Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-31
BOLSHEVISM.

Bosheyism has gone SO far in vreckng industry
STA people dying by the hundreds OF thous
right for want OF food and clothing BosheVlsm
is the that has confronted this world
Prussansm alone excepted Boshevism has developed SO
much want and suffering Russia that it is being sup
pressed now by Russians themselves Bosheyism is
not the hope OF Russa is the wreckage of Russia
Boshevism said that the workers would take control OF
all the industries in Russia; they would them; they
would hire themselves they would themselves; they
would divide profits among themselves and they would
allow the owner the mill very small percent OF dvi-
dend if there anything left over after they mad taken
what they wanted They wrecked those Industries
cursed the for not providing them with
pay in periods of unemployment.
The story recently came of Chicago bank which
had found definite market for definite product that
was at that time being manufactured There were
of work; there were men seeking employment.
Here was market commodity; the bank willing
to bring ends together and supply the money The
bank found the experienced manufacturer capable OF adj
minsterng and developing te industry They took their
plans before him. They said "Here is the market You
know how to make the product It will not take more
than 100000 the outside of estimate to build
plant equip with machinery and carry the overhead
until profitable production results
This meant the employment of about 200 experienced
machnists chemists, corps of clerks and office
workers. packers, shippers and unskiled laborers
Tie manufacturer they approached with this propo-
stion said $50 long any agitation in favor of Bohev
continues in this country do not put my name to
note for even $780, Go talk to the laborng them
selves You will find that they will not sign your note for
S4OOOO and agree to bind themselves Individually col
ectvey as organization to meet that note in case their
enterprise faces failure They will assume no response
biity but will expect that responsibility Then
if your calculations wrong they will expect me to bor-
row another $4,000 AMI another 100000 note and
paw interest this that used to meet their pay
roll They will sneer and treat me with contempt
if fail tho have benefited them And if | succeed
they will call crook and corrupt capitalist and
they will demand all the profits which their labor pro-
duced.' y
And the bank has not launched this enterprise. And
the men it might have employed are still unemployed
After Mrs Maud McCreary OF the editors OF Victor
Bergers paper delivered her very oratorcay effect
i've address labor meeting in the assembly chamber
Wednesday night which she declared II am Bolshev-
s two of the auditors overheard in conversation
to say,
1--WE ought to take these damn employers out and shoot
lem
'You bet your life Well show EN- where to get off or
shove em off,
This was in the legislative chamber of the capitol Of an
American state Members of the legislature were there
applaudng the inammatory utterances that gave birth
to wreckng Bolsheyk CONCENTRATIONS as
this
Is this America or Observation-Disclosures STATE jour-
NAL.