Evening journal., 1920-09-02


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or experimental sub-stations in Ken
and Sussex counties"
Conwell Flags Proiiteering.
Mr.. Conwel. Of Camden, sharply
scored the profiteer, in an address:
on thrift and savings, and deplorec
the decline OF The farmer. He said
In these time Of false ideals, 10 in
fluence people TO healthy and reason
able thrift is a task just a little bit
akin TO sweeping back the flood tide
with a broom or to cleaning out the
Augean stables with a t0oth-pick. So
long as the world is money-mad; SO
long as the dollar Is the yard-stick for
the measurement of all human values,
thrift will be abnormal and diseased.
10 will be too much thrift or too little
thrift The too much thrift Will be
largely the thrift of the thrift crook,
the too little thrift will be the inn
possible thrift Of the crook victim or
the diminutive and invisible thrift OF
the spendthrift and the under dog.
Yet II is probable that spoken and
written propaganda and governmental
activities In thrift may accomplish
much
I'VE are told that only i0s persons
In 900 in our country save anything
"a fact perilous TO the Republic
fact that shows how large a part OF
the people are on the verge Of pauper-
ism or charity. A little adversely and
over the hills to the almshouse or
the bread line, or to join the conn
munistic army Of revolutionistsl We
are told chat in proportion % popu-
lation, twice as many people save
money In Italy as in the United states
more than three times as many IN
France and Sweden, and five times as
many in Switzerland. lmprovidence
and extravaganza in this country
abound among the poor and keep
them poor.
Another chief obstacle TO thrift
with us today is the pr0ilteer.t In
speaking of the profiteer, 1t must not
be supposed that every one who
makes money-eyen large moneys
a pronteer. Large wealth is some
times deserved wealth, the fruit Of
large activities, large risks and large
good fortune. But the parasitic profl-
teer, the ex.ortionist proflteer abound
especially during and since the war
This individual Is chief cause ol
thriftlessness because he makes thrift
impossible.
ing prices put the war victim
poeketbook out Of joint. And dis
mental and domestic machinery oul
of gear.
I'm the gladiaiorlal arena. capi.al
and labor, stripped for the fray, are
glaring at each other with savage
ferocity. Unless labor is given a GER
tain capitalistic interest In industry
even prophetic eye can see but dlmiy
the end of the road.
"Bolshevlsm is seated on the i'm
perial Russian throne and elsewhere
with mailed fist, Is knocking loudly
for imperial accommodation The
sable in many places ald in many
thousands of homes is not groanlne
beneath It's load and The sancculotf
OF various nationalities Is picturesque
yclad with an artistic embellishmenl
approaching what Carlyle calls the
posterior luxuriance OF the Hotteniot.
Farmer Down, Almost Out.
1.-THE farmer used to cut some fig
ure in the world, counting among
his number the f. +. VS., the Father
OF his Country and Our Pilgrim Faith
ers. The fundamental and all essen
tial occupation was honered as fun
damental and all essential; and the
man, who, by work. economy and
common sense succeeded in owning
two or three farms was considered
financially as an eminently successful
man. But now the farmer is a down
and almost an out The under dog
in the industrial struggle; pitiable
unorganized figure amid organized
forces. Work and economy, the hours
of healthy thrift, are classed among
weak-minded cripples and hObble
along on crutches. Behold the
parasitic proflteer, luxuriously. reclin-
ing, roars along the highway in his
high-powered car, while the world
feeding farmer, he stalwart Atlas up
whose strong shoulders the revolv-
ing earth rests, rattles along in his
tin Lizzie or behind Old Dobbin to
the one-hoss shay.
THE temples Of Jehovah used to
be thrOnged with humble worshipers
but now the dollar the palstial resi-
dence, the Sunday automobile and the
moving pictures seem to be the gods
of our idolatry and we PROSTATE our
selves in lOwly reverence before these
dung-hill deities.'
''rhe war victim can with the great
est difficulty make ends meet, while
the thrift crook, chief cause Of his dis
tress, buys and spends with prodigal
extravaganza. The consumer often
pays from five TO ten times as much
for his food as the producer gets for
II.
Instead OF ecoomy it Is extrava-
gance Instead Of work, 1t is exorbi-
tant pay or a strike and idleness. In
81 - tha N narf at Is
/ the J00-dOllar hand bag. Instead OF
tho cottage, il is the 100000 palace
Instead Of repentance and faith it is
the ouiia board Instead Of ths Bible
and the hymnIbook IL is the novel. In
stead OF the gold band as an express
! sion OF plighted troth II is the .hou-
I isand-dollar diamond ring Instead OF
duty 1t Is pleasure.
There are two medicines that
/ would cure the dstempered patient
/ II he could be induced to take them
namely religious faith and honest
thrift. The one is heavenly, the other
learthly wisdom. the one wisdom OF
the soul, the other wisdom Of tht
body"
salisbury Classlfies Bankers.
Former United States Senator
Salisbury, who spoke on Trust ant
Confidence in Bankers" said in part
Bankers as a class are and always
/ should be classed with the clcrgymen
the family doctor and the lawyer, 10
whom people naturally turn for ad-
vice and help and comfort In time OF
need Just how the members or this
class OF trusted persons should be
ranked at this time, one can hardly
say. All have their black sheen. who
come up dance in the spotlight for
short time and vanish into fails
or into the unknown.
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