El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-11
CAPITALISTS THAT'S ALL OF US;
SO WATCH OUT FOR THE ACTTATOR

untsied democracy used to find pleasure in verbal
assaults On acapitaD especially in campaign time pre-
oedng elections il linked up less with Bry
ausm BY being the opposite thereof and even Theodore
Roosevelt satisfied popular taste BY his assaults on
predatory wealth." BY which he meant one thing while
the masses thought something else namely all capital
The Socialists the Bolshevid and the L ". ". fancy
their strongest card to be denunatiOn Of capital and capt.
ssts They consider capital opposed TO a0or and CAPT
taIism an international fetter that binds the working
mans hands They would place all capital in the hands
So the popular conception of capital is as erroneous as
It is hazy It taken riches and the Of
capital required to constitute riches depends the local
standards IN this country capitalist is who is
millionaire Likely, IN Greenland, capitalist is who
p reindeer and "a sled dogs. In Boshevist it
said that capitalist IS who has Il cents and
whole pair Of trousers That may be inaccurate but
way the idea that capital is taken to represent wealth
beyond ordinary reach.
manipulation and the possessor Of large income derived
by cutting off coupons interest payment dates
deed capitalists but the term does not belong to them
alone. There are other possessors Of capital
Every man, and child who has saved any money
IS capitalist Every person Of whatever age who
has property money the savings bank share Of
stock Of any value is capitalist So also is every pei
who has life insurance.
TIE possessions of the rich constitute capital but the
aggregate possessions of the poor and the moderately cir
eumstsnoed constitute the larger capital
The national government the cities and the railroads
finance their operations necessitatng millions billions
Of dollars through bond issues which bonds find their way
the possession Of thousands millions Of people The
accusing finger may be pointed at great railroad as rep
small scattered through every state in the union
Every one Of them is a capitalist.
And it down to this that any onslaught on
capital not attack directed only at the millionaire
It is aimed at everyone who has anything Of value It is
az attack the savings of all the people, blow at the
very root all ambition and progress It menaoes the
savings of the widow and the legacy Of the orphan and
the home which laborug has bought with money
laid aside through years of hard work and self denial
That fact constitutes the big reason why socialism
and BolsheVism and LW.Wism cannot make much head
way this country There too many people IN Amer
lea who have property Of nd-who capitalists,
II other ords-to prevent the eonscaon of their prop
erty BY and for the benefit Of those who have nothing
under the pretenss Of administering it for the common
good All that the people Of this country need realize IS
that any assault capital assault on all prop
srty owners
Nearly all worthwhile laborers are capitalists so that
every time agator tries to incite labor to destroy capt
tsists be is urging him TO commit suicide.
On analysis It VIII be found that proper attempt can
Be made to make division Of capital and labor IN
democracy like this, where nearly all aborers are CAPT
tass and nearly al capitalists labor The ideal cond
tion toward which al Americans should bend their efforts
& one in which capital labor each have their rights
and are united for progress