The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-31
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prevent further initiation Of the cur
rency ana a consequent further increase
| in prices. IL 1T does not indeed cause
sudden contraction and si thst fbe FED
eral reserve banks have about reacheo
the point where they can not continue
; rediscounts without impairing their ne
serves Should they suddenly stop re-
not only will all speculation have 10
stop. but legitimate industry Will SUI.
fer and prices might come down W1th .
suddenness that would bring about
very serious conditlon' -.-.
THE one real: natural remedy 1off
high prices and the present high cost OF
living is increased production mem
Legitimate high prices. Tne remeay iT ~
inil, 7 believe there will come . reaii.
Zation on the part Of the producers, the
wage workers. directly, II indeed II n11
not already come to come or them, tHet
wage increases are not sufficient 1or
the reason that each time one group OF
men secure a wage increase the result
is that they have forced up the price OF
commodities and the cost OF living on
all their fellow workers IN md pt smbitious
leaders is to make the men believe tniS
difficulty can be corrected only by their
Matchmaking, taking over ana oMm
the industry. by precipitatinE lhous'A
,
deed speedily result in anarchy Some
of those leaders are NOT sympalneiS
with the suggestion that the remedy ~
'hC Gevsrnor pf%C nrnweii. after citing an
address published in a Wheeling social-
ist paper In which he said the theory
of increased production was combatteo
ms "a devil'sh invention OF employers 20
further enslave the workers asked tne
hearers what they we're doing to COM
ha doctrine,
Are YOU counteracting the propa-
eanda I have mentioned? We need en-.
1t Is up Ss to ons the ramp emS0 snd
courageous. The aEitator and dema-
gogue have had the field to themselves
They are still on the job. AS the pc;
Iitical campaign comes on they WIN
warm to new light. We begin to hear
ness wanting to run the country. we
will be asked by professional politicians
in both parties to elect men from pre5i-
dent down who have been businesS fail.
urcs. men who have never been able to
make a living for themselves and their
families except by holding. public off
fees or by ca:t1ing in on the publicity
they have attained as candidates TOT
do this because they are the only hon
...'. dreatsst Lie Of Ths A1s. :.
For one I want TO brand as the
greatest lie OF the ages, the contention
that q man has to be poor TO be hon
est. I know what poverty is. have
experienced 1t. I am but ono short
step removed from it now. but I have
dealt with and transacted business Tor
men who are rich and men who are
poor. Naither riches nor poverty makes
men honest God made men honest. Il
don't know who made the dishonest
, ones but honesty Is not the result
neither Of poverty or riches. Ny e1-
perlcncc in public and private life has
, taught me that the percentage Of men
, who own and manage the Industries
and business Of this country that are
honest, at least among those that
have met, Is just as high as among
the farmer folk from whom I sprung.
with whom I have lived almost my
entire life and who are today my loyal
friends.
Endorss Section Six.
At the close Of Governor Cornwelfs
able address the manufacturers In con-
vention voted unanimously upon q mo-
ton presented by ex-senator Julian q.
Hearne to wire the congressional rep
rcscntatives Of the state. both senators
and representatives that the manufac-
turers favor Section s Of the Cummins
bill, which was SO aptly explained BY
Mr. Willard -.