The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-09-10

Wrong" he runs smuck among all
! business and industrial conditions,
and with his strong jaw can stir up
/ more deyilment in a few days than
the honest laborers can repair In a
/ wear. For once, our cotton situation
presents a difficulty for which none
I Of our people are responsible, but II
+ makes no difference with the wild
eyed socialist agitatOr. Wherever he
can get an ignorant man to listen, he
will rave against his neighbors,
against society, government and even
religion. will call his poor neighbOr
who is as hard hit as any one else, a
/ capitalist" and preach anarchy and
destruction as a remedy. If such men
we're influential enough, they would
ruin everything, but fortunately our
sturdy farmers and good citizens have
too much judgment to follow in any
great numbers, such wild and criminal
Z teachings. The socialist Of this cOun-
try has not the patriotism of his broth
er in the old world. There, when the
storm Of war burst, he shouldered his
gun and went to the defense of his
country and his race. In France, two
socialists are serving in the cabinet,
one Of them as minister OF war, and
tie other presides over the depart
ment Of justice.
Hundreds OF thousands Of socialists
are in the trenches fighting for their
country. How different in this coun-
Try, At a time when We are confront
ed by a crisis almost as dangerous as
the war clouds OF Europe, they are
running around and falsely accusing
their neighbors of being responsible
for what none of US can help, and
trying TO mislead the ignorant into
acts of laWlessness and violence. One
Of them the other day remarked, that
We would have war at home in a few
weeks if something was not done.
When asked who would do the fight
ing and what would they fight about,
he could give no answer. When told
that every man in this country, was
as much interested as the farmer in
getting q good price for the cotton,
a. that was the only show for the pros
perity of our section, he merely
shrugged his shoulders and gave an
ugly look
Now, that man is not by nature
bad or dishonest citizen, but he has
listened to those jaw-smiths who nev-
er work and who make their living
By quilting such people as he is, until
he is almost desperate. He ought to
know that every merchant, doctor,
lawyer, banker or even loafer, is in
terested in the highest possible price
for cotton. He ought to know that if
every dollar in the country was in
vested in it, it would not buy one-half
the cotton crop at a reasonable price.
But he seems deaf to every real "Ap-
peal to Reason" and is determined
to make a row.
But it is a mistake to think that
this trouble is confined to socialist
politicians. They are only making the
most OF good opportunity to raise
trouble. The situation is almost as
bad as they paint it, but it is one for
which this country can not be held re-
sponsible 1t is only an incident of
one of those world tragedies that are
not enacted more than once in thou
sand years, one of those sudden erup-
tions of passion and violence which
no human wisdom could foresee or
prevent 1t came upon US so sudden
ly that it was impossible to discount
or avert it, Our wealthiest men were
caught and ruined just like our cot
ton farmers. Even the president of
France was absent from his country
on a pleasure tour and narrowly es-
capped being caught before he could
get home. Hundreds of thousands of
Americans were touring in Europe
and have not even yet been able to
get home. Their great wealth sat home
availed them nothing when the trou-
BILE broke out J. =. Morgan's bills of
exchange, which a few hours before
would bring gold in any part of the
civilized world, were suddenly de-
prived of the power to purchase even
a meal The lines of railway, the
great shipping interests, and every ar
terry of commerce suddenly became
paralyzed, and business stopped. The
countries engaged in the furious con
fiict, buy about one-half our cotton
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