Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-28
B0LSHEYISM
(Continued from page one)

bolshevism to be found in the book
stores were the bible and the sanstssst-
ton of the United States Yet IN ens
of these stores at least fifty books and
pamph,tts were purchased all adrocat-
ing noishevism and urging, withtut
mincing of words, resort to force to over
throw the existing order.
| ttThe fact that conditions are so
acute on the Pacific coast apparently
grows out Of the extraordinary wages
paid by the government to shipyard
workers and others employed in produc-
ing war necessities
"It is the same disease that affects
our industries throughout the nation
"Under the spur of producing great
quantities of war materials, it was elsy
for wage adjustment boards to find
motive to order increases in wages.
Manufacturers, knowing they could
add the wage increases to their soss of
production, readily paid the advance.
Ordinary domestic business in compefi-
t;on with war industries and war aetiv-
tiles paying excessive wage scales were
forced to follow suit
"The cumulative effect was the step-
ping up of labor costs, production costs
and selling prices i'll all hnes-eaoh sac
ccssive wage increase resulting in cor
responding rise in the cost of living.
"Huge mass etings are being held
at which laborers are being tola that
they are entitled as matter of right
to their abnormal wages-aMd very
much more. Ordinary laborers in many
eases are receiving more wages than fire
men, policemen, many clergymcn and
college educators. We are told of some
cases where professional men left their
ordinary work in order to earn the
wages of shipyard laborer.
"While these conditions were most
acute on the Pacific coast the infection
is spreading In afew cases, business
men, aroused by the danger, are taking
action. Spokane has started a CAM
paign of education. In Minneapolis
business men have organized. When
ever there is socialist or revolutionary
meeting, arrangements are made for a
meeting at the nearest neighborhood
point at which the conservative side is
presented.
"There are but sporadic attempts.
Yet one cannot travel over this country
today, or realize conditions even in New
York itself without seeing that there is
s. shrewdly conducted, amply financed
bolshevik campaign. aimed at the de-
struction of our whole order of ci,iliza-
tion, while at the moment practically
nothing is being done by sound and ex-
perienced elements of the country to
present the simply economic truths in
volved.
''In most of the cities visited the pco-
pie generally seemed concerned almost
exclusively with their daily local af-
fairs and were giving little thought, or
care to the fundamental national or in
ternational problems which we must
face and settle if civilization is to be
preserved.
"The situation calls for action. Not
since the free silver campaign has there
been such definite ned for the sano
inculcation of some economic thinking
IN this country. American people are
fair and if the facts are presented 70
them there can be no doubt of tine re-
suit.
1t must be made clear that there
is an unacceptable relationship between
wages and the cost of production and
that only through increased effort can
enough commodities be produced to es-
tablish an equilibrium between world
supply and world demand and thus bring
rktut lower prices.
"Gntil Europe gets back to son.e-
think like normal farm and factory out.
put nothing but increased production OH
our parts as well as on Europc's part
can make up this world shortage and
bring about reduction in our cost o, ~
ing.
"And the vitality important fact to
bring home to the mind of every work
ing man is that the effort to increase
production is not to take cut of his in
creased effort an incresed profit FOR the
business man or banker, but that this
increased effort will yield and is yield
ing to the working man in wages a fair
share of the selling price Of his product.
1t is of vital Importance to the
prosperity of this nation that the bust
ness men of the whole country shouto
be aroused to the nature of the crisis
which confronts the country. In an or
ganlzed effort which should be made to
meet this crisis an effort should be made
to enlist the patriotic service of cvery
good American. Such an organization
should be in its makeup what it must
be in result, and that is, something IN
the success of which every laborins
man and every farmer has just as much
interest rs any employer"