The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-19

Nhoh VI ~ II 49,
d~isordered the life of the world. II
threw everything into confusion; II
left the scheme out of balance.
Only Road to Prosperity.
W. live by work. Prosperity means
production. Poverty is underproduc-
ton. Stripping economics of all It's
high-sounding jurgon. the simple truth
that everyone knows is that the world
has only the things II works TO pro
duce.
Ii may not he amiss 20 state n few
facts known by everyone which ex
plain h meaning Of production: We
live on the earth. II Is land and wa
ter. In the ground are minerals. The
Land grows crops. We need the min
erals that are in the ground. We need
rs well as the fertile soil, insun moth
ing until man by his work brings the
mineral from the ground and makes
the soil yield. We must have food, we
must have clothing. we must have shell
ter. and the only way we can get these
'hr - ~ WI u II may "'ah -
done we have a shortage. There isn't
enough food 10 go around. there aren't
enough clothes, enough coal. and as q
result the prices of all these neces-
saries 60 way up But this is not so
important as the fact that when there
is not enough to feed the world some
go 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 be ragged and half.naked. Ev-
erything by which we live Is the re.
suit of work. Stop work. and poverty
follows. Work, and plenty results.
Work is responsible for everything that
goes to make life worth living.
To understand Europe's condition
today, one must stop and realize that
the war stopped production. The re-
suit is a shortage of everything. There
isn't enough food, there isn't enough
raw material, there isn't enough coal.
The whole story is told In the word
Poverty.
Only Cure Is in Work.
There is n cure the prescription a
be written in a single word. Every
one knows that word, but knowing the
word and adopting the word are differ
ent matters. Before we can get back
to normal life this word must find
root i'm the consciousness of the peO
pie. We must realize that the world
will continue sick and grow sicker un-
less this prescription IS taken. Fur
Their, we must know that If we delay
taking this remedy II will be a longer
time before we get well. The pre-
scription is work. Every effort should
be made TO make every man will TO
work. Every employer must not con-
tribute Z unrest and provoke idle
ness by refusing to negotiate with his
men. and into his negotiation he
should 20 with a friendly spirit and a
willingness TO compromise. The en-
ployer who meets labor with the
thought In his mind that he is better
equipped 10 fight 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, Is
shortsighted. He had better get the
idea out of his head that &c. can
starve men into submission. There
was a day when that was true. but
that day has passed, never to come.
The man who depends upon his abil-
ity TO turn q key In the factory
and go off on q vacation, imposing
his will on his workmen, will discover
that these men stopped a 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 a new definition OF the
word fight"
One thing that people do not realize
is that the men who fought the worlds
| fight for freedom are the men who are
now complaining hat they are not
| getting q square deal. Who made up
the fighting men OF the war, the rank
and file Of the armies that stopped the
Prussian Push2 Who were the great
majority OF the volunteers and the
conscripted men numbering millions
who went TO the front for the allies?
The transfers. the shophands. the mill
workers, the factory hands, the coal
| miners. These are the same men
| who are the center OF the labor prob
lem.
Mr.. Employer, you are dealing with
ex-soldiers. Please don't forget II.
| They fought for you. You wouldn't
have any business today II II badn't
been for them, and when you think OF
the bond you bought, remember the
blood they gave.
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