Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-02

meTciless slaughter Of men, women
and children, by such ,dtanic mobil-
ization Of men and weapons Of de-
struction, and by such hideous brutal
ity that no past age Of savagery has
eQualed them. the peoples of the earth
are now striving to form League OF
Nations for the expressed purpose of
aboliShing the causes of war and TO
establish a lasting peace among all
men.
$50 of more than passing interest is
the fact that in the Sixteenth century
on the North American continent there
was formed a permanent league OF
five tribes of Indians for the purpose
of stopping for all time the shedding
of human blood by violence and OF es-
tablishing lasting peace among all
known men by means of constitu-
tional form of government based on
peace, justice, righteousness and pow
err, or authority
These paragraphs, as quoted, appear
in the annual report of the Smithson-
ian institution They were written
by J. n. 3. Hewitt of the bureau of
American ethnology. and are the
opening paragraphs of contribution
to the report by Mr. Hewitt on "A
Constitutional League of Peace in
the Stone Age of America"
Was to Include All Known Tribes.
The founders Of this stone age
league of peace, Mr.. Hewitt says,
were the MOhawks. the Onandagas.
the Oneidas, the Cayugas and the
Senecas, five 1roquois tribes dwelling
in the central and eastern regions of
what is today the state of New 1Ork.
The founders of this league, it is
pointed out. had never heard of Chris
tanity, and yet, TO quote Mr.. Hewitt
they proposed for themselves and for
their posterity the great task of grad
ually bringing under this form of gov
eminent all the known tribes of men.
not as subject peoples but as cOnfed-
crates" To quote the ethnologiSt
again:
1T is thus seen that the mental
grasp and outlook of these prophet
statesmen and stateswOmen of the
Iroquois looked out beyond the limits
of tribal boundaries to vast sister
hood and brotherhood of all the tribes
of men dwelling in harmony and hap
ninpss. This indeed was a notable
vision for the stone age of America
This stone age league worked. 1t
hound the Iroquoian tribes together
until they were broken up by white
men. At the period of the formation
of the league for about seventytive
wears afterward these tribes. Mr.. Hew-
lit says, thus united. were surrounded
by a number of powerful and hostile
tribes nearly all of which were cog
nate with them in speech.
Mr.. Hewitt says that the dominant
motive for the establishment of the
league for the five IrOquOiS nations
was the impelling necessity to stop
the shedding of blood by violence
| through the making and 'ratifying of
universal peace by all the known
! tribes of men. to safeguard human life
/ and health and welfare"
Mining Experiment Stations.
! With the recent establishment of
\ a mining experiment station of the
! United States bureau Of mines at
/ Rollo. Mo-, with central office at
| st. Louis, to consider problems in
| the metalurgy Of lead and zinc, and
one at Tuscaloosa. Ala, with central
| office ut Birmingham. to assist the
mining industry of the South. espe-
! cially in by-product coke and iron
/ problems, there have been completed
! 13 mining experiment stations author
| lied by congress at the last session TO
/ aid the mining industry and to CO.
operate with the industry in the devel-
| Opment of the nations mineral re-
I sources.
These stations, designed to do for
the mining industry what the agri-
cultural experiment stations do for
! farming. are specializing on co-opera-
/ ton with the mineral industries pc
/ culiar TO :heir territory, taking up the
difficult problems encountered in the
/ treatment of complex or low-grade
ores, and assisting mining companies
in bringing their products through the
twilight zone Of science into CONNER
cial success. Metallurgical problems
which will add to the general welfare
of the industry and the public are
also considered. The bureau of mines
refuses cooperation only when the
benefits derived will accrue to some
/ one individual or some single concern.
More Rare Metals Produced.
The claim has already been made
that these stations. especially in west
ern metal mining have been inStiu-
mental in greatly increasing the pro-
duction Of rare and precious metals
which of course has resulted in the
employment of more men. 4 notable
increase IN the production of radium
in Colorado and also in such metals
as molybdenum and tungsten has zen
due. some mining men claim. TO the
work Of these stations. They, it is
said. were factors in winning the war
through the development of ore dep0s-
it's Of metals which were used for war
purposes.
This work Of aiding the mineral in
dustry is continuing ana the bureau
through its several stations. now Las
definite cooperative agreements with
10 mining and meta!urgical concerns
universities and state organizations for
the solution of Industrial problems
which will add to the prosperity and
greatness of American mineral indus
tries. The wOrl; of these stations has
been growing so Increasingly impor-
tant and so much business is now
being carried on with them by the
industry that the stations have beer
rcclassifed and given definite nalnes
50 that there will he a better under
standing # the work performed and a