The Washington herald., 1917-06-13
Real Mobnl.ation.

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The Herald has been making its ap-
pesls for broadness Of purpose and
saneness Of policies In marshsiiins al
the resources Of the country for the
war. with the object of killing old
doubts and prejudices that have been
standing IN the way. II Il no chlld's
play. this war. and the man who has
examined the question at close range
on. the other side and does not think
that the great burden Is falling on
US. Is yet to>be found. II Is necessary
that wider view should be taken be-
cause narrowness win land Us In de-
feat,
Hence 1t is possible that many old
partisan ideas VIII have TO be
abandoned. 1t is 30 easy to fnd fault
with an administration burdened with
the manifold duties OF this conflict
that the wonder Is that there have not
been more Senator Hardings. whose
speech In the Senate attracted at
tention. and more Senator shermans,
whose letter to the Chicago Tribune
sizzled with vitriolic view Of things,
Well who could have done bstter9
Senator Harding7 Senator Sherman1 Z
Their ability Il not doubted, but Il you
get either Of them to sit down and
talk Il over, II 10 a safe wager that
they VIII admit that the sdmInistra-
ton has accomplished wonders. II
would have been better for the coun-
try IL q Democratic Senator had
criticised the administration. There
are some who would like to. Itwould
also have been better II a Republican
Senator had defended the President.
There are many who do not think all
the war preparations have been
failures. Nor do Senator Harding, we
venture to say, and Senator Sherman
think the record Is one to cause des-
pair. ..r
This partisanship Of attack Is one Of
the things We will have to outgrow.
So also is the spirit of intolerance.
Senator Gore voiced that spirit in his
bills to give US prohibition during the
war. A "dry" country in war has It's
advantages. But what about the con-
stitution when Senator Gore proposes
to confiscate the entire quantity of
whiskey In bond? And what about
the revenue which he would throw
away. Only the other day Mr.. Amos
Pinchot CTooley street. U. S. A. was
insisting that the wealthy men Of the
country should pay the expenses Of
the war. Even a Tooley street tailor
L..
York the other night, said that he
only wanted men with $4,000 incomes
to pay Is per cent of the amount in
taxes. Why Mr.. Pinchot Is more
moderate now than the House. So
there is hope for everybody Of high
temperature and low visibility.
The question Of ships for the carry
ing demands is Of vital Importance.
If this country had adopted the policy
OF ship mail subsidies, which built up
the merchant marine of England. Ger
many and France there would be
plenty of American bottoms now to be
used in the war trade. That is
prejudice that must die the death.
soon or late. What an advantage
fifty ships like the st. Louis would
give US? The American people have
been taught to believe that no good
could come from the railroads. So
the railroads must be smashed into
Smithereens and not allowed income
with which to buy equipment for the
war. That is another prejudice which
must be burned at the stake. The
spirit that puts a stamp on every
cheque of more than S and lets those
Of less than IS go free is the spirit in
the same class. The spirit which
would insist that a man whose skin
is dark or whose head is red shall not
fight for his country is the same mar
row one which brings defeat.
We need in this conutry and in this
Congress an end Of narrow partisan
ship, of bigoted tendencies, of class
prejudice and a widening Of the view
which shall bring together in one
great irresistible mass everything of
strength in the country for the end
ing of the war.