The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-05

investigation for war. for tho world IS
tired Of war and tho peoples oil IN"
earth arc sick 1T heart from murders
and starvation.
Just as in the days when our consul
tuition was being considered for ratll-
cation. thcr" r-c good men VIII" fear the
step involved n the lcaEu" Of NATIONS
They fear and perhaps honestly believe.
that this country Will haV" To surrender
some Of it's sovereignty ana fr"rIoth
when II enters that league. Patrl"k
Henry and Thomas Jefferson felt mat
way bout tho ratification Of tn" conS'-
tuition. I;ut tho constitution was rati-
fled and adopted and under II and by
virtu, Of i IN" state lived IN peace "a
ono great nation2l family until the SUI
prrrnr test ramc IN 1861. preCiptai"d
by the lSsu" of human slavery. seed
that WAS left in the ground when thH
constitution was adopted and when
many o. IN" trainers and wis" mon OF
that day forcscw would eventually bring
trouble and which some Of them IN
cstly tried to pluck up then and elm
mate.
Sees End Of war.
Personally, ] do not believe the milcn-
MUM is ia sight, yet | do not believe
that all Of human SclhShnss has been
burned up in tn" crucihlc Of war, though
! do believe that much Of il has been so
consumed. ! do believe that the spirit
OF service born into tn" world with tho
coming Of Christ. nineteen hundred years
ago. has been aCccntuHtcd and strength
cncd most tremendously in thSl country,
and all over tho world. within the past
two years | do hclcv" that tho human
heart longs f,r In" time when intcrna-
tiunal disputes can be settled IN some
great intrrnatiuna court. just as con-
IrONrrSIrS arr today settled between CIT
.yCnS and states in the courts or our
countries and without reSnrtInE to Hio-
lcnCr. do believe that thcr" is no good
reason ON earth why nations should not
do those things prarcably and according
to law. | de- believe that the stricken
people Of Europ" Will rightly feel that
victory was hardly worth Will" if this
thing can happen all over again within
the next score of years. as soon as il
new generation has been bred and train
ed To arms.
| do further believe that whether the
plan of the League Of Nations, as pre-
scented. perfect or otherwise. IS step
in the right direction. II is perhaps the
very best that could have been obtained
because Of the conflicting racial antag-
onIsms and the rIvalrIcS. jcalouSlcs and
suspicious with which the pcaccmakcrs
had to contend.
The lot of those who represented this
country has been none too pleasant and
not too strong because of the criticisms
here at home.
Parting OF the Ways.
We have now com" 10 the parting OF
| the ways. where the treaty and league.
as presented. must he ratihcd or mus:
| be rejected. That is III" issue before
! the American people today. 1t is not II
political question. for th"r" arc men of
| both Of the great political parties on
/ either side If the question. As for me,
! | take my stand with those who believe
| It should b. ratified. and ratified i'm
mcdiatcly.
| And then for tho future:
| The treaty Will be ratified and tho
| league Will bccon" :. reality. 1t becomes
the duty then Of the p""pl" of all coun-
! tries TO rec"ncratc as we'll AS to rchd'
| bilitatC their countries. We have no
! such problems IN tins country as they
have in Europe. for this country has
| been tremendously enriched while tn 50
| over there hav" been lmpovcrishdc al
! most to the point of universal national
bankruptcy. We complain Of taxation
| here hut the burdens that Will fall III on
! the peoples over there for decades are
appalling, while ours Will grow liGhlc.
| as the national wealth continues 10 m
| crease and our military expenses grow
| lighter. But We Will hav" problems.
| grave and difficult ones. just the same.
| Cost Of Living.
| The decrease in the value Of the al
lar. or the increase in tho value Of tho
| commodities which it buys, raising the
! cost Of living enormously, due 10 the
! increased volume Of money and tn" cN-
panSion uf credit. presents tn" most diff
/, fcult ono. Economic disarranE"mcnt al
ways brings unrest and that there is no
little Of that in this country IS unpucS-
tionably true. Added TO that. which is
naturally produced by the conditions
! mentioned. is an additional wave Of II
nrtficially produced by agitation and
by propaganda which began in Germany.
destroyed Russia and which has spread
all over Europe and found It's way into
| this country.
| To the American, who loves his Coun-
try. who loves his countrys institur' ons
| and ideals Gs well as his Countrys flag:
! who has boaStCd that il has furnished
| an asylum for tho oppressed and dis
J trcSsed Of all tho countries of tho old
world. it is. not very pleasant thought
| that men from the countries uf chc old
world. who fled her" hrraus" they wcn'
| oppressed and have been welcomed into
this asylum. should now begin 10 tinh
fault with the management Of tho aSy-
lum. with it's rules and laws. and should
advOCat" s"izinE the rcinS and turning IL
upside down and inSid" out, tearing out
tho furniture and putting the patients In
III.
and disorder. Is it any wonder thu,
these boys. who have Just come back
from abroad. where they got glimpse
of conditions in the old world and who
love this country better than ever hc.
fcrc. arc unwilling To stan! for havin
these alien or native agitat0rs openly
advocate. initiating RUSSIAN anarchy?
Should We not pledge to them our sup
port in seeing that no such wild and
disord"red notions tax" root in America
and Mat no such primitive practices and
crazy theories mr." tried out here"
Social Problem.
Economic prosperity. upon which civil
political. social and human progress arc
dependent. depends upon three things
Labor. capital nd brains There arc a
certain class Of preachers. teachers anC
rantCrs abroad in America, some Of whom
are sincere and som" If whom arc insin.
C"rc. who arc inSidiously and indus
trIously dining into tho cars of tho
men who work with their hands. that al
prosperity md wealth is the result al
labor and that tn" men who hulld tho
factories. the railroads and tn" indus
trial establishments. ar" entitled tc
thcm and to their earnings. h"Caus" II
was their labor that created !hrm. -haI
Is Il seductive argument to tho man who