Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-01-15
No. A

mnity as he call TO work has u
any
The house of Europe has been ou
fire. II has been wrecked. II is searres
and charred-a ruin. The cupboard,
are empty, the people demoralized and
sick. Winter is attacking them. Hun
ger has strange hold They are m
rags They must rebuild, and theV
vent the material for the work
They turn to US. Their condition IA
rreiH plea our condition, our ebliga-
don. II the golden rule ever had anv
claim on our hearts and heads tAs
time to prove it Is now.
Our Comparative Plenty.
In our house things are well. We
| have been saved the devastation OF
war Our acres are ample, our yield
has been plentiful. We have an abun.
dance Of material. Our man power
has only been lightly touched by the
war. 1t is true that we gave nearly
seventy thousand lives that the Prus-
slams might not pass; that autocracy
might not shacllle the world. 1t was
our best blood. Europe gave for four
years, and she gave of her youth un-
I'll her man power was almost ex-
halISted
We cannot sacrifice Europe with
out being sacrificed. If Europe falls
America Will totter The storm of un.
rest that rocks Europe to ruin will
SlaEn nd
give-loan If you please.
The heart of labor is warm. It's
sympathy is born OF suffering. The
gospel Of the brotherhood of man is
the message that labor has always
taught. | am sure that if ] could pic-
ture the poverty of the children and
women and men of Europe-if could
only make people see what have seen
in Europe, our differences would seem ]
trivial by comparison with. their suf-
ferings. Men Would will to work and Il
ind joy IN the working What greater
can come to- conscience
han working to feed the hungry. TO
,lothe the naked 70 comfort the IowIyf
# the heart of capif;ll Is stone and :
,hnnot feel the message which comes
,Yer the seas. let labor show that It's
ieaft Is humane ami tIntjt will suffer
njustice, II need lse 4 title longer to
ake fiesh 9nd hlond hp0iher aud E
er workers.. on the 09iief sitle off the
cean. It's a crime against God land
nan TO stop production at this mo-
lent-and extravaganza n this hour
) greater immortality than prostitu-
ion.
l did not stop with the gathering Of
cures, because | knew that while
cures are important they frequently
Ill to tell the full truth Official re-
orts and statistics, granting that they
re accurate, are at best only photo
'apAic. The photograph records with
eXactnesS the exterior OF
ingS. It seldom gets to the heart.
he photograph is the still picture
e picture of the motionless fact. I'm
'essons are more like oil rgintings.
hey possess the human touch. They
ach the heart within. Back Of the
ubs of paint on the canvas are the
robs of a heart The film is only sen.
lied. Mans brain is sensitive. The
reproduces the outline; the
hitting, the substance.
Plain Record of Facts.
In reporting to you the things I saw
d heard, want to give you photo
lphs-the figures and facts as I
rned them, and the impressions I
therad from the speech and life
Europe. I have tried to keep my
IS free from prejudice so that the
ses would be unbiased.
IN the June Of 1914 Europe had
ce in the sunlight of peace. The
DIS were filled with peasants, bend
their backs to toll Villagers were
lpy~in the common routine Of their
lpe lives. Factories, mills, mines
| shops were filed with men.
reels hummed, smoke streamed from
industry was singing. In
cities traffic reared trains ratified.
was the story of a busy, working
rid.
there were, of course, the
blems normal to the growth and
gress Of the world There was
le unrest, too, but children scam
ed to school, patient women sang
)nlng songs to their babies. Men
wing dinner buckets whiStlcd on
r way to work. There were shad-
the unlighted side Of the worlds
et-the slumS and the tcnements;
men and women were planning
fighting the black uginess, and
yone had faith in the tomorrow.
world was making headway-it
growing better; its conscience was
kcned. We were becoming our
hers keeper. 1t was a normal,
!. good old world. 1t was good
Q alive.
len came the day, the day tha.
never be forgotten--the day that
ged the world; the day of four
$, at the end of which civilization
almost hunchbacked
right, 1920. Western Newspaper Union)