The Colorado statesman., 1921-09-24

study Of the Industrial situation ana
OF the causes of II condition when
has forced nearly six million American
men and women To idleness.
Apparently no official In Washing
ton seems to think that means can
easily he found to put the idle back TO
work, but 1t seems To be the hope lhnt
somehow something can be done
through legislation or otherwise, tu
relieve the present situation. There
are doctors enough with their cures
for the trouble. but most of the doe
tors disagree rs to the remedy. and
as one high official put H. the man who
can find remedy not only will he
public benefactor, but can write MN
self down ns the first person who ever
succeeded I'm overcoming that rare old
partnership of supply and demand.
As matter of fact, no one here
believes that the men who are Ia come
here to discuss unemployment will be
able to suggest anything definite tllnt
will relieve the situation. unless the
recommendation shall follow the line
of suggestions of Legislation of various
kinds which already has been pro
posed
There are men here who say that
if congress will put the railronds back
into running, SO to speak on smooth
rails. and will supplement proper
legislation for the henetit Of the agri-
cultural interests. all will he well;
hut here again one runs up against
conflicting views. There are men who
think that the railroads do not need
any additional legislation for their
benefit ana that the farming interests
already have been sufficiently pro
vided for. and that therefore some
thing entirely new in the way of legis-
lation Is needed to start the factory
whistles of the country to blowing
again.
Disagree on Legislation.
Concerning some of the legislation
which the administration evidently
desires to have put through for the
purpose Of ending Unemployment,
there is vast gulf of disagreement
between representatives of the en-
pluyerS and representatives of the EN-
ployed. Legislation for the relief of
the railroads is n point at issue. Ihe
executives of the roads look Mt 1t one
way and men employees look at 1t
another way. There will he some kind
of compromise on legislation, but
the history of things ever since the
DAYS Of tile Missouri Compromise
goes to show that compromises gen
orally are only strong enough to
oh
1t is certain that there is economic
trouble in the country. some six
millions of Americans have acute
knowledge of this fact. Men and
women who made big wages during
the war and did not waste their money
are much better Off today than their
brothers and sisters who also made
big money but who insisted on enfold-
ing themselves in silk shirts and
Alaska seal skins. The virtue of
thrift is preached from good many
pulpits of the land every Sunday, but
there are some millions of Americans
today who apparently stand ready to
say that experience is n better teacher
than any preacher
Small Nations and the Conference.
Based ON information which
came from men in touch with the
intentions of the various countries
of earth, the statement was made six
weeks ago that while the disarma-
ment conference membership will be
limited to certain great nations, there
Will he present outside the conference
chamber many pleaders in behalf or
countries and half-countries which lie
along line much longer than that
which runs from Byzantium TO Spain.
Although warned long ago the ad-
minlstration and the State department
are only today taking something like
alarmed notice of the intention of ev-
cry small nation of earth, every half
nation, and every country that wants
to he IL nation, to have representatives
in Washington at the forthcoming dis
armament and Far East conference.
To-day Washington otlicialdom is re-
asserting its determination that there
shall be no consideration of any inter
national problems "that may becloud
the main issue" Apparently it took
the State department long time to
learn of the activities of the agents
of small countries who have been
working in Washington with Il view
to securing some kind of II represen-
tation in the Forthcoming conference,
or, failing this, to force the consider
alton of problems with which the rep
resentatives ut the conference are sup
posed to have nothing to do.