The Washington times., 1915-07-26
ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT.
CHAPTER XII.

and his men any friendller, out one
thing was certain. If harm came to
the girl who had risked her life to
warn them Of their danger 1t would
have to come to her over their dead
bodies.
Wherever she went among the strikers
she was welcomed with a kind OF gal
liant alteration. Something about her
seemed. when she entered room. to
pull the rudest and the most ignorant
man to their feet Everywhere she
went she preached her gospel. softened
hearts and made men and women hope
full of better things. Her rostrum was
the kitchen. the front steps. the shade
of an elm. She was indefatigable. No
mind. however feeble, was unworthy
of her greatest pains. Little children
she took upen her knee and talked sense
to them. And presently only those who
were naturally bloodthirsty and who
loved violence for its own sake talked
openly Of attacking the stockade. 1t
seemed to Celestia that the strikers de-
mands were not unjust. and she deter
mined to end the strike by persuading
Kehr and the men he represented to
meet their demands.
Elections were coming on. and the
pest way 10 secure tnc ldDOT NoSc WdS
to see that labor's envelope was better
filled than ever before. With q new
form Of government In control OF the
nations most disinterested and able
men there would be such saving 81
national waste that doubling the pay
of every laborer in the country would
be but drop in the bucket.
Tommy could not see any, possible
good in Celestia's form Of millennium
He felt that, innocently. of course
md al hn hac ~
trying to betray labor into the hands
Of capital. and he fought her doctrine
tooth and nail. But what she seemed
to offer was SO glittering and alluring
opposing arguments found few listeners
in Bitumen.
Celestia preached that government Of
the people. by the people. for the peo-
pie has been proved gigantic failure,
by the people, and (O it isn't fol. the
people. The fathers who set down
some very noble aspirations in black
and white were instantly succeeded by
politicians. who twisted those aspira-
a government of the people, by the
politicians, and for the politicians. Pa
triotism. If It isn't dead, has gone to
sleep. There are patriotic Virginians.
very few patriotic Americans. If the
threat OF the enemy's guns, was
mulcted OF a billion dollars IN tribute:
water would care? They'd make loud
noise with their newspapers. but a ma
jority of their patriotic Inhabitants, I
think. would laugh IN their sleeves.
And this sort Of thing Is the fault of
the politicians. who have beclouded all
the clear issues.
That every city Of the size Of Potta-
wotauni should have a postoffice twice
too big for 1t is not doing anything for
% the people: a a., navy powerful enough to
cific coast from any enemy or group of
enemies would be doing something for
the people. The salaries Of Congress-
men and Senators and pensions paid
without reason or justice would go far
toward eradicating consumption. AS
it Is the money is absolutely wasted.
If some Congressman and Senators are
able and patriotic, 30 per cent Of them
are the opposite. and render really able
and patriotic legislation out Of the ques-
NO business run.as this United States
are run could possibly be success.
blamed for failing in respect for his en-
ployers or in loyalty to them, We
want our country to be respectable and
success or don't We? Let it be run
which the Standard Oil Company has
been run. and nobody will be poor and
no part of any city will be dirty and
full of disease.
II there was no waste there would
be plenty of money for everybody. or
2t least of the things money can buy.
Celestia was insistant on this. and per-
sonally l am hannged II don't think
she was right. The Lord God gave
us the apple tree. Tho kinder you arc
to an apple tree tho kinder it will be
to You and the more 1t will give YOU
But maltreat it-let sod shut off cir
from its roots, let horses and cows
chew ITS bark half off. let borer riddle
it, San Jose scale stranslc it. tent cat
erDillars dcfnliate it, and still it will for
many years persist in giving you some
thing. Not the eagle should be the en-
blem Of Amcrica-a mean hearted
generous apple. Belgium, l dare say
could be kept alive for a month on the
apples which rot on the ground in
WeStchcS,er county every autumn.
AS we waste the apple so we waste
everything e,se-raw material. finished
product, nealth and brains
In the face of kehr's stubbornness It
was not easy to make progress toward
Celestial telcSraphcd to Gordon Barclay
and asked for definite power to speak
for the coal companies and treat with
the labor leaders.
Els answer was n lyrg trip to Btu
men.
He was very sharp with Kchr, hum
hlcd him and browbeat him. causeC
Gunsdorf and the other leaders to b,
released and then, after a long, secret
conference with Prof Stilliter, he CAV.
Celestia the power she asked for
Before returning to New York he sem
for Gunsdorf ct al, made a persona
peace with them and obtained theil
pol teal allegiance.
Celestial" he told them, "is right
TIE troubles between labor and capita
are only one symptom of the grea
national wastage that has gone or
since the beginning of things. The Con
stitution is a fine instrument but 4
doesn't work as it was meant to because
of the politicians. We cant get new
Constitution without a revolution. Bu
that revolution need not be bloody. W.
must give UP electing men to high Office
as promises Of efficiency and elect onl!
men with records of efficiency. w,
must be nation and no longer
collection of States pulling the Govern
ment every which way for local inter
ests. We must see to 1t that the Coun
try is run Ike a trust bank or a grea
industry"
And he showed them how he believed
that Celestia's system In question would
wipe discomfort from the face of tn