The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
HIS BROTHERS KEEPER
By JOHN LEISK TAFT
Am I my brothers keepor?'

Am I my brothers keep"r2'
 Cain, crouching in the shadows Of justification, originated it. Every son of Adam. from Cain to you. bas echoed it.
 But ARE you your brothers keeper?
 Just take square, honestto-John look at the facts in the case before you try to dismiss responsibility. What are the facts?
 The world despises a busybody- and properly It is a very right senti- ment which holds the average man within the bounds of his own business and prevents nOsing among his neighbors private affairs. To that ex- tent. at least, no one will contend that one is responsible for what happens to another. But then
 There are other things than purely private affairs, a world of matters in which your brothers interests are in extricably bound up with your own and with those of every other man, woman and child on earth; and in these mat
 
 your brothers keeper and if you are awake to your own interests you are going 10 see to it that your steward. ship is an active one.
 Twentieth century civilization Is an extremely complex tissue of interlock- ing interests among all the people of communities. cities. states, countries and continents No individual is so great in his personal influence. his belongings or his powers, as to be independent of the rest; none so insig- niticant that he can be safely dkre- garded If there is any sociological truth which stands out today above all others it is the tremendous fact of the universal community of interest among mankind all the world over If there is any lesson which he who runs may read from the story of the world war it is this lesson. This is the fun damental truth of democraCy-the stone upon which the plans and schemes of Germany are going rap idly to wreck. Therefore
 
 signature to subscription blank for Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds do not try to shelter behind the question of Cain. You are your brothers keeper
 First-It is your duty to keep him fortified upon the field Of battle with everything that your money can buy for him He is shedding his blood, sacrificing his time, risking his life because he is answering Yes" 10 this question. Is your blood so yellow that you can. or will, try to evade your almost infinitely smaller sacrifice? Second-lt is your duty to see to it, l ny every honorable means within your power. that your other brother, the | fellow who like yourself. has not been l called to the front, also lives up to his responsibility and contributes of his means according to his ability. in buy 1 ing Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds.
 No matter if. in a burst of resent. l ment al what he may regard as off ] ciousness, he becomes snappy and dis ] courteous. lie won't be resentful long 1 There are other people who will do l their duty as you do yours, and before l he has time to grow very indignant 1 someone else will hit him again in the l same place. Hell forget all about you in fuming at the other fellow. and by l the time this has been repeated a few times he will probably wake up to the fact that he is in minority and begin 10 question whether all these pests i are not right after all
 Whether you like it or not, you are 1 your brothers keeper
 Don't try to sdestep
 Get in the game