Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-27

| Dollt'S anu tNutdtlOH ~ at u lllEil
| history of the state. Tax reform Il
pushed as far as n republican ma !,
| Let the voters consider these
they W,nt to go forward or baCkv
| for progress. \ vote for BurSum
emic career to which so many un-
pleasant references are nowadays
made, as a teacher in womans col
lege / taught the women at Bryn
government 1t has, therefore, always
been well-kuoWn fact TO me that
when | address women upon public
questions | can address them exactly
as | would address men
"Aftcr all, the real problem of this
country is to make a community of il,
is to get the civic spirit, the same from
one side of the continent to the other.
Not only the spirit the same but the
conscious purpose the same,
"I am very glad in the midst Of the
confusuns and the irresponsible talk
of a campaign to be permitted to dis
cuss these things that have nothing to
do with campaigns, that run all
through the history Of the nation and
might always run through, and look
forward to the times to come when,
whether in one capacity or another,
zt all cooperate for a common
2, therefore ! for one,
: z y much disturbed by
Z Sings that have been
preuicreu, that are said to be going
to happen after the war, after the
present distressing war in Europe.
No Fear Of Commercial War.
81 say that ! have been distressed
because, apparently the point Of
these predictions was that this war of
arms was going to be followed by an
other sort of contest, based on a radi-
cal economic rivalry which would
breed deeper antagonisms than the
antagonism Of actual force. You know
what has happened IN countries like
our own beloved country The feel
ing between the north and south in
this country did not arise from out OF
the war, out of the fighting. 1t arose
out Of the political measures that fol-
lowed the war. It is in times of peace
that the irrecOncilable antagOnisms of
nations are created, When YOU fight
you, so to say get the hatred out OF
your blood by the very cNortIon OF
struggle. Moreover it is contact of
force with an equal force, and respect
is bred between the antagonists. But
it would be a very sad pity if this war
should be followed by subtle antagon-
isms that could not be cured in that
way and did not lead to mutual re-
spect.
United states Prepared.
"For one thing, it is predicted that
after this war IS over, Europe Will IN
some way overwhelm the United
States by her economic power and her
economic antagonisms to the United
States. I wonder that any thinking
man can entertain an opinion of that
sort What is this war doing to hu-
rope? Does war increase the econo-
mic efficiency of nation? There are
some twenty-five million men undcl
arms or who have been under arms Il
this titanic struggle From forty TO
sixty per cent of the skilled mechah-
les of Europe have been called INTO
the field. not mechanics merely but
men of skill of every sort, musicians
men who could play upon the human
spirit as well as deftly handle a me
chanicaI instrument And the whole
energy, the whole physical enefsy'
the whole deXterity, the WhoIe
thought of great nations have been
concentrated upon this business ol
destruction. The business Of desiruc-
ton has been so successful that inc
materials of economic life nave D'eH
destroyed upon an enormous scale
The debts that these nations are pIl-
ing up are so high that the interest
on them will equal the whole budgets
of these nations before the war came
on, the added interest on the money
that they are spending that they must
take by borrowing.
Refutes Foolish Statement
and these gentlemen tell us iha'
these nations that have spent theII
best blood and energy for this thIh5
are in the meantime doing what? Gre
ating great bodies of goods when
they are going to ship to us and dump
on us when the war is over. Have
they ever seen a war?
Have they any Imagination.
Have they any conception Of wha'
this war means? Do they not kno"
that the population that is not in the
field is bent in all its concentrated
energy upon one thing, namely-sus-
tanning those who are in the field
'Are they now creating dyestuft'
to ruin our market? Are they no"
manufacturing silks to overcome oui
American silk factories? Are they
producing the things they have or
dinarilv sent to America in such
abundance while they are in TINS