The Days of a Man 1:1914 



tion in New York and the Association of American 

 Universities ^ at Princeton. In connection with 

 these usual duties I made twenty-nine addresses in 

 different cities before societies and clubs, breaking 

 the record one day with three in Washington and 

 two in Baltimore! 



About half of the lectures being given under the 

 auspices of the World Peace Foundation, Bryant 

 accompanied me to look after details. All the talks 

 were free, however, though gifts along the road more 

 than paid expenses. The largest contribution was 

 that of Edward A. Deeds of the National Cash 

 Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, a corporation 

 which had refused a remunerative munitions con- 

 tract on the grounds that it was opposed to war and 

 all European nations were represented among its 

 employees. Later events so changed the aspect of 

 affairs that Mr. Deeds himself entered one of the 

 services. 

 The arma- The qucstiou of the sale of guns and shells to 

 ^makers belligerents was already vexing the public mind, 

 the activities of armament makers seeming to tend 

 directly toward involving us in war. Yet I was not 

 able to convince myself that traffic in munitions 

 should be debarred, as prohibition in that matter 

 would play directly into Germany's hands. But with 

 rapidly increasing alarm we realized the enormous 

 profits in armament and the later assumption of 

 control and monopoly in national patriotism. 



My message was everywhere cordially received. 

 In New York I spoke before the National Economic 

 Club, the Quill Club, and the Peace Society, the 

 first two occasions being dinners and the last a 



1 See Chapter xxvi, pages 1-2. 

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