Pocahontas star herald., 1915-02-26
hon. c. G. Johnston of Success
Writes on interesting Subjects

TO the intelligence OF our people
that the European countries hay,
always, or many years at least, been
IN the lead in the great institutions
OF learning, in science, manufaetur,
ing industries etc. But with the
war raging It has practically put an
end TO all those institutions; many
are being, and will be destroyed
the countries are being devastated ;
destruction and ruin stalks in the
path Of great armies; hundreds of
thousands Of lives are being lost; I;
and should the war continue as 1t
most assuredly will until all Europe
will be bankrupt and almost depop
ulated; hence, with all these calaml-
ties heaped upon them, il wall take
from n quarter TO half a century
for them to get back to normal con.
diuons. So # we will only remain
neutral, As We doubtless will, with
our great wealth and citizenship,
our great capltIlist Slll certainly
see the opportunity aud at once set
about TO establish all those great en-
terprises and institutions, and
manufacture our raw materials into
finished products and furnish all
those countries with hnIshed articles
instead Of the raw materials at low
prices and not ouly that, abolish all
breSeries aud saloons that are
causing more misery aud woe and
degradation 10 the human family
than all other evils extant in the
world; YES, causing more divorce
cases, lunatics, illiterate and neglec
ed childen and more downtrodden
and broken hearted women than all
other causes; puts more criminals
behind the hars, sends more victims
to the gallows and electric chair
than all other causes combined, and
is the direct cause of at least as per
cent of the vast sums of money col
lected from the people to MAINTAIN
our criminal courts; and yet, this
does not begin to describe the aw.
fulness and Nervousness Of the busi.
ness, and in lieu, thereof. give the
employees in those vile and helish,
institutions employment in institu
tions that are honorable, decent,
refining aud blessing 10 the world
rather than a curse TO all humanity
and an eternal punishment IN the
end.
Then, will our great country be
called "blessed." And why not?
Most assuredly it will.
Again ! predict and Look forward
with fond hope and great antlcipa-
tion, to the time when this great
conflict is ended, there will be a
worldwide peace conference, when
all the nations of the globe will
will come together and enter into a
binding compact that there shall
never be any more war between ma.
tions, that there shall be a disarma
ment of all the nations of the earth,
thereby saving the people the enor
nous sums of money expended for
no other purpose than TO destroy
human lives and property; that only
an international navy be provided
by the compact 10 protect all the
powers from pirates on the seas etc.,
and that any all trouble arising be-
tween nations or countries be COM
PEELED to submit to arbitration by
the terms and conditions of the
peace commission. Why not?
Again, my prediction is that ulti-
mately this great conflict will be
the end of monarcbles and a world
wide establishment Of Republican
government 10 all the civilized ma
tions. This done, and all the
world can and will, point with pride
to, U. S. A. as the leading factor in
bringing about such happy changes
and results, and we, us, U. s. A.,
Uncle Sam, will be idealized as the
great paclfcator Of the world, and
the ideal form of government.
Pardon me kind reader | did not
intend to dlgress so far from nv