The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-07-27
Who IS a Good Cit10l

he is a good citizen Of the United
States who obeys It's laws from 4 sense
of duty and loyalty 10 the government.
He who only obeys the law thru fear Of
punishment lacks much. Il not al, the
essential qualities Of good citizenship.
The number Of those who fall under
the first Classification vastly ont number
the latter. Not only does the good
citizen obey the laws but he insists
and viii help enforce the laws, knowing
hat reimbursement. or lax iniorce
ment, begets contempt FOX the law and
leads 70 lawlessness. and finally anarchy
The security Of the government and
the welfare and happiness Of the citizen
rests or the enforcement Of its laws
Il is not for the individual 70 say
whether z Iaw is wise or Otherwise. II
is enough to know that certain rules OF
action are controlled by law. Under
our government the people make the
laws. II law proves uuwise il can be
repealed o, amended before any serious
harm is done. II is always in order
for any citizen to advocate the repeal
Of any law. But our laws make dis
ticction between advocating the repeal
Of law and violating its provisions
To violate the law is 10 invite punish
ment. That is what the l. w. W's
did the past week when they undertook
to make the rules Of their order the
law Of the land No good citizen viii
stand for this. After war was declared
the government asked every citizen to
conserve the food Of the country, ad-
yised everybody to plant gardens, urged
the farmers 10 plant more grain, more
peas and beans, made contracts With
our lumber mills for lumber needed IN
the prosecution Of the war, urged our
Young men TO enlist for the war, taking
huadreds from the farms and orchards
The I. w. VS. opposed enlistment,
and finally when the government was
forced to conscript our young men Tor
the army this same organization
opposed. and many Of them eyaded
CONSUMPTION. Now they propose to
prevent the harvesting Of the crops
which the government urged Us all to
plant. Oppose the making OF the
lumber which the government has con
trzcted for. Their attitude is in
opposition to the government They
would make non-effectiye everything
the government has urged the citizens
to do. They are enemies Of the gov
eminent. and on this ground the gov
eminent decided to deal with the
organization By ordering the arrest Of
its members wherever and whenever
they we're found interfering with the
Legitimate occupation Of the citizens
They set up the pretext that they
want to reduce the hours from ten to
eight and frankly admit their purpose
to be not TO reduce the hours OF labor,
but to abolish the wage system alto
gether. They preach and practice
sabotage, which is nothing less than
the destruction Of the property OF the
employer. They propose to bring about
the condition they want, whatever that
may be. not by law, but by force. Not
all l. w. WIS are wilful law violaters.
Many OF them are urged into law
violation by impractical discontents,
visionaries and vicious agitators whose
sole occupation is TO make living off
THEN dupes. One Of those arrested
here last Tuesday said in the hearing
of the writer that he did not expect to
strike a lick OF work the balance OF this
year. He was their leader-orgsnizer.
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