Evening journal., 1920-11-06

Dark Ages-NNhen Clan MacAlune ana
Clan Macdonald got Into DISPUTE
over the fishing rights on Loeb Lo-
mond, they, as a matter OF course. i'm
medi9tely gathered their warriors and
marched against each other. Cattle
belonging. to The innocent neutral
Farmers along each line of march were
slaughtered. Harvests were trampled
or burnd. Neutral villages through
which they passed or fought were pill
laged and many innooent villagers
Killed. such things were merely the
natural and unavoidable incidents of
a system or unrestralned private wars.
In 1920 when the carpenters and
metal workers got into a dispute as 10
which Is TO have the prer0gatve OF
hanging metal doors with wooden
cores, they, too. as a matter OF course,
Immediately strike against each other.
The painters ilnishers and many other
workers have to stop work and 90
without their wages until The doors
are hung. Tenants cannot move in
Costs and losses pile up and rents
must later follow such things are
merely the natural and unavoidable
Incidents Of unrestrained private
strikes
In the early days OF the fifteenth
century, the powerful Dukes OF War
wick mRneuvered the royal houses Of
York and Lancaster into the bloody
War OF the Roses. which brought
slaughter or death by starvation or
plague 10 over quarter OF all the
common people. OF England, in the
hope that one OF the Warwicks might
become king.
Within the last two years OF the
twentieth century, certain state lead
ers OF the powerful coal miners union
manerered the national leaders into
The great coal strike, which meant a
fleht with the national government and
billions OF dollars loss 10 the whole
American people, IN the hope that
they might themselves become the
national leaders Of the coal union
In 762i. one section OF eastern Eii-
rope. with one religious point Of vi,w,
believing theirs a divine mission 10
bring the Yst OF eastern Europe to
the same point Of view, ravished tho
whole country with a war that turned
nearly two-thlrds OF the productive
land Into a desert and set all central
Europe back 200 years in progress and
prosperity.
In 1921 according 10 the announce
ments Of big union leaders, there is
10 be a drive 10 hrlng the great non
union steel Industry over TO the union
point OF view. II The way they have
fought for the same purpose IN the
coal Industry, in the steel Industry,
and in other Industries IN the past is
any criterion, we can feel sure this
struggle will cost The American people
hundreds OF millions Of dollars next
year.
When Charlemagne died IN ssi and
TIN last great Roman empire broke up.
our ancestors faced Tho problem Of
developing an entirely new political
organization with only human nature
as a guide and motive force
Great rOhber harons held The land
and warred with each other over every
pellv ambition or jealousy without
/ restraint or soruple TN no peasant In
| all Europe could plant a crop without
an even chance that 1t would be fought
over and destroyed before he could
| harvest 10.
TO defend themselves from &ht
harons. the merchants and workers of
the cities built strong walls and Trained
or hired armies. But once safe anC
strong themselves, they began TO us'
these armies 10 settle their tradin.
iealousies and extend their power.
Even the peasants, in desperation
built for themselves safe retreats II
the deep woods or mountain cave
and banded together In camOrras O
other organizations for their own pro
tecton. But they. too. once saf
themselves, fell into The spirit OF Ia,
age and soon were lighting will
harons and burghers and depressing
other peasants as unscrupulously al
any robber baron had ever oppresse,
them
The Dark Ages were the dark ages
and all Europe instead Of producing
and going ahead, bled and starved, wa
plague-rldden and stood still. chleil'
because Europe was organized b.
groups and classes, and all thes
groups and classes only schemed an
thought and fought to advance thei
own Interests without a conception O
any common interests or rights.
on October 81, 1920. while dlfferen
religious groups were making a des
eri Of Germany. in order that on
group might dominate the rest-vhil
, Cavalier and ROundhead were flghtin
a class war for control Of Englan,
the Pilgrims. fleeing from governmer
/ by group and class interest, landed 3
| Plymouth Rock and drew up the MAY
flower compact dcdlcatine the ne'
b government In America 10 the Intel
ests OF all the people
On August 29. 1920, 900 years almoi
10 a day after ths ded cation OF Ame
@ lea TO the interests and rights OF a
the people, 1900 B r.. T. workers, n
' verslng the vote Of 2OOO fellow wor
o ers not 10 strike by their closer o
n gani1ation. determination and ihrea
forced 1900 OF their fellow worke
o ont OF their Jobs and Wages and
large proportion NJ 2O00,00O Of The
fellow citizens either TO walk 10 wo
70 or stay at home and lose their wage
- ON July 4 after the Civil Wa
g which the American people fought
~ keep a slave-owning class from dor
II mating Industrial and political III
D. Lincoln re-eXpressed Americanism.
terms the whole world has acceptc
As government Of the people, by u
10 people, for the people"
y On August 81. a year after the WOr
War. which was fought that EuroT
Is too. m ght be freed from governme
by arlstOcratic and hureaucra-
groups, Patrick J. Shea, the loo
union Official who had argued
strongly with the 1000 p r. r. m
. against the strike, held a long-disian