The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-05

unrest which always follows great
war. These things also had done
something else. They had reduced
the value Of the stored dollar. That
T; is, every dollar that anyone had
saved prior to that time, either in
the bank or invested in business
would only buy one-haif as much as
before the war 1t was saved thru
long years OF labor when the }ur-
chasing power WAS high and there
/ fore dollars were hard to get, Now
dollars are easy to get aud do not
buy much. ana the people Of the
United States are. spending az cur
rent expenses one-half Of all that
has been saved since our govern
ment was established That is. they
arc buying for the most part not
essential things with it. One man
who had spent much study stated to
ME that the auto craze was the
! thing responsible for all of this but
| this does not seem to me to be the
right theory. The general spend
thrift mania Of the people only finds
one Of it's outlets through the pur-
chase and operation OF automobiles
! tor pleasure when their circum
stances do not Warrant such indul-
gence.
Now do not understand that I
believe people shouldhave no enjoy
ment and recreation They should.
But recreation and the amount of
money spent for II should be in mo
portion to earning power, and
should be placed at a point where
something liz left for investment or
the savings bank
Nowadays no one buys anything
but the best if they can possibly
buy it. They eat the best, wear the
best, and seethe best shows regard
less of expense or the future Then
perhaps you say that city paving,
permanent roads and other civic i'm
| rrOvenients are not waste of
money This is granted of course.
But men employed at these things
are not producing the necessities of
life but yet are consuming and add
ing directly TO the H. G. Of l.. Too
many men are employed at these
and other things that are non-es-
sential, at wages higher than the
farmercan afford to pay. and they
prefer this labor ashley only work
eight hours per day and have the
| opportunity to indulge in all the ex-
pensive andexciting Injuries of the
city. Here is where the men have
gone who should be on the farm
(; producing Labor agitatcrs are
, shouting for still more wages. and
at the same time still shorter hours
so that the labOrer will have sufli-
cient time to spend The increased
wage
Wages are the biggest item of
production and when YOU keep in
creasing wages YOU must necessarily
pay more for what is produced. But
civic Improvement and the produc-
ton OF nOn-eSsentiais go merrily on.
Communities. state and nation are
: loading themselves with enormous
debts at time when a dollar only
! buys 80 cents worth OF labor Ru.
the pendulum OF values will "a. sure
~ "ing as nie'ht comes after day
, and thee bonds will be paid for
the most part after the dollar has
reached a normal purchasing value
You want TO know how, aud when
and where this nendu,nln will be
gin to swing? That seems to the
very simple. As | have said before,
| farmers are not organized and prob
! ably never will be as closely organ
| lied as other industries. They have
no paid walking delegates before
congress at all times to shout about
every little grievance they may
| fancy they have or ~ selHshiy ask
! for what they know 10 be Unfair.
But the farmers nlaa ger BOOK! eer-
! ing has told him a.reary .haG he i.
operating at \ loss OF I'll q mai gin
! of profit that any "hi>i ~ the eli
! mate NAV turn to sstsi. aud you
! :ar feas him IL a'F 2ics OF the
! nitea states saT!ns ~, .rti.- 10
Cnt doSn next year, tux. with less
heip. pm; in u less acreage "t crops
and Wait till time change, Can
you blame him? VIZ II >pu will
take your pencil and aslNv Il out
today. on an eign,hcur and city
wage basis he wou,d be entitled to
/ more than SIS per isus:iei tor his
/, wheat and 80 cents ~ rounl for
| his meat OH foot.
! But ehe farmer i.:s.li struck.
No, he il Just goins 70 feed himself
and family, buy AS little as possible
and wait until politicians, business
nien. labor and the gret.t public
! wake up 10 the fact thai he Is. not
! getting square deal.
/ "A statesman is commonly ihot
10 be one who sees into the future
and anticipates the needs OF the Ma.
! lion. and politician one who ride.
! the clamor OF public opinion as near
as possible. Well. the shouting
noisy voice OF labor and trades peo-
I nle has had everyones ear eithe,
through aDplause or fear for some
time bnt if we dc not develop Il
bunch OF statesmen pretty soon who
see into the future ii is certainty
that this nation is going 10 wake