The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-02-07
Why He'll Broke Loose in Germany

not brought peace, and will not bring
it until the whole economic status of
the entire world has been changed.
German rulers would never have
succeeded in bringing about a world
war had the masses Of the people been
getting what they considered a
square deal". When a man is pros
porous. earning a good living, and able
to lay aside enough money to protect
himself and family against future
want, he is not in hurry to seize a
rifle and enlist in bloody war in or
der to please some autocratic embi-
tious ruler.
But when he is working day in and
day out for a mere existence, and sees
no prospects of better times ahead,
he grows disconnected and scrappy,
and will fight at the slightest provoca-
ton.
Woodrow Wilson has grasped the
one idea, which, if any man can carry
out, would enable him to become the
worlds dictator-provided he craved
such an unenviable distinction. The
certainty that our great president has
no ambitions along that line, makes ii
possible that something approximate
ing real justice and fairness to all the
worlds peoples may finally be accomp-
lished-which can never be done sc
long as five per cent of the population
of this earth are rolling in luxury and
idleness and ninety-five per cent are
struggling in hopeless poverty.
Remember, that this is not intended
as propaganda condemning riches
God knows if the writer had it in his
power not living human being on
this beautiful little globe would ever
feel the pinch of want or go to bed
wondering how he was going to ov-
ercome the financial difficulties of the
morrow. / am merely writing upor
conditions as they actually exist, ano
not as | would have them, were it II
my power to make the change.
Mr.. Wilson says, in substance, that
the people (the masses of the people
who are doing the actual work ant
creating every solitary dollar of wealth
that is produced) must in the future
get a reasonable and equitable proper
ton of that wealth, or we will have M
lasting peace. He is right, for wher
you sift the proposition down to bee
rock, the present world war is plain
ordinary fist fight between avariclou!
Greed and oppressed and needy HUI
manity, and no peace is in sight un
til one or the other wins the battle.
In my opinion, the battle is going t.
be long, fierce and furious, for when
ever Greed gives up a dollar, you hav'
got to choke her black in the face be
fore her avaricious fingers are goini
to relax. Like a panther, she Away
kills more than she can possibly need
eats to the bursting point, and afte
carefully covering up the remain!
; lies in wait, ready to pounce upon ev
cry weaker or less fortunate beast o
prey whose hunger tempts it to shar
in the feast. have known mountai
lion to Stay colt, eat what it wanted
cover up the carcass and guard it un
til it was rotten before it would permi
one of its own kind, or even a turke
buzzard, to approach the feast TO
which the slayer had no possible use
Perhaps this was right.
Perhaps it is fair and just for hu
man panther to do the same thing. .
I am not sitting in judgment i
either case, but merely outlining cor
ditions which seem to place Man an
beasts of prey on the same level.
Bill Hohenzollern and his junker ac
visers brought on the war for two res
sons. Being in full control of gres
empire, the ruling class grew fabt
lousy rich, while the masses were hel
in apathetic subsection, with brilliar
pageants staged for their special er
tertainment-andb being allow to shar
in Just enough of the wealth they wer
producing to prevent troublesome OK
position.
Discomfort, however, was brewin
all the time, for the smoothest jug
gler can never hope to avoid detectieo
If he displays the same trick to tn
same audience indefinitely. Sooner o
later the audience will "catch on, an
he will then play to empty houses.
The pluto-autocratic element OF tn
Hohenzollern dynasty land ] hope tn
whole layout will finally die nasty
realized that showdown must 500
be in order or they would have q wa
1t home. 20 they staged il outside 9