Arizona republican., 1921-06-02
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE ?. 1921.
k The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or ina- morality, 30 much ds by the stomp. tjadt is set upon tt by men of figure.
 Il 'Estranqe.
Charity At Home and Abroad

f We have received from the Nation" New York ths following comment by 1t on two news stories which not long ago printed in The Republican:
 we should be the last to discourage gifts for the relief of suffering Europe but there efforts that direction which seem inappropriate. For in- stance. the Phoenix Republican tArizona) published on page recently two ironically incongruous headlines. One of them read: +Greenlee Leads All Counties for European Relief" The other said '9fen Win Work Just for Board Is Report" Green lee County, it appears. was assigned quota of 800 for European relief. but owing either to gen erosity duress Of the Kind learned to apply dur ing the war. the people went "over the top with e4s05.4s. Meanwhfle labor conditions in the state oro wretched. unemployment is widespread. and hunger Is driving men into the situation revealed by tho second headline quoted Charity does neces- saFtly begin at home and should not end there but IL is poor charity-and worse justice which both be- gina and ends In detached sentimentaty.
 ~Incongrlous" has various shades Of meaning. It does not mean actively in conflict with" but rather, ~ncompetible.v mot In harmony with.n etc. In that most Of the stories which turned the ~mil1 runr of daily newspaper may be said to be n0pneruous in the sense that they have relation oQo to another.
 The Nation' is not newspaper. but periodi- eei which the Tow brows' call high brow jour- m of criticism exponent Of the need of improve N(spt Of things generally. The Nation" select n matter to present harmonious and closely r(lexed whole. The daily newspaper Its
 1ss would not stand for 1t if should attempt 1t
 That implied aspersion upon consistency nk0ing been disposed Of We may take Up other mat t1 first among them the assertion that in view of such dstressng conditions as the Nation has Gx16t Tn Arizona, any movement for the relief of azRterins abroad is ainappropraate.i
 We must first remove The sNationss, impression thnx suffertns in Arizona general or widespread. IF this the chief agricultural district the cotton dump brought disaster to many and some thousands of Mexicans who had been brought in assist in axx--t left without work.
 Many of them became hungry but quickly relief was undertaken by the county authorities and by private citizens many of whom the same time engaged in European relief work. There oth- CTS than these alien Mexican laborers in this valley who were hungry. but all who could be discovered hv the Associated Charities afforded relief There were few in which persons sought work for their board That was at time Of the year when in sn agricultural community there was almost nothing to do. And there was plethora of labor notwith- standing the alien aborers being returned to Mexico rapidly possible. However. the condi- tion Of man is working for his board is hardly comparable with the situation hundreds thous- ands in the Near East.
 Thus it in this county. the where it was said and there working for bare food Greenee county though is a mining county. At that time thousands of employed about Clifton and Morenci at good wages for the copper mines had not been closed Unemployment there later, and 1t not the first time Thousands of men few years went strike and brought idleness other thousands. Ii didn't hurt the miners who were thrown out because the copper companies could not afford sell copper five cents less than cost any than the miners had previously hurt themselves by walking out. The effects of voluntary and involuntary unemployment are much the same.
 We doubt that in the mining towns after the closed, if there was acute suffering was relieved And there still enough left leas in Greenlee county to put lover the top" in Euro pean relief drive
 All the charity that was necessary kep where began, at home. As much had been callet for was sent to Europe