The Arvada enterprise., 1920-02-26
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
N Europe Follow the Great
World War;
GREAT NEED is PRODUCTION
Men Must Be Given induesmsnt q
Work and Guaranteed Fair Deal.
Ing In the Distribution Of
the Result
Article VI.
ex FRANK coMEREoRp.

work. the work on the soil and the la
Dor spent In making things. In this
way we get the things we eat and
wear. We have eaten up our surplus.
The worlds reserve Is gone. We are
literally living from hand to mouth. To
overcome the food shortage we must
put every inth Of available ground into
production. Only by doing this can we
live and gradually get back the sur
plus which stood as a protection
against crop failures.
Production is not automatic, It is the
work Of man. There Is not anything
complex about It You can't use
magic. To grow things men must
plow and gather. The will to work
Is our greatest need. The land is
available. God furnishes the sunshine
and the rain. To get the plows. trac-
tors and farm tools we must look to
the industrial arm Of life. Here again
ID the call for men. We are short Of
man power. Men were killed and
crippled IN the war. The men who
survived the war must help do the
work that would have been done by
those who did not come back. In
their present frame Of mind they do
not will to work. ut least under the
old conditions obtaining before the
war. 1t Is necessary to furnish them
with an inducement to work. There
before the war. The discOntented are
not kicking at work. Their objection
goes to the unfairness shown In dis
tributing the result. 1t Isn't any W.
cret. They are shouting It from the
housetops Of Europe. they demand
larger share Of the things they pro-
duce, or they refuse to work. There u
Q good deal Of human nature In It. too.
II IL only human nature to think of
self. There Isn't anything unnatural
In the workIngman looking for reward.
Willingness to work Ii largely based
on the thought Of working for oneself.
Five things are necessary to start
and keep production going. In other
words. to get the clothes, shoes.
stockings. coal and comforts Of life. to
give the farmer the tools he needs for
agricultural production. 20 that we may
eat: to provide the transportation
necessary to collection and distribu.
ton. to bring the city to the country
and the country to the market we must
do nve essential thingA.
PreduetioN's First hssd.
First. We must have plants. and !
use the word In the most general
sense. These plants must be equipped
with machinery and tools, they must
be ready for work.
Second. q plant Il useless and
stands idle unless we provide raw ma.
terial. the thing furnished BY nature
that man and machine work Into the
finished product
Third. we must have coal. Coal runs
the machine and keeps warm the home
" the man who runs the machine. Tho
heipleSsnexs Of the world without coal
10 brought home to me while am writ.
Ing these articles. The miners have
left the pit The government. through
the courts, has tried to force them
back. The effort u 4 failure. Ths
streets are dark at night. The houses
are cold. Business In crying out
against necessary restrictions Imposed
because Of the coal shortage. realize
% never have before how dependent
the coal. All Of the intelligence and
culture. the courts. the gold. are hut
symbols Of power. When the coal
miners folded their hands and set their
teeth things stopped.
Fourth. transportation In necessary
to the gathering. collecting and deiiv.
ering Of raw material and the dixtribu.
tion Of the finished product.
Fifth. and last. hut FIRST In impOr.
tance. In man power. Tie purpose Of
production In man. He Ia master Of Il
at every stage. In every dcpn rtmcnt.
without him production Ia Impossible.
The business men who proceed on the
theory that men could not live without
their business. Its pay roll. forget the
first md greater truth that there would
be no business without the workers.
Man cuts. digs. gathers nnd hnuis the
rnw material. lie hews the wood.
builds the plant. lie mines the ore. he
makes the tools. the machinery. Hs
oils Il. sets II IN motion. He runs II.
He makes the furnace and the boiler.
He digs and shovsls the coal which
mnkcs the power. lie d~nes the heat
NJ the furnace. iis builds the ioc0mO.
tive and pulls itx throttle. iIe mskes
the freight cur nnd stands In the sIcct
In the dangerous railrond ynrd with
the signal Of nfcty.
Railroads Al Worn Out.
Transportation In Europe In pnrtly
psrnlyzei. During the wnr rnilrond
tricks AMI roadbeds were allowed 10
detcri0rntc. II could not be helped.
hut the fact thnt II wRs unavoidable
Doesn't alter the situation. IlOndbeti
and rails have fallen to pieces. There
10 = terrible shortage of cars. Every.
vhsrs On the C0ntincnt this Ia felt.