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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
WILL AND GOOD WILL

S6E AIS SOUNDS the 1920 Keynote-Nationalism in his
 speech at St. Paul, the world assured, by divers publications. Hark the tombs doleul sound Hays is feeble echo of the past 1879 every of the thirteen colonies there far flung statesmen who sounded the key note of 1879-Natonalsm.'
 Let colony retain the right jump the throat of every other Who shall deny to any colony it's sovereign right to slit the throa the people any colony good will and pleasure" This burden of the was more excuse then for the doefu noe People didn't know each other we'll Communication difficult absent. No nation had shown much capacity peace desire for it. It was the custom for men to settle their nrvae quarres by the due After the constitution made, killed Hamilton duel. costly those days For dollars few soldiers could bang around for long of the time.
 Those good old times China is but few days London and Paris weeks to New York than San Francisco used to be- Men know each other to be about flesh and blood. The private duel vanish ed except in few backward places The nations linked to- geher by They everything gain by peace lose To fight takes all the nations produce and War home to the combaant population The cost of preparation is prohbitve.
 There Republicans who would like oblge Will Hays, with quantities of naonasm of eatem-ave type; but in view of the cost of and what it and in view of the determination of men to be rid of it, Mr. Hays will have to be dsobliged.
 He must get himself another name Fancy an amable gen. ovable that everybody calls him Will" going talking boodshed. His gives him away He is merely talking.
 In confidence Will this is about what will happen. Mr. Wilson will home with the treaty peace, which will contain the constitution of the League of Nations Those 3 suddenly changed just exactly enough differing views, they vote it through with bells on; not Will that they will lack the continue the and keep 100000 American soldiers marking time in France which would be the if they should vote against the treaty.
 What would those 37 senators the feelings the friends relatives of 100000 soldiers Europe, when they want to home. Nothing! They will just the treaty Because they will suddenly uousy convinced never having had in their hearts pose of partisanship whatever.
 Mr. Wilson to make and bring the soldiers home. He proposes make that will keep soldiers when they get here He proposes to take the American people the lowering burden the nation must maintain if there League of Nations
 There will be lots of naonam with the killing left There is to be period of good w whether the good Will Hays knows it or not
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

industrial activity, this incentive would be replaced by desire to work for the common good an@ by the am bition to win the respect of mankind through conspicuous social service.
 You and I differ with them, be- cause we cannot concede that these are sufficient incentives to industrial activity. They did not prove sufti- cient in the Utopian communities which I have already lightly touch cd upon, and we see no sufficient indication in our daily life of these attributes of mankind being suffici- ently strong to justify such a tremHn- dous exp pertinent, except perhaps where an additional spiritual incen- tive is superimposed, such as patrio tism called forth in a national emer- gency like war.
 In addition to the psych ological weakness of such a plan, you and I, IS practical administra tors, see most formidable difficulties. Without the compulsion of demand and supply, how would individual citizens be as- signed tneir respective occupations? Certain enployIents would be more attractive than others. How would the workmen be distributed between them? Who would make the decisions
 
 to be produced in a year? Who would decide as to the relative merits of diff ferent methods Cf production? These administrative difficulties make hard answering for the most enthusiastic socialist.
 I have dealt briefly and made quately with Utopian, Marxian and revolutionary socialism, and I begin to feel that, unless I reach the i'm mediate subject of my address promptly. you will accuse me cf do- ing what the man did who dropped in by chance at the funeral of a mere acquaintance and, upon being called upon to say few things about the departed, arose and said: q did not know the deceased well enough to should like to take this opportunity to say a, few words on the single ta,."
 Evolutionary Socialism.
 But before leaving the subject completely, because it is interrelated with labor and all questions sur rounding labor, I want to touch final 1y upon revolutionary socialism, which contemplates the slow and or derly acquisition by the State of it's transportation, raw materials and in struments of production, as and no faster than the people become edu- cated to using these instruments, and In this behalf to say that this is the most reasonable of all socialistic theories Its discussion is probably academic, because the point of time when human nature can stand the strain of handling these instruments is too far removed to be of immediate concern to you and me. But I have this in common with it; it's conception is one of moving away from the pres ent gross inequalities in wealth and towards that democratizing of indus try which I believe in as thoroughly as I do in a political democracy.
 (To Be Continued)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

tionship between rich and poor, has been based in each period of the worlds history upon the system of production and distribution prevail ing in such period, and through the advent of machinery he believed q struggle had arisen between capital ists owning the instruments of pro- duCtiOn and wag -earnerS who de- pended upon capitalists for work; second, his theory of crises, or what we call +oanics, he maintaining that the capitalist greed for gain caused him in the race of competition to add constantly to the volume of his goods which he put upon the market, and that since the consuming power of the wage earner is limited by the wage which he receives, production tended constantly to exceed consump- ton, with the result of a heaping up of commodities until the crisis was reached, Whereupon prices would drop to a point where further produc- tion was without profit, which he said would inevitably be followed by depression and unemployment which lasted until the process of liquidation for the time being was over; that this forced the weaker and poorer capi- talists into the ranks of wage-earners, and the same vicious round was then repeated, so that capitalists would steadily grow fewer and richer on the dog-eat-dog proposition, and wage earners steadily grow poorer and more numerous until they rose in the might of their superior numbers and forcibly took over the instruments and means of production which would Se he birth of the socialist state.
 The years that have passed since Marx expounded his theories have proved him wrong, even to his own followers.
 While it is true that society is di- vided into classes with conflicting in terests, it is not true that society is divided into just two great classes capitalists and proletariat-theo one growing smaller in number as they increase in wealth, the other growing g larger in numbers as they grow poor er because while the size of individ- ua1 fortunes is increasing as the worlds wealth increases, the propor- ton of the people who accumulate property is growing in relation to the proportion of those who have noth- ing. So the steadily .ntensifying sit uation which was going to end in Marks inevitable crash has gone to join yesterdays seven thousand years.
 The BoIsIlevist Experiment.
 Irrespective of the failure by trial of Utopian socialism and the shatter- ing by ttime of the NarXian socialism, there is a fast growing body of people in all countries of the world who favor a socialistic state to be attained by revolution which is the BOlshevist experiment, and the intellectuals among this ever-growing body con tend for the states ownership of all the means and instruments of pro- duction and the States employment of mankind in the operation of these instruments.
 ! They contend that while this would eliminate self-interest as a spur to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Many people foresee general un- employment and consequent business depression. They can not see how 4,O0O, 900 soldiers. and vast army of civilian workers on war supplies, can be returned to peace time work without great distur bance.
 The governments estimate of the number of people employed in some form of war work is IS, 100000. This includes many more than those work ing on munitions. It also takes in the enormous number making army shoes, army uniforms, and all kinds of supplies. These people have large ly returned to the kind of work they did before the war, in the majority of cases in the same factories.
 In all lines of business, the mer- c'n~-1ts fearing to be caught with stoCi-5 on hand, have been buying goods from hand to mouth. If they finish 2 season with an over stock, they advertise 1t and get rid of it as quick as they can. This makes a constant demand for new stuff It is the reason why comparatively few of the factories have shut down
 The government now reports that one-third of the men under arms on November II have been demobilized. Thus a big part cf the change, in ciuding q tremendous shift Of labor, is already accomplished without much disturbancei The government
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

It is fashionable nowadays to call anyone who expresses dissa tisfaction with the existing social structure d socialist or a bolshevist. It makes little difference perhaps to the man of courage what he may be labelled, but l am not so sure that it makes so little difference to the community at large The world is on fire and I am far from sure that the mfsap- plicatton of such terms is not pour ing oil on the flames. This is the time for straight thinkers and careful speaking, for Open-nindedness and refusal to accept false charac teriza- tion All labor questions and social reforms have become so confused in the public mind with socialist theo- ries that if you will bear with me for a few moments I would like to clear my path.
 Communism Falls.
 So far as I know the first time the word socialist" made it's appearance was in the late seventeen hundreds when Fouriers in France and Owen in England advocated the abandon ment of personal gain, and advised their feIIow-men to form cO-opera- tive communities along fraternal lines Their ideas more nearly ap- preached the average mans cOncep- ton of socialism than any ideas that have been advanced since. In sub stance, they did favor equal division of everybody's all in each community and an equal division of labor. h. nrnerabIe societies of this kind were formed but, so far as am aware, not one succeeded. Their ideas were Utopian and they were called Utop- ists and out of their experiments came only two things, one. the CO., operative stores so successful now across the water and the other Q les son to the world that no success could be made with the creed of voluntary cooperation or iii any way except with the aid of mankinds most pow erful instrument-the State
 Notwithstanding the abandonment of this division of property theory by socialists themselves, a full half cen turv ago, most men have this Uto- plan theory of an equal division of work and goods in mind when they hear the word socialism" and heir ideas of a socfa list are happily illus trated by the old story of the Irish man asking his friend, who claimed to be a socialist, what the word meant, and upon being answered that it meant a belief in the division of all property, he at once asked him: If you had two cows, would you give me one?" 1T would.'' eff you had two horses would you give me one ?" q would" "If you had two pigs, would you give me one?'' ~ ou know damned well I have got two pigs
 Marxfan Socialism
 The next great advocate of social
 
 speak of Karl Marx, who pictured the birth of the socialist state out of the struggle between capital and labor. Karl Marks theory was built upon two premises; first, that the class system, or, if you prefer it, the re1a-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS


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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
RIOT REPORT
 EXAGGERATED

London, Friday, March 7.---An off
 ciaI statement issued by Canadian military headquarters in reference to rioting at Kimmel Park, says it is re- gretted that some of the accounts of the fighting. in which Canadian sol diers took part, exaggerated the se- riousness of the incident, but gives no details of what happened. It is ex- plained the lack of shipping facilities to take Canadian soldiers back home is due partly to strikes. and it is stat ed that the dissatisfaction of the sol diers over alleged preferential treat ment in authorizations may be attri5- uted to the fact that the men have been divided into sections according to the Canadian military districts from which they come. By this ar
 rangement some shorter service men
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
THE SENIORITY PLAN


r~ HE SENIORITY system of appointment by which the member oldest in service the committee goes it's head always the abest for the iob but it provide the with the most experience the work it does prevent the unfair suffng of the congressional pack to obtain certain results
 The ables will always make himself felt It is onable if appointment at the will of the speaker would duce the ables in chairmanships in fact it wouldn't There in legislature that the speaker the ables to committees. He those who belong the group belongs to and enough of those be rid of unnecessary friction
 The ables talk mostly from those who not very familiar with the actual operation of American legs laures.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
THE WRONG WAY

MAY not be wise for Bridgeport to operate ice plant. The matter was investigated, proposal submitted to the people, and the people voted bonds construction of such plant Later commission of four great authority upon question involved against the construction of the plant years lain unused years an order given by people of Bridgeport has been " of few of the people It is not wise in contempt for the principles of popular If plant project ought be repealed put matter on the machines again. tell the people why the project take and let affirm, their order This the American and the safe way.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
WILL OF COMMISSION KILLS ICE PLANT
 VOTE OF PEOPLE

Vincent s. Whitney, chairman of the municipal ice plant commission dragged & dead project into the l:c..t again, today, when he said that the administration long since ha-- aban- doned the policy of establishing 8 municipal ice plant.
 The plant was ordered by referen- dunn vote in 1915, and bonds were au- thorfzed for it. which have not been issued.
 The reason assigned for the re- pudiation of the action of the people is the unfavorable report of a com mission of five persons, who reported unfavorably on the project.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

tion. This naval force seized certain armed steamers which are n-w manned by Russian crews which marched up by land from Mesopota- mia with a British force as a nJ- cleus. These steamers are command ed by British naval officere
 The original Russian fiotilla in the Caspian, it Is added. consisted of two gunboats, two dispatch vessels and three steamers These have also just been taken over by the British-Rus- sian naval forces
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
BRITISH HOLD
 CASPIAN SEA

London, F'rbday, March 1.---Naval forces under British command now dominate the situation in the Caspian sea- according to official information secured by Reuters Limited.
 For some months past there have been British naval forces on this sea, the official account states They were originally sent to prevent the Boi- .;hevikd from dominating the satua-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

reports that in spite of all, there is no more unemployment than usual at this time of the year.
 Three months ago no one would have thought this possible. It will take far reaching plans and a com prehensive organization. to manage the furtE-- process of dem bilization without upsetting industry But is looks as if 1t might be done. And so long as the factories run as well as al present, the people will have buy ing power and Inc business com rnunity can go ahead with cona- denca,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08
TO TELL ABOUT.

George M. Kirk, who was unfort- unate enough to witness the terrible catastrophe when the Italian army became demoraliZed and fortunate enough 10 witness and have a part in it's rehabilitation, will tell the thrill ling story Of JEe temporary defeat and final victory of the Italian army. He served with the Italian troops as an AmerlC.>n welfare worker and so has this tragic story at first hand, much of 1t witnessed with his own eyes. He speaks Sunday afternoon in the meeting for men at 3:30 in the Young Mems Christian Association
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

A-%NJ Si1A4E- IN e'i ANA-N o'
 NladiVostok. Feb. 25-(By The Can adian Press)-A careful review of the situation in Siberia, now in possession of the Canadian intelligence officers, predicts much troubles in the spring and early summer due to the fact, it says, that the masses of the popuIa- ton are unsympathetic to the present Omsk government. The foreign elements supporting the Omsk gov ernment share ir unpopuIarity and also the nations approving the pro- posed Princes Island conference have lost prestige among the Russians. The leading newspaper of Vladivos- tok was suppressed February 24. for criticism of the Omsk regime.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

were sent home ahead of some who had been under arms for a longer period.
 \ special court of inquiry has been ordered to conduct an investigation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

THE SEA WOLVES" Starts Tuesday in The Times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-08

The next great advocate of social ism held quite a different theory. I speak of Karl Marx, who pictured the birth of the socialist state out of the struggle between capital and labor. Karl Marks theory was built upon two premises; first, that the class system, or, if you prefer it, the reIa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-01

macy, plumbing, structural engi-
neering and veterinary medicine
and surgery.
A bill introduced in the house
by Representative Stevens would
extend operation of the law re-
quiring corporations to pay their
employees semi-monthly TO include
partnerships, associations, firms
and individuals, but would except
agricultural enterprises. The bill
went to the judiciary committee.
Senator Hull of Chicago is spon
sor for a bill in the senate that
would subject to tax of ten cents
on each hundred dollars of valua-
ton all transfers of real property
or interests therein by deed. grant.
bargain, sale or gift not made in
contemplation of death of the
grantor vendor or donor, and not
intended to take effect in possess
ion or enjoyment at or after death"
The tax would not apply where
property value is less than one
thousand dollars. 1t would go into
the county treasury where collect
ed. The bill was referred to the
revenue and finance committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-01
ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY COMPETITION
IN TRADE DEALT BLOW IN BILL GIVEN
mLINOIs LEGISLATURES TO CONSIDER

Illinois supreme court. The pres
ent bills are intended to remove the
objections, said to have been in
the definition OF the word 'optO-
metry.
The Roderick and Daley meas
ures have the backing of the reg
istration and education department.
They provide that no person who
does not obtain from the depart
ment a license before Oct. /. 1919.
shall be permitted to practice op-
tometry-"the science of fitting of
glasses" An optometrist, under
the bill, must be at least twenty
one years of age, have a high
school education or it's equivalent,
and must have studied optometry
for at least two years. All candi-
dates must pass examinations
Proponents of the bill declare
supervision of the optometry pro-
fession is necessary to safeguard
the eyesight of the people
Bills are being prepared to
amend the state medical practice
act so that physicians viii be re-
quired to renew their licenses an
nually and pay a nominal fee for
the renewal.
Vigorous opposition is being
manifested from certain medical
circles. 1t is declared foes of the
proposal fear it will be difficult
for some physicians to maintain
their right to practice under the
high standards set by the statute
At it's last meeting. the Illinois
State Medical association favored
a bill TO require renewal of Ii
censes every year. thereby elimi-
mating unworthy physicians.
The department of registration
and education has been attacked
because of it's advocacy of the leg
islation.
Trades and professions under
the department. now subject to an
nual license renewal. are barber
ing. chiropody, dentistry. embalm-
ing. horseshoeing. nursing, phar-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-01
ROCK ISLAND BOY
WRITES FOLKS IN
LETTER TO ARGUS

In order to make sure that his
relatives receive word from him
Private Frank Bledsoe has write"
The Argus from France, enclosing
a letter (which he addresses to his
parents. He says:
This leaves me well. ! am wait
ing to return to the states at any
time. Don't worry about me. I
write often, hut do not know if you
get my mail or not. l am station
ed at a forwarding camp at pres
ent. Hope you are all well. I send
my regards and love to all. Bye
bye for now"
Private Bledsoe, it is understood,
was wounded in action and it is
probably due to the fart that he
has been transferred from place
to place as wounded men are in
France, that he has not received
word from his relatives. When n
soldier is transferred out of the
outfit in which he embarked from
this country, it is difficult for him
to get mail.
Bledsoe entrained from this city
June 81 for Camp Grant where he
was assigned to one of the infantry
regiments of the Black Hawk diVi-
sion. Upon reaching France this
division was used as a replace
ment outfit ard he was transferred
to one of the infantry regiments on
the line, where he was slightly
wounded, it is understood.
His letter is dated Feb s. His
address is Second casual company,
A. p o., 1852.