El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28


To the article IN the columns OF your
paper. April 81. headed FL Paso Pa
triotism. signed A NJ NJ 7 want TO
say Amen I am only sorry he did not
sign his name so we could all honor
him.
will say for the benefit OF 4. NJ n.
that he has only heard from the non
producing lawyer. real estate shark
and eommereialism, and when one looks
upon them ne can readily understand
Christ's meaning. Money the root OF
all evil But there is still patriotism
among the WOrkingmen. sons Of toll.
within the gate OF Fl Paso.
The less brains a person has. the
more cheek he possesses; the less sense,
the more nerve Couceit sometimes
amounts 70 insanity
Though; forms character Every
thing moves in oTder-first the thought.
then the act. then the habit. Lying TO
some people becomes chronic They do
not handle truth sufficiently TO know
what the article is. They lie automatl-
caily. There are those who inhaie all
the moral miasna that is in the air.
They are always looking for disease in
stead of health They take a diseased
view Of every question. To these minds
nothing ever looks healthy and strong
but all is weak and sicSly and dis
torted.
The humming bird lives on the
sweets or flowers, while the crow picks
up carton II IS said that the toad takes
no nourishment from the earth. but
poisons It such is the case Of any
commercial body whose oBly aim is
financial gain Moral syufnathy and
character have no place in a CONNER
ciaI body.
a mans occupation often changes his
morals; his politics. sometimes his re-
ligion. Who ever engages in an I'm
moral or unlawful business will always
be found upon the wrong side Of every
question that affects the good order OF
society. A community frequently SUI
fers more from the highest strata OF
society than from the lowest
Did you ever stop to think what p
rasping, grasptnS set these solid men
OF business are-always ready 10 do"
the other fellow.
Il IS the same today a s Il has always
been. The saviors Of the nation and
OF our country have always come
from the common people. who only en-
joy Z few luxuries while toiling for
more.
Labor has always done the develop
ment and has furnished the defence OF
our nation
Clear your glasses OF commercial
cObwebs and behold his place in his
tory. He has feIied the forests. tUn-
neled the mountains. threaded the land
with railways, brideed the rivers and
converted wilderness in 10 an Sden
fIom which the world can be fed. He
has not only created wealth but he has
been its defender.
At the expense oc his blood and the
prayers OF MS VIE and the suffering
Of his children have the wars OF the
republic been fought and won Whose
firesides were made places OF mourn
iEE by Bunker Hill Valley Forge and
Shiloh? Whose valor hoisted the Stars
and Stripes 70 float into freedoms
breeze2 With tattered uniform and
bleeding feet he marched up Lookout
mountain. down Shenandoah valley.
through the wilderness and from At
lanta to the sea
From his ranks have come the might
lest men-a farmer leaves his pillow and
becomes the maker OF a modern Eng
land" Four million slaves are crying
for Moses, and a rail splitter drops his
ak. Yields the pen and hberates them
dark hours OF Valley Forge who wrote
army on to victory. 7 refer to Thomas
PAINS These are tho times that try
mems souls"
The summer soldier and the sunshine
patriot viii IN = crisis shrink from the
service OF his country. but he who now
stands Is deserving the thanks and
praises or man and woman for all
eternity. And I want TO say 70 every
American, in the language OF John
Adams:
IF It be the viii Of heaven that nv
country shall need the offering Of my
life. the victim shall be ready at the
appointed hour OF sacrifice. come when
the hour may But while live. let me
have 8 country and that be a free coun-
try"
c. F Jones
falias Give-a-Dam)