The state herald., 1919-09-05
j. A. Berg of Haxtun was in Hol-
yoke Tuesday,
Evans Urges Fight Upon Glass Rule.

O'SSS W." OpVu ttdSS UuIC
Denouncing the principles of tn,
fiumb plan as socialistic and strik.
ing at the roots of industry, Henr,
Evans president of the American Ea.
igle Fire Insurance Company and IN,
continental Insurance Company and
the FidelityPhenix Fire Insurance
Compnny~of New York, yesterday d,
Tended the right of acquiring proper
W by working and saving. and said
that n strong effort must be mudc 10
defcat class government.
This country's prosperity and
that OF any country depends on pro.
, auction, results in all lines, and re-
suits depend upon the interest of tho
worker IN what he has in hand.n said
Mr. Evans. Zone has but to note the
immediate response expressed in
terms of increased output and com
pensntlon when n worker is put upou
"A piece work" basis. The mora h.
Iaccomplishes the greater his earn
lnGs. He has an incentive.
III n scheme could be devised to in
tercst the worker in profit results il
wonld be great thing for the conn
try as n whole, and for the investor
Il
and owner of property. Such a
scheme will be worked out. must bc
but not along the lines of the rail
road brotherhood demands, for those
demands are impossible of execution
and socialistic, if not Bolshevistjc.
in principle. If this country or any
country is to prosper, property rights
must be maintained. The Plumb
plan, the Warfield plan and all other
plans so far put forward strike at
property rights. The Wariicld plan
is devised to rob the prudent for the
benefit of the foolish; the WnriIcld
plan is only n little better and the
Plum plan is sheer robbery.
"Why should il be possible to take
from the wise investor of the past
the fruits of his wisdom for the ben
eft of the wild men who have in the
past put their money in badly con;
esivsa - haAiy y~mAnse-a -Pwjeetsf1
"why should the holder of n rail
road security be dcspoilcd because
the property has grown in value any
more than the owner of real estate
made valuable by the rail road should
be made to divide with some purchas
er of property that has decreased in
valuef
"Why should the government seek
to punish and cripple the men who
have worked and saved and made the
what il is, Tor the benefit of
the loafcr and nonsuccrssful man.
"Our government must be honest
before il can expect the people to be
honest. Politicians must he patriot
ic, acting for the good of the coun-
try rather than for the good of the
party, and the individual, before they
can expect the people to he patriotic.
"Thc government must he frugal
and not ,sastcful before il can cx-
pect the. people to be. II must he
business like and organize lis cxpen-
ditares and department methods on n
,sisins. IS like basis as successful bus
mess men do their affairs. Any BUS
ioess is good business II II gets the
right man to run it, and 50 il is with
The government. We need the right
men in Washington and in all OF our
state capitols to make laws in the IN
tercsts of all, rather than for party
or self, or this or that class.
at is up to the people to elect to
Office the right men, and II IL up to
the right men To accept o''ice, Tor lie
,mocrncy is on trinl. II We come
through this crisis, MS ] believe We
will, the country will be stronger than
ever. IL ON the other hand, right and
Justice are ovcrthrown and u class or
clique is allowed to control, this Re
public Is doomed.-N. Y. Journal OF
Comm. -
Three colorcd gentlemen giving
their names as Bernard Gibson. VIII
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