The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-09
A DUTY OF PATRIOTISM


 ODERN WAR consists of broad elements; the fight 4V1 ing element which consists of the under arms and the industrial element which consists of the cvi population behind the lines.
 It has been possible always obtain for the fighting lines The the the more immediate ana gen era the response of the population to call to The n- a stnct to fight is primal
 But industrial power is primal It product of nries of education discipline and training In it's highest form this of the possession of few nations The majority mankind not possess it in high degree
 has always been comparatively for men to fight but very hard industrious There always sackers behind the machines than there behind the
 The powerful military nations during centuries have been embraced in this description They had democratic government They had high industrial development the greatest democracy of its day. Rome the greatest democracy of it's day Greece developed high trial civilization. So did Rome
 The has resolved itself into contest between democracy and autocracy The battle is less between fighting men, than it is between industrial men.
 The victory arrives will not be due to victorious armies triumphant machines The actual struggle is tween commodities
 Put million Sudanese against million Tommes and the Sudanese wouldn't last hour
 The sudanese may much courage the Tommies they have not the factories operated by the skill cd labor under equal efficiency of civilization
 The problem of raising fighting in the United States is simple They will they called the young
 But there is d shortage of labor and million removed from industrial pursuits to be fighters the short will be tremendously increased Moreover there is large of Americans nto Canada where labor needed than in America
 It army short navy that must be guarded against essened industrial Enlistment should be managed diminish the dsorganzaon of industry The necessary be depleted of valuable skill ed comparatively simple of the fighting line
 This will be of commodities. The chief aid to be by the United States for at least must be of the things that industry produces.
 The nation poposes to raise five billions three of which will bs loaned to Europe and two of which will be spent at home . :. would afford difficulties There would be the of much gold of many securities and the transaction would be ended. Ap
 This is the real transaction America is going to send three billion of commodities Europe In addition to the commod ties consumed in the ordinary of government and add tonal two billions of goods will be needed to finance
 These commodities represent labor power All of them must be produced population which is short of mil lions workers The mutudnou needs of the civil society must be provided for
 exceedingly plain The duty of patriotism is clear the call of golden bugle
 Everybody who must work Everybody who works with a will The stacker behind the machine is dangerous the stacker behind gun. .1
 soldier his duty required to De vgant faithful The worker who does his duty field be vgiant, sober faithful.
 The Saturday night drunk may be disastrous than sleeping duty Killing the job unfahfu than leaving post.
 latent labor power of America is enormous Let organized eqab organized not for the benefit of profits for the benefit of the nation.
 An excellent beginning is made in the arrangements dis with Gompers the Council Defense the United States early what Great Britain did late adjust eq ably the relations between employed and employer between both and the nation that for the first time in American his tory the greatest industrial nation earth may maximum of industrial power.
 The United States if wills, produce necessary commodities in the next year than produced in any year its history.
 Sound organization may take the place of than will be called to
 Patriotism and work synonmous terms in these days.
 MORE WARRENITE ID PATRIOTISM IN City Hall apparently has not reached the point where it the principle that public to be wisely spent after compliance with the usual projections os business custom and civilizoticn.