The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-12-12

Cora Harris. noted Southern writ.
er and philosopher. fixes the respon-
sibility for the social and industrial
unrest In this country upon The
American Allen Glass" which has
been made the victim Of the insiduous
teachings OF the foreign-born element
seeking 60 destroy American insitu-
tions and Government.
Thrift viii 90 a long ways toward
relieving existing social and economic
conditions. says Mrs. Harris. I'm an In
tsFview discussing the present state
q the country's unrest. American
women have n great opportunity to
teach saving. she says. but declares
they must cease 20 be the vampires
aud become the domestic economists
OF American civilization"
We have now to deal In this c0un-
try with a new and until recently un.
discovered class. which we may call
Tie American Alien Glass: born of
good AngloSax0n and alien bloods.
but who has become the under-stud
les II the Callahan h0rdes of Europe:
who have been shipped to this c0un-
Try AZ the rate OF 100000 and more
. year, until now there are literally
millions OF them" is the sweeping
statement OF Mrs. Harris
Before the great war We called
them immigrants. Now we know
them % be the Red Radicals. the So
cialists. Anarchists. Annihilists. Titu-
lar Deities OF the l. w. w. and many
other destructive agencies in this
country. They are the spawn OF the
mental. moral and physical degener-
acy Of foreign countries"
The American alien to whom | re-
fer for years has been the under-study
OF this Callahan. He sometimes was a
student of our universities. listening
20 lectures from a scholarly Bolshe-
vik professor. but more often a man OF
simple worth. who welcomed a new
idea simply because IL was new. not
because IL had any worth. and be-
cause he never bad studied or been
informed as TO the glory aad worth
OF the ideals upon which his own civ
ilization was founded"
NOT La0or OUrcSt
What we suppose to be labor un-
rest In this country is no such thing.
II 10 the Callahan features OF de-
generate immigrant class. crawling
IN out OF the mud OF horrible things,
10 lay It's Shiny hands on the Govern
ment and make of that great class of
American workers American ai;eus. so
that now the two together are no
longer TO be known as the working
class, but as the malignant classes.
against whose efforts to destroy the
institutions OF this Government we
must keep a standing army. And. in
short, no longer for the present are
we az war with the Huns. except as
they are represented by the Galatians
OF the country. but we are at war
with these American aliens produced
by these malignant immigrants who
are masters OF the dissemination OF
Callahan propaganda"
at is against the genius Of our civil
iization 10 keep standing armies. Our
armies are trained to make the world
safe for democracy and this country
a the headquarters Of Democracy.
Therefore Il is necessary TO com
bat this propaganda with the wisdom
Of peace and by all the means in the
hands OF loyal Americans who believe
N this form of Government.
Lack Of Thrift an Evil
zone OF the greatest agencies against
the very foundations of our institu-
ttons is the habit of extravaganza
the lack OF thrift. We are bound to
admit that the example for these evils
originally was set for our people by
the capitalist class. but this class
has gone far toward redeeming itself
and digesting it's sins by its loyalty
and sacrifices for this country during
the great war And. indeed, all other
countries who suffered from the heel
of German oppression. But the views
OF the rich now have entered the poor
m a time when they have been emas-
culated and degraded by the propa-
ganda OF the malignant immigrant
class
This has gone on for years. so
that they are not able to react against
these evil tendencies. They lack the
right moral discipline necessary to
form honorable Judgments: the sense
Of responsibility has been destroyed
An shssn and has been replaced by the