The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27

Rnss5a ~ now experimenting with an
old probicm raised centuries ago by
Acsop in his Fables The noble C'rerk
once asked How far chicken couIa
run after its head WIZ cut orr Atur
long practice on it's legs, chicken runs
about with automatic movements alleF
the turner's axe has struck OF ito head
Rut tho question is not SO muCH """
far The headlcss chicken cnn run, as I"
whore II shall 90 AS II stumbles now
.c,ins, , ,rce and now runs into a stuh"
vail Today this old question has poem
raised by Prussia after killing OFT hrr
men Of ability: How long can RUSSIA
keep on it's feet. and in what direction
will it move before It PlunEcs down INC
steep place into the abyss
Tho Determination Of Ability
Tie Bolshevik have raised this prob
lem How can we murder most rapidly
all mon Of ability IN Russia? The III :
,nE az the onltrrs OF the great iand'u
estates, the bankers. and many 'nnnu-
f.ucturers has already been aocoInpushcI.
After nineteen years in Pcrosrad'
F>rsnkllrg A. Gaylord has escaped from
I,ussia by way Of Siberia. One OF his
friends was 4 manufacturer, who. during
the last twenty-five years had developer
machines and trained his WORKERS. ana
finally. through slow additions 10 ms
buildings created a great plant. -!
careful! training NJ turned ignorant iu'h
half-starved peasants into self-su llcih
vrorkrnen. Ono morning the RoiSheVikI
entered his factory. They told the thous-
and workers that the employers h0uS"
vas their house: thai his gardens ~'F'
their gardens: that his savings ~cr"
their savings. that his buildings ana
tools were theirs. Now the intelligent
rcremen and periutcnorntS, VINO mao
been trained by the inventor ;nd manu-,
facturcr, scoffed at the statement ana
said II was simply Stealing. hut IN"
hundreds OF new and ignorant workm"n
m, rchcd over to their employers homo
and took possession OF his house, giving
his wife the right TO cook IN her own
Kitchen two hours each day. and his
family two rooms in which To i've
Thcu they returned to the great factory
buildings,
Innocence Enthroned.
T-,cy dcpos,,d ali the Intelligent fore
men and experts; they marched down I"
the bank and impoundcd all IN" deposits
and bills due; they appointed d'hS'lF Is
norant bat muScuEEly strong. common
laborcrs 10 take charge Of the plant. on
the ground that it wls their chance !"
have HOOQ lnSOInS ''i's'' '''N''
The hours Of work voted two hours '"f
dinner. voted ruil pay Tor the In""'ihE''
Of tho workers. voted that the meet mas
bc held during the six hours OF work ~
that often tho factory stood SIM Tor
half a day ut time In one year th'F
1ynsted the entire reserve and i"riuh'
IF the owner. reduced the plant and tools
,o . rnIss Of broken down machinery
o,d nov; hayc ru one who Will buy th'"
shoddy goods. and INDEED have nothInI
~ soil Starvation now controntS them
TODAY the Bnlshcviki is killing Off al
he men Of ability in RUSSIA. Th"E nave
DESTROYED the brain and expect tn" mas
,.lcs in tho legs and arms TO Think and
invent for Rusctn. Tho tim" seems -
lave come for American |. w. W iu"H
;l,.. leaders OF the Shn"lS Of anarchy
and all lawleas strikers /" ask them
selves this question: How long and
how far rau chicken nun after ITS h"a"
has been cut OFF," l'crhars SOME &
vrrI can tell US just how long II "'I
Ak" for my ;.nnrchiStic group !" hrini
America az we'll as RUSSIA or Germany
90 thr edge Of the abyss anu 80 achlcN'
total ruin for our country.