The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-02

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70 find a cure for our economic
his is the burning question OF the
hour.
All sorts of panaceas are suggested.
One man says that our troubles are
all due to the initiation OF the cur
roncy, Another says that the fault
must be laid at the door OF the pee
ple's extravaganza. A third wants
20 put the blame on the laborer and
his shorter hour day, a fourth de-
clares that our troubles are all due
to profiteering capital
~ matter Of fact all Of these
are contributing factors. But To- say
that any one or two of these causes
ARE responsible for our present un-
rest and confusion, the bitter strife
between labor and capital and CON
stantly mounting cost of living, re-
minds me OF a rather silly habit we
formed during the war of saying,
GOD will win the war" and Ships
will win the war" when the war act.
udlly was won by our gallant soldiers
who by their magnificent fighting
carried every thing before them and
beat the Hun to his knees The one
/ thing that will save us in this coun-
I try is a complete change of, heart
! For some time past ministers Of
/ the gospel have been telling MS that
religion and the teachings of Christ
alore will save the world. We eX.
pect such propaganda from minis
tcrs for il is their job to tell us such
things. We are a little bit startled,
however, when we hear practical
business men, the kind of men We
! call successful" deliver us a lay
sermon on the practical value Of
Christ's teachings as applied to the
complexion problems of our present
day life You could have heard a
rin drop in st. Paul's cathedral Tues
day night when two such men, Her
bert G. Theopold of Fairbault. Mimi,
and J. McEwen Ames Of Arkansas
City. Kan, stood up and declared
without reservations that we must
accept the teachings of Christ as
the working basis for the adjustment
of our industrial and political diff
culties, if they are to be adjusted,
At all.
On April T. in Wheeling, West Va,
che trades and labor assembly Of
that city adopted the following reso-
lutions:
we hereby unanimously declare
it 10 lie our belief that tho teachings
OF Christ constitute a platform upon
which all men can agree.
we will cooperate with those who
will Join us in an earnest endeavor
t. apply His teachings in the Wheel
ing district
! To our knowledge this is the first
time that any organized body. either
OF labor or capital, has gone on rec
ord IN accepting Christ as the arbi-
traitor of industrial disputes.
New let us hear from capital.
Charles t. Holden, vice president IF
the Union Trust Company of Chicp
go, said the other dav: Business
men have forgotten how to pray.
Their souls are covered with the SCOT
Of commercialism. In their strenu.
Gus fight for success they have for.
gotten they have souls. One Of the
results today is that the average
Dig business man is lacking in the
tolerance and Christianity that have
become necessary To meet the crisis
OF unrest | know Of no adequate
platform for man-to-man fairness nut
that Of religion"
! have said il before and will
venture to say it aGain-Christ Is
this worlds greatest political ecor
omist. He did not make the Golden
Rule merely for women and children
. He made it for the guidance of bust
ness men and politicians He knew
if we do not. that it is good bus
ness 10 do unto others as you woulC
have them do unto you. If He were
to come on earth today His frs
words, believe, would he to rebukt
the profitcer who is making any
where from 100 to 1,S00 per cen
: profit ON the necessaries of life. H'
would do some pretty straight talking
to the coal barons and sugar goug
ers. lie would also have a few peril
rent remarks to make to the slack
: inG, profiteering laborer.
We do not need to search far ant
wide for remedy for our troubles
The remedy is the Golden Rule. Dt
you suppose that man who actually
Believed in the Golden Rule coul,
take an unholy profit? Why, h,
could not do il. All the fifty sever
varieties and more of gougers w
have in this country may protes
that they believe in the Golden Rul'
and Christ's teachings, but they don
, believe, for we know them by then
!, works.
The great mistake we have made
in this world is the assumption tha
Christs teachings constitute pret
ty form of idealism, but that they
| have nothing III common with prac
toal affairs, that Christ though
them up for nice old ladies'. not fol
Lse in the business world.
YOUR CREDIT is GOOD Al