Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 7 | Pull the Teeth

I 4 t i Pull the Teeth I Ir t tf r f OUR K OUR most powerful instinct is self 1 W 1 tion the tion-the the desire to keep on living Self propagation craving craving to have children children is is second sec- sec ond nd Vanity comes third On this is built the ther Science r called psychology The impending disarmament dis- dis armament conference nce in Washington ton will interest nt rest you your keenly For one thing your taxes can be Jow lowered red if the world lays down its arms More i basic asic it appeals because it is tinkering with your Instinct of self preservation That strikes home lets Lets Let's hold this instinct of self preservation up by byThe The hair and take a look at it from all sides Every veri form of life animated by the instinct of pf self preservation develops some form of de de- de- de The mule kicks The rattlesnake attacks juts is enemy with poison from its hypodermic teeth The Fhe dog bites The cat claws If science could evolve ol a new animal or plant without any mode f defense it would soon develop weapons For instance Instance the rhinoceros Jt it once had a soft skin But it developed its thick hide to to protect itself Against poisonous insects So too the wild pig grew grev a tough hide as protection against snakes s. s Small fish have pointed needle-pointed dorsal fins These fIse rise when frightened making it hard for big fish to sw swallow the small ones t A South African plant called the is attracting considerable attention among niong mong scientists This plant so closely closely- bles les the quartz pebbles among which it grows that it often is picked up in mistake for a stone Scientists say that this plants plant's camouflage means pf jf f protection was developed by its instinct of self preservation reservation Similarly the ptarmigan Yukon bird pird changes its feathers to white in winter time to make it invisible against the snow 4 y Militarists for thousands of years have preached that every form of life develops some means means of defense that defense that armies and navies are natural processes in human life The fallacy of this is th that t man has ha conquered the world of feasts beasts All An of his natural enemies enemies' ate are under Control Mans Man's only remaining enemy is himself and nd man is mans man's enemy only when he is armed War Var between nations is b barbarous futile senseless Disarmament by one country might be dangerous But when the whole world disarms dis dis- dis- dis i arms as eventually it will each man each nation na na- na- na lion Lion tion will vilI be relatively as well vell protected as if a all 1 r were ere r armed Lions in fighting thankS thank providence province provi- provi dence l nce for their teeth and claws But pull pun the j teeth th and claws of every lion and each lion would be safer and possessed of the same relative rela rela- Live tive defense against other lions as before S 'S i Disarmament is the perfect protection for man