Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24


Social and Economic B~y-Products.
The social and economic by-prod-
ucts are equally startling. Four may
be mentioned, among many others.
There is growing rapidly, as a result
of the war. a new internationalism,
q new brotherliness among nations,
No nation liveth unto itself. No nation
can defy the will Of the community of
nations without being called to ac-l
count. All the great races Of the
world are fighting shoulder to shoul
der in this great conflict; Slav, jap
anese, Negro. Arab, East Indian, irish,
Scotch, French, English. American, |
Italian. develop a wonderful comrade-I
ship within the trenches. The broth
erhood of man is to become q real
ity only in a brotherhood Of nations.
This means, in the second place, a
universal democracy. The map of the
world will be made over; small ma
tionalities will have a freedom such
as they enjoyed in ancient times; the
Serbs, the Poles, the Irish, the Ar
menians, will within larger political
units, maintain local independence
and freedom. The people will have
the dominant vote in the parliaments
of the world. The United States Of
America has set the standard that
shall be the goal of every nation.
Emancipation Of Womanhood.
A third social and economic by-prod-
uct is the emancipation of woman
hood, especially in Europe. Before
the war, a man was a sort of lord
within his own home. Europe was
still feudal, SO far as the rights Of Or
binary Women were concerned. Men
could go to war, men could run the
government, men could transact the
business affairs Of the community.
Women must work in the fields, WON
en- must be mothers and slaves at the
same time, women must toll and new
er complain. When Tommy and Hans
and Sandy and Patrick and Tony
come home from the war they Will
find that their women folks have
learned to do a great many things
formerly the divine prerogatives OF
the men folks, and the womenSof Eu-
rope will take their place beside their
sisters in America. The American
woman is no angel but she can take
care of herself, Just the same. The
women of Europe will beAheard, hence.
forth, in the matters of citizenship,
education, moral reform and business
transactions.
A fourth by-product, distinctiyely
social and economic, is the turning to
account Of every available man; that
is, the value of the individual. In
spite of the seeming reckless sacrifice
of men, by the millions, all parties to
the great struggle are now exceeding.
ly careful not to expose their men to
no avail. Men are now worth more
than shot and shell. 1t was not Sc
three years ago. And the broker
fragments of men, the blind, the
crippled, the mutilated pieces of mer
that yet live and return to their desc
late homes, are to be taught usefu
trades SO that they may become mo-
a liability but an actual asset to The
community and to the state. Life il
today, in spite of the war, the mos,
precious thing in all the world.
Industrial Democracy Sure to Come
A fifth social %by-product, remotely
resulting from the war, is the indus
trial democracy that is sure to come
The evolution is somewhat after this
order: first came the religious eman
cipation, wherein every man was per
mitted to worship God after the die
tates Of his own conscience; we arr
now in the throes Of the second grea-
Reformation. and this is the establish
ment Of political democracy. Tn,
Declaration Of Independence and til,
French Revolution marked the awak
ening. This great war marks til,
fruition. There will come in the mex
century as wonderful and far reach
ing an advance toward industrial
!. democracy, wherein one man With
Of as much value as another man. 5
, far as industrial rights and privilege
are concerned. Men may differ il