The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-13
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Germany today can put ton
of steel in England at a price
$4,000 a ton cheaper than what
it costs England to make it.
Germany today is selling
pneumatic tools in Detroit where
formerly we made such machin-
cry and shipped it to Germany
to sell there cheaper than she
could make it. The difference
is solely matter of labor costs.
Few men have higher standing
with both capital and labor than
Mr. Schwab and he is a man
whose opinion is valuable when
ever he gives it. He gives us
something to think about in these
pithy remarks. In all the read
justments we are making, labor
must reduce its wage as capital
must reduce its profits for we
are so bound together that when
smaller wages are paid, smaller
prices must be charged for that
we sell labor, otherwise the de-
luge won't wait to come after us,
1t is not probable that Mr. Schwab
intended to carry the idea that
American labor must come down
to the wages of the German for
we do not want Continental
European conditions of serfdom
in this country. But he evident
ly wanted to draw Labor's atten-
ton sharply to present-day con-
ditions.
Extravaganza everywhere is
the cry we hear today. 1t is
probably the reaction from the
economies of the war state, but,
unless, it is curbed, it may be-
come a serious menace to the re-
construction days. France ravag-
ed by shell torn land and wound
ed and diseased men and distress
ed and forlorn children, is going
through an orgy of extravaganza.
For there are men and women in
that distracted country who have
fattened financially because of
the horror and they are spend
ing money lavishly. They crowd
theatres and music halls and the
boulevards and a spirit of frivol-
ity and gaity prevails. 1t is
said that England has much the
same condition to meet and we
know that the large centers of
this country see the extravaganza
of our war millionaires. 1t may
be a normal reaction for easy
comes, easy goes applies to pro-
fiteers as we'll as all other class
es. What we need today is a
return to basic fundamentals. If
we are to reconstruct this old
world we have all got to get
down to work and do some real
work along sane lines.
The mission of George Harvey,
who has set sail for England is a
comprehensive one. 1t requires
patience, tact and a thorough
knowledge of affairs. 1t is a
mission to bring the two great
English speaking nations into
closer harmony. There may be
harmony but those on
the inside know that the strain
between them is nearer the
point than is safe. Yet
this administration seems to feel /
that she differences are not so
great but that some of them can
be set aside if we work toward
that end. We are after all one
people with the same ideals of |
justice and law and humanity |
but we are unfortunate in that |
we do rub each other most un-
mercifully in pursuing our sep
arate routes to the same end. |
May George Harvey help bring in
the day when there shall be a
genuine understanding between
the two countries.
1t must have been a genuine
reform which Villa INDUCED in
for it's been quite some time
since anything has been heard of
him. Or else, he may be dead
Mexican.
Trotzky won't let Emma Gold
nan come back to the United
States. II seems that Trotzky
md this country are of one mind.
m at least one subject. !