The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-25
THE EACUE SCREAMS, BLESSED OLD BIRD

Some Of gloomy this country. Hundreds Of thous-
ands OF work Factories shut down Others
ming part time Wages being reduced The hog has
thousands in his grip Dividends being passed Bor-
rowing not easy and expensive The stock market looks
like section OF the devastated region in Flanders Dead
ginc and empty freight h the sdng The farmers
holding crops they claim they can't afford TO sell Mines are
closed Railroad drcctorae talk of rcceiyerhps. Merchants
afraid TO buy and unable to sell Hard times for Uncle Sam
We may call that fair picture Of the United States today
II isn't We talk OF hard times We don't know what they
What we need is picture OF real hard times What the
gloomy American needs picture of America would be if
II were III the state OF Europe.
We have lost let imagine 100000 young American men
in long Virtually all children unernourshcd aud
thousands afflicted with disease incident lack oi good food
sequence the total national energy and morale low York
has srunk TO third and Chicago 10 half It's size Everywhere
our cities are dying Seventy or ~ per cent of our coal and iron
mines have been divided between Great Britain Germany and
Japan Our present economic organization has been dsmebcrcd
by IN loss o territory separating agricultural districts from their
food yielding hnterands The head oil
have been cut off from and international commissions control
me courses OF Others Our navy and merchant fleet
Our railroads state Of dcceptude Our workers when
thy nave employment are working long hours and living the
coarses food The dollar is worth The national debt
hangs us like the deous mountain OF nightmare and the
prospect OF almost conscato taxes stretches away beyond the
horizon Across our shrunkn boundaries our national enemies
jealousy watch threaten and hundreds of thousands
men who ought to be at work armies guard against
the toe or tgring aassav what c while their pay sub
sstenc drains depleted financial piles high the
burden Of debt that weighs down.
Then poitcs Reds vowed destroy government and
the whole social system violent minority Congress- and
IN every industrial district seize power from time time de-
scendan Of Columbus escaped from exile in Mexico has crossed
The border headed for the White House and good part Of the
standing is ready establish him throne Mr. Harding
is balancing swayng Of authority (which auv moment
may be cut by extremist minority the other Throughout
The exhausted dsmemhered distracted remains Of what was once
mighty unity vast continent Of peace and productive labor
orderly progress and broad based security there are fear
hatred stagnan or exhausted energies debt and despair
There but Tor the grace Of God and wisdom of our for
bears America There is America she were as central and
eastern Europe region containing but years ago three OF
INC greatest empires OF earth and OF the highest political
social ana economic organizations developed all history There
IS America II America had "hard times" !
m Let Let americans look at picture Of American realty and they
l ma no place Tor gloom their thought Let us put in he
ckest shadows we find yet the remains mDnt
bright over our heads lis the great of reasoned liberty
ana nno It's piers supported not by bayonets by the caac
ter OF Tree people Under feet united continent con
ang all that nature has stored nation powerful and
prosperous Under our flag is people among the most ini
gent and vigorous earth. ~ ~ ~
we have burdens have Weaknesses we have problems
md even dangers But these give SAVIOR to life and achieve
nent. - - "u "e"'oNN
Americas sympathy for the unhappy people of warrcken
Europe sincere and practical There no wish to poat over
r IelatVe good fortune real happiness But we needn't
Some country America.-Chicago Tribune