The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-06


The mills 81 the Gods grind slowly >
hut when they do start to reducing
shclr erisi 10 powder they DO q thor
oesh 100 81 Il. likewise. Uncle sam
has never beer noted FOR settling any
speed records. lie pleds along AZ a
snail's pace. apparently un~eoncerned
and undistu; bed hy the speed demons
who whtz pas, him and leave 3 cloud
Of dust trailing in his face. But Unc'e
Fam must he given credit for being
an observing old gentleman. He
takes cosniaance on his IeIsurely jour
ney, Of WIN. T. going on around him.
Sometimes We think he l. a little slow
IN being spurred to action. But that
IL has way OF doing business. All tho
time these mental observations are
going on he il laying NJ a fund Of
information TOR future use. and when
be gets ready to set he reaches out
with his strong arm and quickly
brings the joyrlders" TO a half,
Witness. f9f instance. the manner
in which he has dealt with the In
dustrial Workers OF the World. They
have been carrying things with a nigh
hand for the last two months. threat
ening 20 tie Up or destroy mines.
factories and the lumber industry Ind
10 prey upon the crops OF the country.
The peopls thought these activities
ought TO be ehecked and the agitators
brought to justice. Federal action In
the northwert partially stamped out
the I. W. w. menace. hut this did not
satisfy the public att -1srse. ,-AeFe
drastic measures were demanded. I'm
Gle Sam said nothing. but he was not
idle. When tho time was ripe he
moved with a swiftness that almost
took away the breath of the agitators.
Yesterday was the day set for the
grand drive on the enemy entrench-
ments Federal agents in all parts OF
the country moved simultaneously
and when the raids had been com
pleted almost every known I. w. w.
den IN the nation was In the hands
Of government representatives. many
Of the ag~itators were In jail and rec
ords which Il II thought will prove
valuable when prosecutions are un-
dertaken were in the hands Of United
states mnrsha.s.
Nor was Uncle Sam content to con-
fine his days activities 10 rounding
up the /. w. W. and socialist critics
Of the government. Having started
on the trail Of snakes he invaded the
haunts Of the pro-German press and
antl-war magazines. The measures
ne resorted 10 In the latter case were
not a. severe as he used In dealing
with the I. w. W. and sociaiistic
menace bu. ne took the first step TO-
ward discriminating the vipers who
are waiting 10 strike him with their
poisonous faneF whenever the oppor.
tunity presents Itself. Il was an
nounced that disloyai publication
are 20 be dealt with In a fiiting man
ner. that editors who persist IL
PREACHING treason will be prosecuted
"a h fun extern, 81 the law
There Is no room in this country foi
$3.50 QH.H.aa.H %. HIs nnaHINU.
ment, and IL b. equally true that
newspapers which are guilty u
spreading German propaganda shout
be suppressed and heir editors sen
10 JAN. II not taken out and shot Th'
Industrial Workers, socialists. 80
called paclflsts and others who hny'
been prominent In preaching ant.
war doctrio,. as wen as editors %
pewspapers and magazines who ore
openly a%n,aFouistic toward Amcrie.
in this struggle. and spread their sedi'
uonai writings broadcast Throughout
the countrk. have no right % eNpcc'
i~eniency at the hands of the govern
meut. Hatihey been IN GERMANY anf
assumed the attitude toward the Raj.
ser thar thcy have shown io tnci'
sam, the nease iu their miserable
would Ions g have been
used to Intricate the German wa
machine and their ashes gone 10 fer
tHize the soft OF the country upol
whose name they sought 90 hrin'
down shame nnd disgrace.
There nlNfys comes "a time whef
~fsrhearanee ceases 10 be a virtue
rho United tates has reached tina
psychological moment N connection
with ihose who a. not keep step win
ths music 81 abe naiiun.