Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-04
FIGHT To A FINISH IN PACKERS STRIk|
7 he Spot Ligh,

Looking out upon the world from
the editorial window the recent snow
storm would be a glorious thing for
the dry farmers if it did not interfere
too much with the pursuit of golf.
Golfers, by the way, are divided into
three classes: those who play golf,
those who practice golf and those who
spursue golf. The last class is by far
ithe most numerous.
4 What | intended to say before l
drove off into the rough is that it
bumps fellow these days to keep
his lines of communication untangled
sand his areas of vision unconfused. AS
la hermit nation devoted to the imper-
Sial purpose of training the Chinese
sdragon to drink japanese buttermilk
Exclusively, the mikado, the shogun
and the genro would beat any two
pair in the international deck.
,S 1t is quite different thing to sit
IN a game with eight astigmatic
statesmen at Washington, and to keep
one ear in Toxic and the other in
!: London and watch both the dealer
land the jackpot at the same time. A
|.eonflict of opposing interests is bad
fDnough when the conflicting interests
knre represented by different people,
but nation or an individual under
knodern conditions is too much like
|the small boy that is digesting custard
] pie and green apples at the same time.
n | am In favor of disarmament all
Tight. l may hate my neighbor across
Che road, an,' h. has the same neigh
4orly feeling toward me. So far we
Fere even. l buy a gun and he buys
Zone too. Still even. l buy another
gun. He does the same. Even again.
He spends half his income fortifying
his property. l do likewise. Love
sall!
Il go to the bank and mortgage my
ranch and use the proceeds to buy
4more guns and giant powder and
aethsr explosives. He goes to the
fether bank and exhausts his credit in
. similar way for . similar result.
Then We both cut down on gasoline
and wear old clothes TO meet interest.
The next thing We know his cat and
my dog have difference in regard 10
the translation of kiau-Chow, and in
the argument that follows our houses
are burned, our barns destroyed, our
livestock butchered, our children muir
dered, and our widows glare at each
other from opposite corners Of the
poorhouse sitting room. The banker
loses his notes, the county loses its
taxes, the state loses q part OF its
population. ! md my neighbor re-
pose peacefully in the village ceme-
terry and all is cven-Just As it was
In the beginning.
In the beginning he might have
licked me, or | might have licked
bin, in a friendly manner with bare
fists or more forcefully with pitch
forks. and that would have settled
something, but this military prepared
ness never gets you anywhere unless
you are dealing with some poor boob
of a pacitist. and the methods Of ordi-
nary business are enough to get away
with all he has, without going to any
unnecessary expense.
So | am strong for disarmament,
and impartial ns between the dry
farmers and the golfers. And another
thing / am strong for is the y. ".
&. 4. Listen, folks, which do you
love most. your boys or your girls 7
Is it quite square deal to give the
boys three good Y. NJ. c. A. outfits
and let the girls hang out in a dinky
little room in the W. & ID. blockf The
women folks of Pueblo have been car
rying their full share of the load in
war times and flood times. so what's
money we have saved by prohibition
and are going to save by disarmament
into n Christmas present for the girls
A first class y. ". c. a. building.
or better still Women's Building
that would include all the Y. W. c. A.
features and other very desirable pub.
lie services and benefits, would be .
pretty good starter for the year that
is going TO he the best year Pueblo
sser had. Forel
Walter L. Wilder.
WIPES OUT