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Show Practical Disarming Henry Ford's proposal to buy up all the navies of the world and turu their steel into commercial products may Bound fantastic, but when he added that men who profit by armaments should be taught that they can make more money in other pursuits he was hitting close to the bull's eye. Teaee among nations is a matter of psychology psychol-ogy and the great mass of -people in all countries do not want hymns of hate. Wars are no longer caused by religion or the rivalry of kings, but the Intense struggle for commercial supremacy. But the cure is worse than the disease. The last war cost England Eng-land more in five years than she had sjent in 250 yeors for governmental purposes and she lost her commcrciul supremacy to boot. If war could be abolished from the world picture it would J not be many years before all the people of the world would be living liv-ing on a standard of comfort comparable compar-able with the people- of the United States. Total world commerce would then be multiplied many times over and industrialists would have all they could do supplying the demands of a billion or more people who are today almost negligible as a consuming factor. fac-tor. In fifty years poverty would be largely eliminated and Europe and Asia would be consuming the necessities necessi-ties and luxuries of life in rutlo with America today. Prosperity is the best insurance against war; war, poverty Is its breeding ground. |