Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1916-02-24
X Jar is SOMETHING ORA sOCIALIzER.

wv much at least can be said for it. Tt is not very
much Of socalzer though The organization OF an army
one class and MEN the other It ofense with pen
atv all the way from the penitenary to summary execl
ton for one of the len to be disrespectfu to
OFFICER OFFICERS are arstocrats, M EN- are cattle.
<-@ ''Theirs not to reason why
Theirs but to do-+and die!''
Nincompoops who couldn't their own living at
home set officers over men their superior IN every
manly quality Conscious Of their natural i'rferlorty
these officers strive by means to MAINTAIN the alt
fetal and unnatural superiority given them by the mil
tary law Thus to men who have neen N the naDlt o.
reasoning freedom the iron MUST OF the army IS I'M
bearabe Men of spirit cannot submit to the slavery the
most impatient or with the least to lose desert others
stodly their sentence wh7e determining never 20
enlist again-exceTt as OFFICERS,
Among the MEN, though the socializng leaven
works. either by compusion IN conscrpted Europe or
bv free WILL as in volunteer America Tasks that seem
filthy in the artificial environment OF civilized peace lose
their oathsomeness in the natu1aness OF barbarlc war
Professors and artists learn to dig trenches and WaoW
in mud who would have died rather than have dug an
honest drain at home Men who would have divorced
their wives rather than carry home her PACKAGES tudg
through plowed fields with IS pound OF gum haversack
and blanket Dandes who could not even imagine tnenl
selves pushing painters cart, will strain at Dread
wagon in partnership with long cared mule-f only that
wagon is labeled ''army conlnnssary
But this wiping out Of artificial viewpoints this
STRENGTHENING of social strabsmus though devouty to be
wished is not worth the price Of war; because it can be
bought for less Earthquakes fires floods any KIND OF
holocaust will do The social standards that raise one
IcaSS the bent packs OIL leSS A00o
knong are so fimsy that Just little shiver Of Dame
Nature will set prince and pauper cawng at each other
flor the same crust Of bread the same breath OF
digging together in the debris for the tortured body
Even fishing camps will do it. There men will wash
dishes scrub and cook and empty pots and scour pans
and Sweep and pare potatoes! - ,
Won see it's not the act iself-it's the MUST that
GOES with it. man will wait upon guest who would not
Wait in restaurant Service is considered mental! Inc
most useful service is considered the most memal
sewer digger is worth more to society than DOCTOR some
times because the doctor but an illness where
sewer digger may prevent it. The difference IS that the
ditch digger thinks he has to and the doctor Trunks ne
doesn't. . -, @,.
Compulsory labor came into the world wit with h savey
To work for another was but confession tnaf ne WAS
by the ward stick The inch marks that were once marked
''1ashes' elbows 'brandngs, are now marked
swages" "blacklist, :" ''starvation.''
Some NAV think it worth while to go to war to lose
the yardstck; we prefer the fishing camp
IN SHADES of George Washington Whab oanque's
~ y are committed in thy name!