South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-05
AUGUST s. 1922
THE CLARION CALL.

Service watchvord twentieth
century. just liberty was the motif OF the
eighteenth" the message brought this city
BY one OF the keen observers Of world affairs.
Twice governor OF the state Of Arkansas. Gov.
CHARLES II. Brough had ample opportunity TO
measure the tides and currents OF human affairs
which determine the drift Of civilization
Probably in other capacity do men have like
opportunity OF discovering the motives which are
hidden in the human heart To him exposed
the weaknesses and the strength as men come to
plead for favors demand rights
He f. faced BY men as individuals when they
seek some selfish advantage and in masses as they
cypress their demands OF the hour. and he
know and recognize what lies beneath the unrest,
the turbulence the hurry that drives men and
women to their varied and various tasks of life.
It takes a rather keen eye to look beneath the
Ipresent condition and discover that after ALL
great trend is toward service. not to destruction.
Were it not for that belief. the present condition
might terrify those who seriously asking about
the destiny Of the nation
Chicago walks to its work because some 10000
men refuse operate the transportation system Of
that city and cannot agree with the half dozen
who control the lines There are some riots, few
killings sporadic violence and great Inconvenience
TO million and half OF workers whose efficiency
" reduced BY just the added effort imposed upon
them TO take them to their work.
over the land some hundreds Of thousands Of
miners are idle by their own vote because they
cannot agree the wages and conditions Of their
labor. There IS martial law IN this state small
district and soldiers stand gu1rd with rifles while
others endeavor to supply the necessary fuel
Scattered along the lines OF railways 100000
shopmen. also strike, with soldiers strategic
oints with trains late abandoned and with ncreas-
ling numbers C wrecks on many lines
/ Take that view OF the nation and It might be be-
.ieved that the message OF the famous citizen OF
Arkansas as based on hope rather than any
knowledge affairs and that instead of service
being the watchword of the hour. hate. greed,
seGshness. blind antsgonism and lawless sabotage
had come to guide men in their daily lives
These things troublesome vexatous and alto
gether unnecessary but very fortunately they
but the whirlpoos IN the current that Is bringing
this nation farther towards it's goal
The home OF even striker today
Portable and better furnished than the palace of
a duke four hundred years ago.
+ The power OF has multiplied by the use
OF machinery that today he produces thirty and
often a hundred times he result which mere Ply
tical labor produced half century ago
Every manufactured article of use ard luxury
Is built and sold today basis of human service.
industries succeed or fail IN exact proportion TO
history OF the world was there so general recOg-
milton OF the eternal truth OF the principle that
service be the basis of social contact and
organization.
Those who get OF step with this principle Will
he as inevitably punished he who believes that
he can defy the law OF gravitation and step from
his window the twelfth story of Office building
without being hurt
It IS well to have the message from such speakers
rs Gov Brough who have studied life, who know it
from the standpoint not only of student but from
the rich experience Of responsibility
Service Is the watchword OF the hour. It's law is
tine law OF success To disobey IS fail, for. just
the patriots brooked no interference from those
who tried to check the march towards liberty in
khe days OF the Revolution, neither viii the hundred
millions OF Americans stand for permanent blockade
by those who fail 20 recognize that the demand OF
che hour IS for usefulness not ideness for produc
.tion not destruction.