The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-04
Secretary of Interna- tional Carpenters, in Able Article, Points Out Why Organized Labor Is and Should Be Against Future Wars.
By FRANK DUFFY Secretary. United Brotherhood Ot CarDapterS and TOincrS

Evidently he knew what he was talking about. We all know it is a ruthless destroyer of life, of property, ot ta1th in mankind and of hope in the future We also know that it leaves in its wake sorrow. despair. hatred, discontent. d1s- satisfaction, suspicion, and desire tor revenge at the first opportunity.
 The recent world war was a costly proposition in every respect, no matter which way we look at It. ,o,o
 The loss of life from 1911 to 19lo IS given as follows:
 Killed in battle o20'OOO Deaths hv disease. famine, etc. 3O,47O,OOO Total loss of man power ........50, lzo,OOO The loss in property is estimated at over l6oOOOO0O,OOO and the cost Ill money at over ,O0O,O0O,0OO. Comparing the national debts we ind the following.
 National Debt U. s. S1,o28,o 100000 s24,974 100000 Ct. Brit. 3,485, 100000 39,3l4,0OO,OOO France -6,346,OOO,OO0 46,025 100000 The Army and Navy appropriations show the following:
 IT. s. S244,177,OOO $1,422,752,O ,O0O Ct. Brit. 351,O44,00O 1,121 1,318,OOO Japan 95,o/o,ooO l'zoz'oo| JUL The enormous cost of the war to the United States in 1919 and 1920 is esti- mated at per cent of the entire income of the United States Government leav- ing only per cent for other purposes, Is it any wonder then that the recent great war aroused the peoples Ot all nations to the fact that was must cease, that it must be thing of the past, that 1t must never be resorted to again Tn the settlement of disputes between nations The American Federation of Labor, the mouth-piece of the organized wage workers of our country believes that through just dealing and unSelhsh ser vice the peoples of all nations can achieve true welfare and greatness. It believes in a warless world. It believes 1n a sweeping reduction of armaments. It took decided stand on these questions at the Seattle Convention i'll 1913 when it urged the Labor Movements ot other countries to prevail upon their respec- tive governments to use every means al their command to bring about lnternat- ional disarmament as a preventative Oi future wars.
 At this annual convention in 1914 Ii pledged itself ito support any plan which has for its purpose the bringing about of the disarmament of all nations to the furthese extent consistent for the preser- vation of law and order throughout the world"
 At its Convention in 1919 it declared that:
 The trade union movement IS unalter- ably and emphatically opposed to mlli tarism or large standing army. Mlll tarism is a system fostered and developed by tyrants in the hope of supporting theil arbitrary authory. It IS utilized by those whose selfish ambitions for power anc worldly glory lead them to invade anc subdue other peoples and nations to de stroy their liberties, to acquire theil wealth and to fasten the yoke of bondage upon them The trade union movemen is convinced by the experience of man kind that militaris1n brutalizes those in fuenCes by the spirit of the institution The finer elements of humanity art strangled. Under nilitarism a deCeptiv' patriotism is established in the people, minds. where men believe that there l nobility of spirit and heroism in dyins for the glory of dynasty or the mainten anCe of institutions which are inimiCa to human progress and democracy. Milf tarism IS the application of arbitrary an responsible forces as opposed to reasO and justice. Resistance to injustice an tyranny Is that virile quality which Ina 11 causes in all countries and at all time: The ire institutions of our country an the liberties won by it's founders woul have been impossible had they been ur7 willing to take arms and if necessary di in the defense of their liberties. Only a people willing to maintain their right and defend their liberties are guarantee free institutions.
 Conditions foreign to the institution of our country have prevented the entir abolition of organized bodies of me trained to carry arms. A voluntar citizen soldiery supplies which woul otherwise take it's place, a large standin army. To the latter we are unalterabl opposed as tending to establish the evil of militarism. Large standing armie threaten the existence of civil liberty The history of every nation demOnstra tes that as standing armies are enlarge the rult of democracy is lessened or ex tinguished"
 And at it's last Convention in Jun, 1921, at Denver Colorado 1t urged tn United States Government to take the 1T ltlatlve or to operate with any other nat ion or nations for the purpose of a ger eral agreement for disarmament both C the army and naval affairs of the wOrlC and called upon the workers in partict lar and the people in general. to aid every way within their power to put tn recommendation into effect
 If disarmament by the nations of tI world becomes reality then some goo at least will result from the late war.
 November l1th, is Armistce Day an will be a memorable one in America
 FirSt-On account of the Information; Disarmament Conference that goes int session on that day in Washington, I C.
 SecOnd-On account of the natiOn-Wit demonstrations that will be held in ever city, town. village and hamlet in fave of disarmament.
 The members of organized labor wi take an active part in these demOnstra tions and 1t IS only right that they shOul for none suffer more from the result of war than do the workers