Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-12
sTRANCLE REDS
GREATER IOWA ASSOCIATION or.
EERs SUGGESTIONS.
Produce Moro, Buy Less, Eliminate
Extravaganza and Proftserlng Along
With elimination Of Radicals 10
Program Suggested to Cities and
Commercial Clubs.

Dubuque, Jan. t2.--Eliminate all
radicals, support the constitution.
avert direct action" practice rigid
economy. produce more.
These are some Of the Recommended
tons made In the report Of the special
committee on the members council OF
the Greater Iowa association. 49, -
The committee, which was appointed
at q special meeting Of men represent.
ed of all lines Of business In the state.
has been investigating present con-
unrest In the state. r.. '.t.
Stop Extravaganza. ''H
In the report. as returned to the
council. specific recommendations arc
anade. Perhaps the most prominent ts
that regarding Individual economy, as
opposed TO the present Individual and
collective extravaganza In this clause
the committee SCORES the wastefua uss
Of increased wages, and states that the
wasteful- expenditure Of money 10 the
chief and basic cause Of profiteerinG.
The report also advises against any
radical action whatever, and asks Ton
preater production on the part Of the
laboring class. Tho report In Part
follows,
The committe recommends!
Produce to Suffer.
The effort Of employees must be
toward greater production per mani
the less there is produced, the less
there is to be divided-and the more
there is produced, the more there Is
to be divided. This is fundamental
and positive economic truth. lake
wise the effort Of employers must be
toward greater production and there
must be realization that employees
shall receive compensatory wages.
That the action Of the state officers
of the Iowa Federation Of Labor in
opposing the ]. W. w. and declaring
that all such radicals should be de-
ported or jailed-whether or not they
are members of labor unions-be az
pressly appreciated by this council as
q forward step in Americanism.
Awaken Our People.
That statewide campaign is i'm
mediately necessary to, awaken our
people to the danger that now
threatens from the widely organized
forces Of those who would destroy our
American ideals; that the Americana
cation work already done by the
Creates Iowa Association be com.
meuded and that it's program for 1920
be accepted by this council a. tho best
method Of conducting this campaign.
$50. .-, w. ]. Tobias,
Representing FarmerS Group.
F. 4. Eaton,
Representing Manufacturers Group.
F. A. Canheld.
80 Representing Labor Group
NJ. T. Harper,
Representing Merchants Group.
F.. w. Sargent,
Representing Public Utilities.
Eliminate All Radicals
That all radicals" (by Whatsoever
ism" they may be classihed) who pro-
pose, by force, to effect fundamental
changes in our form of government, be
deported (if aliens), or locked in oul
penitentiaries, III citizens Of the
United States): and that this council
recommend to the loyal people Of this
state that they do all In their power te
bring this about.
f.. Support the Constitution.
That the council assert That. the
Constitution of the United States Il
the sole. guarantor Of our rights, ouI
liberties. and our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
therefore must be preserved inviolate.
No Direct Action.
That we, as a people--both 1ndiyid-
ually and by groups-must adhere
strictly to the law as It Is interpreted
by our courts. and that all opposition
to existing law must be thru orderly
discussion and the exercise Of thu
right to vote. ...
Economy 10 Vital.
That the wAstetL spending Of money
il the principal cause OF DrodtesrinE
and that the shortest and safest path
to normal conditions II thru rigid
Individual economy; that neither IN
Increased wages Of enployss nor ID.
creased income Of employers 81 . VALID
excuse. for. !extravagaaoe. ="
|. pig Out the HootA
!. Social unrest is symptom Of rea
or imagined grievances; causes FOL
real grievances must be renoved-ant
Imagined grievances must be dissipat.
ell thru corrective publicity: The
public refuses to continue a. q victim
Of avartce on the part Of either EN-.
p1oyers or employees.