Evening star., 1922-03-27
"Get-Rich-Quick" Haywood.

There's q new &et-ficn quick
scheme afoot which. If it can just be
made to work, will, the Saginaw
|News-Courtier predicts. discount "ths
best efforts OF our own ingenious
promoters" 1t will. in the bargain.
Transform the dear departed" VIII
liam D. Haywood from a disgraced
American I. W. W. into a Russian
Carnegie" And also-if only it can
be made to work--it will relieve the
United States Of 5000 or so apostles
Of unrest and give them a chance
to work out their own salvation and
establish the righteousness Of their
own particular brand Of economic
freedom.
Chiefly because Of the last-men-
toned possibility, American editors
are inclined to hail with satisfaction
the granting Of q coal and iron con-
cession by Lenin to Big Bill Hay
ed to the concession which. from the
American viewpoint. raise q serious
doubt of Haywood's unqualified sue
cess as a captain Of industry.
The projected enterprise involves
coal mines and iron works In the
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as the Nashville Banner quotes them.
require 'the bringing to Russia Of
1890 fully qualified American work
men with . technical personnel to
operate the properties" Further.
each workman must spend 500 on
tools and agree to abide by the code
of the soviet in regard to labor and
ment Is to spend 100000 on the
project. and agrees to furnish wood
for houses, give $1,000 acres for cul.
tivation and allow the men part OF
,hs,,l the production !. to carry on further
The motives Of Lsnin's generosity"
in the matter are apparent to the
Springfield Union, for. 1t points out,
he can afford to be generous. He has
idle iron mines on his hands ana 1t
ment anything to give them to any
body" However, even under the con-
ditions attached to the returns Of the
enterprise, 30 per. cent OF which go to
the government, and in addition the
Sioux City Journal thinks Haywood
.and his fellow sxpatriates expect to
make their exile profitable rs we'll as
secure, and the Milwaukee Sentinel
remarks that ''he is laying the foun..
dation OF whas may Dsc9mn 9am. sseas
formation "from L W. W. leader to
capitalist, which in its incipient
steges was commented upon some
time sso. is now fairly cemplets and nd
at is q great joke to see an Wont
work turned into the capitalistic con-
cessionaire OF an autoerattc govern.
ment," but to the New York Tribune It
is the rea reinsnnesi ns nsnino ot crue1sno
" come than this latest act Of "set-
ting Big Bin Haywood to work" The
feat Of "ssndinE the husky bail
jumper to the Ural coal mines to
crack the Whip oter e Ss So..ss Amsr1Saa he
true conrade." II 1t proves success-
full. .wtIi be no mean achievement"
But. like that uncompromising recipe
for rabbit pie. before he can "crack
his whip over 4.so0 american I W:
ths the salt ana Lake AXE Tribnns that me viii
be- hard master and WIN ultimately
deveioD into q slave driver" Hay.
wood must first corral the $500. And
there lies the dthacuity, IN the opinion
Of the Press noT i.sor :. rea net
wanted in this business" peculiar
Condition which the Idaho Statesman
(Boise) thinks may perhaps arise be-
cause sIenin has discovered that the
Russian prelstariat nss ~ snortcom-
tie h smcisnt workmen in the American
mtils." 70 the Statesnan there is
sons.h,ns g h arosy nasr sa ssearyius isn Russisn
Vnrkmen, (and thsy4 are starving un-
iesUWS hive been mislsdo are 70 hays
th1ar nuch.nssded Jobs ykaven % i'm.
DoFfnd da6ore9s trom Amestc4 That
s.they VIII love hat = . matter Of
douSt, Hut ON the 1fheT HAND the
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