Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

partner in the enterprise in which
he works; and to achieve this end
he must develop the power of self
control, the power of recognizing
the rights of others no less than in
sisting upon his own; he must de-
velop common sense, and that
strength of character which can
not be conferred from without,
and the lack of which renders every
thing else of no avail. Above all,
| wish to see that farmers develop
their strength by cooperation so
that the elemental work of the soil
will resume its ancient Importance
among us.
Profiteering Should Stop.
AT this moment we can only lay
the foundation in outline; but there
are certain things that we should
do at once in connection with the
war. One OF them is to stop all
profteering by capitalists, and an
other is to stop all Stacking and
loahng whether by individual work.
men or as result of union action.
Of these two perhaps the profteer
is worse, but the Stacker is almost
as bad. AS for the prohteer, any
man who makes fortune out Of
this war ought to be held up to de-
rision and scorn. No man should
come out of this war materially
ahead Of what he was when we
went into it. There must be the re-
ward for capital necessary in order
to make it profitable to do the nee
essary work and to cover the nee
essary risks; this is indispensable,
and the government should. see that
neither demagogy nor ignorance in
terferes with this necessary reward.
But we heartily approve, as war
measure, heavy progressive taxation
of all profits, beyond the reasonable
profits necessary for the continuance
of industry. Most of our captains
of finance are doing with all their
energy necessary governmental
work without any financial reward
for themselves. / honor these men,
| honor their sons who have gone
to the war. But | have scant pa
thence with the other men who treat
the war merely as a chance for
profit; and l have least patience
with the rich men who keep their
sons at home. | will not excuse the
poor man from going to war; but |
would make it obligatory on the
man who has much. AS for the
prohteer if I could get at him /
would like to put him to digging
the front trenches. And I would
put beside him his brother in
wrongdoing, the Stacker or loafer,
the man who limits the output when
it is necessary at this time that we
should have the greatest possible
production; and l would do this
whether he was acting as an indi-
vidual or, an official or member of
a labor union. Pershing's men are
not limiting their output, and
shame and disgrace should be the
portion of any man who limits his
output here at home.
Bolshevism Denounced.
an all things l would keep just
as far from bolshevism as from
kaiserism. In this country the Ger
manized socialists have shown them
selves in their true light as the
enemies of the republic; and l would
permit no enemies of the republic
to be at large while the republic is
at death-grips with a foreign foe.
am utterly against every species OF
anarchy, and therefore | am against
bolshevism in all its forms; but am
equally against the gross industrial
and social abuses which tend to pro-
mote the growth of anarchy and OF
bolshevism and to Germanized So
eialism.
Il believe that when this war is
over we should prepare for our self.
defense against other nations. and
| believe we should prepare for oui
own inner development. And in
order to meet both needs. l believe
in the principle of universal service
OF this, military service is but part
1t is vital part and under no Gin
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