The Washington times., 1920-03-20

Waiting for Something.
They'll Oct Il.
4 Bank Proletarian.
4 Thinking Statue for 7. r.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.

business shows big drop. Exports
In February decrease by many
millions"
Henry Ford. good deal OF q
business man. publishes an article.
headed. Warnings" He says:
~One Of the alarming symptoms Of
the times Is the decrease Of our
exports and enormous increase Of
our imports. Ships crossing from
America to Europe have cabin and
hold space 10 spare, while ships
coming In are loaded 70 the limit
with passengers and freight"
He says, also: Our boasted
stocks of goods are not here, or. II
here. they are not moving" There
Is no reason for panicky feelings
In a country where the dollar Is
the worlds standard of value and
where there are plenty Of dollars.
But It is clear that we have q
fine assortment of politicians, few
Statesmen. and NOBODY that
combines knowledge of business
with official authority.
The United States is on a min
ing camp basis, three prices for
everything and not enough of 1t.
just bow long can q country re-
main on that basis?
II you have mortgage on your
property or q note In the bank 1t
won't do any harm to pay 1t Off,
Joe Moore, king Of the maya
zines," travelling from the Pacific
to the Atlantic, acquires a new
knowledge Of the American
proletdriat.
Riding on the electric locomo-
tive OF the st. Paul road, he almost
dropped into poetry as he describ-
ed huge headlights flashing on the
walls Of the Rocky Mountains,
locomotive and train creating and
storing up electricity as they went
down hill, instead of wearing out
wheels by using the brakes. :,
The electrical engineer who
acted as host. to Moore in the cab
of the locomotive, besides being an
engineer, is president of a small
bank in Montana. Mr.. Moore
wants to know, "What chance has
the I. w. w. with that kind Of q
proletGsidn-"
Henry Ford, with whom the
narrator talked for two hours on
Thursday says "this generation is
looking for magicians when it
should be seeking teachers"
Too many people are standing
around waiting for something to
happen, says he.
Something WILL happen to
many that are waiting. They will
see the day when regret for the
present easy-come-easy-go, moth
ing-is-too-good for me" attitude
will come too late.
The country needs statesmen; it
can't manufacture them. 1t needs
hard work. It will get that, be-
cause men work when they have
to, and sooner or later they will
HAVE to.
That the reactionary crowd in
Germany should last 50 short a
time is not surprising. The Ger
mans have five OF six million work.
ingmen belonging to the Social
Democratic party, taught to think.
The army, counted on to restore
the Kaiser or somebody like him,
went over to Ebert, the republican,
naturally.
The Social Democratic party is
a byIproduct of the Kaiser's army.
Young men were taken from their
villages, herded in big cities, well
trained, well kicked. They lost
their dumb respect for men in
black coats and began thinking for
themselves. You can kick humil-
ity out of a man.
Royal pretenders will have about
"a much chance in Berlin as they
have recently had in France-none
at all.
The Germans have had enough
of autocracy and will probably be
saved from anarchy by the fact
that all their workers know how
to read, and many millions know
how to think. You cannot say as
much of some other countries.
Roosevelt's family rejects the
statue on horseback, in Central
Park. The day of the man on
horseback is over, or ought to be.
Besides, while Theodore Roose-
yelt was physically courageous
enough to try anything, he was not
at his best on horseback. Those
that went fox-hunting with him
rarely saw him after the first
fence. His legs were short, his
body heavy. Angels could hardly
stick on under such conditions.
You have seen photographs OF