The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-11-21
Law AND ORDER
MUST BE UPHELD

Hon. z, T. Vinson, of Huntington, a
leading Republican of West Virginia,
made speech to the Credit Men
Tuesday night in which he lauded u
s. Attorney General Palmer, Governor
Coolidge and Governor Cornwell for
their courageous stand for law and
order
Mr.. yinson said, in part: at is par
ticularly appropriate, at this time, to
discuss law and order. Without it we
cannot exist, and it has been stamped
by Almighty God on all the universe.
He established it when he dispelled
darkness and chaos with light. Since
the time of the Garden of Eden there
have been two mighty conflicting
forces, and these, the forces of good
and evil. will continue to strive as long
as the world exists. The great things
obtained for humanity, always come
after a struggle. Laws are rules for
human conduct and out of them must
come all order. Sometimes, In the
midst of our trials and everyday af-
fairs, we are inclined to be forgetful of
the fundamentals of human life and
happiness. Man was endowed with
certain inalienable rights, the right to
life, liberty, property and the pursuit
of happiness. These are above all gov
ernment, and when government tres
passes on these, II is without its prov
ince. First we had the ten command
ments, then the Sermon on the Mount,
and later the Constitution of the Unit
ed States of America. The invididual
soul is the greatest of all Gods crea-
tions. and the only way to build up
society is by making the Individual
stronger and better. There are great
dangers today. which threaten to over
whelm government. church. Bible, and
even to deny the existence of Almighty
God. We cannot shut our eyes to a
very present menace. We are walking
on the top of a volcano which is ready
to burst any minute and engulf US, /
know we. are all hopeful and optimis-
tic, and by the way, l heard a new
definition for an optimist today, was
told that an optimist is a man who
continues to carry cork-screw on his
key ring. We are too apt to say these
things of which have been talking,
will all come out in the washing,
Take the coal miners and their de-
mand for six hour day, five day week,
and a sixty per cent increase in wages.
That demand. If granted, would double
the cost of coal production, and would
go to the public in higher coal prices
Think of the effect on coal used for
manufacturing purposes. 1t would be
impossible for us to compete with the
other nations of the world. The United
Mine Workers of America, back of the
strike, are not an ordinary labor or
ganization, like the railway men or
the carpenters. Their constitution, in
1912, provided that the miners should
seek an equitable share of the price of
the coal produced. Since then the
socialists got control, and they now
propose to take all of the price of coal
produced. except to pay the men who
haul it to market. They are fighting
the battles of socialism and that ex-
plains their preposterous demand. They
testified, under oath, at Charleston that
they proposed to take every cent, and
allow nothing to the owner of the coal
or the machinery by which il was pro-
duced. They testified under oath they
expected each year. to increase their
demands, until they would take over
all the money paid for coal without
compensation to the owner of the land
or the mine.
1.-THE fight Is on such socialistic phil
osophy. We owe great deal to the
strength, power and courage of a pub
lie OFFICIAL namely the attorney general
He should be congratulated. These
socialistic philosophers, L w. W.'s, Boil
shevists. Soviets, and anarchists, sole
object Is to destroy law and order.
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