The Washington times., 1920-01-31

progress millions Of years ago,
are located in q country called
Bschusnaland, southwest Of Rho
dssia. You observe on your map
that the land is marked govern
ment protectorate.
And the tint of the world map
Is the same as that of the little
British Islands, far up to the
north. II is British territory.
What does the discovery Of the
diamonds meanY New wealth for
human beings? Not at all. There
are Hore than enough diamonds
already for all useful purposes,
cutting glass for your windows.
making fine tracings for the spec
troscope, with which you study
stars.
Men win struggle through the
desert, fight the sun and wild
beasts and kill each other to get
at diamonds that will do no good.
Instead Of adding wealth to the
world, this discovery of diamonds
means less wealth. Labor that
might be usefully employed will
be wasted digging for diamonds.
The Spartans who made their
money of iron, that citizens might
not attach too much Importance
to it, would know what to do with
those new diamond fields.
If you have Government infiu-
ence, and property that does not
look very promising, turn it over
to your Uncle Sam. Government
runs the railroads. Government
guarantees not only all expense of
running the roads but the best
dividends the roads ever paid in
prosperous times. ,
In the month of November, Gov
ernment paid to private owners of
railroads $83,536,0O0. The Gov
ernment, in the same month, took
in above cost of operations $21,-
968,992.
You and other citizens paid more
than sixty-one millions of dollars
for the month Of November that
private railroad owners might get
a profit OF eighty-three millions
Multiply that by twelve. The peo-
pie OF this country pay to private
OWNERS of railroads seven ihundred
million dollars more per year than
the railroads bring in.
Now the proposition is to hand
railroads back to private owners,
-snA Congress is wondering just
exactly what arrangements shall
be made to have the Government,
which means the taxpayers, guar
antee profits, take care Of dividends
for the private owners after they
get their roads back.
If Government did for ordinary
individuals what Il does for rail-
road owners, the nation would be
bankrupt, and that would be Boil
shevism.
But when Government taxes all
the people seven hundred millions
a year to supply unearned divi-
dends to railroad owners, that Is
American craftsmanship.
We should learn from all that
have anything to teach, not ex-
cepting meek, lowly and Just now
vigorously hunted Socialists.
Mr.. Littleton, the lawyer, who
first worked to keep five properly
elected Socialists from their seats
in the New York legislature, and
then most appropriately went West
to help Senator Newberry hold
his seat in the United States Sen
ate, revealed Socialist wisdom Of
value to the public, although Mr..
Littleton didn't know it.
He said the five men sent to the
Legislature by New York Socialist
voters were guilty of treason, be-
cause they had agreed if their
services were unsatisfactory that
they would resign their jobs.
There ought to be more of that
kind of treason, and the people
should see to it.
When a citizen hires a cook or
gardener he reserves the right to
discharge him II not satisfied.
When the people select a legis-
lator, judge or other public SER
want they should have the right to
put him out and take another if
not satisfied.
Socialists who have sufficient
intelligence to provide for the re-
call, within their own party, are
not guilty Of treason, but of COM
mon sense.