Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-10-14
DIR. HARCIS ON
EXISTING EVILS

| The spirit OF get all you Can anu
J give the least you can In return, is d
spirit upon when no enduring CIVIL
zaJlon can be built o. maintained.
SUCH q svlrIU aIAayS every one against
| some one ana destroys fellowship ana
confidence every wnere. OnfeaSon-
aple pronts aienates the buyer from
the seue~. Iney VINO work Tor wages
want 10 put III less time, 90 less WORK
per hour Oh tnat tune and do IL poor
| ly, QUIT on Cne minute ana expect
| pay commensurate With a -1ull DAYS
work. oucn d SplflL SHOWS no ap-
| preclation oI the TACT tnat the en-
| ployer gives nl1n JOB by Whlcn ne
| oUJalnS d nvlng Ior hmSeL ana
IamlIy. lie SHOWS clearly no appre-
claJlOn OF ms employer or his DuSl-
ness, only so Ia as ne can exact
wages out OF all proportion to tne
quanJy ana quanUlUy OF work render
ca. Ihs spltlC Degets dislike on
Une part OIL Une employer for the en-
| pIoyee.
with the almost universal spirit Of
| hostility between employer and en-
! piOyee, ali goodwill IS destroyed. 1t
mas no cOngenIal SoIl in Wnlcn to
grow ana thrive. 1t is a sad admlS-
| sion to have to make, but it is never
tneleSS true. tnat many OF those VINO
exact unreasonable prices Tor Wnat
, Lney Sell ana JnoSe VINO are OVereXact-
lng IN the matter OF wages, are church
members, claiming to De christians,
out are sadiy lacking IN the SpI-1t OF
nun whose name they bear. NO civil
| lzatlon worth Wnlle, l repeat, can
long survive sucn a condition.
L recently read the following state
ment from CONT actor. he SAID that
| 1t required nIty per cent more nours
now TO buIld the same KIND OF house
| IMAM 1t dld several years ago. The
workers receive much mgner wages,
out perform Iuty per cent less work
uer nour. The disposition to do less
and less work has bad erect upon
essential Industries. For example |
was informed tnat a certain person
who was interested in the cotton
business, visited some of the cotton
factories in order to ascertain why
there was no market for stained cot
ton. He was informed by the spin
ners that the cotton could be handled,
but that the employees of the factor
les were unwilling to handle the cot
ton because it broke a little wores
than the white cotton and required
more of their time to attend the
looms. They stated that the time was
when they could say to their employ
es what they should do, but that now
the employees told them what they
would or would not do. 1t would seem
that similar conditions prevail in 9TH
er industries. If factories can not
run, then it is evident the raw ma
terial cannot be utilized. If building
material cannot be produced, then
where shall our material for building
come from? Unless a better and
more humane spirit possess the peo-
pie. disaster must inevitably follow
sooner or later.
Present financial and commercial
conditions are not encouraging. There
may be several reasons for present
conditions. Some charge it up to
politicians, who they say are manipu
lating finances for political purposes.
do not know about that. Some
charge it up to the present democrat
ic administration. If that be true,
what obout the unprecedented era of
prosperity which the country has en-
joyed during the past two or three
years? We have had a democratic
administration for several years. How
ever during the last year the Repub-
licans have had control in Congress
and have control now. So we see that
such a cha 'ge must necessarily be
groundless. Very few are willing to
acknowledge that they may have play
ed some part in bringing about pres
ent financial conditions by useless
and extravagant expenditure of money
simply for personal qualification.
surmize that if we had the money
that has been foolishly spent during
the era of prosperity, they might be
no scarcity of money to finance the
country, Notwithstanding the short
crops. Let us cease placing the
blame elsewhere and take to ourselves