Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-06-12
Thoughts Of Today
Fair Exchanges.

| the sale of their sugar at high prices
than they have ever dreamed of.
What are they going to do with it?
! They are coming here to spend it.
This is merely a way of exchanging
their sugar for American goods by
coming here to receive and consume
those goods without the trouble and
expense of exporting them to Cuba.
1t all depends upon the nature of the
| goods or services they receive. If
they are fools they will allow them
selves to be deprived of their certiti
Gates at the race track, the gaming
table or other tomfooleries and so re-
ceive their side of the exchange in
| pleasure which is just as much a
commodity as a ton of steel so far
as they are concerned.
We Kin Lick Creation.
The pathetic eagerness of other ma
lions to form a strong league testifies
| TO the adherence to war of those peo-
pie. We seem to be anxious to Gre
ate a great military and naval force
to show that we are not too proud
to fight provided the other fellow is
much weaker. l don't see any other
reason.
A Funny Picture.
| / want to draw a fancy picture of
| Lenine as president of Russia ruling
the country according to the ideas of
the average working man" Socialist
in this country. He rises early, sits
To hos hro oil g., CT, do
off in the early sunlight carrying a
well filed dinner pail. Employed as
a mill hand he tends several machines
at once and receives reports from the
treasury, war and state departments
over his shoulder from his faithful
secretary who carries portable type
writer. You see it is only the working
class that can rule and anyone who
pays a servant to wait on him thereby
becomes "bourgeoise" and who
wants bourgeoise president?
Dodging the Issue.
Our friends, everybody's friends,
the Socialists, put on the soft pedal
by a large majority at their recent
convention. Yet the minority were the
logical and honest section of the party.
They adhered without qualification to
the principles of Carl Marx. True re-
form must be radical and uncompro-
missing. You cannot imagine Wendall
Phillips tOning down his Abolition
principles and you don't find the Pro-
hibitionists looking with a kindly eye
on Governor Edwards attempt to le-
galize $50 per cent of alcohol in beer.
Why should Morris Hilquit say that
the American working man will
never stand for pure Socialism? I'm
agine the Apostles saying that the
world would never stand for pure
Christianity! They preached their
doctrines at the risk of their lives,
and no threat of their enemies could
alright them. This is the difference.
No Socialist will ever willingly layI
down his life for his principles, for
it is purely atheistic movement and
its sole object is materialistic gain.
A Quiet Conversation.
| should like to hear debate be-
tween Governor Edwards of New
Jersey and Governor Coolidge of Mas
sachusetts. Subject, "Shall We Pass
Fool State Laws to Deceive the Peo-
pie and Tempt Them to Commit
Crime?' Edwards says "Yes," Coo
lidge says mo" There is no middle
course here. The issue is clear and |
unmistakable.
Achan Up to Date.
Production of wealth is important, |
but it is not the sole concern of man.
kind. 1t must be accompanied by a |
fair and equitable distribution of
wealth. That sis the great question
that cOnfrontS us today. The plea of |
the service men for bonus is based
on this idea. 1t is their conception |
of fairer distribution of wealth be-
tween those that went to fight and
those that remained to prey. The |
American Achans did not conceal the
enemies spells in their tents, they con-
cealed American wealth. They spoiled
their friends instead of their enemies. |
Choosing a Partner.
The various churches are collecting |
the sum of nearly three hundred and |
fifty millions of dollars to increase
their usefulness. Suppose the brew
ing interests started a campaign to
raise money to re-establish the sa-
loon? They could get that money to-
gether in week. Where do your
sympathies lie in matter of this |
kind? To which fund would you rath-
er subscribe? Here is case in which |
money talks, and might some day eat |
your flesh as it We're fire according to |
your choice? 1 am persuaded better |
things of you my brethren?