The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY J. E. Jones.

has been trying to adjust the country
and itself to new human ideals alont
the lines Of constitutional government
for the world and having a mighty
hard time of it, a lesser group Of sena
tors has been hobnobing with thu
bourgeoise about Pittsburgh in an at
tempt to determine the true causes o.
the steel strike, in order to make {
report thereon to the august senate
There are 531 members of the two
houses of congress, and every mother''
son of them has some kind OF an ides
as to how the new human ideals should
be dovetailed into the cog wheels OF
life. There are likewise the leaders
of capital and labor, and the represen
tatives of the public, scrambled in ar
Industrial Conference at Washington
and even though they are pretty well
removed from the atmosphere of Pitts
burgh, they have at least ffty-seven
varieties of versions about the indus
trial unrest and teh industrial and
capitalistic chiefs are like the poll.
~ticians, since they are achitects all,
with blueprints and drawings that show
conclusively just how the edifice for
new humanity is to be constructed.
Unfortunately, however, the ensembled
proposals Of these most illustrious
thinkers resemble a conglomerate in.
tellectual chaos that would be the envy
of that miraculous mixer known rs
General Jazz. Why doesn't someone
analyze the seven ages Of man again ?
Can w afford to forget the obedient
infant that is mewing and obeying the
nurse; the whining school boy recdg-
nizing the authority of the teacher;
the lover s%upplicating at the feet of
Annabel or Hortense; the soldier,
police at the command of his officers;
the justice, obeying the authorities
and following their DEGREES; the aged
man, in the autumn-time of life en-
joying the slippered pantaloons that
he wears while years blend his exist
ence into second childishness and
mere oblivion, during which period
sons, daughters and grandchildren
boss the old man about? Always, it
seems, man received and obeyed or
ders. But now, in the whole big af-
fair managed by General Jazz, we have
worlds of wisdom concerning the new
human ideals, and the rights Of man,
the laboring man in particular, whose
onnnctnrc hoyn hnnn hnccoI ,;,ao A.
days of Adam; who expects to be
bossed himself, everywhere, except
when he comes to work in the estab-
lishment controlled by capital. Capt.
tai shall not hold his destiny in
charge, he declares and the new isms
of new ideals teach that capital is
nothing more than an incubus and
therefore it should be removed from
the vision of these new ideals. In fact
the bright minds of congress, the In
dustrial Conference, and the scattered
domes of wise men and women
throughout American are trying to put
patches on the leaky tubes and the
punctured tires of the whole popula-
IAch, oiu I'LL ldDOl anu capital are
the biggest factors in the compilation.
all the specialists have turned their
attention in that particular direction.
AS a simple matter of fact whole new
tires are needed for the industrial
omnibuses-just as in war times. For
America a attain it's ideals ana
protect the rights of humanity all
right, if only labor and capital can be
brought back to the normal trentd of
their ways, fully determined that the
battles OF peace can be won as splen-
didly as were those of war. Those
who live in Washington know that it
is a wonderful place, but it is doubt
full If the remedy for industrial condi-
lions viii! be found there, since the
kickers and the calamity howlers ex-
list in every community. And what
they need is less management from
the seat of government, and more of
the kindly doses of Doctor Morale.
whose favorite prescription reads:
Get busy and produce something be-
sides a growl."
The Presidents Industrial Commits
sion is seriously endeavoring to
straighten out the affairs of industry
and everyone wishes it success. A
few blocks away, in Washington, an
other n of the Presidents Commits
sions is trying to solve the dilemma
of the street car interests of the coun-
try. Before both bodies stands out
the increased cost of living. The In
dustrial Conference is graphing it's
problems. and they are SO spectacular
that the whole country looks on anx.
iously. The other commission has Just
as hard problems. but the interest is
far less. The street car companies
are hog-tied to the WOODWORK jitney,