The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-14

similar changes Of revolutionary char
acter have taken place in France.
Italy and Germany, Even the United
States has Communicated all the ship
yards for the purpose of speeding them
up, and will undoubtedly take over
more and more lines Of production as
the conflict wears on. |
Through the vast pressure OF war
business, womans place in the COM
munity everywhere has increased in
Importance. The. wives and sweet
hearts must labor while their men are
on the field of battle. And this promi.
hence of the fair sex has resulted in the
promise of equal suffrage to women IN
Great Britain and will undoubtedly
give greater political rights to women
in many other lands.
The dignity of work has received
recognition such as was never accord-
ed before. Germany has forced by law
perhaps a million persons into In
dustry; France would have put a SINH
lar measure into effect had the en-
trance of the United States into the
war not made this unnecessary. The
state Of West Virginia has passed a
statute making it crime to be idle
in war time, and the sentiment which
was behind this law Is felt through
out the world. &
Human Life's Worth.
For their working millions the gov
ernments are caring as, never before.
Their health and their lives are the
objects of solicltudc. The value Of a
human being, simply from the stand
point Of productivity, is realized. The
well-learned lesson, that 1t pays to con-
serve human life and energy, will be re-
membered and will undoubtedly, some
day, when this war is over, result IN
making the world q better place to-
live in. -
Mems brains have been busy these
three years Of war. But, If we take
Thomas A. Edison's word for 1t, the
results in new inventions have been
surprisingly small. And still smaller
have these results been from the point
of view Of human benefit. Most OF
the new devices are means to STAY and
main.
In two directions, however, the
world has progressed in ways to be
utilized in peace time. The conquest
of the air has gone forward rapidly {;
airplanes fly vast distances at enor-
nous speeds in comparative safety
Second, in the enormous, melancholy
war hospitals, the surgeons have de-
veloped new maryels In saving the
badly wounded, molding new faces on
dlsfgured unfortunates, preventing the,
suppuration Of injured tissues, curing
severe burns and doing many other
marvels.
Widespread Destruction.
The worlds possessions have been
destroyed at most alarming rate,
Scores Of great cities, hundreds Of
towns and thousands OF villages lay
in crumbling brick and mortar. Mil.
lions Of homes have been devastated.
New enterprises, new railroads,
bridges, schools, colleges, and a myriad
other works of peace have failed to be
built as they would have been in the
normal development Of nations. In
stead, the old equipment has been
wearing out. Railroads in the warning
nations have steadily deteriorated for
lack of men to repair and replace
them. Everything that does not serve
the immediate purpose Of war has
been neglected.
Somewhere between seven and ten
million tons Of ocean shipping lies at
the bottom Of the ocean, the prey of
the submarine, the mine and the raid.
ing cruiser. It will take many years
Of peace for mankind to catch up in
material things. .S
Education Hats.
In the things of the mind the world
has halted, too. Schools and colleges