The Washington times., 1919-02-13

Nothing is more common than to hear especially
eat and moral men-depOre the results OF CIVILIZATION OF
mechanical industrial and scientific progress we quote
typical lament by noble and sincere man. the EgV Gnas
Warner author of n admirable book called the simple
Life" The author says:
eff it had been prophesied to the ancients that one
day humanity would have all of the machinery now IN
use to sustain and protect natural existence they would
have concluded therefrom, first an increase OF moe
pendence, and in the second place. great decrease IN
the competition for worldly possessions They would
have thought that the smphcatlon OF lie would nave
been the result of such perfected means OF action that
there would follow the realization OF higher standard
of morality Nothing of this sort has come to pass not
happiness social peace, nor energy Tor good mas
increased"
couragng to see poverty osenston of wealth. injustice
and the love of money increasing instead OF declining with
the great DEVELOPMENTS In human power
SnDpose IL had been said two hundred years ago that
some dsy one single man with loom would be able to make
cloth enough to cohe thousand IN one aay Tnat m rev
produce stockings than million women could Knt
year. ,.., A.. H.
these great inventions came everybody would be well
clothed every woman and child would have warm stock
ings-snd 50 on. .,.
improves and the Of producing and distributing
wealth develop that the struggle for existence and the dis
plsY of aYaTice are accentuated.
The pessimistic man. observing these conditions Is
filed with despair for the future Of humanity He predicts
worse times ahead while he longs for the peace
full old days before the steam engine had appeared among
U.S.
Now in order to map out parable we must ask you
10 do good deal of supposing.
Suppose In place of the human race, single human
baby Suppose that its mother had another baby
and had idea Of the laws governing babys develop
ment.
cradle waving its arms kicking its legs gasping and blink
ing that the following prophecy had been made to the
sSSome day that baby of yours will be five feet high
Some day viii be able walk and and throw stones
and carry weights and fight and do all kinds of things
Of COURSE, the mother hearing this, would have been
very much rejoiced, saying to herself:
my baby is feeble and helpless, and must watch
Il all the time to see that does not roll out of the cradle
or that the cat does bite it. When my baby gets to be
five feet high and able to fight and and jump of
It viii be free from danger it will live happily, and shall
be free from anxiety"
Now please 90 ON supposng and suppose that fourteen
years have passed The mother has the baby grow
be five feet high and fourteen years old and the prophecy
Is fulflIed.
Is the mother happy? She is weeping bitterly. The
baby has certainly improved in its powers most wonder
fully II and jump and fight. AS result of its
abilities It comes back day with black eye the next
day with broken nose the next day with toe It is
always in trouble It has developed vicious traits of
S 1t tells les It steals it is disrespectu to its
mother.
You supposed don't forget that this mother never saw
smother baby and knew nothing about the development of
human beings along certain lines Would she not be hor
fihed at her chIds condition? Would she think get
ting worSe and and that it end horribly and
tragca1y7 Would she not sigh for the old days of the
cradle and wish that her baby might go back its baby
hood and live comfortably its back with its
bands and feet in the air and vacant look in its eyes?
The human has gone ahead that supposititious
baby goes ahead in fourteen years We have obtained many
new forces many accomplishments We have learned
10 use steam and electricity the child learns to use it's
legs and its hands But like the child of fourteen we have
mot developed morally mentally in proportion to our
physical development,
But Just as surely the child passes from child
hood with its foes its quarres and its accidents to ma
suro ssrespecng manhood just surely will the human
race go through its bayhOod through its boyhood on
into years of wisdom justice conrol and real
pEshment
At present we in a childish condition a race just
CONTINUED CoIumn)