The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-01-18

men were Out of work, and fears were entertained that mor would be idle;
diseases ragged and inhabitants of the land died, and there was apprehension
coming crops; the miner anticipated the "pinching OUT of his vein; tn
merchant as having a spell of bad business-thngs were dull. In Reno.
according to the newspapers, three thousand men were out of employment
twenty-five years ago today. Do you believe it? And if it was true did
all OF those men starve to death, or suffer greatly, o did they get along
eventually just about al usual-some getting rich I'M remaining for
vel poor? THE poor ye have I'VE with you"
Why, it may fairly be asked, cal people nt learn by experience that the
troubles they enjoy so greatly ire but the usual course of human events, and
why not indulge in a little moreh happiness and good cheer? 1t costs no
more,a and it's pleasanter-reany it is! There is a campaign, or a drive"
now in progress in the United States, to induce people to strain every energy
to provide work for returning soldiers. And it affects the general idea of
holding official positions in government ervne are sending orth startling
circulars telling of terrible times ahead in providing for returning soldiers
Can it be that a nation which has been turned inside out fguradvely speak
ing, in frantic preparation for entry into a gigantic war-an nation in which
men were we'll employed before they went into the war-wi1 have nothing
for these men to do when they return?
Not 81 many will return as went forth. There will be thousands upon
thousands Of untitled places because of the toll of "a alone. Those who
come back will find a country in which nearly every industry must be over
turned thoroughly in the process of reconstruction. To be sure, we have
kept the nation "a-gdng' while thu boys were away, but We have done it
by strenuous effort; W have been working overtime. Women have per-
formed entirely unusual service and som of them don't believe in it. Some
of them are tired of mans work. They will gladly return to the home.
Another point to consider is the probably greatly reduced amount of
immigration. Before the a more than a million foreigners were coming
into the United States every year and seeking work-and finding it, what's
more. immigration will be greatly checked, both by legislation at home
anticipate a lack Of employment for any mn who is looking for a job?
A few words written by Theodore H. Price, wellknown statstcan of New
York City, re Illuminating in comparison with the ilinformed utterance
of socaled government "expertss-who were never particularly expert at
anything until they were indicted into nice Offices and given authority to
pay for whatever printed matter they cared to send forth, with their own
names conspcuously frequent. Mr.. Price said:
There is a general idea that, with the return to commercial or industrial
employment of the bulk of the 100000 men W e have in France and the
100000 in camps in America, there is going to be a surplus of labor The
contrary is likely o be the case No mi doubts there will be a tremendous
demand for such a material and finished goods as America ear furnish
necessarily will be much unseulement in Transforming industrial establish
ments from raj work to peace work, and labor forces will be disocated and
resume where it left of a few years ago, the labor situation may assume a
different aspect from that in which it is viewed at present"