The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-01-12
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union

And of course that is NJ.
cost What is the big idea, ~ ~
you think about it? You WIN ~
pay tn the b Dill Do you thin ~
at all? General pershlng A., -
Is what he thinks:
~ AS we consider the cause, ].
World war and comprehend 4
rors, every thinking man and I
must feel that measures sho.,
taken to prevent another 81.
amity. One step in that ~.
would be to reduce expendItans
armament. Our own estjm,ss.
naval and military purposes NJ
plateau appropriation for n.
year 1922 of over s5,oOo,ooo 70, h
working day in the year. 4,
gloomy prospect that the nation,
expenditures greater than eve, r..
in peacetimes.
1T would appear that recent
periences should be enough Il
vince everybody of the DANCE, !
renewal of this competition, Rut
nation cannot reduce armament,
less all do. 1t is time that enlIeht.s'
people everywhere should unds,,.s
to reach some rational agreen,,
which would not only relieve
world of its heavy financial hn,,.'
but which in Itself would 20 farItsI
"ard the prevention of war. We All
not a warlike people. We a =, -
wish to expand at the expense q I,
o'i'er hatloh' and we have no desn.
on anybody. If other people team
same toward us and toward Nj
other 1t seems unreasonable that NJ
should be unwilling to consent &
principle to some Limitation Of No,
ments, to be carried out when n.
nations succeed in establishing. NJ
governments and are willing to NJ
nize the wisdom of such a c,vs3I
Otherwise, may we not seriously
whether civilization NJ
failure, and whether we are to NJ
war as an unavoidable scourpe 4
must suffer?
There are other considen11 Y
which should prompt US to make !, /
effort to bring about a curtailmesf1 \
these expenditures Throughout Z
world, particularly in the warv6 Q
countries Of Europe. The people 4
Europe have always been our M
customers and are largely depend
lpon US for certain necessities M
must look to them to buy the produtt
u our farms, mines and factoda
The prosperity of our people dep,adl
n no small measure upon the unin.
errupted flow of commodities abroad
We have stocks Of cotton, wheat abd 1
ther products greatly In excess III
ur own requirements, which il,
eope Of Europe sorely need but
hitch we cannot sell and they en-
OF buy because their fiscal systen,
ave broken down, their curreuca
ave deprecated, and their purchasnl
over Is exhausted.
"The first step to take in the d
abilitation of the finances Of all thaDe
Duntrfes is to reduce the cost +
overnment so that expenses will ut
Sceed the incomes. Expendltul0l
Just be lowered everywhere \
nancial stability is to be restored aaa
the nations are ever to pay thes /
ebts. Until stability Is restored ntu(
IN have prosperity that comes frpm !
ee and uninterrupted flow of producl
ON one country to another. But thi
lnnot be done If huge sums conthul
be appropriated for the MAINE
lnce of large armies and large nafie
1.-THE safety Of humanity b w
ture, Indeed the peace, the happIneal
I'd the prosperity Of the racesll
peal alike for an early consldeladn
the question of limited armament
Broadly speaking, it Is the man Nh
GIFTS, and not the simple ayefla1
an who endures, who Is behind all
is movement for ever increaslng
mament. If you doubt this, Just y ]
{ IN your own neighborhood and o.
IN who were actually in the VIZ
10 saw service in the line, wheth4
ey want any more Of II