The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-06
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The maslnr niindr Il ~ the great
nailcus Of the world who are air'vins
eagerly 20 determine the causca ana
lae remedy FOR the current fsolsho-
viai -brnedihF hiEh prices. now egren
that Without greatly increased pro-
auction all nlher AuEEastrd aoiutions
must prove futile.
students 81 broad Vision. whose
conclusions are hasod uuun a knoWi-
edge Of worldwide conditions. ant
the special defenders and opponents
u particular interests iikewise unite
In The conviction that relief waits
primarily upon an Increase Of pro-
ductlon throughout the world.
The industrial statisiicinns OF
Great Britain. the ro'nsiatine econ
olnlc . OK Germany and h
keen business a~nAlysists of France
prove hy incontrovertible figures what
The American merchant and house
wife AVE. learned BY actual expert
ence; namely, that the present un-
e~onselonable high priess are directly
people Of oil civilized nations now
need for ther s~ustenance ma com
The conditions which have brought
about hts acute shortage OF the nee
e~sslties o. NE are easily discernifle
In their broad outlines.
For the greater part OF four years
the world was engased In a cam
paign OF demoition. Two hundred
billion dollars. or two-rcvcutha Of the
total wealth or the world, wa de-
voted to the destruction Of those pro-
cessos a ii factors. including millions
Of human lives. which make for pro-
ductlon.
Durins tia, abnormal stage only
half Of the world has been produce
ing white the other half. on account
Of un~precodenily high wages, a
enormously increased ifs demand up-
on every form OF production.
Coincident with those staggering
drafts upon the productive power or
the world has come a substantial de-
crease In the average daily production
Of the Individual worker.
Hcforc the British parliament last
week Premier Lloyd George delivered
n OF the most unpopular, nut. At
the pame time. one OF The most cour-
agoous and important. speeches OF
his brilliant career. II IL one OF the
m8ny frnnre developments Of these
timos that tbs great liberal leader.
under whose guidance the toiling
masses Of Britain have wrung huge
concessions from ~ontrenched power
and wealth. should be the one to tell
labor 10 Ia fact that today II Is fail-
ing Ia it's duty.
with no ennrt 20 soften his indici-
mcnt he pointed In the following
words tho peril OF It's cuurse;
"in every direction we are spcndine
more. We are earning lsfa We SHAH
never improve matters Until we M
crease production or we viii be
driven later to resuce even lower TIE
standard % LIVING In this country.
There II no other alternative except
quitting the country for which We
fought four years
Continuing the report Of the speech.
We read; .
one of tho arguments in favor Of
reducing the number % working
hours. the premier said was that tho
reduction IN time would not Involve
u reduction In output. There had
been a substantial reduction In the
hours of labor. ana & hAd been founn
that the output a bccu reduced al
mos, In the same mathematical pro-
portion.
The premier said he thought there
MAS evidence OF Intentional slowing
down Of ~production5 that u was =
dangerous and fatal fullacv that the
less men worked the more work there
would be for others. ~ u was high
ly important FOR those having infiu-
enoe with the workors TO DO their ut
most 90 explode tiis falltcy. Lahpr
had made tremendous gains during
the last two or three years. but these
could not be maintained II production
did not Increase.
The production this year Of coal,
the chief factor In the industrial sit
uation. the premier continued. would
be 200 100000 fons, compared win
/ 2s7.0ef. coo before the war. although
! 80. 900 more miners ARE employed q,
present than In 1874. a ton Of coal
watch cost 10 shiilinFs in 1915 now
costs 20 shlllinEs. The outlook u IN
deed lark unless the conditions which
he had stated are changed.
This grim warning from Lloyd
George o. not only applicable to the
Europe. u also To that % our owl
country. scarcely touched, as II IT,
by the rnyHgos OF war.
To-day railroad transportation Is q
fundamental factor In an productive
Industry. Oflcial figures noy avail
able d~lsclose the alarming fact tina
although The railroads carried nearly
100. 0C0 more on their pay
rolls than before this nation entered
the war. they also carried actually o.
decreased traffic OF 1855, 000,0 600 TOT
miles.
An accurate comutrison Of cost
sheets in large railrond shops dis
closes that the hourly production pei
man foll IS per cen IN i9is, as CON
pared with hat OF igtG. .
To this 20 per cent IN the hourli
nutput Of each worker nus be addc,
q rs per ccnt loss per man due tu th'
shorfed working day The scriou
significance Of these figures lies Il
of which viii moi only Justify tho ven