Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-11-26

Corn gathering is going ahead in
good shape. For time it looked as
though the farmers had forgotten to
do anything but buy and sell land.
Now all is quiet and settled again.
Maybe next summer us folks Will
lay in a supply of coal having learned
a lesson. Maybe again we won't.
Lots of folks will be saying this
week that they like chicken a whole
lot better than turkey anyhow.
A Chicago firm intends to divide
a million and a half dollars among
its employees. The Reds will say this
is a low and underhanded conspiracy
to get the best of the help.
Jobs are begging for good men but
the drone, the shirk and the sore
head will find it about as hard sled
ding as ever. The fact of the matter
is that wages demand high efficiency
and the live wires are going to land.
Common sense will tell an employer
that he had better pay more and get
good help than to pay mediocre wages
to a dub. Dignified, efficient labor
and honest capital are going to work
hand in hand from now on.
Collector Williams says that it Isl
perfectly all right to send Christmas
whisky by express providing it is a
gift and doesn't go to a state where
the laws interfere. Wisconsin is not
one of these states. Hope nobody
having a "wee drap O. barley" will
fail to take the hint from the above.
The miners are not the only ones
to receive attention from the gov
eminent as the operators have not al
ways been spotless and without
blame. The history of coal mining
is a sordid one of hardships, poor
pay and death. The miners ought to
have a reasonable working day, good
pay, protection from accident and
steady work The government can
provide all these things if it wants
to. The operators should have reas-
enable interest on their investment
and protection in their property
rights This old hold-up gag is going
to get pretty stale after while.
We have always heard a great deal
about there being PLENTY of room at
the top and it is about time we heard
a little more about room at the hot
tom. The trouble nowadays is that
the producing class the farmers. me-
chanics, textile workers, builders and
so on are growing too few to meet
chinery, clothing, lumber, coal and
other things that we must all have.
The white collar brigade have had
reaching the top preached into them
so much that lot of young men real
ly scorn honest. productive labor The
result is that the toiler who produc-
es is getting the big mOnev while the
kid-glove man finds himself taking
the short end
The world wants less of higher ed
ucation and more lower education.
We want more production and less
highfalutin theorizing about how to
eliminate toll. Create producers in
stead of consumers. Then things will
be cheaper and all will have spaenty.
western editor advises his read
ers not 10 rake their lawns this fall
He advocates leaving the leaves
where nature placed them to enrich
the soil and protect the bluegrass
What made the black mold of our
gardens and fields but the rotted
leaves falling for centuries? Now we
burn valuable fertilizer every year
Just strew the leaves around-Nature
will do the rest
1t goes almost without saying that
the next president will be a republi-
can with house and senate square
behind him. He is surely going to
have a big task ahead of him.
When defeat seems almost certain
just remember one thing-you are
never whipped until you admit it
yourself. The causes for defeat or
victory lie within us not without us.