The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-10

body of workingmen wear themselves
 out. kill their powers. When we ge4
 it firmly into our heads that commo on
 men are too valuable to go unculti-
 vated, undeve1oped, we will have gone
 a long way toward discouraging war.
 If they are too valuable for cannon
 fodder, then even @ Kaiser will not
 allow. them to be so used. But the
 men will see to it themselves as they scome to realize their value. The
 stand many. bodies of Iasborers and so-
 cialtsts take against war is bound to
 be stronger as time goes on. It will be. stronger after this war. The com
 mon man won't tolerate it when he comes to see that he is getting nothing from it and that there is a peaceful way for him to get more out of life. Moreover when he sees that those who
 direct his work are in sympathy with his ambition, believe in his powers she is going to be more of a person than ever.
 How, Peace Can Be Made As Interest ing as War.
 Yes the new industrial order is 1 going to don an enormous amount toward putting an end to- war. It is go- ing sto make, life too interesting, too prosperous and too cooperative to stop every now and then and destroy | all that has been achieved in a. few | generations War has been away l of getting things. Industry is going to get more things for everybody in a more interesting way. It is the coop | erat1ve principle that will do the | thing.
 I Every man who organizes his fac l tory force on scientific principles, trains his men, opens the way for their advancement, considers health, safety and happiness as sound busi-
 ness principles, who fits wages to ser vice and takes into some form of part | nerships everybody who stays by, who regards business not as his or the | stockholders but as the joint product of everybody who contributes to it.
 that man is pulling the teeth for war, for he is making peace worth while
 and the way the world has been run
 peace has not been worth while for
 many men. War was more interesting 1 and profitable. ,a
 If industry were to be continued on old lines or as it used to be in our own steel and wool mills and in the
 mines of the world, there would be lit
 tie to choose between war and indus try. The former had many advan- tages It had it's thrills and it's oppor-
 tunfties for iron crosses and things,
 and it put, one in a noble company and you could wear a. uniform and
 march to a band, if you were wounded you were given a pension and were a hero, and if you were killed you be longed to a holy company. Nothing g
 of that kind for a coal miner or a cot- ton spinner or a. railroad brakeman. But things have changed in industry. in the past. When every group of | miners. street cleaners and shovelers 1 become a trained body and are han
 d1ed as so many soldiers are, then out of this body those fit are advanced regularly When you get the whole larsdx fNfe 1ea1n In 1kaf1A organization, not like a dump heap, you'll have done something to make the life of the common laborer as, de-
 sirajb1e as that of the common sol l dier. I count enorm ousIy on the gen eral organization of industry to make it more interesting to men than war. How to Make Dull Times Easier.
 You also want to know whether I think the Golden Rule in business will