Evening journal., 1922-02-15
To Members of National Founders


parties upon the insistent request Of
your friends in politics to permit
the election OF some inspired individ-
ual who wants to serve his country
at Washington, also recall the prom
ises which were made to you at that
time and the assurance that every
Legitimate interest OF industry would
be protected. How many of these
promises were kept, and how much
was done for industry? Industry
was not only forgotten, but there
was a general antagonism to indus
try. why then should you pay
money to provide blackjacks to have
yourself beaten up?
An election Is coming next No
vember. The entire House Of Rep
resentatives will be reelected and
also one-third Of the Senate. The
Republican and the Democratic ora
tors will be demanding the re-elec-
ton of most of the present mem-
bers, and campaign treasurers will
be passing the hat. Let us now serve
notice to the bagmen of both parties
that industry will not contribute to
party leadership which is incapable
OF controlling it's own members and
which has a dominating element
natly antagonistic to industry. Every
manufacturer should serve notice on
his local leader, whether Democrat
or Republican, that until industry is
treated fairly, until the domination
OF agriculture is eliminated, until the
bonus bill wrecking crew has been
subdued, and until all classes are on
parity before Congress- there will
be no contributions for political pur-
poses Men and women in industry,
whether as employers or employees,
have been contributing to political
parties for many years. Let us now
see what the effect will be of a re-
fusaI to pay POLITICAL collections. the
money so saved TO be used to protect
Industry from the politicians who are
using those very collections to set up
class government at Washington.
Apparently the cat is out OF the
bag. The newspapers are now dis
cussing the probability OF the leader
OF the agricultural bloc in Congress
as candidate for President in 1924.
When a man gets the presidential
bee, he eliminates from his mind
/ practically all sense of responsibility
being obsessed with the fixed idea of
/ his political importance to the coun-
| try, and sets forth like our good
/ friend Don Quixote. fitting at wind
mills. Unfortunately he does not
/ confne himself to windmills, but Sc
lects as the object OF his attack the
| a..-.f.f .trurtttroo in our penoornfr
life. The situation is serious. En-
tlrely aside from the political am
billions of these political Don Quix-
otes. the entire country is disturbed,
legislation is blocked. class legisla-
ton is insisted upon, a minority Of
the people only are represented in
Congress. Political ambitions are
the dominating factors in situation
which really requires careful coun-
selling and patriotic leading on the
part OF men in public life. The coun-
try is being aroused but perhaps too
,ate.
In tho meantime every radical ele-
ment In the country has been vital
'zcd with the ambition to make
I trouble, and class consciousness /,
becoming more apparent and more
dangerous. There is criticism OF the
leaders OF the Republican party II
may we'll be that these men are un-
able TO stop the avalanche OF radical
ism which is being started by in
competent politicians. But they
should try These politicians are
utilizing the temporary depression in
agriculture and industry to force
their views on farmers who ordinar-
lily would reject them out OF their
own common sense.
Do our people realize the situa-
tion? believe they do. It may be
recalled that the American Fedora
don OF Labor with about three per
cent. Of the population OF the coun-
try and eight per cent. or less OF the
workers OF the country succeeded in
dominating Congress and the Execu-
tive Departments for several years.
The same is now being attempted by
the agricultural bloc. Let us look at
some Illuminating figures. Accord
ing to the Government, the number
OF employees in agricultural indus
tries amounts to eleven million. The
, number OF employees in manufactur-
ing and mining industries, which in
. clude building, is approximately
, thirteen million. The comparative
/, value OF farm products in 1920 is
? seventeen billion Ave hundred mil
, lion and the value OF manufactured
I products about sixty-three billion
b The value OF manufactured products
, Is nearly four times that Of agricul.
tural products. but the agricultural
: lists are able TO dominate Legislation
!. to the extent OF securing for them
q selves what they want and prevent
q ing legislation which Is necessary no
@ only for the manufacturer but for al
- other citizens. Included in the man
ufacturing values given above are o
II course the pyramid costs of raw
Q material for the reason that wha
n constitutes one manufacturing com
= pany's finished product is anothe
, company's raw material. II is inter
! esting to note that the value addel
by manufacturing amounts TO NOR
10 than twenty-five billion dollars. HoV
y long will the agricultural minorit
! succeed in playing dog In the mango
~ to the exclusion OF the manufactur
- ing and financial interests of tn
" country and the interests Of ever
n man. woman and child outside o
i the farms?
Many have suggested the creatio
D., OF an industrial bloc. The very frs
reaction, OF course, 10 such a suc
T, gestion, even by the manufacturer. !
- that all blocs are unwise and unpa