The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-08

The old world Is shaking under a war
the most gigantic Of all the ages. says
Goodwin's Weekly. The men engaged.
the Instruments OF destruction employ
ed are beyond estimation; the pomp and
magnificence OF IT all can no more be
pictured than can the horror and the
sorrow of II. Even though a great
ocean rolls between our country and
! those countries, the infinite sorrow OF
1t all stuns our countrymen. and, SO
to speak, confuses even the business of
our people.
| Yet this should be a time when every
energy should be aroused. Great fac
tories should be in course of erection,
every ship yard should be ringing with
hammers; the reduction works where
steel is being manufactured should be
clouds by day and pillars of fire by
night to turn out the material to be
needed in the mighty Industrial ad-
vance that should be ours as a nation.
The technical schools. the textile
schools and schools of design should be
crowded with students. that the fac
tories to be may not halt through need
| of science to carry them on; the land
owners who desire to sell lands should
be putting them in form to accommo-
date the host that Is to come and who
will want little plats Of soil to make
| homes on.
| Men should be sent away at once to
foreign states to investigate the char
acter of the goods and wares they want
and In what forms to prepare them.
| We have a population of. in round
numbers. 100. 5000 people. We have
quite 100000 of workers. We. have
quite 100000 who need work and are
anxious to engage in 1t. 81
| All they needs a place to work In.
Have not our government and our lead
ing men genius enough to provide a
way? Could that be done our great
republic would make display that in
magnificence and power would put to
shame the work going on across the
sea. There is more rhythm in a work
ing loom than In martial music lead
ing men to death: the boom of blasts
fired In deep mine is far more use
| full. II not SO impressive as the roar
of artillery in Its work OF murder; the
songs of children, In free schools and
happy homes areEfar better than the
means Of strong men dying in field and
hospital
The greatest inspiration should come
from the government itself. 1t should
call upon the people to arise and grasp
the marvellous opportunity which has
been opened to us. and coupled with
the call should be a promise to remove
every possible obstruction from the
path Of the people and to help them in
every possible way in their upward, on
ward march to a peaceable conquest
of trade. to a larger market for their
products.
At the same time our defenses should
be looked to. The side that wins across
the sea will be liable to be arrogant
and aggressive. The best defense of
a country is its people. Every youth
in school over 16 years of age should
have some months of military training.
Premiums should be offered for i'm
proved weapons and more deadly ex-
plosives. Some battle ships should be
built annually. Premiums should be Of
fered for more effective air ships and
submarine boats. The safety Of a
nation lies in its always being pre-
pared for war;
Five months ago a profound peace
had wrapped Europe around. Look at
the situation there now!
1t Is proper to evade war In every
honorable way. but 1t Is folly not to- be
prepared for 1t. -
One month of war costs more than
ten years of preparation. and to be pre-
pared is but taking out a nations ac-
cident insurance policy =
If we ara great enough as people
and government to accept what is pre-
scented to us now. in ten years the
greatest of nations will be but second
class compared with ours.