The Washington times., 1919-11-29

least, their Leaders won't like II,
for when the Government steps in
the leader steps out and that
doesn't suit.
But the ps.6lie vii ike 1t.
The coal IN the ground is nomi-
naily the propsrty OF the mine
owner Who lives at a distance.
The job Is nominally the property
ef the union workman, who SAYS, az
can dig coal, but you shall not"
But a. q master Of fact, coal
AND jobs are the property OF the
people of the United States.
And when Il comes to freezing
while ovnsrs and workers make up
their minds shat to do, patience
runs out
IL Is good news that the Gov
eminent intends to dig coal, and
II is safe to say that no nonsense
wiz be endured from workers or
mine owners.
The people Of this and other
countries are not In a mood, Just
nov, to freeze while profiteers Of
any kind, owners or workers, split
hairs and tight each other.
In this Issue the sympathy of the
public is undoubtedly with the
workers In the mines, as 1t ought
to be- But the Arst thing Is COAL.
II vorkmen think that they have
been treated unjustly, let them
remember that they are living, not
N Russia, but in a republic. All
they need TO do is 10 get ffty-one
per cent of the people to think as
they do and say 50 at the polls.
A great many more than fifty-one
per cent are workers, and they can
do legally exactly as they please.
They can allow mine owners ten
per cent proft-inseesd of the fve
hundred and even two thousand
per cent profit that they have
been making, according TO Me-
Adoo.
They can pay the difference to
the workers, which would be bet
ter than having the gigantic prof
it's go to mine owners; or, what
would be really Just, they can
divide the difference between the
workers and the public, increasing
the pay of workers, reducing the
cost Of, coal
Anyhow, the people now win
have coal, business viii not be
stopped while q little group Of
gentlemen that ekn ard a large
group Of gentlemen that work
tight each other.
The news that Government
takes over the coal mines is es-
pecially pleasing in view of the
other news that heavy snow storms
are sweeping through the West
Even Los Angeles sees snow, and
in many places the temperature
Is forty below zero.
Nearly all news passes and
loses It's importance in a few
hours. Here Is news that will be
important centuries hence.
The Rockefefiers, through their
admirable scientific institute, be-
heve that they can absolutely
destroy the disease caused by the
-hookworm.'
II John D. Rockefeller and his
son, with the aid of able scientists
whom they employ, can accom-
plish this, the Rockefellers will
have given back TO the people Of
the United States ten thousand
for every one of the thousand
million dollars that the United
States have given to Mr.. Rookie
teller.
Payment by Rockefeller will
not be made in vague philan-
thropy-it will be made in HARD
The real wealth of the country
is its men, and throughout the
South the hookworm destroys tens
Of thousands.
Examinations in army recruit
ing show that a man infected with
the hookworm has the mind of a
child-cannot think ike a man,
cannot work like q man.
In one place in Costa Rica sixty
laborers driven BY necessity were
able to cultiysse $50 acres of eof-
fee IN Q month. After treatment
for hookworm disease the men
could cultivate $50 acres.
The same results we're found in
India, which means that in treat
ing one single disease, the Rookie
fellsrs Will add to the cash value
of human effort, within a few
years, ten times the value of the
Rockefeller fortune. And as It
fights hookworm, the Rockefeller
Institute also fights malaria. in
fantile paralysis and innumerable
ether diseases.
You win say truly that this does
not Justify the use Of power OBJ
tanned by monopoly 10 tax the people
through the price Of gasoline and
oil.
But IL is some comfort TO realize
that the United States got a bar
gain when IL got John d. Rocke-
feller. He will get more than he
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