Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-01-24

| NtAANS ~ EACfN - - htNs
Our Comparative Plenty.
In our house things are wen. We
have been saved the devastation OF
war, Our acres are ample our yield
has been plentiful. We have an album.
| 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 shackle the world. 1t was
our best blood Europe gave for four
years, and she gave of her youth I'M
til her man power was almost ex-
| hausted.
We cannot sacrifice Europe with
our being sacrificed If Europe falls
America will totter, The storm of I'M
| rest that rocks Europe to ruin viii
| shake America. We must work and
give-loan if you please.
| The heart of tabor is warm. Its
/ sympathy is born of suffering. The
! gospel of the brotherhood of man is
/ the message that tabor has always
| taught. | am sure thai il could pie
| lure the poverty of the children and
/ women aud men Of Europe-jf could
! only make people see what ! have seen
in Europe our differences would seem
! trivial by comparison with their Suf-
/ ferngS Men would will TO work and
! lind 10y in the working What greater
compensation can come to conscience
| than working to feed the hungry, 70
| clothe the unked to comfort the lowiy2
! II the heart of capital is stone and
| cannot feet the message which comes
over the seas let labor show rha' its
/ heart is humane and that il Will suffer
Injustice If need he little longer 70
save flesh and blood, brother and sis
ter workers on the other side Of the
ocean. lis crime against God and
man 70 stop production NJ his mo-
ment--and eXtravagAnce II this hour
is greater immortality than pro>t!tu-
tion
did not stop with the gathering Of
figures because knew that While
/ figures are important they frequently
fan 20 tcn the fun truth Official re-
ports and statistics granting that they
are accurate. are az best only photo
! graphic The photograph ~ecnrdS with
mathematical eX8cnesS the exterior of
thugs II seldom gets 10 She heart.
The Photograph IS the StilI picture
/ the picture nf the motionieSS fact. linz
preSsionS are more like oil Vainti~g~.
They possess the human touch T>ev
! reach the noart. within Back Of the
dauhS Of paint on the canvas are the
throhS of heart. The film is only sen
stzed Mans brain is sensitive The
photograph reIWoduceS the outline; the
painting The substance.
Plain Record of Facts.
In reporting 30 You the things saw
and heard. want 10 give YOU photo
graphs-the figures and facts ms !
learned them. and the Impressions !
gathered from the speech md life
Of Europe have tried to keep my
ewes free from prejudice so that he
lenses would he unbiased
In the June Of 1914 Europe had a
place in the sunlight Of rpace. The
fields were filed with peasants. bend
ing their backs 70 toll Villagers were
happy IN the common routine Of their
simple lives. Factories, mills mines
and shops were fIed with men.
Wheels hummed smoke Streamed from
chimnevs. industry was singing. In
the cities traffic roared, trains ratified.
II was the story of a busy working
world.
Problems there were, Of course the
problems normal 10 the growth and
progress OF the world. There "os
some unrest too, but children scam
pered to school, patient women sang
grooming songs to their babies. Men
carrying dinner buckets whiStled on
their way to work There were shad-
ows--the unlighted side Of the worlds
street.-the slumS and the tenements;
hut men and women were planning
and fighting the black ugliness. and
everyone had faith in the tomorrow
The world was making headway-it
was growing better: its conscience was
awakened We were becoming our
brothers keeper. II wa q normal
sane, good old world # was good
to be alive.
Then can Q the day. the day tha
will never 6e forEotten-the day that
changed the world; the day Of four
years. at the end Of which civilization
was almost hunchbackod
Copyright 1920 western Newspaper UnIoni
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