Evening star., 1920-03-23
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T00LDSTANDARDS
Mr.. Rainey Discusses BoIshe
vism-Mid- City Citizens
Reject Daylight Saving.

Bolshevism threatens in the United
States unless men.snd women go back
TO the old standard OF production and
economy. Repl eseniative Henry Z.
Rainey of Illinois toia the Mid-eIty
Citizens Association at meeting
last night at the Thomson school.
Declaring that az he was address
ing gathering OF representative
business men of Wa shington he in
tended TO tsl them just where the coun-
try stood. Mr. fainey painted a pess!-
tniStic picture of the perils of ex-
travaSance, unionism and falling pro-
duction.
''Durins the war" he said, cit was
easy 10 Eeep up patriotism It was
ourselves free citizens Of free world.
That was Very simple. but since the
spiritual revelation OF the war We
! nave been overwhelmed in cloud of
materialism which threatens to break
down the slender pinnacle on which
Is balanced our financial system.
War Ear From Over"
And yet the. war is far from over.
In fact. we are faced now with
greater war than was ever seen on
, this globe. Russia has said She viii
stop at Lake Eafkal. in Siberia. anu
: that the rest of Siberia will become
! Japanese. IL this is so. what is 10 stop
russia from allying herself with
ial'an. Germany with these two and
lie republic of CZechoslovakia with
. the Others in an alliance that would
menace the world Russia is aggres-
sively fighting the thin line of heroic
Poles, and is whipping them. and
when she conIuers the mparatively
small Polish army she will then look
around fer more to fight. What more
natural than, that she should go to-
ward Austria?
What have we with which 10 COM
bat bolshevism? We have the sound
common sense of our people. but pro-
dnction is decreasing. hours are get
ting shorter and pay is getting
larger. The whole tendency Is to de-
crease production and emphasi luXu-
ries. But it does not end here. The
moment wages are raised prices go
up. If wages were raised all over
the country for every one 500 a
month. We would not be able TO buy
raised TO conform to the raise in
wages. So the whole vicious circle
goes. wages slowly chasing prices
around in a circle and vainly trying
to catch up.
Demands Made ON Treasury.
Now we have several demands for
money from the United States Treas
ury. First come the railroad labor
unions with demands for back pay
and adoption of the Plumb plan for
the railroads at an aggregate cost of
more than twenty billion dollars; then
come the government employees, some
of whom are worth more money and
all of whom are demanding it. and
more than four million soldiers de-
manding bonuses ranging from $50
month to a lump sum of $500. ALL
this money is supposed TO come out.
of the United States Treasury. 1t
can hardly be done, and 1 do not be-
lieve you men would wish to see. it
done. If we ever get a Congress that
will grant these demands our delicate
fiscal system will tumble and bofshe-
vism will be on us almost overnight. =
Daylight Saving Rejected
A resolution introduced by Watson
Davis. proposing that the clocksiin
the District be set forward an hour
for government employees. TO save
daylight was defeated. Seven new
members were elected.
II. ]. Gompers proposed that
traffic policeman should he stationed
at the intersection OF 9th street and
Florida avenue TO direct traffic. The
proposal was indorsed by the associ-
alton. A buffet luncheon was served
following the meeting.