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MAKING THINGS GO

Roger w. Babson, one of America S
leading economists and statisticians
says that Chicago's progress is due to
two per cent of it's population. Re
move this two per cent, he adds, and
the city would be where it was 100
years ago.
Assuming that Chicago is typical,
and accepting his figures for the sake
of the argument, we must thank this
two per cent for our railroads, our
motor trucks, our limousines, our tele-
phone and telegraph lines, our NOV
les, libraries, newspapers, electric
lights, gas stoves and a thousand
other conveniences, comforts and me-
cessities.
The men who have done these
things have done so by conscious ef-
fort. They have not been passive in
struments in the hands Of Providence
They have used their minds and
hands long and arduously to give us
these things, What is their reward :?
Mr.. Babson is thus quoted in the
Chicago Tribune: ''In a recent study
selected 100 men from all walks of
life. Every one could be classed as
a millionaire. / found 80 per cent
were the sons of poor preachers who
never had earned more than $1,000 a
year; rs per cent were sons of teach.
ers, doctors and country lawyers, and
five per cent were the sons of bank
ers."
The facts show that creative minds
fired with energy, win their reward.
They show that the entire community
profits by the output of such minds.
The two per cent have their millions.
The SO per cent have advantagesI
which millions could not buy without
the effort of that small minority.
The man of limited capabilities
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should study these facts. If he does
$50, he will foster the system Of gov
ernment which protects and encour-
ages the creative two per cent. With
out their efforts, his standard of liv-
ing will go backward, not forward.
And for the same reason the govern
ment will encourage creative indus
try.
The present system of heavy taxes
upon the output of industry is not
calculated to encourage While fed
eral income taxes are necessary, they
should be so assessed as to put no
extra burden upon the industry which
creates the nations wealth. Let them
come upon the individual who turns
that wealth to his private uses.-
Uniontown (Pa.) Herald.
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Every successful man works more
than 8 to 10 hours in the day. Every
man should work and he trained to
work with head and with hand. The
disease is idleness. The sin is get.
ting something at the expense of your
fellow man. The disease is the old
disease of human slavery which we
wrestled with in 81, and have still to
wrestle with in dignifying human la
Dor in all it's forms.
The Days Work
There is no dignity or human ser.
vice in idleness. There must be time
to sleep; there must be time to eat,
and there must be time to renew both
mind and body. The balance should
be given to labor, both mental and
physical. Twelve hours are required
in the day for sleeping, eating and
recreation. Those who require less
of these are found working more than
II hours in the day.
The labor of the twelve hours in
the day cannot he Communicated. It
can only be bid for by the community
and such bidding should be in freedom
on both sides. The miners must be
free to become farmer, and the
farmer free to become a miner. In
this is mans freedom and mans de-
velopment; and this is the essential
thing-not what the community re-
quires for a days work in any trade.
The Fuel Famine
At present the world is suffering
from lack of fuel and food and the
end of the suffering is not in Sight
Holland recently contracted with Ger
many for years coal supply at 70
guilders, or $2S per ton, and later for
five years supply at so guilders or
$24 per ton, but Germany cannot de.
liver either this coal or the coal she
has contracted to deliver to the allies
and keep her own manufacturing and
transportation going. The contracts
are there and kept secret except as
noted here, and here only to warn of
the fuel famine.
The French miner is producing less
than 100 pounds of coal a day as
compared with 220O before the war.
England fell off as much per man hut
is now coming back. More than 2OO,-
600 of her more than million coal !
miners gave up their lives in the war
and French sacrifices were as great.
The Coming Food Famine
The winter wheat crop in the Unit |
ed States faces disaster and there is |
no winter plowing this year in the |
south. Farmers are without help and |
high-priced labor continues to bid up |
food and luxurious living. After every
war there is extravaganza, feasting
and dancing before the world settles
down to labor, frugality, savings and
The Arizona copper camp., 1920-04-17
WALL STREET SERMONS
President EIiot's Practical Problems
(No. 12)
(By C. w. Barron)

March, 1920.
Eliot of Harvard is one of the
worlds great educators and never
greater than since he graduated from
the presidency of the university. He
is now a great teacher because he is
thinking in terms of humanity on
world problems of today.
The Failure
He can find no light in the text
books of economics. Last week he
told the legislature of Massachusetts
why Wilson's first industrial commits
sion was failure and that all COM
missions so constituted must be fail
ures; that nobody knew whether the
worlds sustenance needs seven or
eight hours work per day; that no.
body could tell the number of labor
hours per day required to mine the
country's coal, etc.
Commenting upon one of the SER
mons in this series by Editor Hamil-
ton, Eliot asks for formula that will
produce good work for good works
sake especially where the workman
with easily acquired automatic move
ments can never take any joy or sat
isfaction in his work" Editor Hamil-
ton responded: "The problem is large
ly spiritual one"
Spiritual Principles
May the writer of this sermon be
allowed to rejoin that while spiritual
principles may solve practical prob
lens for the individual, the world
must have practical answers to it's
work-a-day problems. These practi-
cal answers must be harmonious with,
indeed in full consonance with, spirit
ual and eternal principles Or they will
never stand. That the problem of
President Eliot presents is not insolu-
BILE is shown by the Endicott johnson
example noted in the previous SER
mon.
Where Efficiency Increased
There is probably in the shoe manu-
featuring industry of Endicott and
Johnson City the greatest efficiency
per worker, the greatest cooperation,
and the largest sum of human happi-
ness and prosperity, as compared with
all other shoe manufacturing centers.
While efficiency has gone down
throughout the country, efficiency
with the Endicott Johnson corporation
has gone up.
Workers as Partners
Here more than 10000 workers
have become partners, each with
about $4,000 of plant and capital at
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for either structural steel workers OF
carpenters. And now there is no free
dom in the field of railroad workers
1t is not wholly trades union prob
lem. If there were lack of employ
ment in this country, idle people
would quickly build houses, carpen
ters' union or no carpenters union.
They would quickly mine coal without
regard to any miners union restric.
/ tions.
The Conspiracy
The trouble begins in the organized
restriction of human freedom, the en-
deavor by united inaction, boycotts,
strikes and threats, by political action
and governmental control in one form
or another, to get advantages from
the public or individuals who have
banded together
Before the war we had a govern
ment costing $1,000, 100000 a year
Now the people in control want four
billions year to spend besides a bill
ion interest Before the war the coun-
try did not save six billions a year in
surplus earnings.
Not so many years ago, and with
more than half our present population,
the government had 101 700 civil serv-
ants. 1t was considered an army that
was voting menace to the country.
Today there are 100000 civil servants
on the government payrolls, to say
nothing of armies of pensioners and
armies of defense on land and sea.
Armies for IdIeness
These are vast armies of non-pro-
ducers, working but few hours a day
indeed on the shortest working time
per diem of any workers in the world.
This vast political army appeals to
more than 100000 organized rail
road workers to help support them
and with promises of governmental
support in return. 1t appeals to ar
mics of four million men in the Amer
lean Federation of Labor with prom.
ise of mutual support 1t appeals to
miners unions with promise of mutual
increase in wages and shrinking of
hours.
Consuming the Country's Capital
Between all these armies the capi-
tai of the country and the savings of
the country are being eaten up, con-
sumed and wasted away. The coun-
try is selling its people for naught
and its wealth is not increased by
their price.
The real problem is not the hours
per day of labor, but the hours per
day Of idleness.
Reverse the Eliot problem and ask
first: Is labor good for man? Second,
how many hours of idleness are good
for man?
The Disease and the Sin
Are there not 12 hours in the day?
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A German, arrested for smuggling
in 1918 by the Swiss police, was re-
leased on 5000 francs bail, for which
at the rate of exchange then he paid
$500 marks. Recently his case was
decided, and he was fined 5000 francs.
Then he got back the rest of his bail
deposit, 1900 francs, which he changed
at bank for $4,000 marks, thus MAX
ing clear profit on the transaction
of 16,500 marks.
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ately greater efficiency in finish and
fewer cases to be reworked.
Thinking as Partners

ately greater efficiency in finish and
fewer cases to be reworked
Thinking as Partners
Recently some departments wanted
an increase in wages. Johnson said:
You are getting half the profits,
Now, suppose you think it over and
see what the result will be with wages
advanced all around. Remember you
are now partners"
They thought it over and concluded
that they were just as well off. and
perhaps better off without changing
the wage scale.
Commanding Labor
Here is factory system that large
ly meets Eliot's conditions and at
least points the way 'to joy and sat
isfaction." And may not the problem
he presents to the legislature that
there he ascertained the number of
hours labor per day required to mine
the countrys coal and do the coun.
try's work be after all only an aca-
demic problem? No work can be
commanded on the basis of public re-
qulrements except with new slavery
Or military necessity and dictatorship.
The public, the community, the gov
ernment, has no more right to require
production by hours of labor from any
man according to the country's needs
than it has to require such work of
all men. 1t has the right to require
such work Of all men in time of ma
tional peril
Work or Fish as You Please
But outside of that, have not coal
miners just as much right to work two
days in the week and go fishing four
days or be idle more than half the
time as have people who can wear
better clothes, buy larger motor cars
and travel warther to their fishing
grounds?
To raise the dairy products of the
country req lires unpaid family farm
labor-men, women and children all
at work in haying time, most of them
able to milk in an emergency or to
help in cheese making or egg hunt
ing and chicken raising. The family
works for its sustenance and for
surplus if it has ambition.
But commission to find out the
hours of work required in a farm
household would be just as useless as
a commission to find out the number
of hours work needed for miners to
produce coal or carpenters to produce
houses.
Human Freedom
Production cannot be according to 1
such finding because the labor cannot
be Communicated The whole prob |
lem is settled Ly economic laws when
once there is human freedom
There is no freedom in coal mining. |
There is no freedom in housebuilding, !
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his disposal. This is, for each work
er, more capital by $1,10O than that
with which Henry B. Endicott started
in business and $4,000 more capital
than that with which Johnson started
in the business for himself. The En-
dieott Johnson $40,000,OO0 plant and
capital returns $2,45O,OOO as the wages
on this capital after 500 100000 to the
wages of hand. Then there is equal
division between capital and labor,
each worker being counted as a unit
in this division.
The First Partnership
Many years ago Johnson went into
partnership with Endicott on a $3.50
basis although Endicott supplied all
the capital. Ninetee hundred nine
teen saw more than 10000 workers in
partnership with the Endicott John
son company on practically the same
basis. In other words, 10000 work
men were in business, working for
UAANAAfoOA'O0, C1Sh Will P7,OVU ulr0U
capital.
The Broken Time Schedule
Marvellous to relate, there is no hell
rung at Endicott or Johnson City for
the opening of the factory or for the
noon time meal. The power is turned
on at $50 and workman may begin
his business before o'clock and may
eat his luncheon before IL o'clock or
after /, and may quit early in the
afternoon or before the p. M clos
ing. He is free man, paid according
to his output
Piece Work Inspiring
Johnson believes in putting every
man into business. With piece work
he is in business and the more he
earns the more he gets. Johnson be-
lieves the day work system rotten
and degrading" promoting ineffi-
ciepcy idleness and dishonesty; while |
piece-work is inspiring, uplifting and
better work, more work and /
better wages.
Personal Pride
Recently there was complaint to |
Johnson over the rule that cases of |
goods without proper finish should go
lack to the fnisher to be done over
without additional charge The men
complained. Cali right said John
son, "the goods must go out finished, |
but if the finish of any workman is
not correct, we will pay another work
man to refnish' Did ever any fac
tory superintendent hear of such an
order from the autocratic head of
more than 10000 working men-the |
company to pay, but not to the same
workman, a double expense to insure
perfection? Again, behold the result!
No workman wanted his case of goods
passed over to fellow workman to
be done over and there was immedi-
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DRY HUMOR

First Banquetter-An after-dinner
speech doesn't seem to be quite as
funny as it did before we had prohi-
bition.
Second Banquetter-Well it prob
ably isn't.
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The young lady was admiring her
new frock
Isn't it wonderful she said, ''that
all OF this silk comes from an insig-
nificant worm?"
MY dear, is it necessary to refer
TO your father in that way?" her
mother inquired reproachfully.
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JUST RIGHT

Boss-"How was that whisky, Sam
boz"
Sambo-"Jusright."
Boss-"H "Howdye get that just right"
Sambo-"Ef it had a. been any
bettah you wouldn't a. Civ it to me
an eff it had a. been any wuss it
would a. killed me.'
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Murphy was a very lazy man in
deed, always slow when there was
anything to be done, and quick only
at mess time. One day the report
came that he had been wounded.
'Wounded?" said the colonel. 'If
that man was wounded, it must have
been by an accidental discharge of
duty!"
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

When J y. Buck was asked when
3 oKpected 10 move 10 his new home
. California. he replied that he
hid most certainly remain here
lK enough 10 east HIS vots for
t0xi
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

There will be Young Peoples
social Al the N. r.. church Friday
night. All young people are invited.
There VIII be an admission charge
rs csnts.--Ady.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Yes nave always bean told that
~ you wlsh 20 vote for certain can
d'dafa for president. you cannot vote
for tho man directly. but mnat vote
Tor presidential electors. That does
- hold true Ia Idaho this year. for
Republican voters can vote for Hard
ing. The name Harding IL on the
tleket~-oniy II 10 T. NJ Harding. one
0f the presidential electors
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Record last week In which II was
announced that hereafter All sutos
- Main street would be parked at
an angle Of IS degrees At the curb.
wasn't long until the whole park
ing ARRANGEMENT OF filters main
.h0rOfare was completely changed.
me new order seems 20 bs meeting
fth general approval, but Is Jusf one
70 argument why the street should
- paved.
When j r. Buck was asked when
oxpected 10 move 10 HIS new home
4 California. he replied that he
AID most certainly remain here
* enough 10 east HIS vots for
.or'
Pity the guys that lose all their |
ummer wages whom the election re-
arEa come Id next Tuesday. They /
slll be the ones that will complain
houi the stringent financial situa-
Ion.
IN you want TO read matter more
than that published Ia
his c0lyum. you should be com
lelled 10 digest the mass Of dope
omlnE through the mails 10 the
0unffy papers from campaign head
uarfers. both state and national
he ruthless waste OF perfectly good
aper and postage stamps Is appaii-
igi
- ~ G. s. u. spells dice. but n
sally means DO your Christmas
hopping early,
FIRST one local store went on the y
ash nysfsm Then another one
Artsd here with cash as their per
anent policy. Another store took =
up. A garage announced that II y
0uid follow suit. and now a drug
orc falls In line The general
iOptlon OF tho cash policy may
em Bit peculiar. but rsmem- =
n. II has always been tho policy OF r
. mail order houses. fthe postof
20 department and tho railroad
mpanies. and II never seemed 70 be -
ch a hardship. In
lever notice how barber always
pea your head and neck off nicely
or a shampoo. aud then wipes out
ar eyes with tho same part OF the
seiY ~
. . .
Don't worry over the loss OF your
mory. IL enables you 10 forget =
ltltuds OF sins.
american Legion dance. Rsybrocco
{ garden. Friday evening. Octo- ~
2g.--Adv.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

American Legion dance. Rsybrocco
roof garden. Friday evening. Octo-
Dor 2g.--Adv.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Don't forget election day Is Rec
Cfom tax day kIck through with q
blcA for the greatest mother In ths
uprld
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

The campaign cigar 10 a myth We
hafen'i had one presented 70 as yet
this fali
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Don't worry over the loss OF your
memory. IL enables you 10 forget a
multitude OF sins.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Jeyer notice how Il barber always
sipsa your head and neck Off nicely
after shampoo. and then wipes out
four eyes with tho same part OF the
to~eiY
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

whoeser 10 elected president. be
American enough 20 resolve 10 up
hold tho chief executive OF the ma
tipn. iiufy your hatchets. content
eith having tho privilege OF living
under the best government In the
world.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Following the appearance OF the
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

II the conductor Of this colyum
c. AID b. permitted % urge his dear
readers 20 vote . certain way. thsey
would BE- requested To east theeir bal
lots for four Of the following named
Candidates. They are good man and
women. deserving OF your patronage.
They viii faithfully perform their
duties Some o them are republic
ans. some are democrats. Their names
are y G Rich. ~ %. AcDougsii. Mrs.
= l.. Bryan. r. n. Harding. J. x
Hoth~eil. a. ! Comstoek. X T. Per
~. aud Mu. w. accrea
What offices DO they SEEK which
ones vii you vote 'orf
You viii find their names on ths
ballots. November 2
II ~e told you they we're tie name /
~ tho presidential electors on the /
republican and democratic tickets Il ]
this state. could you name ie~~r0uI \
whom you v0uld vote fQs-s
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

sEE> AND HEARD AROUND 4
iHE TOWN AND COUNTRY
Read and Weep
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

~-s% ~ G. =. u. spells dice. but II
sally means DO your Christmas
shopping early
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

The daily papers are 10 be- pitied
after nsHf Tuesday. With the Sorld
series over. the kif < ~ Greece dead.
Aachwiuey gone. ahsf either Coz Or
Harding cut OF pubilc sight Tor a.
least four YEAR,. ws.As can the fronf
pages BE- filled withf
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28

Pity the guys that lose all their
ummer wages whom tho election re-
arEa come Id next Tuesday. They
slll be the ones that will complain
houf the stringent financial situa-
lion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
IS oBLIvIoUs TO
ALABAMA'S ADVANTAGE

Washington, January 1.-(SpeciaL)- The
railroad administration has been quantity
oblivious to the fact that coal can be
shipped to Cuba from Mobile cheaper,
, by $3.50 a ton, than from an Atlantic
port.
SO obvious was this fact that sometime
ago a representative coal dealer COM
planned to members of Congress, and
even went so far as to intimate that the
American agent of the department of
commerce in Cuba. was not playing fair
ly either with Alabama coal interests. or
with the prospective Cuban purchasers.
This intimation was carried to the de-
partment of commerce, but nothing def
mite was established
The railroad administration has just is
sued an order which again bears on that
topic. After discussing the fact that
coal output is fast resuming normal. II
is stated that this condition made it nee
essary to re-route and to permit limited
expectation. 1t continues:
TT has been deemed advisable to per-
nit restricted resumption of oversee ex1
port movement of bituminous coal. In
structions have already been issued for
such movement through thee ports OF
Hampton Roads and Baltimore in an
amount equal to about so per cent of the
October export business. Similar ar
rangements will be made at other ports
as soon as the details can be worked
out.
During the past two weeks special
| provision has been made for the exporta-
ton of coal to Cuba necessary there for
sugar production ultimately to be moved
to this, country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
WILL SUMMON MEXICANS
To GIVE TESTIMONY

! Washington. January 1.-(Special. Sen
ator Fall, chairman of the subcommittee
hich is investigating the strained re-
! lationship between the United States and
Mexico, declares today that at an early
sitting of the subcommittee in January
| three prominent MeXicans will be sum-
moned to give testimony.
| The three are Rafael Nieto sub-secre-
! tary of finance under the CarranZa gov
| eminent, at present in New York; Emil
! isno Lopez sFigueroa, prominent Next
! can attorney of New York, and Rafael
Matinee Garlic, formerly leading law
| yer of Puebla, and senator under the
regime of Porfiirio Daz.
Senator Fall says: Il have it upon the
best of authority that a few days prior
to the release of William o. Jenkins,
American consular agent, held in Mex
lean Jail, which release was obtained OH
bend furnished by J. Salter Hansen. four
Mexicans were lunching in a downtown
New York restaurant. Three of them
we're recognized as the persons 7 have
mentioned. They were discussing the
jenkins case, and the possibility of the
United States withdrawing recognition
from Carranza
"Carrillo suggested something to this
effect: Why don't you try to get out OF
this deadlock in such way as to bring
derson on the state department? why
don't YOU find some friend in Mexico who
would be willing to secure the release
of Jenkins on bail? AS soon as this IS
done the laugh will be on the Americans
.sAfter lunch, Nieto and Figueroa re-
NAMED alone. Later they visited the
Western Union offices, where Nieto sent
a long telegram to Luis Cabrera, minister
of finance of the Carranza government.
ut is certain that in this wire N1eto
asked Cabrera to find an American TO
be used in the jenkins case, or perhaps
he already knew of Hansen and sug-
gested him. 1t is almost certain that the
two concocted the story linking Hansen