Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-09-15


.z4Ilg aER .ssseI 81 ana
passed il the iegisla sale, through 8 log
rolling & methods VI. &. o
Estab lishmcrt offs cooperative banks;
/. Lower tax rates On iimpro vemenys
and personal property; S 4 Y:
a state:owIed cement plant; = ,l
Enlargement Of the state flour mill
at Minneapolis; s.s l.-
A tax on a.1l.,ief when: it enters the
state, and a lower minimum tax on
autos; ~ .s$sf4s.1 @sN Is .l2 IT,
A state income tax; - =.
Reasonable pay for, school teachers
and social studies in grade and high
schools. =: ..s @:5s>
Rural credit amendment;
Universal Peace p
The question Of universal peaco\i
interviewer by the tears and sorrows of
the mothers Of this land. If ~civiiza-
ton successfully could settle the ques-
i, ton Of wars, all economic and domes.
tic questions could very easily be dis.
posed Of. In the old "Sages" of the
Noithland it was an outstanding fea.
ture that the only respectable death
Tor man was to die on the field of
battle. ..--- '- =
The school books of the civilized
world, our own country included, are
full OF propaganda playing Up the tin.
sci glory Of war;, Our text books Of
the future must be- so written as to
show up human slaughter as misfor-
tune rather than "a glory.
The militarist has not been slow in
capitalizing the weakness Of the peo.
pie; from the beginning Of time the
people have :adored and glorifed mill
tary power. The men who have made
business Of taking life have ever had
the admiration of the mob. Genera.
lions have followed generations, in
ages, past doing .i.omase to the mill.
tary hero. The european war was the
offspring Of diseased public mind, a
mind doing homage before power or
gained to destroy and existing but to
kill.
My message. is: to-. the living; let
them cease the business of creating
conditions that make .war, then we
have accomplished just the thing that
the countless dead Of past wars would
have us. The ushades of this mis- hty
army Of martyrs pass in review every
Memorial Day,-not in the pomp and
splendor or war do those departed come
back to us. They come as friends,
brothers and SONS and the burden OF the
message they bring is supplication in
behalf, Of the young. the happy and
the hopeful. They: lost their lives, when
they were dearest, they gave up some
and loved ones, happiness, verything
that is dear to the, hearts of men and
were swallowed up in the bottomless
pit of war; they know war is not only
folly but also the greatest crime Of
which mankind is guilty, the unpardon.
able sin Of ages IT. is this message
against the folly of war, the crime of
wharf.-the Heavenscrying: sin Of war
that come to us from ont of these
countless graves It is in .sack-cloth
and ashes that? heonations, Of the Garth
should approach this situation. It il
at one: and the: same time the glory
and the Indictment of society. We
must make it impossible for a few men
Or even one man, as not seldom has
been the case, TO- create condition in
the world under which it becomes rec.
essary that other men should make
these sacrifices: This is the indict.
ment of the raceaof which we spend an
Indictment SO black that the glory to
the dead is not sufficient to Offset it.
| Unless the conviction that War is
He'll, burns ITSELF into the consciousness
of the people, thenvan of our praise and
song, eloquence and. music and talk
about patriotisn4 is an empty husk, a
meaningless noise.a - '.~*@ =:
;, The question of peace must be dis.
cussed from the pulpits of the churches;
it must be forced to the front in our
legislatures; its advocates must occupy
executive positions; it must be the
burning question: of the generation; the
only way in which the dead can save
the world is through the living.
This is the message which I wish to
leave with you as close"