The Washington times., 1920-08-04
THINGS IN GENERAL
A Helper" That Does Not Help.
African War? Etc.

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Highly welcome news is this: Manufacture
report noticeable increase in efficiency in labor
This that there fewer using their intel
gence in the effort to do little work as possible In return
for pay.
Not mere loss in production is the great loss More
serious country the injury done to the man that
deliberately sights his work and Injuries himself mentally
and physically well
A man that isn't trying his best is man headed for
failure disappointed old age and perhaps the poorhouse
In a tunnel, owned by the city, electric lights
burn all day
mechanic was enclosing the bulbs in expensive heavy
iron frames and attending to the wires He was doing
all the work His helper about six feet high was lean
ing shoulder against the wall holding In both hands
small roll of tape that electricians Perhaps half
dozen times in the Of the whole day he tore on lit
tie piece of the tape and handed it to the electrician That
all he did in the days work
The loss there was not the six or seven dol
lars paid that worker and stolen from the city, such
loss rich city can afford.
The real loss in the demoralzing and running of
that might have been useful worker earning his
and producing something worth while Such helper as
that headed for poverty and hepessness and there
thousands like him in the United States every curse
the country himself to prosperity and to the future
There helpers Of course, absolutely needed for
tain mechanical work. But the worker who isn't needed
is not working, and is willing to advertise himself as
willing loafer, is public enemy.
rich man squandering wealth. He is doing infinitely
squandering his fe strength time, and the wealth
that he might produce.
Africa, and the various white interests down
there-Begian British etcdo not know it, but war may
be coming to them.
To the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers Mr.. Gar
vey colored representing many organizations OF his
race marched into great meeting dressed in long
of red, 'the sleeves sashed with black velvet
He says Europe and Asia will be fighting for rule
of the world and that the colored in that fight will
find their chance Four hundred millions Of them will rise
and say to England, France Italy Portugal Belgium Get
out of Africa" It was very interesting meeting
Mr.. Garvey, whose admirers sometimes call him Your
Majesty" is probably that Europe and Asia have
fought quite often the past since and before the days Of
Alexander the Great that good many chances for
Africa to take advantage of the situation have passed
With the downfall of Hannibal Africa ceased to possess
any separate fighting chance and that was long ago.
The United States is Canada's best customer,
and barring England Canada is the best customer of the
United States Canada spends eight hundred million dol
lars in this country every year.
Five hundred and fifty American manufacturers have
big plants in Canada employing Canadian labor and max
ing cheap goods for Canadian buyers They do this be-
the Canadians intelligent enough protect their
own people. They have up there government that is
WORRYING ABOUT CANADA, not wasting time or
thought Bessarabia the suffering savages of the
Ahkoond Of Swat
As as we get new Government, let's appoint an
intelligent commission to up to Canada and look around
There seems to be rift in the little Demo-
cratic lutte Energetic Mr. White boss of the Cox Democratic
campaign went to the White House. but ony got far
Tumuty."
When you read that Mr.. Wilson did not invite Mr. Coxs
manager and talk it over you also read that poor
Mr.. Lloyd George of England announcing that he is
much interested in Mr. Hardngs the Peace League
America will be interested in Lloyd Georges interest
much Mr. Harding view is generally supposed to be that
there won't be any Peace League.
he ater's in Hard is douLt
edly based the British conviction that Harding is
tho oxt daad dooa not