The Washington times., 1920-03-04
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A Lesson From Russia
And Some Other Things.

Trotsky who helps Lenin manage Bolshevst Russia
plan for converting the Red army into an
army of labor"
The Russian standing army will its living by work
ing ready trouble breaks out to stop profitable work
and begin killing.
It is true Guizot remarks that au revoutionists
attempt more than they perform
Sooner later, however, nation will make its
army navy self supporting you turned army and
navy to John Rockefeller today he would double
the power of both and make them pay six per cent profit
instead Of losing couple Of thousand millions Give Rookie
Teller the army with public oil and coal lands to develop
and he would produce billions for the country.
When this nation has great well-p army earning
its living doing the nations work. building roads and
canals draining swamps gatng deserts, regulating for
ests it will be q powerful nation than 1t is today.
Soldiers and sailors well paid with future ahead no
bullying by officers chance to their families and with
good job to fight for, will be hard to beat
It would be curious if Russia in its blind red way
should be first with experiment that conservative civil
nation should have made fifty years ago.
Meanwhile it seems, this country will make peace
with Russia will the Allies. It good plan to
let Russia govern herself in her way though we
may not like it.
Senator Capper from Kansas wants to put big profit
eers'' in jail Good idea if he can do it.
Unfortunately this big proteerng country every
body getting all he and anybody get almost any
thing he asks for just For instance:
man runs little department store in a small town
He said to this writer II used to sell two collars for
quarter Then sold collar for twenty five cents Now
find out when man in here he wants collar; he
doesn't anything about the price, sell them for
thirty five There in throwing away money
Another man. dealer in white goods who used to make
about $15000 year. made million dollars last year He
Government income "Thero is
knowing where prices will end" he said IF you sell
something today for twenty-five cents yard they want
five times much as you have go Naturally the next time
you say you want thirty cents and they take it. After
that you charge fifty cents, and so it goes.
Put big proteers in JAIL if you but try to teach
to the little proteers and try especially to
teach the general public not to be such hopeless idiots
The Shipping Board, peddling out at bargain prices
ships built by the United States Government with money
taken from your pockets is embarrassed doesn't
able to get the price low enough to suit private individuals
that are buying the Government ships
The latest suggestion is that the Government should do
something to help the private exploters of public ships
The United States Chamber of Commerce suggests that
the Government undewrte the operations of the private
owners guaranteeing them against loss that the Govern
should supply fuel stations for them that the ships
should be exempt from taxation that the Government should
sell them the nstament pn with the understanding that
the Government won't get paid all if the private
fail to make money.
Why so much detail? Since the plants to take money
contributed by people in income and bond purchases
and hand it private Individuals why not give them
the ships outright? What's the of much hypocrisy?
Gongs on in Russia indicate that Lenn lacks the hum
ble contrite spirit that the Allies would like in him
The Allies said 1--WE need your materials Russia
will trade with you and take materials But you