New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-02-20

ton of life. The war-devastated and
~disOrdered the life Of the world. 1t
threw everything into confusion; It
left the scheme out OF balance.
Only Road to Prosperity.
We live by work. Prosperity means
production. Poverty Is underproduc-
ton. Stripping economics of all its
high-sOunding jargOn. the simple truth
h a everyone knows Is that the world
has only the things 1t works to pro
duce.
Ii may not be amiss to state a few
facts known by everyone which ex.
plain the 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
the crops. but minerals in the ground.
as well as the fertile soil, mean moth
ing until man by his work brings he
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
things is by working. If little work is
done we have a shortage. There isn't
enough food to go around. there aren't
enough clothes, enough coal. and as a
result the prices of all these neces-
saries go 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 h%alf-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 a cure: the prescription can
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
root In the consciousness OF the peo-
Pile. We must realize that the world
will continue sick and grow sicker I'M
less this prescription is taken. Fur
Their, we must know that II we delay
taking this remedy it will be a longer
time before we get well. The pre-
scription is work. Every effort should
he made to make every man will 10
work. Every employer must not con
tribute to unrest and provoke idle
men. and into this 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 TO fight than labor, becanse
he has "A surplus and can eat and he
warm. while labor has been living from
hand 10 mouth and will starve, Is
shortsighted. He had better get the
idea out Of his head that YOU can
men into submission. There
was n day when that was true. hut
that day has passed. never TO come.
The man who depends upon his abil-
TO turn "A key In the factory door
and 20 on on n vacation, imposing
his will on his wOrkmcn. will discover
that these men stopped a certain
late Of POttsdam now Of HoI-
land. from doing this very thing To the
lie may wake up some morn
ing To learn y new definition OF the
word fight"
one thing that people do not realize
Is that the men who fought the worlds
ight for freedom are the men who are
complaining that they are not
a square deal. Who made up
he fighting men of The war. the rank
and file of the armies that stopped the
I'russian Push; Who We're the great
Majority OF the volunteers and the
,onscripted men numbering millions
Who went Ia the front for the allies?
The teamSters. the ~shophands. the mill.
Workers. the factory hands. the coal
II. Nh. ~ 49, .....
sho are the center OF The labor prob
EN-.
MIR. Employer. you are dealing with
Please don't forget II.
They fought for you. You wouldn't
nave any business to-day II II hadn't
,een for them. aud when you think OF
he bond You bought. remember the
they gave.
ig mt. 1899. Western Newspaper Union,