El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-15

eEHFE RECENT experiences in
w Omaha and Gary have not made
me pessimistic. In fact feel more
confidence today in the permanency
Of cur American Institutions than
ever before-and that's saying a good
deal"
Gen Leonard Wood smiled at ne
cheerfully as he uttered the above
significant words that reached ny
ears above the .UOrosr Of an accom-
mediation train carrying rs noisily
from New York 70 Garrisons one re-
cent Sunday morning.
our coach was filled to overflow
Ing with vel dressed men and WON
en- bent upon q days outdocr pleas
ure somewhere up the Hudson. but
they had forgotten their coming rec
reari1us fn the interest they we're
taking in the sun Drowned vigorous
looking man beside me. clad in the
undr6ss Uniform Of q major general,
and 6uoWn to our fellow passengers
as an American whose military skill
has often brought victory 70 our
arms and whose executive ability and
humanitarian enthusiasm have con
Ierred inestimable blessings upon
remote peoples but recently freed
from ancient tyrannies.
'Eou see vent Oh the general
earnestly apparently unconscious
that 200 appraisi7.r eyes were watch
ing him, the great mass Of the
American people are sound at heart
clear Of mind and thoroughly loyal
TO onr ideals and institutions.
me lrounle IN this country. and IN
the world at large, is that today
small web organized mlnorities, in
spired by pernicious purposes. are en-
deaE1rilE 70 dominate large un-
organized, vel intenti0ned MAORI
tlea win the result that the forces
Of evil. through the Threatening noise
tney make appear 70 be much more
numerous and powerful than they
really are"
FRIENDS AND american labor
FOES OF LABOR continued the gem
general presently.
mas shswn itself to be loyal and
patriotic, but IL is forced 70
make constant fight against
tionalizing Eroups- BoisheVistic IA
tendencies made up largely Of ilit-
crate aliens. ignorant Of our Ian
g1aEe and our institutions. and easily
tnar when theF letr the oppressive
European environment In which they
EE6=5 born TO come to this country
Trey jumped from the frying pan into
the fire
1T IS easy to convince them OF this
because present evils are always
more potent than those gone By. and
diseruntied foreigner in this coun-
Try ezaggarates both the pleasant
features Of fife In his native land
and the hardships he uudergoes here
The agitator makes use Of the
aliens memory 20 drug the latters
comm usense= ana thus creates &
dauEerous radical OF man who
come a desirable American citizen
The bolsherlsA5 Of Rzssia seem
20 he on the run. general" inter
5ecfed somewhat irrelevantly
They are meeting with the fate
fhev deserve" commented Cen. Wood
with emphasis. what Is happening
-u Russia should be an object lesson
@ those W1q imagine that through
rne J. W ~. and kindred orEaniza-
tons. they can bring about either
anarchy or sorietlsm IN this country
american labor must free itself at
once, and completely. from the
tie top but on the lower levels. that
Ike Eliminating cap, miEht dis
Charge the whole powder magazine"
LAH0R's DEMANDS But while we
REASONABLE dsprecate and
dsnounce the
a1san unAmerican Influences" re-
marked the general, after a con
EemplatlFa pause. rnal a-a en-
deaVoring 90 poison the minds Of
our lab0ring men. L is imperative
that We should satisfy the demands
Of the workers for a fighting chance
IN life for themselves and their
families. This applies 10 every
laborer. whether he works with his
hands or his brain, Whether he digs
coal from q mine OF plants Greek
roots IN a college.
no Industrious man OF woman. :
---iippss to perform satisfactorily {
their special tasks. should be forced
10 worry about the necessaries AID I
comforts Of life whenever. OF
wherever, lt IS discovered that q
worker hasn't a fighting chance IN /
life the conditions should be changed I
az once.
That was a sound proposition Of I
our forefathers that every man is
entitled 20 life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness. and he IS as
sured Of not one OF the three unless I
his labor receives q Just reward.
TT boils down TO this. that We
must establish keen sympathetic re-
lations between ali types Of men. be- I
tween those who employ and those Z
who are employed Every man 4
should re nronertv owner. and /
every man should be given an oppor-
tunity TO become such. This isi of