The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-06-17
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS
WITH GOOD TALENT
Montaville Flowers and Oceanic Con
cert Company Please Audience.

cert Company flease Auuiehce.
The tenth annual visit of the Red
path Chautauqua to Union City be-
gan last Tuesday afternoon under ia
vorable conditions 1t was feared
that there would be failure to Sc
cure the guarantee, but the an
nouncement Tuesday night that only
one hundred tickets were left unsold
was reassuring, especially to those
who look forward to these annual
meetings.
Mr.. Persons, the superintendent,
was pleased to announce the extra
good quality of the weeks program.
He was sure that the Union City
audiences, would be we'll pleased.
Tuesday night be introduced Miss
Wells, the morning-hour worker in
charge of the children, who are asked
to meet her at 10 o'clock every morn
ing. She will take up the study of
Europe and the Orient. She made a
talk announcing some of the things
that arc embraced in this work.
The Oceanic Concert Company,
whose arrival from New Zealand a
few weeks ago was little belated on
account of an accident to the steamer
on which they had taken passage, ap-
peared IT. the afternoon and evening
and made a fine impression. The
five ladies are not only musicians and
entertainers but they are versatile
and popular. The violin, cornet,
piano, traps, cello, colos and ensem-
BILE numbers were all exceptionally
fine. 1t was ono of the best first
numbers appearing on the circuit.
Montaville Flowers appeared in
tno evening, speaking on the subject:
America Looking Ahead" This was,
as Mr.. Flowers adm ted, an instruct
i've and constructive work. Hc spoke
of the present standards of living and
compared the standards of Americans
with those Of Europe and Asia, ra-
tios ranging from six hundred to 1.-TWO
thousand per cent in favor OF Ameri-
cans. How are these standards to be
maintained? No government can
stand which does not give its people
bread, and the greater the natural
resources and wealth the better the
standards of living. These resources
are being reduced. We have ex-
hausted larger part of the timber.
Other resources ere going. In thirty
years we will consume the oil sup
ply. There are no new lands to ac-
quire, and conquest itself is now o
question of dishonor. But popula-
tion is increasing and the span OF
the present century, with immigra-
tion still in force, will find us with
at least 4o0,000,0OO people. : What
shall vc do to maintain the stand
ards of living? Shall we do as Eu-
rope is doing-go into the markets
for these suppliesor shall we allow
the standards of living to fall?
The peace treaty has protected the
political integrity and the territorial
boun iaries Of all nations, great or
small. Therefore we cannot increase
our land holdings. But we can ac-
quire the things that are produced
In foreign countries. This we must
do to maintain the standards of liv-
ing. We ore selling our products for
export, why cannot we buy supplies
for Americs.?
Ono idea he emphasized particular
ly, and that was that we must look
ahead. That is, we must conserve
our natural resources and acquire as
much of these things from foreign
countries as possible. These things
are necessary to maintain the stand
ards CT living.
One particularly pleasing sugges-
ton was made in the lecture, espe-
cially to democrats, and that was /;
that the practice of conquest will be
forever outlawed. The inference is, |
that whether or not the text of the !
League of Nations iss ever adopted
the principle will be observed as an
outcome of the late war. In this Mr.. {
Flowers certainly had brief for the
league Of Nations. II
One other leading thought was !,
out, and that is that dem
,cracy will live and kings will die. /
Mr.. Flowers is a polished speaker I
ind a man of interesting address. Ii
Junior G. E. Picnic.