The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
is NE THINGS -.
and OTHER THINGS

Honor the Lord with thy substance,
and with the first fruits of all thine
increase. Prov. 3;9.
Pride goeth before destruction and
an naughty spirit before fall. Pro-
verbs 1913.
I am glad the spies have passed
most of them have gone to Mexico
It is just possible some of them may
return. Well if they do they will
have to answer to the challenge 'FWho
goes therep' The period of long suf-
fering has passed:
This is the decade when ancient
and modern fendalism will have to
pass to the rear ranks in human
thought. The world has reSorted to
drastic measures to eliminate from
the worlds equasion all forms of
fendalism.
We are exploiting wrongs, we are
to assist in righting wrongs, and our
Uncle Sam has commenced the right
ing in big way. 7,00O,00O,000 to
start with is some money. We have
the brains, courage and money with
which to do our part
Now is the time to educate our
selves in team work-to have more
collectiveism and less individualism IN
education, production and govern
ment. l mean for US to work for the
good of all more and not so much
for self. We want to get the idea
that he who can do the most for all
the people is greater than he who
accumulates the most for himself.
1t would be a good thing if we
could get together and spend a whole
day telling each other we believe in
ourselves and in our institutions, and
in our national future-a day where
we can put our muck-rake critics in
the front seats, and see to it that they
do not leave until all the speeches on
brotherhood have been delivered.
The every day man upon the streets
becomes the big man of the nation.
He takes a notion to send one of his
partners to Congress, and it is done,
but let the selected partner become
chesty and assume he belongs to a
ruling class, and in twenty-four
months he is placed among the peo-
pie in the ranks. Democracy says,
eve the people" are the masters. 1t
takes long time to clean the mind
of old world autocracy but eve the
people" in America are doing it.
We are now at war with the central
powers, but if circumstances had
been a little different we would have
been at war with entente powers. We
do not war with races but with wrong
principles. We are for the people
and not for classes:
Watch the Home Guards drill You
will see more awkwardness shown and
will see more need of military drilling
than all the arguments you will be
able to make against CONSUMPTION in d
month.
The smile is natures cure for thou
Sansd of diseases. You never knew a
''similer' to be a habituaI dyspeptic,
nor an everlasting GROWER" Smile
little. even if it is but little more
than sickly grin-you will find it will
make that homely face look a little
more human, little less like bears
smile and it will cost less to feed
you these high-priced days
This new dominating world spirit
marks a new world epoch. Woe to
the nation, clan or tribe that still be-
ieves in the old, and still respects that
! out-grown form of government. 1t
| is well to understand that world
brotherhood is having a baptism of
| fire. But it is well to note that now
amidst the most deadly bursting of
shells of all ages, the brotherhood of
man is strongest. 1t costs blood and
| money to give new principle to hui
mainly, but history shows US that it
is the quickest and cheapest way to
| esta h1iSh world orders
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Some of these days we will get
sense enough to quit talking of ou1
tancestrial blood. We will learn that
there is no pure race blood In the
world to be found except in the jun
! giles of Africa. The notions we whites
have about race preferment are birth
and geographical prejudices. If born
in England, Scotland, Germany OF
France, we boast of our blood-isms
We say we are $50 and so" and it is
true, but when we come to America
| it matters not what land gave you
birth, you are Americans and espe-
cially is that true if you were born ii
| America. Remember breeds have
nothing to do with your Americanism
only deeds of construction give you
place in this land of undeveIoped op-
portunity. Only when you let race
prejudice take you from American
ideals will your loyalty to Old Glory
be questioned.
Culture is the constant elimination
of useless movements, and the attain
ment of increasing economy in the
expenditures of our forces. Now il
you had been at the Grand Army Hal
on last Monday evening, to watch
the Home Guard drill under the direc
ton of Captain Willard Crane, yoy
would have seen the rawest, mos
awkward men that ever tried to take
orders from drill master. Before
last Monday evening, / thought i
rank nonsense to use nine month:
in drills before men could honestly
fight. / am not sure but it would
take nine years instead OF nine
months to make these seventeen rep
resentative men of Hays, into fight
ing machine. I do not question th'
bravery Of the volunteers, but the!
do not know how to fight IN teams
/ am in favor of drills" for schools
and for the business men. I wish W.