Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-01
Reconstruction Period More
Disturbing To Nations Than
Actual War, Declares CIews

New York, Aug. 25. The recon
struction period through which we ar,
now passing in company with othe
nations is far more disturbing thai
was the war itself. Climbing up to new
levels and adapting ourselves to new
standards are usually processes of ;
painful character, and are necessarily
accompanied with much Inconvenience
land friction. This has always been so
The movement is both economic anl
psychological; economic because the in
dustrial problem is largely one of sup
ply and demand; and psychological
for the reason that the public mind af
ter five terrible years of sorrow an6
suffering is irritable and very unreas
enable. Under such conditions it j,
perfectly natural for human nature tt
react into all sorts of extremes, ant
these must be accepted with forbear
ance. For the economic difficulties
which are mainly those of supply, there
Is only one cure, and that is, as Lloyd
George candidly said, "We shall never
Improve matters until we increase pro
duction. AS for the psychological
troubles, they are chiefly due to tbs
abnormal state of the public mind; st
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an VINO were engaged IN manufacturing
soous and munitlons during the war,
nc searclty OF unskliled iaporers due
70 80 many OF that class returning to.
.nelr nome countries IN Europe since
thc war enueu anu tne demands OF rail
,ouu employees, mechanles and skllied
iaoor OF an xmas for mgher wages,
nave hat uIallV lessehed the purchasing
power OF the doliar; and has still more
lessehed the purchasing power OF for
eish money. Workmen OF all degrees
arc aehahoihg mat railroad and indus
,fiai corporations give them not only
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anu u voice III management. This prob
zen, Is most dlftlcult one to solve
ana VIII require great wisdom for its
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come o"lhg 10 the Dilllons OF money
we w, nave advanced to other nations.
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