The Washington herald., 1919-08-29


delibertely trying to force Soviet
government upon this country. and
who have had everything pretty
much their, own way up to now
must be routed for good and all be-
fore a healthy state or affairs can
be established here. But such un-
sound leaders cannot continue their
sway in the face OF an avalanche OF
facts--in the face of simple truths
truths and facts which have been too
long withheld.
The greatest OF nll these truths
and the ono Ienst understood today
the world oyer-is the axed and ab-
soIute reIatiopship that exists, and
must ever exist, between wages and
production.
Get that fact once clear in the
popular mind and the agitator who
now harangues the workers urging
them to seize their share" Of cap
ital, to take over the works." to
destroy government In order to re-
build. and all the rest of it, will
have to take a back seat: his sway
Will be ended. and reason and COM
nonsense will come into their own
again.
But 1t is not going to be easy to
bring this change about In the face
OF conditions that exist right now.
Even the conservative business ele-
ment throughout the country is sus-
pected by labor. and any campaign
OF education, however good and how
ever we'll intentioned, will have TO
be forced home hard and persistently
to be made effective But the sooner
such campaign is undertaken the
better for all concerned. What Is
"a L.
lead In this direction, which would
rally the the conservative patriotic
| element of the whole country, in
cludinG the women-for the home Is
threatened by this radical move
ment-togethcr with the Immense
number of workpeopIe who have no
| real sympathy with the labor lead
crs now in control md who are dead
against all forms of BoIshevism and
l. W. W.-ism. Provide such a COM
binatioR OF the country's best ele-
ments with platform upon which
all could stand and work together.
and there would quickly develop
just that measure Of strength which
the present situation urgently de-
mands. Any such organization prov
ing its worth in this emergency :
would also be available for useful
work in dealing with the other
problems which must soon be
| faced and which. apparently, are at
present but little understood by the
public at large.
No Clear Understnnding.
During this extensive trip | found
little to indicate that any clear un-
derstanding exists as to the new pO-
sition which this country has come
into by reason of the wars Develop
ments. The exceptional wave OF
prosperity which the country is en-
joying. based mainly upon abnormal
demands from the countries abroad
sources OF supply at present. has
served to lull ordinarily alert minds
into a sense of comfort and security
which is far from justified. People
generally do not seem to understand
that developments in EIrope in the
near future will have a direct and
important bearing upon business
conditions in the United States. If
no effective steps arc taken in the
immediate future to put the indus
trinl house in order here, and TO re-
moYr the acute dangers which
threaten, IL is quite within the range
of possibility that the industrial M
items of Europe, prostrnte nnd besct
with troubles as they are todny, may
emerge md forge rapidly ahead be-
fore really sound conditions will
have been established In the UaIted
States.
Naturally that would operate strong
~ against this Countrys best inter
ests, 1t must not be forgotten that
the United States is now producing
much In excess OF its own require
ments, therefore it must deyeIop ana
steadily maintain a large export trade
II over-production. unemployment and
hard times are to be avoided How
obvious II is. then. that conditions and
developments abroad should be studied
and understood in their true relation
ship to business conditions and pros
poets IN this country.
There are many local matters, too.
that would benefit from a good airing
in any national campaign OF educa-
ton; such, for instance, as the pay Of
school teachers, educators, preachers.
letter carriers. fremen and policemen
throughout the CountrS-aI highly
important factors in community life
today. and sharing less, perhaps, in
the general increase of pay for service
rendered than any other class OF
workers. Education of the right kind
was perhaps never SO essential as 1t
IS now, with the whole world in
reshaping process. and yet the school
teacher today, not only in this but in