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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1907.
She Comments on the Federa
tion of the World From a Kail-
road Magnate’s Standpoint.
M B WALTER J. HARTNETT, of
San Francisco, member Ameri
can Society of Internationa]
Law, vice president of Mr. George
Onuld’M Pacific railroad, and a man of
brilliant mental endowments, has pub
lished a booklet on the federation of the
world. It Is worth quoting liberally
from.
Like the growth of a tree from a
seed, the growth of the modern llleal
has been- of an inevitable and fateful
character, and In its present stage a
discerning eye can perceive the outlines
of the grand consummation.
Imihedlately preceding the more defi
nite conception of a world federation
are to be seen a number of nourishing
factors, each adding Its quota, its en
ergy; as, for .example, the application
of steam to navigation and to land
transportation, the extension of tele
graph and telephone, the Industrial in
ventions which have rendered each
country dependent on others for vast
quantities of supplies, the practice of
international loaning of money, the
growth of International brotherhoods,
the readier and c heaper production of
books, the elimination of national
prejudices, each of these bringing ma
terial benefit and Inculcating ideas of
Inter-dependence and mutual help on a
national scale.
Terriblo Cost of Fighting Machinery.
Then Mr. Harnett proceeds to give
some very Interesting figures and to
draw some very nntural conclusions, as
follows:
The expenditures by the nations of
Europe for military and naval purposes
aggregate probably more than $1,500,-
000,000 per year. In the standing
prtnleK and the navies of those nations
there arc now about 4,000,000 men.
This vast number of men constitutes
Just so much Energy directed to other
than productive ends.
What It costs to maintain these men
represents on the one hand money de
rived from governmental revenues other
than taxes,-which money might be
used by the government for the public
benefit; and, on the other hand, money
derived from taxes, which money, re
tained by the tax-payers, would better
-their condition.
It Is the destiny of the United States
to extend a friendly hand to the civili
zation that will develop In the lluvsian
territory bordering on the shores of the
Pacific.
Suppose the disarmament of Euro
pean countries.
Of these about 135,000 would be ofll
cers, men of trained minds. Assuming
that these 2,700,000 men would, «;n an
average, earn 1400 per year apiece,
this would moan an Increase of over
$1,000,000,000 per year in wages alcne.
It Is likely, too. that the great majority
of these men would work for others and
receive wages considerably lower # hnn
the value they produce.
And further: We should have that
part of the governmental revenues other
than taxes and that part of the Incomes
of civilians expended by them as taxes
at present devoted to the maintenance
of these men and the equipment, fort I
flcatlons, men-of-war, ate* correspond
Ing to them, redistributed and turned
Into more beneficial* channels. The
money thus set free to be applied to
public Improvements, and that now ex
pended by civilians as taxes, but In the
event of disarmament restored to them,
would amount in round numbers to,
say, $1.000.000,000.
We should, therefore, have to * the
credit of European nations, as the re
sult of disarmament, a yearly incre
ment of wealth which we may conser
vatively estimate at $1,000,000,000, and
a yearly addition to public improve
ments and personal comfort and well
being represented by the amount of $1,-
000,000,000—a total betterment of $2,-
000.000,000!
Great Benefits Would Result.
Ever since I have been In Europe
I have been oppressed and depressed
by the thought of what all this para
phernalia of war.was costing the world,
and I have tried In my poor, weak
brained woman way to Imagine what
the economy to the world would be If
there were no such thing as an army
to maintain and no preparations for,
war were' needed. And now here It
Is. all down in black and white figures:
Mr. Bartnett says:
While the foregoing figures cannot
In ahy case be considered exact, they
nevertheless are so nearly so as to in
dicate the magnitude of the benefit
tiiat would result from disarmament.
In addition - to the above, the fol
lowing words from Mr. Vivian, of the
t'rlthth House of Commons, are to the
point: “War expenditure lessens the
DRINK A
BOTTLE
EVERY
WHERE
national and commercial credit, in
tensifies the unemployed problem, re
duces the resources available for so
la! reform and presseaWIth exception
al severity upon the Industrial classes.”
Common International Standards.
Mr. Bartnett proceeds to suggest the
adoption of a uniform standard of ex
change throughout the world—common
standards of weight and measure and
the Introduction of a universal lan
guage. to help along the federation of
the world.
Again, he says:
It Is commonly accepted that the wel
fare and prosperity of mankind de
pend more upon agriculture than upon
any other Industry.
Statistics from ull lands on the pro
duction and consumption of agricul
tural products. Intelligently dissemina
ted, must affect the destinies of mil
lions of people. Official and reliable*
data concerning' the results obtained
by such men as Luther Burbank, and
miscellaneous Information such as that
guthored by organizations like the
United States department of agricul
ture, If spread throughout the world
freely for the .benefit of all who are
Interested, .-annot but profoundly^ In
fluence for the better the agriculture
of the world and consequently improve
the condition of the people.
If the advance made by'our fanner*
in wheat growing during the past ten
years could be Intelligently presented
to the peasants of Russia, »nuch of
*he agrarian trouble of that country
would be remedied.
It Is greatly to be desired that the
International Institute of Agriculture
be permanently#housed at The Hugue.
The presence there of the representa
tives of that institute, working together
to better the economic conditions of
their respective countries, would be a
factor of great potency in advancing
the cause of the International board
or arbitration and universal peace. The
temple of peace should be selected as
the home for all «hc world movements.
One hundred years ago brilliant men
distinguished themselves by fighting,
and during interims of peace by mak
ing speeches for and about war.
It Is gratifying to find the marked
hengo of sentiment growing the world
over, and, though this federation may
be far away, let us hall It In thought
an«I help It by word und action.
(Copyright, 1907, by Amerlcan-Journal-
. Examiner.)
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