The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-10-07

these men Rave' me door Of the schoo
different mes IN aspirations and am
billions. Take them bAek 10 the fac
tories and In mise cases cot Of ten yOt
will find thar you have made mana
gers. foremen,. experts ont Of them
There will be some few whose great
idealisin will inspire them to go back
into the shop and work for the COM
mon good. Such meD are the excep'
lions to the rule: The great majority
Will insist upon recognition Of their
greater skill and demand compensa-
non for II. Their thoughts would BE-
Now that am Skilled and educated.
now that take on ny shoulders q
larger and more important responsible
ity. 7 am entitled to isscTeased cOnsid-
Grafton and larger reward. Why
should be put on the level with the
men who haven't tiie capacity ] have
and who do not shoulder fhe same no
sponsIbIlity dor Trotzky's plan re-
minds me Of the Intensely maternal
hen. that after practfeing Oh white
door knobs. discovered some eggs In
a barn. and with great enthusiasm be-
gan TO set In the course Of time her
patience and motherhood were reward
ed. AS soon as her brood was able
to walk she took them on an excur-
sion to the river bank to give them
worm banquet When she reached the
water edge she WAS startled at seeing
her young ones paddle into the, water
and without even - much as good
by. swim OF.
The test Of the communist theory ID.
whether or not. when put to practice.
Il Increases preAnctiOn. The theory
Of the communists b that It will inr
crease production By inducing men to-
work because they are their own
bosses end ase guaranteed an equal
share In the production. The prse-
teal fRet which upsets the theory =
that human beings are moved to, WEEK
by their destre for gain. Human be
ings have this strain in their bsood.
II Is organic; 1t Is a part Of them.
do not refer to greed. mean that all
experience proves that human beings
are fndivi1nalists The average man
thinks Of himself and his interests
dozen times to the one time he thinks
OF the general interest Of society. This
Is true even Of the man who gives
much thought and has much concern
for the common good He may be
generous to fault. bat he wants to
mcguire the thing and then give n
Notwithstanding all The
theories OF the kiealists to the con-
trary, Quickens life. stimulates men
to work, makes for progress. Every
where about us we see In oHr daily
experiences evidence of this fAct. Life
Is a gamble In the sense that every
thing is uncertain; life itself is uncer-
tain. No man can plan or program
his tomorrow While l am not a
fataiist, | can see from my own life
and from the lives OF others. that many
ihings come to pass over which we
have no control. II Is the effort Of
man to provide against unfavorabie
contingencies, 10 compete with chance.
which makes him baslcally competi-
tor with every other man.
Element Of Human Nature.
Take the poker game, Men who
play the national game" will tell you
hat they play for the fun Of the game,
not for the money, and they are speak
ng the truth. Try an experiment.
,lay game for matches instead Of
or money, and observe the effect upon
he ambition and skill Of the players.
Maybe II should not be So but we
ire not dealing with SHOULD not be's,"
rhe life problem must be hapdled
rom the point Of view Of things as
hey are.
While the theory Of communism Is
beautifully Ideal. human beings are
Iot The ugly fact Is that selfishness
8 at the bottom Of nearly MI personal
ndeavor. 1t stimulates men to work,
t is the will to work.
Two years experience with COM
1unism In Russia proves that the ex-
eriment is failure. 1t disorganized
re, demoraized people and dimln-
,hed production. Instead Of curing
overly, 1t made poverty universal.
instead OF removing the spots of can
the body OF CIV
izatIon. communism is causing de-
-eased production, is making the en-
re social body cancer.
1870. Western Newspaper Union)
Northern France Recovering.