Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-06

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III. 0cvietism. my friends! 4 sy$-I
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Dsnment thai destroys industry. that
nationalizes women. The flowers q
civilized existence." The speaker
wsat on to enlarge upon his soyiet-
Inn discourse, using scathiug terms.
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''Now this ID the g0ld-brick age.
car TT BY, for people are
20 busy running their heads of att
er quick ways TO wealth that sober
thought and quiet Dersuits are negs
lected. II this weren't . scld-brick.
age. when crsdulity instead Of wis
dom, Is the state 0f peoples minds.
such things Is ibis bolshevism, rs
Il even dOmiDates trade unionism
which should ~ . force for the
good Of al. couldn't happen.
THE reason sovietiBm cannot be
the right course for this country to
take-gold-brick age people don't
figure It QUITS because there's nc
excuse for 1t here. In European
countries the monarchfal system
the head OF the government just
happens into the post. He is not
chosen by the people. The only
way to get rid OF him there is to
take his life and defeat the sup
porters Of his rule by Drastic means
Here the government is conducted
by means Of voting, the ballot
"As for Matchmaking property
again there is difference. The
sympathizers with this process
identified with sovietism, fail t.
realize that power and wealth IL
America is amassed not by seizure
from those who should be the own.
ers. Instead all Is earned by in.
dustry. The best worker or tn,
hardest worker comes out aheat
eventually on the scale Of finance
and power.
Two sources Of the coming citi
zenry are our youngsters and thu
immigrants. from other countries
F. Don't spoil the boys. Teach then
to work. make them work il neces
sary. because they can be made t,
like industry and to follow thei
trade as the business of their lives
AS for the immigrants, if / had m,
way, I'd build an enormous univers
ity right on Ellis island. and T.
put every blessed imported citize
through six months of drilling i
our language, our customs, an
teach them to keep clean. The
when they were turned loose the
wouldn't misunderstood the countr
and kick up the row they now are.
/ He said more on the same topi
and every word of every EXPIRE!
sion he voiced struck home. Whe
he concluded by telling OF his ey,
witness impressions of the turbl
lence in all parts of Europe, an
the hideous contrast between the
depraved and physically broke
condition and the broad and peac'
full United States, the audience sta,
, ed near riot. The usual ovatio
OF rising to honor the speaker as
retired was augmented by din Ill
} that Of Babel, as cheers, applaus
| whistles. pounding q the tables ar
! stamping of the floor expressed Il
, appreciation Of the assembled me
Sees Hard Time for Autos.
W. E. Knapp. state secretary
. the Iowa Automobile Dealers ass
r citation. voiced a telling blow in Il
second speech Of the evening, VIII,
he predicted hard times in the a
: tomobile industry during 1921, 49,
e 1898.
S "The year of 1921 is already We
advanced" he said, and we all Ct
: testify that it is good year in tn
: business. But. not wishing to a
t. near pessimistic, I want to wal