The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-15
MEN Of EUROPE
RENDERED LAZY
BY SOLDERING
Industries Are Facing Hard
Shedding.
~ Raymond G.. Carroll

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Win IlF AMERICAN PFACE
COMMISSION. PARIS. Jan Is
n % n inr concern not only ~
Anu., hul liberty anil civilization
tOH' p.Dy,us alc established ~ the
h H.r conference which vii thwlfi
,Udlf attack, such IS the German
b o. upon Tho working world. your
l. o. ronlsn' h.s been closely iDll1y.
.lrg iAe preliminary inquiries oi iur
r.1.c COMMITS toners into European
'llhpr condition., Ih, side line hl,
a iprhlc haffelei interest. In that. he
|, md 'he necessity oi the ftlu,enition
oi France ard Belgium a. pfo'psr0l,
nation, m o1un'efpoise 10 the future
vnrll paamYugIcy attempts Of Ger.
|mluy under other leaders. there rise
in r'ew ntw irIie opportunities tor
the United states a' the outcome OF
diminished European production.
Basis OF PJVef.
industrial ruNef a. well az military
power. 3, based upon man power our
in,e,iigiliDn, have ~, ealed that ihe
problem turn, upon three distinct
factors. population, wages and the
aptitude ui the mechanic to resume
v, former occupation after four wear,
oi soldering. 60 say nothing ol the
permanent df,plloemerts occa,iontd
hy the Introduction Of women INTO
th, factory. shop and mill Anybody
can crlma'e lost man power h
'mpiy io'allirs tic battle losses ~
tie yifiru, countries. hu, for hi.th
aui fc.upcfltl"n possibilities. one o,
confronted by the startling fat that
during i0Ir year, previous to the war.
" hen one child Was horn in france.
tigh, were born m Germany The
outlook - exceedingly dubious tot
France ever passing Germany o.
|,sJ,ed population growth
wages Are Soaring.
Wage, have reached such \ height
that | have authority 10 predict that
|hun'feis oi European employer,
scared by lhe rise. arc simply glmg
H. snuff out and never resume bu.i-
fc,, Henry Ford. ilgufail,cly speak
|ng. has thrown a monkey wrench into
|'hc Brush economic machinery by
paving four pounds. ten shilllngS,
kSSl for forty hours work 10 mcchan.
kcS who formerly got much less weekly
for seventy two hours work
IN France and Belgium there !,
|'hat lear that "Awerican wages" anI
enterprise, tha, f'ouri,hei oxccllcntly
before tho war are either closed OF Tor
sale a. bargain prices. Crossing the
Atlantic with American soldiers has
been the doctrine Of shorter hours and
more pay. making fresh worries for
tho European manulacturet. already
|mcnaced upon their eastern horizon
|by bolSheyism.
But more seriou; 10 immediate
European production than either OF
the foregoing curtailmen,s Is tie gen
|oral attitude Of the soldiers upon the
return 20 the ioumer occupations,
Soldiers Grow Lazy.
Ny observations have been made
principally in Belgium, where industry
|is feebly struggling TO lift it, heavy
head from the ruins left by Ger.
many Curiously enough, soldering
|or enforced idlene. as the case may
be, has robbed the individual Of in
|cen,ive 10 work. even In instance
where the hand retains its former
skill a, the loom. lathe or pIow. Men
re-en,er their old Jobs, working a few
hours or weeks and then aimlcssly
wander off never 10 return 1t will
|take years for industry over here TO
|get back into its pre-war stride.
Meantime opportunity rides with
those countries least disarranged in
their labor habits to fill the huge gap
caused in world production. Tor in
peace. l,bor cannot be controlled or
|coerced by government edicts S in
WAR. Now is the time to get on, a
|"Made in U. s. A." national trade
mark stamp and use II freely upon all
|our outbound Cood,