The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-08

property and they had a personal-prOfit
interest in its success. Thus they
are guilty Of Withholding their best
from factory management under the
bOlshevik scheme of communism.
This he calls the sabotage of the in
! tellectuals." To eliminate this diff
Guilty he proposes that the hOlshevik
government turn It's attention to the
education of the working men, pro-
vide technical schools and schools
teaching business management, and
in this manner make competent man
ayers and technical experts out of
wOrkingmen. It Is his opinion that
workingmen educated to be experts
| and managers would retain their class
sympathy and their interest in the sue
cess Of the class struggle.
Had Forgotten Human Nature.
The bolsheviks are strong on theory.
TrotZky fails to take into considera-
ton some simple fundamental truths.
He fails to reckon with human ma
ture as II Is. He thinks OF it as it
should be. Let US take an example
which illustrates and emphasizes the
ulnOIcuCc DcI"Scu DOISueN1K IQSOrY
and practical experience. Let us sup
pose that the bolshevik government es-
tablishes schools for the purpose of
training men In business management
and for technical work. Then enroll
in these schools workingmen who, at
the time, are entirely "class con-
scious." They are ardent communists
when they enter the front door of the
school on the first day of their attend
ance. They attend School for several
years. The time spent in school and
the education given to the men makes
a change I'm them. They become con-
scious Of the power of education, of
their fitness for a better class of
work. Education gives them sense
of superiority, and I do not mean
superiority in the arrogant or bOastful
sense. The trained mind is conscious
Of training. 1t is a more ambitious
mind. The men are not less human.
They want to get out of education ma
terial benefits. They feel the sense
of leadership. When they graduate.
these men leave the door Of the school
different men I'm aspirations and am
4hA0 lu0Lu DdCh 10 TIE ldC-
tories and In nine cases out of ten you
win and that you have made mana
gers, fOfemen. experts out Of them.
and that they are conscious of 1T.
There will be some few whose great
idealism will inspire them to go back
into the shop and work for the COM
mon good. Such men are the excep-
lions to the rule. The great ajOrity
Will insist upon recognition of their
greater skill and demand compensa-
ton for IL. Their thoughts would be
Nov that I am skilled and educated,
now that take on my shoulders a
larger and more important responsible
ity, I am entitled to increased consid-
Grafton and a larger reward. Why
should be put on the level with the
men who haven't the capacity / have
and who do not shoulder the same re-
apoDsibility do" TrotZky's plan re-
minds me Of the intensely maternal
ban. that after practicing on white
door knobs, discovered some eggs in
a barn, and with great enthusiasm be-
gan to set. In the course Of time her
patience and motherhood were reward
ed. As soon as her brood was able
TO walk she took them on an excur-
SION 10 the river bank to give them
worm banquet When she reached the
water EDGE she was startled at seeing
her young ones paddle into the water
and without even so much as a good
~, swim OF.
The test OF the communist theory m
L "a - xDhoxa IN NffNn
40 increases production. The theory
sS tie communist IL that 1t viii In
crease pro0Octhou By inducing men 30
| work because they are their own
bosses and are guaranteed an equal
share IN tie production. The prae-
t1caa fA0e which upsets the theory 10
nat hrman beings are moved 30 work
| b. their desire for gain. Human be
hRs have this strain In their blood.
. 40 organ4e; Il rs a part Of them.
DO not refer 30 greed. mean that all
experience proves that human beings
are indfvtdualises. The average man
thinks Of himself and his interests
dosen times 20 the one time he thinks
OF the general interest Of society. This
R true even OF the man who gives
mucA thought and has much concern
FOR tho common good. He may be
generous 70 O fault but he wants to
acquire the thing and then give 1t.
Oompstitton, Notwithstanding all the
theories Of the idealists to the con-
trary, Quickens life, stimulates men
10 work, makes for progress. Every
where about us we see In our daily
experiences evidence Of this fact. Life
is a gamble I'm the sense that every
thing fs uncertain; life itself Is uncer-
tain. No man can plan or program
his tomorrow. While am not a
fatalfBt, I can PEE from my own life
and from the HIVES OF others. that many
things come to pass over which we
have no control. It Is the effort OF
man 10 provide against unfavOrable
contingencies, TO compete with chance,
which makes him basically comped-
cor with every other man.
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