The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-28
fine IDEALS OF
j. S. WILL WIN
ADRIAN STATES
Voice of Wilson WillBe Decis-
i've When Peace is Declared,
Speaker Tells Audience.

"They say we should have entered
this war four years ago. l say not.
We have entered this war at the psy-
Geological moment" said Horny A.
Adrian at ChautauQua Tuesday night.
when the nations of the world gath
or around a table to discuss the terms
upon which the future generation must
live, one voice will speak. the voice
Of thousand years, and that voice
will be the voice of Woodrow Wilson.
l am not of his political faith. l am
republican-no, am an American.
If we will stand right by our president
and every time the government issues
an order, obey 1t without grumbling or
growing and we shall win this war
and win it in the not far future. But
we must have ideals besides those OF
blood and savagery."
Adrian's subject was New Ways OF
Feeding the World He discussed
the conditions Of food and social life
and education and our duty toward the
coming generation.
do not let us teach our children
the hymns of hate" he said. "for I'M
less we take care what tomorrow we
are coming to, it will be permeated
Hate viii Not Win.
"For two generations our enemies
have been feeding their children on
{ the broth of hate, the milk Of madness
and the bread of brutality. Hate
never won a war and never VIII win
this one.
"The Germans sneered at us with
our little toy army, but they are not
sneering today. For our boys who
came from homes where they are
taught peace and goodwill have made
the finest army the world has ever
seen and ever will see. And they are
/ hurting back that hymn Of brutality y
The speaker then spoke of the great
benefactors of the world like Pasteur
| the celebrated French scientist who
| has helped rid the world OF disease ir
SO many cases. This kind of men
should be made the ideals of coming
generations instead of the great mill
tary figures, Adrian stated.
Adrian then started on his lecture
proper. He said, eff people do not
save food and begin raising fore food
stuffs of all kinds the world faces
starvation and famine" He stated
| that 1t was not because of the wal
that we faced starvation but because
! of the increase in population in pro
portion to the increase in the produc
ton of food stuff. The population has
increased at the rate of 20 percent ir
the last ten years. while the produc
ton of food has only increased three
percent. ''If the war were to end RICH
now. the food condition would be NJ
better" he said.
| Face Famine Danger.
There are 100000 acres Of lane
handy to markets that are going Il
| waste that should he under cultiva
tion," he said
| Furthermore" he said, there ar
100000 tramps. criminals and pro
! fessional loafers who are consumer
and not producers and some Of then
are riding around in automobiles an
eating at the Waldorf-Astor.
"If these men should be put to wor1
like yours and mine the labor question
would be settled and there would b
plenty of men to follow the plow."
He spoke Of the many ways in which
Burbank had helped mankind by mai
ing new plants. He spoke of the way
in which food is wasted. More suga
could be had for the table" he stated
eff not somuch was consumed for tn
making Of candy. The best part O
the potato is wasted in the peelins
Much sour milk is wasted that coul
be turned into cottage cheese"
The lecture was ended by shown
the audience some of the various plan
specimens that Burbank has perfected
Corn without husk on the ear bu
with a husk for each separate grain
and spineless cactus were exhibited