The Washington herald., 1920-05-25

alization of mind and body neces-
sary to maintain the output of the
intricate machinery OF production
and that is the primary school of
! competition.
Wrecked ON Rock of Production,
Although Socialism has now
| proved itself with rivers of blood
and suffering TO be an economic and
spiritual fallacy and to have
wrecked itself on the rock of pro-
! duction, i believe IL was necessary
( for the world to have had this dem
onstratiOn. Great thsoretic and
emotional ideas have arisen before
in the worlds history and have, in
their bankruptcy. deluged the world
with fearful loss of human life. A
purely philosophical view might be
that these experiences are necessa-
ry to humanity, cropping for some
thing better. II is not necessary,
however. that we of the United
States. now that we have witnessed
these results. need plunge our own
population into these miseries and
into a laboratory for experiment in
foreign social diseases.
Bankruptcy of the Socialist idea
however. does not relieve us from
FNhC hCNSSSilg Oh HnUlnB Il SOlOtlOn
to the primary question which un-
derlies all this discomfort; that pri-
mary question is the better divi-
sion of the products of industry and
the steady development of higher
productivity. This bankruptcy Of
the Socialist idea should, II reaction
is to be prevented. return the
guardianship OF this problem from
the radical world TO the liberal
world of moderate men. working
upon the safe foundations of ex-
pcrience.
The paramount business of every
American today is this business OF
finding a solution to these issues,
but this solution must be found by
Americans. in a practical American
way, based upon American ideas,
OF American philosophy of life. A
definite American substitute is
needed for these disintegrating the
ories of Europe. 1t must be found
ed on our national instincts and
upon the normal development OF
our national institutions. 1t must
be founded, too, upon the funda-
mental fact that every section Of
this nation, the farmer. the indus
trial worker. the professional man.
thS cinplOytT, are all dbsOlulelN IN
terdependent upon each other in
this task of MAXIMUM production
and the better distribution of It's
results. II must be founded upon
the maximum exertion of every in
dividual within his physical ability
and his rights TO recreation and
participation in the higher things
of life, and upon the reduction of
waste, both nationally and indI-
vidually.
Confirmation Seen I'm Europe.
We can well see a vivid confirma-
tion in Europe of the fundamental
economic principle that the stand
ard of living and the cost of living
Is the direct. quotient of the amount
of commodities produced; that we
must secure a maximum production
Of the Industrial machine IL We
wish to keep our population alive
or IL we wish to see an increase In
the standard of living. From this
only can arise the very foundations
of the higher activities or life.
The application Of this PROPOSE
ton must. however, stand several
tests. A maximum production can
be obtained only under conditions
that protect and stimulate the
physical and Intellectual weIl-be-
ing of the producer. We shall new
err refnody stiaabiesdiscontent un-