Evening star., 1918-02-10
SCORES CONGRESS,
WARTIME 0RAT0RY
Yale Scholar Declares Legs.
lators Think More of EIec-
ton Than of Country.
MUST MAKE SACRIFICES

II the United States and her allies are
to win tho war the people of this coun-
try must show, with other things.
that democracy can be efficient in leg
islation. says DR.. Henry W. Farnam.
professor of economics at Yale. in a
statement issued by the National Sc
curity League.
''The production Of oratory," says DR.
Farnam. seems to be the one indus
try in our country in which there is no
shortage Of labor. Every long-winded
congressman. IL such there be. who
thinks more OF his own reelection than
Of the welfare Of his country; every
legislator. who is more anxious to fill
the pork barrel of his own constituency
than to feed our armies. or who blocks
for personal reasons the will of the
majority. is giving aid and comfort to
the enemy"
The nation and the government must
demonstrate ability to maintain unity
without tyranny, DR.. Farnam says in
his statement.
Handicaps War Preparation.
There are persons in our country"
he says, who lose no opportunity to
paralyze the preparations for war. They
call themselves pacifists. Fortunately
not all pacifists are in this class. and
there are many. to their credit be 1t
said. who are patriots first and paciflsts
afterward. But when I try to char
acterize the other kind my vocabulary
breaks down. 1 long for the words of
a ho ~ Inn Ina nr
velt In my verbal poverty I find my
self obliged to borrow and to quote
the description of the pacif1st given by
Solomon when he said: Though thou
shouldst bray him in mortar among
the wheat with a pestle, yet will his
pacifsm-not depart from him.
"In contradistinction to the patriotic
pacidsts. Most of them are probably
pacifists. ost Of them are probably
sincere. They are willing to wear the
crown Of martryrdom. Let us not give
them that qualification. but let US not
hesitate to show them up and to make
1t very clear to ELL well-meaning peo-
pie who may be inclined to become their
dupes that anti-militarism has become
the watchword in our country of those
who are playing the game of the most
unscrupulous militaristic government
Of the world"
Must Make Sacrifices.
That every man, woman and child in
the land must make personal sacrifices
commensurate with the magnitude Of the
cause for which we. with out allies, are
fighting Is lesson which DR.. F'arnham
states we have not yet learned. He says:
Our country is giving materials and
magnitude heretofore undreamed of. But
we must do more How many Of us have
made any sacrifice of our tastes, our con-
yenfences, our comforts, our indulgences?
h0 n0fo o SerNvrvnf nfr-Sa
obliged to give up common articles of food
and clothing and transportation, we until
recently, have lived comfortably as of
old
"Mr. Hoover has rendered a notable
service in pointing out the Importance of
individual savings and individual produc-
ton The people have responded splen-
didly. But we need not f1atter ourselves
that this is the end Far greater sacris
fees will be demanded, and our success
will depend upon the willingness of each
man and each woman to do his or her
share. Are we ready to pay the price?'
Must Conquer Ourselves.
Concluding his statement. DR.. Farnam
says:
"If we are to overcome the enemy, we
must first conquer ourselves. II we fight
for high standards of honor, Of democracy;
of international law, We must be doubly |
not to lay ourselves open to |
the slightest charge which may dscredit |
us. Fortunately our President, in his mes
sage of April 2, which rang like a trumpet |
call around the world, gave us the keynote |
Of what our conduct should be when he |
said:
Just because we fight without rancor !
and without selfish object we |
shall, 1 feel confident, conduct our opera
tions as belligerents without passion and |
ourselves observe with proud punctilio \
the principles of right and Of fair play |
we profess to be fighting for Therefore. |
when the German prints on his depreci- |
ated paper money. Gott strafe England |
und Amerika,' let US not answer him ac- |
cording to his folly. but let our answer |
be, God bless England and America and |
all the allies and all the neutrals and all
the people of all the countries which are |
fighting to live in peace" |