The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-15
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: come when. things that were tolerated
3 before could not be now., ."That is the
reason, I believe, why Minnesota so
utterly. resented the LaFollette
speech"
He acknowledged he did not like
. war, that it was. inhuman, but that,
dsto ussit was holy war, In regard
rsto.loyalty,. he, said, we. should ebe like
the negro nanny who, said about
her corn bread. 81 amt got npthfn
elseFRp hand butlgyMGt sat - rs
~ eHhe speaker then ssneupcedi that he
: had sae definite. subject on which to
speak and he called sit Changes
Ahead" whether we like it or not"
said DR.. Burton, "the fact remains
that the whole order of civilization is
= being torn to shreds. There is new
order ahead; every thing now is in a
state of change. We must all be pre-
pared for these changes. His topic was
clearly divided into points which will
be touched on briefly here.
He showed that we must change
our Eating" The war, he said, de-
Z pended as much on the food we send
our soldiers and allies as the ammuni-
tion. He urged the men to do their
part and not to complain about the
food served them. His message to
the children was that they deprive
themselves of candy and sugar. The
most forceful point that was made
about the change in dressing" was
that very often we see SIS hat on
a ten cent brain. The women are
mostly responsible for extravaganza
0fn clothes. On the subject of ''Work"
7zDr. Burton said that more elemental
and primative work must be done and
that the person whose work had been
!. unchanged since the opening of the
war should ask himself some seriouc
questions. About "Recreation," he
did not think we needed to play quite
so much. In a. strong appeal he
showed how verys much work there
was for each one to do and left each
one with a resolution to do more thar
he had done before The next division
~Religion" exposed fearless Christ
ianity that no one could resent what
ever, their belief. On account of the
service and sacrifice demanded, on &C
Hcount of the breaking up of family af-
ter family. the nation turned to God
for strength and comfort and. he said
he believed that religion would be the
more vital because of the war
Business" was the next point. The
term, Business as Usual" is out of
date, for changes are taking place
every day. He gave an example in s
the wav the United States has turned
to being all resourcefu now that the
2 imported sunnlies had been cut off. |
<'To much attention has been paid. &c
being paid vet, to the production of
raw materials and not enough r.
manufacturing" Having completed
his two general subjects, namely,
changes in living and in business he
took for his third, changes in Gov
eminent" President Wilson, he said,
wields more actual power now than
any ruler on the earth today. The
whole world now turns to him, recog-
MIXING his power and his wisdom. He
pointed out that government control
was absolutely necessary. and
asked the questions. "Is there go
s9fg to be continued Capitalization of
power after the war, And, '"can the
American government be made eff
ficient ?" Relentlessly he tore to
pieces the American politics, calling
it .Rotten" He said the American
people would not tolerate it and that
we are Individually responsible for
democratic efficiency.
The remainder of the speech was
given over to the war itself. No
words can do justice to the appeal
he made. Let it be sufficient to say
that were there any German sympa
thizers in the audience, they went
away with new understanding and a
new born love for the land of their
freedom. DIR. Burton said there were +
three ways to arouse people: by max
ing them scared, by making them mad
and by making them "blubber." He