The Washington herald., 1917-03-19
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

at is evident that there are other
groups Of 'wiIlful men who ought to be
held W to the rebuke Of the nation
said II II. Carberry. former member of
the state Legislature OF Oregon. who is
stopping at the Willard. "A group of
mon willful enough to threaten the nation
with civil war and starvation have no
right to exist in this country" he de-
clared
s"Thcre never was a dispute that
couldn't he settled by arbitration. But
when stubborn men disagree what's to
he done? II affairs so along as they are
for few more years. it will implant
anarchy in a large number of our people.
after the public has had IT rubbed in
for several years more that il has to pay
for an industrial disturbances, whether
It wants to or not, and then it wakes up
socialism will get a fertilization that II
has hoen waiting for many years.
u am not a socialist hut believe the
ha' Denings of the past few months have
aided the socialist party immensely
There IS a limit to the patience Of even
a coward, and for few railroad men Ia
att"mpt to paralvze the country for thei!
own personal greed, is something do not
h"liovo the American people. whether
friends OF labor or not, will swallow very
o. =ilv
''IE ItCLif are "llluF 70 uNCGTSC
su~cring when It is unavoida bio. but any
unnecessary privation. caused by q
crnu- Of willful men. is surely going to
he resented. 1t would he a nropcr thing
ror the government to Jail the renresen-
tatives On n charge ~ trea son.
"Orcarized labor needs all the friends
i can get. and this latest stunt is GER
ta'nly making a great many friends of
labor wonder upon what class of indi-
- s1,1,r
ship"
"Amor'can people are the most ncr-
vous lot Of human beings 1t ever has
hoen my privilege to observe" said
nr TIolbort A. Camp. Of winnipeg.
Ctna'l@. who is staying at the Ehbitl.
."I have travelled the entire world over,
and | have not seen anyone live their
life and die so quick as an American.
Just stand here and watch the num-
Der Of people who are taking a gamb-
ler's chance on being run over, by a
car or an auto" he continued "Is
anyone's errand important enough to
warrant the taking of such a chance
Why. YOU Americans even want to hur-
~ in your sleep. What is all the rush
All these things will he here when we
are dead and gone
The worst featur" of it is that in a
few years, say fifty, the American will
be bundle Of nerves. and nothing
more. Even today he will not take
time to eat. Did it ever occur to you
that all animals, who move fast act
fast. and live fast. never live very
long. Anything accomplished too fast
r&nr"t possibly last have noticed
in my practice that slow moving. ap-
parontly stupid human beings live the
longest. They are in no hurry to do
anything, not even die.
The fires of youth burn with great
force and rapidity. and in middle age
1t is customary and perfectly natural
to slow up a bit. But today we have
not time to slow up. And we pay the
penalty, with innumerable ills. The
average American workman does not
allow himself enough sleep and eats
entirely too much. Neither is condu-
Give of long life.
We do not live for the future. we
live for today. Notice how slow and
thorough going your grandparents
were, and compare their activities with
yours of today. You. yourself are
going to appear slow to your grand
children. and so on down the line
Just what sort of a race of humans we
will be 100 years from now is some
thing scientists have little doubt about
"It is physically impossible to cal
a halt on all this haste. But speed
. must show on the speedometer of life
and undue wear IL the result" ..