The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-02-06

oisordered the life Of the world. II
tnrew everything into confusion; Il
LETT the scheme out OF balance.
Only Read to Prsspsrity.
We live BY work. Prosperity means
production. Poverty b undsrprodue-
ton. Stripping economics Of all tn
nigh-sounding jargon, the simple truth
tnat everyone knows u that the world
mas only the things It works to 10
duce.
1t may not Be amiss to state q fsw
facts known BY everyone which q.
plain the meaning Of production: We
i've On the earth. II u land and va
ter. In the ground are mineralA The
iand grows crops. We need the min
erals that are In the ground. We need
the crops. but minerals In the ground.
a. well ~ 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. W
must have clothing. We must have shea.
ter. and the only way We can get these
things Is By working II little work v
done We have shortage. There int
enough food to 20 around, there aren't
enough clothes enough coal, and - q
result the prices Of all these neces-
saries 20 way up But this b not -
important ~ The fact that when there
10 not enough to feed the world some
80 hungry. others must starve. When
there isn't enough coal. some are cold.
others freeze. When there aren't
enough clothes for everyone, some
must b ragged and hah.nakad- Nv
erything by which ~ nve ID the ~
suit Of work. Stop WORK, and poverty
followA Work. and pleaty results.
Work h responsible for sserything that
goes 10 make life worth living.
To understand Europe's condition
today, one must stop and realise that
the war stopped production. The ~
suit II shortage Of everything. There
Isn't enough food. there isn't enough
raw material. there isn't enough coal.
The whole story IL told In the word
Poverty.
Only Cure 10 In Wsrs<
There 10 cure; the prescription can
b written In q single word. Every.
one knows that word, but knowing the
word and adopting the word are differ
emit matterA Before w can get back
to normal life this word must md
root in the consciousness Of the peo'
pie. We must realise that the world
win continue sick and grow sicker un-
less this prescription = taken. Fur
ther, we must know that y We delay
taking this remedy II win b . longer
tina before We get we'll. The pre-
scription Is work. Every effort should
be made to make every man win to
work. livery employer must not con-
tribute to unrest andt provoke idle
ness by refusing to negotiats with bis
men, and into this negotiation he
should 60 with . friendly spirit and .
willingness to compromise. The en-
ployer who meets labor with the
thought In his mind that he II better
equipped to Tight than labor, because
he has a surplus and can eat and be
warm. while labor has been living from
hand to mouth and will starve, II
shortsighted. He had better get the
idea out Of his head that you can
starve men into submission. There
was q day when that was true. but
that day has passed, never to come.
The man who depends upon his abil-
lty 10 turn . key In the factory door
and 70 on On q vacation, imposing
his viii on his workmsn, 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 = new definition Of the
word "nght."
One thing that people Do not realize
II that the men who fought the worlds
fight for freedom are the men who ars
now complaining that they are NOT
getting q square deal. Who made mp
the lighting men Of the war, the rank
and file Of the armies that stopped the
Prussian Pushf Who were the great
majority Of the volunteers and the
conscripted men numbering milliona
| WHO W0Ut 70 t00 1IVuS AVE INC oAAAoD
The teamsters. the shophands. the mill.
workers, the factory hands, the coal
miners. These afs the same men
who are the center Of the labsr prob
| lem. ,
Mr.. Employer. ron are dealing with
ex-ooldiers. Please don't foRGet Il
Theg fought for yeu. Ton Weuldn't
have any business today II 1t hadn't
been for them. and when you think d
the bond you bought remember tn
blood they gave. s aE
(Cspyragha. 1850. western Newspaper Unien
Applied chrisGianlty.
The late Archdeacon Madden Of Liv
erpool used to relate how on one occa
sion hs separated TIVE women. one
Roman Catholic and one Protestant
who wsrs fighting N the street Aftes
warA ~ naarn6 the 1nttnP WhnGn In