Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-10-19

other cOuntry-they never have ana
they never will. This has been the
conclusion from my study Of history.
Give the common people an opportunl-
~ to rule all over the world and there
will he no wars forever and forever.
I'VE propose to enter a leauge on
equal terms with emperors and kings
and we are guaranteeing their hold
on the epople over which they rule and
the integrity Of the empires they have
possessed themselves of. What we
should do Is to set an even better ex-
ample Of republican government and
encourage the progress of republican
government all over the world. by
guaranteeing the status quo are we
not standing In the way OF the progress
toward universal human freedom
How could the United States have at
timed her independence from England
had not France been free TO come To
our assistance? Wars or liberation
certainly will he discouraged by the
league OF nations.
But there are problems, not inter
national In scope, that concern us
very much more nearly thon super"
government: these problems relate to
our domestic affairs and the posi-
bilities OF improving our national gov
eminent. There IL seven times as mitch
paper money In circulatinon now as
there was before the world war began,
not TO speak Of Russia which country
has caused print paper shortage be-
cause Of her tireless ambition to make
money with printing press. We
stayed the course for u time Of uni
yersal economic laws and as conse-
auence we have multiplied the num-
Der OF millionaires In the country; we
must reestablish the competitive sys-
4 TEN 10 destroy monopoly and bring
down the price of commodities.
During the war we denied our
selves frivolous entertainment but now
that the war is over we plunge into Il
Saturnalia of jazzy frolics. Prices have
gone up and production has declined.
Rents have more than doubled and the
houses cannot be had at that. There
IL no city In the United States that
has enough houses to shelter its citi-
zens You are not short of houses here
your shortage Is In soldiers. But other
cities are not 80 fortunate. Twenty
five millions in this country are not
properly housed as before the war. |
built summer cottages on the lake
where ! live in Minnesota for the ben
eft of city friends; my neighbors begg-
cd for them and are there winter and
summer because they can't do any bet
| ter.
so we are short Of house. short of
clothing and much Of the clothing Is
too short Like Don QuixOte we rush
about trying to find something To do
for the world when American civilian
ton Is In the balance and our people
suffer because of the shortage of every
necessity for civilized progress, cloth
ing. food, housing. fuel There Is con-
siderably less acreage IN cultivation
! this year than last. Let's get back To
earth. to the old conditions which
idalsts seem to deplore and consider
our own problems in the light Of do
nestle needs.
"No man has right To spend his
own money as he pleases. l have in
mind several men whom the judge sent
to jail for buying moonshine. Then
there was bunch of citizens who
bought votes One Of them told me
he had been fined 50 and disenfected
! for five year. A man who will buy
Injuries just because he has the money,
thus diverting labor TO unnecessary
production, ought TO be 'lisenfected.'
There are lot Of gentlemen in this
country who could buy flying machines
as readily as they could buy postage
N.ses nsaN hos.
ing machines and were willing to pay
for them II would divert all the ma
chinists in the country 10 the manufac-
ture of air craft and motor and rail
road transportation would fail us al
together. Let's stop galavanting
around and get American civilization
to functiOning.
we discovered during the war
more than half Of our young men are
unfit for military service What are
we doing about that? Joining n
league of nations. We could build up
the race which Is threatened as never
before by immortality that is I'M
speakable and rapidly spreading. The
cities are rotten with It. Europe now
looks 10 us as never before for inspi-
ration; we are no longer little So
cialistic experiment in the American
woods. Make success of the United
States ana we can help all mankind
We must make sure that government
OF the people, for the people and by
the people shall not perish from the
earth. Japan thinks the white race Is
on the decline and that the leadership
of the world is passing to the yellow
race Is Japan right or wrong? We
show all the terrible examples Of moral
depravity that were exhibited by de-
clining Rome.
II was born In Ohio (for political
reasons only and at that time the BIZ
cycle, automobile. telephone, moving
pictures, cash register and all the 9th
er inventions that 90 to make our mod
ern civilization what IL Is were I'M
thought Of, yet we got along. How
ever. our civilization has become more
complex in later years and moral pro
gress has not kept pace with material
progress. Civilization Is out of gear
since the world war and a readjust-
ment must be made or the great top
heavy edifice must go down in ruins.
We have many classes that must be