Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 21 | Sees Vast Change in American Life

1 Sees Sees' Vast Change 4 in in Ameri American an- an Life Editor Tho The T Telegram l h gl gi m To Toone one who has hns followed wM the tr trend nd of ot public affairs for three score years or more the tho present tendency suggests serious serious' thou thought ht To say tho the public viewpoint has baa rn radically changed means but little However frightful Wars may moy to bo in violence and scourge scourge- rge they unloose hitherto that shake th lh national structure to Its Ils foundatiOns foundations foun foun- an and arouse en energies ney never i- i ib b before tor-c conceived of at The Tho Civil IJ war nr as all aU know w gave great impetus to Inventive skill time Old Irons didn't kill fast CAst enough and nd were gradually but rapidly supplanted by tho the minnie minnie- b ball bail r tWO rifle and other othel rapid fire In In- In The old wooden warships warships war war- ships in which Paul Jo Jones s on the high seas teas and Perry on the lakes lake nd humbled the proud mistress mis tt tress ss of ot the tho sea sen ga gave 0 wn way to U the theIron theIron e eIron Iron monsters that decided the natiOnal national na na- Uon 1 fate me The needs of ot war stimulated In- In Industry y 3 and ana soon soone We e became art alt dx cx ex exporting porting nation our products finding their way Into all nil world marts Domestic Do Do- life lIfo f felt lL th the of ot the the- new order The sewing ee ma machine t for r the home and lh the mowing mo machine ma- ma chino chine for tor the field largely reduced the drudgery of life lICe The Tho c candle candle- dip and kerosene lamp gave wn way to l electricity International expositions brou brought ht the world closer together and tended to lo remove b burners that long had held nations apart The horrors hOI of ot war arous aroused d human sym pathy In giant efforts to allay s suffering suffering suf suf- f- f fering and thus opened new new fields s for surgery and nd medicine cry cry supplanted d m men n and ond everywhere ev ever Science led lIed the way jj In ai 11 all the many changes In the material progress of ot the world the student will note certain radical changes in fn social and political life Ufe BeC Bero do wan some sonic three thre full milk mil lions cf t negroes were held In In bondage bond bond- age bought and sold as as cattle ht sheep l' l and ho hogs hoga s. s Our southland was mainly agricultural dominated b by a aBo aso asocial so Bo social l il l aristocracy Elsewhere social distinction were ere less pronounced as we wealth lyas moro evenly distributed War and its handmaid graft draft laid ili tho to foundations of ot en enormous fortunes that have od to prow row until nowa now nowa owa a to tow few era could control the major part of the tho n national wealth This condition has 1138 been and Is la too often reflected in the halls of ot legislation and even evenIn evenIn evenIn In the c courts where decision may hove have been tempered c ed wIth Influence influence ence In consequence from the public 11 viewpoint the working of ot their legal Ital machinery Is f far r from 2 satisfactory l' l From the Spanish war we emerged as as' a world ver po and certain certIn ln nations na na- that h hud hitherto looked upon us as as merel merely commercial trad traders pursuing the almighty dollar doUar were vet d beyond measure Our national policy was vas changed over over- overnight night its as It were vere W We were no longeri longer longera i a w M stern cnn nation W J h had l In the Vast e and taken lie its cHt and nd richest ds Where 11 this crass cral s nation atop alop asked cultured Europe c L From belittling Uncle S 'S Sa Sam n and liS crude rEd manners and nu provincial W ways they the began to seek eek unctuous ointments to M hI his manly b beard a d to prepare him hini to enter the charmed circle of great rent p powers New Xe ew for forces cs awakened n new w ener energies les arp aroused ed rt started d new national ac lU aC- aC Insular dependencies with their r rc responsibilities e engaged aged public attention The long Jong observed and safe sate po policy cy or of orn rno iO n nC C e alli ances was as modified International relations was asa a subject ct of oC prime im ir im- im port nut cud Inv invention along new routes rotes r new v Industrial channels The Tho auto de demanded do- do bett better bette roads m more re plants arid lands moro more water wa Wit ter n national life life- was stirred from c center ter to circumference when hell broke loose and Chaos sought t again hut primeval throne When effete Cel J Europe ropo with Us his boa boasted ind class rulo stood d and a I lot lor 11 Jp aCEY th en R pw i if f h nn nation your nation our on your nation natIon rhY nation nation- aroused like a a n sleeping giant put Ul forth such energy in resources and po vcr power r as never neer before bHore conceived saving Il the tho world from Crom death and civilization from destruction Strange that from tho trag tragedies dle l lot of ot war should spring new pleasures and s for tor life me Spurred by necessity science and nd invention have perfected aIr air travel and anti tn tnt radio television talking pictures J Jand and other marv marvels 11 l little leas Jess titan than miraculous And so o th the world t moves oves on In To the tiia children of tomorrow will tan fall the thi h heritage ot today L Let t us ts hope bop the they they- will learn lessons of ot wisdom from froni the lI past and carry oh on the tM great reat work of ot evangelizing th the w world for the abolition of at atar war var and the establishment of oC peace J. J ALBERT