The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-01-27
The War and Trade
A Brilliant Chautauqua Paper Dealing With Facts
and Statistics in Logical and interest
ing Manner
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rade is the basis of all civilization, the of all
nj human progress. Men, and nations too. have tried
perfect civilization, to achieve While Ell
fecting trade; and they have passed, to be
| remembered only by the degree of their failure
t9@ Religion SCIENCE literature and art, all ed
MS ucaton, government, rest trade. A sweeping
statements Yes But who spread religion
depend on trade for subsistence their food ament and
shelter the books which they learn and by which they
teach from place to place is made feasible by
trade routes So with all teachers The artist dependent
trade for his materials the tools with which he works. the writ
his and his of reaching his audiences the
nation for its government, supported by trade
The American people have been ridculed nation of
tradesmen; many have thought to
apologize explain this national trait do not
hold with SUCH the peaceful pursuit of trade nation
greatness trade and it's concomlttant bene
that civilization is consumated We. as nation fall too
easily habit depecang great tradesmen and their
success unhnng orgetfu that their our sue
cess their profit pro that literature science great
educational social institutions made possible only thru
these things; that by all that has hope
to have knowledge culture in short of civilization
We would go forth to poor entertainment this evening
literature the music, the PHILOSOPHERS with which
busy ourselves and for which have traded removed from
u.s. breakfast indeed Tie viands
orot by trade swept from tables.
What have what has that he has produced
by his effort unaided by trade with his fellow man?
In saying trade the basis of all civilization and the
of all human progress, do not, however, i'm
millennium when shall be rich and Yet
overlook the fact that great fortunes by howso
questionable accumulated have advanced the
of humanity decades than without them it could
possibly advanced in centuries The humanitarian work
of the Rockefeller Institute and Foundation has done much
thoughtful eace the unpleasant the Stand
ard Oil Millions.
said written about the
of the great war, will probably down in history
great this has been in the nature of PARTISAN
tions denas and counter-accusatons- childish He
did it," Il didn't" you did it," All of the bellgerent
e with possibly the exception of Japan and Bulgaria have
and accused This much vexed question:
however, does this and is referred
primarily introduce the fact that this did not begin
August 1914 long before the date of actual armed
hostilites.
The lesson of history, far its many teachings may
be lesson that human progress made
by steadily and continuously advancing vement but
by series of alternate periods of progression and
These periods OF opposite trend human affairs clearly
yet closely related and dependant upon another
weary by gong back far for Illustrations let
consider Modern European History in this light.
friedrich the Great apostle of material progress
influence ncucated into the of heterogen
ous German states spirit of unity before fe and
handing and directing this unified spirit friedrich built up
empire based upon the dual theory of responsibility
welfare of its citizens and of individual ubordnation
welfare of the He abolished local erfdom per-
haps should say established state serfdom in which the
of the people taught rugay and sefspec and
education and justice equally distributed by the
With the Imperial title the unified Germany resting the
House of Hapsburg there leaders the of Fred
rick The Great unity and period of reOgrs
ensued during which, for the temporary respite
Therese and the weak but deaistic Joseph
German steadily reaped The euda system
revived with fevor by the arstoctc classes schools
polished perverted and the Holy Roman Empire dsentgat
ed from within
The next period of progress inauguraed in Eng
land and Holland be in its infancy by the French
Revolution and France that the spirit of Democracy
Europe born Other of progress had from
the rulers enforced by the of the state In the French
Revolution first effective force for reform emanatng
from and directed by the people, Their slogan
less triumvirate Liberty, Equality Fraternity Liberty
from what? Equality of what? Fraternity what? The
industry and the benefits of it's FRUITS exactly what
Friedrich The Great and Joseph II had worked Ger
manic peoples But by what different methods! On the one