The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-04
WAR AND COMMON SENSE

"A parity comparative civilization he has increased lit tie by little his stock of morality and his control of the powers of naure At any time he has been bound by the conditions about him. always he has had in view ideals He has looked toward the better After while he has attained the bet ter thing
 When this principle stated in terms of material things 1t easy understand Men walked after long time they rode the waters log rough dug outs followed canoes boats sailing craft seamboas modern iron cads and the sub marine
 The wise who at any time improved the means of travel he unwise at any time he advised other not to what they had because there might be something better.
 Men could not he until they how to float the water travel beneath the surface of the water until the submarine invented.
 Social devices not tangible machines built of wood steel but they of the nature Men cannot vote until they get the ballot cannot ride government rail- roads until the railroads owned by the governmen cannot have cooperation while nearly everybody believes in compe on cannot have permanent while nearly everybody be- Heves in the necessity of war
 The is wise who shows the way a better social chanism but he is unHse if he tells they joy the things they have because there better things to be had day.
 Men and form habits, all some, and some, many which praciced, often to fanaicism
 Yariousy, eat drink too much; smoke too much They acquire habits of excessive play become baseball fans affCt bowling alleys torture pool tables spend fortunes collections of books of postage stamps There bad hab its of the muscles such Wcing the pulling ear biting the nais sucking the thumb many others. The higher order of mental habits acquired in much the way these inferior habits Some become unduly violent for prohibition or for personal liberty some affect so
 
 to the habit of desiring peace
 War is estraner of habits; especially of such tsocia the for this is quite simple. It is the instinct of self preservation.
 If pacifist is violently assaulted by who intends to take his life and he has warning and me he will fight like wild cat The God implanted desire to live is stronger than his habit of desiring peace who is fighting for his life does not smoke drink chew while the fight is He does not bite his nails though he may his opponent He may have had all of those habits violently before the fight began The instinct to live surmouns his habits
 War is a the eouy threatened That they live they put their habits aside they accept nwoned discipline of body unaccus toned gab mnge with those whom they do not know sub init to unusual dangers and hardships.
 In less degree because danger to their bodies is less the civilian population submits to discipline
 In ordinary times the right to burn gasoline, to have full supply coal much sugar desire obtain is assured.
 When the instinct of preservation is called into being by innocent things may be forbdden may become crim
 It is not otherwise in the domain of ideas
 Tn peace it is good that there should be competition of ideas. The fellow who shouts vigorously for change does good work though his fanaicism magnies his tiny provemcnt and diminshes other values.
 The anarchist the socialist the pactlst, the sngle aXer the ownership the chap who wants to bond fo public improvements may each do his level best to make the world of his mind.
 No so when there is war The pacf must his ag taon for the being who striving to live will not if they prevent it, let others hurry them to deah
 ponder must let because the money is needed tC aid the national act of self preservation The anarchist the socialist nor any will be allowed to weaken the that strikes the saving blow
 Free spoech to which ordinary times have the right of enjoyment they have to sugar. coal gasoline to the necessary extent denied The denial be by writer law more usually it will be by the law of public opinion
 If any doubts the existence of this law of public opn ion let him Main street and Fairfield avenue and pro claim the doctrine that the Kaiser is splendid fellow
 The right to strike, right guaranteed in times of peace no longer exists.
 It has replaced by the duty to work Men are require from striking for the reason they are require their consumption of sugar and gasonehe nsnc of self preservation demands it.
 The strike barred because it mpers the lives and for tnne of America because threatens and mper the lives Americans
 Those who wiully hold up production enjoy in tn nresence of the nation singular ignominy.