El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-21

Editor e Paso Herald;
one OF the most amusing things OF
the day is, the common tendency OF
+ha nrass 10 refer and compare the
T5-1roDe.n uetnod OF life with its many
boIshevfk ideas 10 that OF America
5rhe thing in itself. is 70 me, so al
surd. that I cannot help but relllll-
the good people OF this great nalion
that their problem is, especially 50
different. In every concept OF our
daily life. there enters the problem OF
Individual determauism-tne Wnol9-
saIe ownership Of homes, more so.
than auy other nation or natlonailts
on the face OF the globe our ire
rendously high standard OF living
n-eciudes the idea Of any European
bunk, based on common mass actlon
Of economic solution
ours Is an American idea. the idea
OF Individual determination, the lqea
Of the sanetity Of the home; the laea
OF personal liberty, the same idea tnal
some OF our foolish fdealists are Try
ing to crush out, and viii soon ma
10 be q sad failure with American in
centive and dynamic energy IN PACK
OF our whole problem Of national ana
n thi5lr that 1t VIII be solved &C
cording TO the ideas OF the roooer
barons and high prevaricators OF
European evasiveness, is TO me q
laughabla proposition
The American working man has
simply seen that during this late IN
pleasantness there were men VINO
have made a little 70 big pile, ana
thew are set and determined tnaL y
shall not happen again. at least IT
they can help IT, Their idea IS not 70
upset our present form Of govern
ment: such a thought IS abhorrent 70
the general run OF Americans
What the workers are asking FOR IS
a fair distribution OF these immense
profits OF industry; an equitable al
fustment OF the hours OF labor In con-
formitv with the products OF their
honest labor Some Of the great cor
porations have seen the handwriting
on the wall OF time. and have taken
due warning BY distributing some OF
their net profits among their en-
ployes. basing their net returns upon
their net capital Invested, upon a
fixed basis OF interest II this works
all right. and the signs Of the times
are that IL does, why not solve the
whole confused problem In true
American fashion by passing uni
versal law. prohibiting any s9cleIy,
CORPORATION. body or person making IN
excess Of from one 10 IS percent on its
net canitaI invested II say one per-
cent. because the beef trust has been
diligently educating the public with
the statement that Il IS satisfied with
products. Of course. are included In
the summing M. Let all in excess OF
that fixed net interest 20 70 employees
in stated seu1i-aunual bonuses.
Big business and wild labor lenders
should forget this idea OF force Force
begets force. Let US try the law Of
nonresistance for a while. the law
Of human kindness These plans
would protect the American idea Of
individual action and knock In the
head with one blow any old foE7ilized
European confusion that would dare
show its head in this nation. where
every mothers son IS sovereign in
his own right
Finally. back up the whole propo-
sition with an migration law that
would require the highest literary
and mechanical test-"America. a ma
tion saved unto itself"
We started out TO convert Europe
to American ideals OF life. and To. and
behold we are talking about the dan
ger Of being converted TO the over
lord and king ideas. plus dictators.
May the good Lord deliver us from
such assiuine rot; forget IL. you Nuts.
and come unto yourselves; don't sen
YOUR nation for a mess OF European
pottage.
Whoever heard Of paeifying a Prus-