Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
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. " w NIhhSANA Wi t.'
We w>..,' i.id. !uilowlr. It-,n
!;h. thnt the >luIua'iun in hu>'r:c>>
MAS temporary thing. :hal in Il lew
months prosperity Wnuld be re >tDr-
ed. that the Republican party Ms
( better qualified for administration
I Of Government than MIS- tn" Demo
cratic party. and the implication
! MAS that all the party leaders need
/ eel MAS To wave some magic wand
F and The world would br changed
and human ills would be bani>lcd.
and prosperity again would hr our
constant companion.
| Five months have now passed
, slice Mr.. Harding Was InauHurHtcd
President of the United Strtr>. II
| Is now five months since &c were
promised the golden era would he
gin. Ii is now five month"; since
"nOrmalcy" was rnthronCh I'll Wash
! Ington. and We are now able iu
take some stock of what 'norndlcN'
! means, and what we voted for and
! what We got by u seven million
majority.
| We must agree that ma Ority
OF persons wanted Il change. The
Republican Old Guard cunningly
played upon our feelings. assured
us that We DID want 4 change and
the public answered cnthu,iaStical-
to the call. And surely We have
the change. For iiir frs: time in Ill
most decade Jumps ar in 0,lr
midst> and We are solicited on the
street by aiicbChirl men who ASK
! for money e.. Iiuh II >u>t iin lIfr>
! thousands OF adults all over the
country are in dire >,raiShts. and
only the season of the year prevents
{ the necessity for public aid. Mil
lions of healthy human beings, COM
pctent to work. are seeking il in
in vain. And it has come about be-
! cause the public wanted a change
ii wanted to 90 BACK to something.
Work has vanished in most Of
the induStSial centcrS. although in
West Virginia we are not so unfor-
| tunatc due to an industrial fact
that We do not make things, but
just produce RAW materials, and cS-
SentialS at that. Those who have
work are the victims in many sec
lions of Il combine which would
! drive them back to the condition
they occupied before the Wilson
regime. More than anyone else.
the worker knows what .normalcy'
| means. He sees a return to lower
wages, and no corresponding re-
duction in rents, but higher public
service rates. and only little re-
ductlOn in the cost Of food and
clothing. Individual effort is pitt
ed against combination and The
combinations are expected to win.
This is but another aspect of nor
malcy" and what the public voted
for.
"Normalcy" to the industrial
! world means a return to Il pr0tec-
tive tariff, to the delight Of the in
tcrcst>. and to the despair Of the
"ilow who has to buy things made
at home nj a higher price than the
same things are sold in Europe.
| 10 The country as Il whole it means
turning our backs upon every gen
; crous effort we made to improve
world conditions and incidentally
our own. For vision we substitute
i''' u" "SHn, IOI generosity.
greed; for good faith, cheap polili-
cal trickcry; for national honor, the
quick nostrumS of Senator Lodge.
Senator Knox and the me too" Of
he President himself. The scpar-
ale peace with Germany was ac-
compllShcd by set of men who.
| whether conscious or moi stirred
up race hatred and discomfort. TO
! undo the work Of Il world leader
even If he was Il coIntrNmap of
theirs or not.
The irasical part of The whole
programme is that nothing that was
voted for by seven million major
NY last fall has been accomplished.
NO radical ambition has been Salts
hrd, and the groups Of Americans
bGund by alien friendships for the
places OF their birth find no chance
III me status Of their mother conn
/ tllrN. ana only an OCraSiOnuI hint
contradicicd almost dailN. as iu
what action this. country is II take.
. we WalioW IN Il mOraS>. and an tine
, 'Iinc there Is suffering at home and
! abroad. and great deal OF il must
be laid to the door Of coirrir of
! American politicians. and HE STU
| pIdItN Of the public which wanted
"a change.
! There is only one ray Of H.hI.
, II lies in tn" fact that want and
Itlrrin9 always sharpen the per
! ccption>. Maybe they will be whit
tlrd TO a point that some day NAV
result in seeing The light. But. IL
! me meantime. we are in The thrOr>
Of 'nOrmalCN" u creature uanur.,c.