The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-10
THE CHANGING ORDER

er outlook and broader civilization Napoleon fought for
France Empire the fury of his guns emerged ma
tona spirit Europe Feudasm fell before the fiery breath
Of battle.
The is reshaping institutions unprecedented
scale OuwardIy it is what all affair of sol
diers and sailors, of weapons and slaughter.
The will ultimately be 1t but the affair of
years at the worst The institutions shaped and moulded by
war; may remain for generations What these potent
changes?
Norman Angel made some attempt to describe the more
apparent these He must have surprised such of his hear
had given this phase of the conflict little thought
Nobody will wish to accept Mr. Angels views as concu-
sive correct reflection of the present IN It's
entirety.
Superficial observation is sufficient to show that the
changes progress rather industrial than political The
Russian revolution almost entirely industrial although its
most dramatic consequence to destroy old fashioned
monarch The monarchy subjected to the strain of
ed she'll The real contest between capitalism in
and socialism The object of the revolution to give
land the peasants and control of industry to the workers
The party devoted to simple political revolution never
developed great numbers or power
The in Great Britain Mr. Angel clearly has
powerfully changed the industrial system.
The of the British party do embody in
brief space picture much that has been done England
and of that will be DONE Mr. Angel exaggeraes how
when he declares that all that the Labor party demands
las been DONE and needs only confirmation after the
The striking thing about these changes, the impressive
fact is that for the most part they have not from social
lists labor agator reformers, but from the leading orga
nizers of the kingdom from who before the
the part bitterly opposed the methods they themselves
employ for the industrial organization Of the kingdom
These changes have not been derived from considerations
of theory, but the practical necessities
When the began Great Britain in a fearful muddle
Her had been careesy and hastily raised from voun
tee contained thousands of industrial and other experts
absolutely necessary to successful production factories
o-ordinated fully competitive
basis There ensued virtual anarchy which plant com
peed for the help and the brains of the other the
Of production.
1t became necessary to unity manufactures under
government direction. There other difficulties
FESTIVE under system whereby employers
profits while they worked long hours for inferior wages
It imperative shorten hours clip profits and increase
wages This the British did.
In every field of endeavor little units working go as you
please hindrance to effective Legislation for
the creation of unified effort necessary adopted
that the Britain of today state much socasc in
its internal arrangement than the Britain that existed before
the
The United States is moving over similar route with
somewhat less friction because what haphazard Great
Britain planned and thoughtful here because Britains ex
perience.
Railroads have been socalzed and co-ordinaed with
ships and canals Production controlled and unified every
point profits wages and conditions being almost entirely
government The distribution of the public debt
democratic The levy of the heavily against prop
erty, more heavily than in any other age.
The full pressure of compuon is exered in any
nation, and least in the United States.
If the continues millions or ten millions of
are taken from production must necessarily follow
compensatory changes in method production will break
down.
Some of these changes distnguishab others out of
sight Women receive political emancipation take Iarg
place in industry Machinery intensive production is
multiplied unheard of scale Raw are allotted
according to the value of the industry war The bargain
between the producers and the public supervised all points
by the government None of those things can be escaped
Either production will be matter of individual concern
will not In the first the employer and the employ
ed will struggle which will get the larger share In the
second the state will prescribe conditions both and
insist upon maximum return from both.
The course of the future will be predict if the ma
lions win great victory over Germany misunderstanding e
Prussan power SO that the Germans cannot again
great army, great navy.
Then, conceivably removed the nations might
slip back into their former usages and Institutions This is
possible but not probable.
the war with Germany is draw if Germany is left
with great amount of military power is certain to
be for the future alliance between democratic states
every one of which must rest upon military structure The
institutions internal to these states be haphazard ac
cordng to how happens under individual initiative but each
element must be carefully designed and considered from its
value of military strength
Generally sneakinp an institution which a4.o-.o- r