The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
MILLION IDLE MEN

rrNLRss there Is some unexpected development b the situation in
England. Yesterday eablsd news indicates the by this time TO-
= morrow four million workmer win be idle In Britain. Added to
the unemployment already existing, the withdrawal Of this number of
men from the mines and transport systems means that all workers in
England viii be idle almost Immediately.
The situation, II II Is correctly stated in yesterdays dispatches,
means that the greatest strike in the history OF the world now i'm
pcnds II is 9 strike which concerns the whole world, America as
well as Europe There are involved certain fundamental issues which
other industrial nations, before there can be permanent pence and
restoration Of progress and prosperity in industry. We on this side
Of The wster are not parties to this great struggle. bat neither are we
mere spectators. Our prosperity win inevitably be affected by any
long continuance Of such a struggle in Great Britain. Upon its out.
come may easily depend the shaping of our own institutions and the
future Of our industries
The president Of the British board Of trade has said In q formal
statement that the threatened strike is an effort ''to fOrcc naticnalza-
ton Of industries that has threatened for two years"
A principal spokesman for the workers has declared with equal
bluntnsss that IL Is q class war; the beginning Of a geperal attack
on the working classes > and Fan attempt to impose a n ~war stand.
Thus the present strike is far more than simply another walk out,
or an effort TO adjust or uphold wages. Such a conflict as impends
merit, r-srssEsss The extent Of which no man can f%orteil
hand f sss Of q H. sp %s. ! s sssasssia e a md" s. sssss s,sS Ss q aa ss9a IN n m"s
paper editors said recently 1T is our belief that the industrial prob
has become, instead. the problem Of producers versus consumers
The time must come on both sides Of the winter when the
70 whether the homes Of the people are to be warmed and the factor
les fred is too important an issue to be left as a shuttfecock between
capital concerned with profits and labor cOntending for a better
very clearly by n writer in the Christian Science Monstor who states
that unless one agreement such as that proposed to nsticnai1e the
all that that means to the world, is extremely remote. On The other
hand, II the naturalization Of the mines is once consented 10, the ma
ton4lzation Of industry generally must inevitably follow, and the
end OF capitalism In Great Britain will have 10 begin"
In other words, the issue before England and the world in the
pending strike, is Fundamentally one Of socialism.
Industries in Russia q .se been nationahzed-al Of them. What
the result has been we know.
But all Of this is far away from us here in safe, sensible, solid
America Thus You may be comforting yourself
True, it Is far away from us, in that an ocean rntervenes.
But We cannot help recalling an advertisement Of a Gallup mcr-
chant in a recent issue Of a Gallup weekly paper, in which this mer.
chant forecasted that when the government has taken over the coal
mines" Gallup will become the industrial center and biggest city in
the southwest.
We are spectators upon q mighty storm. now threatening 10
burst. We are keeny interested spectators, because we do not know
how far that storm, when it bursts, may extend its destructive SWEEP.