The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-06
Condition More Vital Than An
other War-0r Than
Ten Others.
YELLOW SPEC1ER IS seen
United States Looked 70 as Savior,
With National Decay as Wars Att
ermath-Middie Glass Most
Affected-6abies Fewer
in Germany.

Iondon.-"Well. it's not my funeral.
said the sprucely dressed young Eng
lishman with collar of pre-war glossi'
ness. reading out the following para
sraph in the corner of London ciuD:
"The birth rate per 1000 persons
Nyinr in England and Wales in 1918
was 17.7. as compared with 34.l per
1000 in the ten years lSol-6". me
rate in Cheshire is only 1919 per l.NU.
and that in London 161. The end OF
the war shows no check IN what Is
really nationa, suicide.
rlt's not my funeral" he repeated
Eut it was.
It was not only his funeral. but per-
hans the funeral Of race. III
,r,starity." said the Irishman. "What
has o>terity ever done for me: Inc
European is saying the same.
This is no scare 1t is fact. II Is
more vital than another European
war--or than ten others. II Is more
mortal than the influenza. 1t is more
dangerous than an anarchist homn VI
every street. For Europe. it Is the
unjy thin. that matters
u is a very old world.
Here in london at election time we
r,,o two giant ladders side 10y side up
th, face of one of our talleSt .h'''d'i->
AZ the results come in. the agares "'
the ladders. representing the tibera
mud tory PARTIES. race each other w
this. building. Rraring their he':i
over Enrnpe's weary. war W"ri
,u.sses i've, ladders are seen toaa'
~, one is the figure OF death. On 'h'
other, tho figure of Il little rosy emo
d.oth racing ayains, life. And deat'
II winning.
1.-THE End Of the Race"
9TH. End of the Race. curren
cartoon. shows Europe'S last hah! I
the ypur 1000. \ halo is shown ah"o
its wizened head. It's bones sh"
shr,o,yh its tortured skin. II Is SUI
rounded, by nior;ng millions OF age
EuropeanS Of both sexes. the last {
,h,.;r race. II il only cartoon
But?
In The death that comes IN the r."
Of a gun and HE crash Of she'll
have forgotten the death OF the sr''
silence.
SEVENTY years ago France used 10
hold mn ns Elrope's horrible tSa'
ple-France, the country "her
.fter America, the baby was KIN
There. arc those who say today I'll
m. war has completed That 4
French nation began. There II
skilled, so,.iolog,sts VIII" believe III
France. once the glory ut the 9
wor,d. Ia Gylng--tying because she
fuses to live. Patriotism anu pr
ke..n closed the mouths ~ her gre
u,en. But il rot todays Europe
greater France?
Except in this one thing hSu:es r
~, ,o.dp 10 prove anything. But
mathematics "f birth and death
,rAxorabl.. There is no room
duubr
Europe. t" use pun:ent Wineries
%s,n. i, ION ,he tobogsnn. There
.,,,epS as portentous and !nevita
&c fin, sinking feeling before
..;,rn.ss bonuses for babies is
r,u,'s, Here in England we III
already raised that 5. q. ). Fra
tried it and failed. Will Europe:
The above applies t" all classes.
IN ti,c middle class II comes with Il
full Intensity.
Middle Glass Most Affected.
While. with better conditions,
ing death rate among the worn
classes has during the last 30 ~
a some extent compensated for
ing birth rate. the accen'na'e" l"'
the middle class birth rate has no
enx death rate Of any kind 10 COM