eople's fight. It is now up to the people of this
country to make their wishes known and their opinions felt. It should be
constantly in mind that, without the mobilized moral force of those upon
whom these crushing burdens are now falling, there is little hope that
the load will ever be lifted. If it is not lifted, no one can prophesy
what lies beyond. There can be no relief from taxes, no relief from
expenditures and no relief from war, except through disarmament."
W. E. BORAH.
"One more war, fully prepared for, prepared for with all the diabolical
perversions of science, will reduce Europe and America to what Russia is
today."
_Churchman._
Certainly we believe in the closest limitation of armament. In this
matter we would go to the extreme limit. We are tired of militarism and
tired of war and the rumors of war. While we need and desire a merchant
marine, we have no use for fighting ships or submarines. Years ago we
began to dream that America would never engage in another war, but we
have witnessed the most horrid conflict that ever devastated the earth.
How can any one ever want war again? The nation that makes an aggressive
attack on another should be regarded as an outlaw and treated as such by
the rest of the world. Dissensions are sure to arise, but these can be
settled by conference and agreement or by arbitration.
Prosperity is dependent on peace. No other world-wide saving can equal
that which can be gained through limitation of armament. The wealth of
the world consists of just what the world produces. The one master word
of the day is Production. People are not producing enough to satisfy all
their wants; there is not stuff enough to go round. As a nation we need
less of politics and more of production. Our main contention should be a
moral appeal for unity in the industrial world. "The field for
constructive, imaginative, and creative minds is the field of commerce."
A PIONEER IN HOME ECONOMICS
From a recent report by Mr. Eugene Davenport, vice-president of the
University of Illinois, we draw the following:
Miss Isabel Bevier retired this year from her work in Home Economics at
the University of Illinois. She entered the service of the University in
1900. During the twenty-one years of its existence, Professor Bevier has
given herself unsparingly to the development
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