Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-06
OUR BABY-KILLERS AT HOME

UlHE detonations OF Or. Alonzo Taylor's
dynamite still reverberate in fashion,
able halls. We are amazed that the doctor
was not even more emphatic. To charnc'
terize our waste of sugar merely as dis
The wasteful sugar-eater is a bloodsucker;
90 is the waster OF any food. Waste is
death challenge to thousands OF babies,
emaciated little beings who have found
at the breasts of their mothers nourish-
ment too weak for sustenance. MAY the
vengeance of God visit these Huns who
have bombed women and children" Aye,
but what of the Hun in this country who,
with calous heart and laughing face, con.
sumes the food so vital to the mere exist
ence Of these same women and children.
Some OF us may as well quit thanking
God that we are not as other men are.
We do not believe that Doctor Taylor in
tended to convey the impression that We
are whipped. His brain and tongue are
working in complete coordination to pre-.
vent just that thing But he did mean to
say that we shall all be either angels or
slaves II we insist on living in FOOLS
paradise. This is not one Of those hero
making wars such as we INDUCED in
twenty years ago. 1t is not even an inter.
national war, for its issues long since over
ruled national boundaries. It is a world
ut war. with civilization caught unawaros,
We've got to the famine point. Who puts
the las. loaf Of bread into his belly wins.
1t Is no longer a question OF who is
strongest, but OF who is weakest. Yet in
: such a crisis, with the decisive factors so
strut about and eat what they please and
moro than they need. They are not cut.
throats, 1t is true and no one of them
would consciously plunge a dagger into
an infants heart, but the latter course
would be far more mercifu than to assist
in the slow starvation of human beings
Doctor Taylor is doubtless disgusted with
the callousness of some citizens lie ought
to be.
the inside, who see and know the diff
cultles Of this war, to view the apparent
indifference of many citizens, We are the
mightiest nation on earth potentially In
wealth there is none to compare with us.
Our reLources are of surprising magnl-
tude. Our industrial ability Is enormous
We have available more man power than
any other white nation. We are fresh
with abilities unimpaired and nothing can
our Allies expect of us but our own care.
]essness. our own failure to appreciate the
diniculty of the task before usc
We kold no brief for pessimlsm, but we
abhor satisfaction. We believe in applying
the whip. in driving private citizens and
public officials to the expenditure of every.
\ thing that is in them for the cause. We
4 can suck men dry of their abilities and
then replace them. It is part OF the sacrl.
lice to be made. But we might as well
7 attempt to tunnel through the Rockies
with toothpicks as to win this war by
\ halfway methods and half.hearted en-.
deavor. The devil incarnate is loose on
earth and he knows how to fight. But
he cannot last on an empty stomach. We
have had to supply our soldiers with two
sorts OF munitions. one sort for their guns
and another sort for their mouths.
We are going to win this war; because
the country will sweep inefiicients out of
4 s61lce whenever and wherever they are
tpsnd and will finally bring its full power
4, - hsar. but the person who In the mean
J, time devours with his mouth the means
3 Df victory is a traitor to his nation and
himself and ought to be pilloried publicly
Il ana ostracized by his neighbors.
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