Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-22
Herbert Hoover o. Socialism

patriotic impulse Of war These war
impulses have been lost. aud these or
sanlzations of constant y Decreasing
deficiency eten in war nov face dsas-
ter from reduced prcdNctlvlty.
Effect ON Coal Production.
Thee Is no better byamJic at Tits
than the coal industry OF Europe,
Production has fallen from a rate VI
600, 100000 tons per annum at the ar
mis- tlce to rate of l50,o00,U0o tons
recently. and production today is At
such an ebb as to jeopardize the en-
tire social fabric,
II am convinced that tho greatest
proportion OF European leaders Of so
Clalism today to some extent rea izC
this bankruptcy and arc endeavorrS
to cover retreat with loud COM
paints az 10 the failure from other
causes. Nevertheless, this realization
IS bringing the turn of the tide, and
thru II Europe is on the road to
economic rccovcry--if she gets peace,
THE whole of these various sorts of
socialism arc based Oh Ouv primary
conception, aud that is that tho pro-
ductivity OF the human being can DO
maintained under the impulse VI al
truism and that the selection of the
particular human for his most pro-
ductive performance can be made by
some supCTimposCd bureaucracy.
Their weakness Is the disregard OF
the normal day 70 day primary i'm
pulse of the human animal-that is,
self interest for himself or for his
family and home; with certain addi-
tion of altruism, varying with his ra-
cial instinct and his degree of intellt-
geuce.
They fail to take into account also
that there Is but one sufficiently Sc
lective agent for human abilities in
that infinite specialization of mind
and body necessary TO maintain the
output of the intricate machinery or
production. and that Is the primary
school of competition.
Il believe 1t was necessary for the
world to have had this demonstration.
II Is not necessary. however. that we
OF the United States. now that we
have witnessed these results. need
plunge our own population into these
miserles and into a laboratory for eX-
pertinent in foreign social diseases.
Bankruptcy of the socialist. idea,
however, does not relieve US from the
necessity OF finding a solution to the
primary question which underlics all
this discomfort, and that primary
question is the better division Of the
products OF industry and the steady
development OF higher productivity,
a definite American substitute is
needed for these disintegrating thcU-
4, l., la1 Al
our national instincts and upon the
normal development OF our national in
situations. II mast be founded 100,
upon the fundamental fact that every
section OF this nation, the farmer. the
industrial worker. the professional!
man. the employer. are all absolutely
interdepcpdent upon each other in this
task Of maximum production and the
better distribution Of its results. II
must be founded upon the maximum
exertion OF every individual within his
physical ability and upon the reduction
Of waste. both nationally and indivld-
ually.
We can we'll see a vivid confirma-
ton in Europe of the fundamental
economic principle that the standard
of living is the direct quoticnt Of the
amount of commodities produced: that
we must secure a maximum produc-
ton OF the industrial machine II we
wish to keep our population in the
standard OF living of our people.
Our sister civilization in Europe is
today recovering from a great Illness.
The many new democraCies that we
have inspired are striving for on"
ideals. We alone have the economic
and moral reserve with which 20 carry
our neighbor back TO strength. To do
this Is also true Americans NJ"