The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-05-20
coMMoN-sENsE FOR CAPITAL AND LABOR

Austin Hopkins member the British parliament formerly
an humble coal miner but wealthy manufacturer has given
his country mansion and and has moved into cot
tage by the anasdc where his workers live He sharing the
profits of his business with his employees and praceing the
doctrine which he breaches Regulating the charge which has
been freely circulated both in America and England that u-
employment has been deliberately provoked by to press
the workngman he brands this assertion cold and calculated
lie" and from the point o>view of who within few
ployer. he anayzes the present situation follows
I there capitalism we should eat up all the corn
produced in the world each and none Tor seed corn Tor
the next harvest This exactly what Lenne has done in Rus
sa with the result that in order to avoid starvation OF
large section of the population he striving antica to rentro
capitalism any terms going far to offer con-
foreign capitalists which would involve the practical
slavery Of large section Of his fellow counrymen
he unemployment crisis due entirely to the attempt with
government assistance maintain the standard OF living
height which the economic situation of Europe does not
justify ..u.a. ..u ... arodu,s
We sell products because prices are higher ha
people can pay prices higher than people be-
high Our costs excessive because men
wages hgho in other words men consuming more
he average standard living this and every other cou
try the world going downperaps even to the i9l4
standard.
"The number of people the world is about the as in
1914 and the of stuff much less So reduced
standard living inevitable cannot be lodged by de-
vice an kind The bulk Of the working class Of this coun
try know and from intimate experience wi with them m both in
like if only they know that no one else oenehg oy tc
sufferings .:u :. uxo..
e great of capital continue be made yet the
such today that what economically sound may not
1mmeQdey
Therefore in my opinion who in position to aceun-
uate capital should refrain from doing at any rate tor
period" - IL,
AS matter fact the suggestion which Mr. Hopkins makes
in the paragraph being put into practice by mutudes OF
capitalists whether they phianthopcay inclined or not BY
reason of falling markets and the general slump in business pro-
fits are everywhere being sacrificed and lines heavy los
ses sustained thus farmers manufacturers and mddiemen
perorce Of unacceptable conditions eraining from accumu
atng Whether Mr. Hopkins improving matters by lowering
his standard Of living below what his past accumuaons make
him able afford rendering his servants jobes deoat-
able question certainly the inherent IN his ana
ysis Of existing situation must appeal to all clear thinkers
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Why another Vostead bill prevent natures awess ter
mentaon of fruit preserves ?St Louis Post Dispatch.
Reveres OF bachelor If Nature had intended knees to
6are she would have made them g. O. State
Oftenies it happens, the woman who ruins one
mans life BY not marrying him. ruins anotbes by htchng VI
with him.-Columba (S C) Record
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To be slapped by the tail of it auners by us is the
nporous climax worlds troubles-Baltmore American
The nations inclined to plant than to bury hatch
ets-Norfok vrginian Pilot.
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The only banks that anything in Russia ar
the mounte banks-Washington POST