The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-03
Howe About:
How War Starts
"A Typical American
Family Quarrels
BY ED HOWE
Q. Bell syndicats.-wNUs ervtcs.

slight provocation, but | have moi
seen two men fight In years. won.
Der where the war spirit comes from
Surely not from ordinary citizens. who
get along reasonably well with each
other. Does 1t come from the profess
sional soldiers we support from gener-
alton to generation by means of pub
lie taxation? II man devotes his
life to soldering, of course be must
believe In war. He must invent new
methods OF attack and destruction, and
tell how effectively they Will work
In practice. He writes In the free
spaces OF the newspapers about his
trade. and of his Inventions: How he
Will fly over an enemy country, and
destroy cities with a special kind of
bomb ne has thought up; how he will
place germs In a special shell to be
nred at the enemy, and cause the
women and children. as we'll as the
men. to die of plague. Then the
| soldiers of other countries make reply
by telling what they have thought up
In the way of destruction. Finally we
hate the Germans because of what
their military men are willing to do
to us, and the Germans hate us be-
cause OF the terrible things our MILL
tary men are willing to do to them. A
| dispute between nations arises,Sand as
| the professional soldiers want chance
| to use their new maneuvers and shells,
they sWagger around and boast, In
stead OF getting together" as sensible
men should. Then some one steps on
cat, and millions who never had
fight In their lives spend years In kill
Ing men they do not hate, and have no
wish to harm.
A man who wanted a loan was
asked: How do you spend your In
conner And he replied:
"Oh. about half for the car and the
house: another half for food and
clothing. and third for miscellaneous
things" 1
But that means your outgo Is 4
third more than your incomeI'
That's right-that's what spend"
In Quarrels between husband and
wife the main trouble usually IL that
one party to the quarrel Is q man, and
the other woman. Partners I'm busI-
ness frequently quarrel. and tell hard
tales on each other, but the details
OF marriage are more complicated than
selling butter and eggs. Its disgusts
more difficult to get over.
One OF the oldest Incidents related
In history Is that the gold OF a rich
man was melted and poured down his |
throat. The essence OF every party |
platform IL hatred of rich men, and /
our religion teaches that the heaven
we hope to achieve finally will not be
polluted by the presence of such ofral-
/ have never known anyone asked
to give his philosophy OF life, who did
not mention the unequal distribution
OF wealth as 4 great wrong. Yet
1t is unequal distribution OF wealth
we are indebted to for civilization
1t Is not wrong for a man to
work hard. save his money, and
build house with three chlmneys, al
though nelghhor may be willing to
hunt and fish, or play games, and carry
of his smoke with one.
A fair consideration OF history seems
to indicate that 1t was hatred OF the
rich that inspired every enormous de-
structlon Of human progress In the
past 1t was poor and unprogressive
barbarlans warming themselves at
camphres, who looked with hate on
beautiful Athens and destroyed art
work that has never been equaled and
never will be.
One Of the old men who frequently
annoy me with memoirs once wrote:
The history of the human race has
been shame!" What have we
just cause to be ashamed Off So far
as | am concerned I blush most be-
cause OF opportunities neglected.
have annoyed and harmed more peo-
pie than should have could have
been more comfortable and prosper
GUS myself had | behaved better to
others. ! began In a poor rural sec
tlon. and thus learned slowly. but, In
the most modest surroundings. finally
learned the great lesson: that men
must better support the civilization
their ancestors found an Improvement
on the savagery from which they
snrang
1t has been charged against me that
have peculiar notions. One of them
g that during times like the present.
I Ia more important to feed the hun
cry than 1t is to buy memberships for
7oung men In the 7. M. G. A. | 40
old solicitor today. No doubt he
vent away thinking lii of me.
Wy next caller was ragged old man
With wooden leg. This solicitor did
,etter with me: he said provided for
lis necessities for a week.
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