prospertty % the
part Of the people and no armament
and NO problem 10 suinciently crave
10 produce war.
The logic Of prsssrvine peace By
Increasing the navies II the world
would Anally leave the world power
In the hands Of one nation. II would
only be . matter Of time whom all
nations but one would become bank
rupt.
The foohshness Of increasing arms,
ment il seen In the experience Of our
own peaceful republic. For the eight
Year, preceding the Spanish war, our
appropriations for the army were q
little less than a.. o00. 900 psr annum,
and for the navy q little over Ss7 .OOO,.
900 per annum. For the eight years
preceding 1911 the appropriations for
the army sprang to Ss3, 0O0, 900 Der an.
mum. and for the navy to more than
sloa. 000, 900. We are nov Spending for
army, navy and psnsaoas the snor.
nous sum Of $4,000 900, o. u Dor
cent. Of the entire revenue Of the
United States. II this increase alone
In the army and navy we're turned
toward the Industries which make
nation rich and happy. II would On.
able and maintain an Industrial and
agricultural sxperimeat station In
every county In the United States and
Tor IT. WORK. what would this mean
70 the 00OVt0Y lA0S Year OUT v8fm