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MUCH CORN NEEDED
Before this year ends Europe
Is likely to learn more than it
has ever known about the use of
corn *cr human food, Americans
understand much better than tht
old world does hoyv good a sub
stitu'e corn bread can .be t'oi
whest bread and how excelleni
coru cakes and corn meal rnusli
;'re when rightly prepared.
Meanwhile the demand for con:
tor feeding domestic animals ii
certain to be very strong, in this
country and in Europe. Foddei
is scarce in the countries at wai
and stowing more difficult to ob
tain. The price of meat is suf
f'cieut evidence of the demand foi
corn-led beef and pork.
All of which is proof that Ameri
can larmers can count with entire
confidence upon a good market for
?I1 'ne corn they will have to sell
next fall. The greatest cereal
crop of the United States certainly
will not be too big this year. It
is lik?lv to fall short of meeting
'he urgent needs of consumers.
Farmers who have land
which is well adapted to corn dc
not have to look for a good
crop to grojv on such fields. It is
indicated very clearly this season bj
the conditions which exist in Eu
rope os well as America and art
quite certain to outlast the war.
WHY AVE SHOULD NOT
INCREASE OUR ARMAMENTS
This article written by Isaa<
Sharpless of Haverford college, aP'
peared in this month's issue oi
"Present Day Papers" and was en
dorsed by the Representative Meet
ing of the Society of Friends helc
at Fourth and Arch streets, Phila
'elpiUa, 1st month, ISth, 1915.
There are various reasons whj
the United States should not con
tract the disease of large arma
nients. It is a contagious diseas<
and one with which the news o
the present day infects certaii
classes of our citizens.
These classes are composed oi
>1) those who are connected witl
the army and navy, who give theii
time and scientific knowledge t* thi
study of the past and future oi
war; (2) those who directly, or a*
second-hand, expect to profit com
mercially by a war or an arrnec
j.eace, and (3) those honest patriots
who really believe the various
stories of expected attacks upon oui
national integrity or prosperity in
duced by thfc hate or avarice oi
ether nations.
The first class is happily small
due to our peaceful traditions. Its
members are, however, active and, ii
proportion to their numbers, influ
ential. They have developed theii
subject into one of considerable in
terest and scientific expansion. The}
are intelligent and mostly sincere
and patriotic. The second class
need have little consideration. Thev
are, as many Americans, after busi
ness profits, and if the preaching ol
the doctrines of wa-r pays they will
use their influence upon public opin
ion, through the press, to fill their
private coffers. There are more of
them in the aggregate than one gen
erally recognizes.
The third class is made up of me
who are open to conviction and will
ultimately determine the question.
The following consideration may ap
peal to some of them:
It is not likely that any of the
nations now at war in Europe will
be ready to attack the United States
for several decades. In the mean
time any guns or gunboats we choose
to make will be antiquated and a
dead loss. These nations, let the
war eventuate as it will, will be
burdened with fearful taxes. with
crippled industries, with abundant
memories of the horrors of the bat
tlefield and the suffering of the
non-combatant part of the popula
tion. Nothing but the most flagrant
i attack by us, or a combination of
[ conditions which no one can fore
see, could induce one or a group of
them to enter upon tho tremendous- J
ly expensive and probably uncertain
and unprofitable task of an expedi
tion against the United States. For
a hundred years, except for the fare
ical Spanish naval journey to the
West Indies, there has been 110 at
tack, and during the most of this
time our preparations have been far
less adequate than now.
Nor is there any more danger
from Japan. Everyone who felt the
temper of the Japanese govern
ment and people is sure that neither
interest nor desire exists for an Am
erican war, a war which would
be without prospect of final success
and wouid break them down with fin-,
ancial burdens they are in no condi
tion to stand. If we would bring half
the thought and influence to bear 011
our government to make it absolutely
just and generous in our treatment
of other naticts,, that some of us
spend in fearful anticipation of wha
will never come, we will be im
mune from war for a generation
ahead. These considerations might
I induce us at least to postpone out
great expenditures till the lessons
and the results of the present war
| are more clearly seen.
Again if we, as Ave hope, shall
some time in the near future be
| able to act as a mediator and
; peacemaker among the warring na
tions, we must approach the issue
with clean hands and free from sus
picion of ulterior motives. \7e
must say to them In a voice which
they will respect, that we have
nothing to gain from them in the
way of territory or national privi
leges. We Lave only a little ar
my for police purposes and a navy!
not strong enough for aggression.
We have made no preparations to
grosp anything for ourselves. We
should, ir tney wish, wiiiingiy an
as arbiter or simply provide the
machinery for their negotia
tions. We want, for the good of
all, peace restored on a satisfactory,
permanent basis, and we hope to gain
for ourselves nothing but our share
of the blessings which will follow
this consummation. Only in this
j way can we do our duty.
| I' we begin to arm because we
>|are behind in the race for armaments
there is no end to the process ex
cept a great war. With every in
crease abroad there will be a new
cry for new appropriations here.
The burden of taxation, now already
being severely felt in certain quar
ters. will grow by leaps. Now two
thirds of our national expenditures
go to warlike purposes, including
pensions. This vast sum will be in
creased much more rapidly than our
resources, and either ar'ded taxes.
or the withdrawal of aid from in
ternal developments will follow.
How much wiser to make our poten
tial resources of use to our people
and the world, food, and clothing
cheaper, wages better and more
homes happy, than to go into this
unproductive venture, which, as
present conditions show, always end
in war!
"Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he reap," and beginning on a
course of warlike preparation, with
the general awakening of the mili
tary spirit and the contagtious en
thusiasm which will follow, fanned
by our increasing army and navy
followers, and the commercial in
terests, will put us in such a condi
tion that on the least provocation
we will place our equipment in
action. Armaments mean war. De
pendence upon justice means peace,
and we shall reap as we sow.
What then are the duties of Am
erican citizens in this crisis?
To develop a universal feeling, to
allay race and national prejudices
and suspicions which often ripen, in
to war.
To cultivate a judicial attitude
which will take the viewpoint of an
alien nation and appreciate its rea
sonable demands.
[ To limit commercial ambitions
ind methods, both individual and
latlonal, to such an extent as to
'ecognlze the just rights and pro
»er desires of otheirs.
To discourage the military spirit
n our men and boys, the growth of
i military class, the development of
nilitary and naval equipment in
>ur nation.
To base our moral ideals upon the
"lew. Testament and have faith that
•hey will carry us through even
vhen we can not clearly see the fu
ure way.
To nourish within ourselves and
>ur neighbors the christian spirit,
so that as far as in us lies there
:an be no war; to do our full duty
oy moral methods and then trust
:o the care and providence of God.
ISAAC SHARPLESS.
Haverford, Pa.
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court house, and if not paid on or
before February 27, 1915, the same
will become delinquent.
MARTIN CONWAY,
2-10-td. Town Treasurer.
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