The Washington times., 1920-09-12
Today
The Restless Earth.
Provide for New Labor.
No Woman's Party.
Mr.. Cox and the Canary.
ARTHUR BRIsBANi
Copyright. 1900


living on the cool outer crust OF a
raging FIRE.
As a horse shakes his skin TO
get rid of flies, so this earth
shakes and shivers occasionally and
frightens the little creatures liv-
ing on IL. Earth tremors in the
Alps that sent avalanches OF snow
laundering down into the valley
must have been particularly i'm
pressive.
Only the writer of the book OF
job could do them justice.
Regardless of earthquakes, wars,
and disease, men continue invent
ing new machines for killing each
other. The latest, the "spray" gun,
is to be carried by the police, and,
of course, by criminals as quickly
as they can get them. These spray
guns, weighing only seven pounds,
small enough to carry under the
coat, shoot fifteen hundred small
bullets per minute. To kill with
this machine it is not necessary to
be a good shot. You point the
weapon at your victim, move It
about, and "spray" the victim with
shot, as a gardener sprays the
geranium with water.
Immigration authorities say they
are "swamped" by flood OF for
eign labor. ...s.... -.
Millions of acres here are un-
touched, vast deserts need irrigat-
ing, gigantic disease-breeding
swamps need drainage; roads
canals, and railroads need building.
This country needs labor, all that
it can get. But this country also
needs industrial peace, and that re-
quires intelligent organization Of
industry, far-seeing, wise planning,
great industrial corporations that
represent wholesale employment.
If these giant employers simply
look upon the new immigrant labor
with JOY because "it will help to
cut down wages" they are acting
in an old-fashioned way.
You can no longer solve indus
trial problems by keeping the labor
supply always in excess OF en-
ployment. You cannot keep men
"quiet" by occasionally shutting
down a factory and opening up a
soup kitchen. That time has gone
by.
As the needed immigration pours
in, those that control finances and
employment will, if wise, see to it
that work is found for those that
come for good wages and work
continued for those already here,
at good wages. .....-.
If that is neglected, look out for
trouble. The workers will not be
the chief sufferers. "
Interesting young women at
Beacon Towers" Mrs. o. H. P.
Belmont's residence, decided to
maintain a separate woman's
party to hold the balance of
power"
Nevertheless, there will not be
any separate woman's party. 1t
is true, as Miss Lucy Burns says,
that "Women are still the. under
dogs of industry and in trade
unions"
But a separate woman's party
would not remedy conditions. Such
a party on the contrary would de-
light politicians that dislike in
reference. II they could persuade
thinking women to form a party
by themselves, they would forget
them and go about their business
in the old-fashioned way.
Politicians rejoice that Socialist
energy that might be a nuisance in
one of the big parties is bottled up
in a little party where it can do
nothing.
Women will vote with the men,
as they live with them; they will
not vote as a separate party.
There is a tradition that, as
Amazons, women once started out
to fight and organize government
apart from the men, and worried
the men a great deal, but the or
ganization didn't last.
Woman suffrage will benefit the
country not as a creator of a
separate voting organization apart
from men, but as a power in the
general government.
With women voting, men will be
obliged to ask themselves, "What
do the women want? What do the
children need?"
They will give the women what
they want, and for fear of women
give what the children need. No
separate woman's party, main
tanning a balance of power" is
necessary.
Mr.. Cox assures Irish-Americans
that when elected President he
will refer the cause OF Ireland to
the League OF Nations.
Great Britain controls France
and Italy, both heavily in debt
both depending on her for coal
England controls Japan TO renew
and maintain the alliance of her
powerful white associate in world
dominion. England, with America
In the League Of Nations, would
control the United States as much
as forty-seven States in this coun
try could control the forty-eightt
State.
Therefore with Mr. Coy in the