The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-03-05
Only Road To Prosperit.

threw everything into confusion; II
left the scheme out OF balance.
Only Road TO Prosperity.
We live by work Prosperity means
production. Poverty Is underproduc-
ton. Stripping economics OF all It's
hlgh-soundlng jargon, the simple truth
that everyone knows is that the world
has only the things II works TO pro
duce,
II may not be amlss to state few
facts known by everyone which eS'
plain the meaning OF production: we
live on the earth. II is land and wa
ter. In the ground are minerals. The
land grows crops We need the min
erals that are In the ground. We neea
the crops. hut minerals In the ground
as well as the fertile soil. mean MOTH
ing until man by his work brings the
mineral from the ground and makes
the soil yield. We must have food. we
must have clothing, we must have spell
ter and the only way we can get these
things is by working. IL little work ~
done we have a shortage. There Isn't
enough food 90 go around, there aren't
enough clothes. enough coal. and as
result the prices OF all these ncces-
sarles 20 way up But this is not so
important as the fact that when there
Is not enough to feed the world some
20 hungry. others must stnrve. When
there isn't enough coal. some are cold.
others freeze. When there aren't
enough clothes for everyone, some
must be ragged and half-naked. Ev-
erything by which we live Is the re
suit OF work. Stop work. and poverty
follows Work. and plenty results.
Work Is responsible for everything that
goes TO make life worth living.
To understand Europe's condition
today. one must stop and realize that
the war stopped production. The re-
suit is shortage OF everything. There
isn't enough food. there isn't enough
raw material, there isn't enough coal.
The whole story is told IN the word
Poverty.
Only Cure 10 In Work.
There In a cure; the prescription can
be written In q single word. Every
one knows that word, but knowing the
word and adopting the word are differ
ent matters. Before we can get back
10 normal life this word must mo
root In the consciousness OF the peo
Die. We must realize that the world
will continue sick and grow sicser I'M
less this prescription Is taken Fur
Their. We must know that II we delay
taking this remedy II will be longer
time before we get well. The pro
scriptlon is work. Every effort should
be made to make every man VIII TO
work. Every employer must not con-
tribute 10 unrest and provoke Idle
ness by refusing to negotiate with his
men. and into this negotiation he
should 60 with a friendly spirit and
willingness to compromise. The EN-
ployer who meets labor with the
thought In his mind that he Is better
equipped to aght than labor. because
he has a surplus aud can eat and be
warm, while labor has been living from
hand to mouth and will starve, Is
shortsighted. He had better get the
idea out OF his head that you can
stsrye men into submission. There
was n day when that was true. but
that day has passed. never TO come
The man who depends upon his aoii'
lty TO turn a key In the factory door
and 70 or on a vacation, imposing
his Will on his workmen, will discover
that these men stopped certain
gent" late of Pottsdam now OF Hol'
land. from doing this very thing TO the
world. He may wake up some morn
Ing to learn q new definition or the
word rhght."
One thing that people do not realize
IL that the men who fought the worlds
asbt for freedom are the men who are
now complaining that they are not
setting q square deal. Who made up
the lighting men OF the war, the rank
and lie Of the armies that stopped the
Prussian Push9 VINO were the great
ma jorIty OF the volunteers and the
eonscripted men numbering millions
who went 10 the front for the aliiesf
The transfers, the shophands. the mill
workers, the factory hands, the coal
miners. These are the same men
who are the center Of tho labor prob
lem.
Mr.. Employer. yen are dealing with
ex.soldiers. Please don't forget II.
They fought for you. You wouldn't
have any business today IL Il hadnt
been for them. and when you think OF
the bond you bought, remember the
blood they gave.
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