The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-02-06

above this, think of the relations to
one another of what are called the
nearLatin Statcs--F'rance, Italy and
Spain-as well as to their neighbors.
Lastly, there are all ,i the thorny
dition of such countries as China.
"Whenever peace is restored, then
we may indeed reasonably hope that
there will be few years of peace for
the simple reason that the present
belligerents will be exhausted. But
that any hocus-pocus arrangements
will prevent wars in the future is
pretty dream, which sensible men
treat as a dream and nothing more.
a considerable navy, as we'll as to take
care of a mountain of debt which will
be crushing.
while we are in this state our ex-
istlng army and our navy will be dis
banded, or at all events such portions
of both as will apparently not be re-
quired for the immediate future.
Therefore, we shall have millions of
men suddenly turned adrift upon the
hood at home or abroad Of these
have suffered in health from exposure
men considerable proportion will
to the weather. from disabling
wounds and from the effects of
wounds that no doubt have been cured,
but leave the men less healthy than
they formerly were. All this means
that among the millions of men dis
charged there will be considerable
proportion not as competent, from the
purely labor point of view, as they
were. before they undertook to fight
for the country.
| Places Filled nv Won,on
,"Thcsc men will find that their old
places have largely been taken by
women, and as there will not be hus-
bands Cor some millions of these wo-
men it IS celarly ou: OF the question
that they should be turned adrlft to
SINK or swim according to their capa-
bilities. We shall have, therefore, a
rivalry between men and women for
employment. All this would be seri.
GUS enough if we could assume that
the country would quickly recover its
Old prosperity. But it is as plain as
anything can be to every thinking per-
son that the country cannot quickly
recover it's prosperity.
"All the available savings by the
belllgcrent States, without exception,
since the middle of 1914 until the ar
mes are disbanded, @nd we find our
selves face to face with our accumu-
lated difficulties will have taken into
ITS hands the management of most of
the industries of the country, and
will have turned them all into fail
ures. Moreover, the great multitude
OF establishments that were taken
over to manufacture munitions, when
it was found that we had light heart
cdly entered into the war without so
much, as thinking even Of the ncces-
sity for providing ourselves with mu-
h't!ons-all these great establish
meats have been turned inside out.
Their former equipment has been
thrown to the winds, and they have
been furnished with everything nee
cssary to make munitions.
All that large number of cStab-
llshments will have to be rcfittcd to
perform whatever trades will be in
most demand when we once more en-
JOY the blessings Of peace. In addi-
ton, everybody who has sense to un-
dcrstand what he secs is aware that
the roadbcds and the rolling stock of
all our railways are out Of repair, and
consequently that will all need to be
put in borough order.
Wars Effect on Trade
."Without continuing the catalogue
OF everything we shall have to do it
Will be perhaps sufficient to say that
we Shaii have to reconstruct practical
" all our buildings and all their fit.
IlGS before we can settle ourselves
down to recover our trade. That brings
US to the question, what will be the
condition of our trade after possibly
i've or six or more years of desolat-
ing war? Our asccndency at sea, if
it has not actually pas Jed to our
american cousins, will be in extreme
danger. Our education will be infer
lor not only to that Of our present
enemies, but to that Of every forward
country like the United States. And
uninstructcd, with miserable pre-
tence of system of education, we
shall be called upon to retrieve all our
losses and rc"stabiish our old prosper
ity.
"Lastl-, we come to a catalogue of
dangers, which, for the time at east.
we prefer not to go into scvcrally. but
to remind the reader of their existence
and their seriousness, the relations of
employers and cmplo ycd, the relation
Of Ireland to England, the new spirit
that is awakening in India, with the
dangers resulting from natural caus
es, such as the insufficient supply Of
water, and so on. Is it necessary to