, 1922-03-09
TOWNLEYIsM VERSUS
REHABILITATION

That the teaching Of radicalism Is
a none making profession no one
can successfully deny. Wherever
you find a teacher Of radical doc
trines q big fat salary will be found
behind him.
Schools are conducted In several
cities of the United States for the OK
"lustvN purpose of training men and
lifting them for the work necessary
to be performed, that the people may
he educated to the belief that the
none system is all wrong; that
business men, bankers. corporations,
and in fact every industry where the
taking Of profit is involved, are
milking" the farmer and laborer Of
the product Of his toll. Much is
heard of the ravages Of the middle
men. the ex~tortionate rates of the
railroads and the piracy Of the money
interests. The radical spellbinder is
in his glory over the economic con-
ditions prevailing in the world today.
1t gives him a multitude Of things to
talk about, and he invariably tries to
leave the impression in the minds of
his audiences that he is the only n
who has ever had the courage to de-
nounce big Biz, when in reality he
has said nothing that has not been
said through the columns Of the daily
papers, the magazines and by public
<Soakers in almost every walk of
fFHe. Everyone seeks a remedy for
Conditions as they exist, but a On
fusion Of ideas and differences OF
opinions lead to a complex situation
and instead Of being a help to the
solution Of our problems is merely a
hindrance to men who have the
ability to present a workable remedy.
Left alone. our legislators would find
a way to relieve the conditions pre-
vailing in our country. but they are
constantly besieged with petitions
and abstract suggestions and more
than half of their time is taken up
listening to some wild scheme to
benefit a particular locality or with
explanations OF special class" leg
islation.
America could we'll follow the ex-
ample OF the Jugo-Slav. Jugo-
Slavia was the wors wartorn nation
in Europe. Read what is said of its
reconstruction:
mo land suffered more in the last
decade than did that which is now
embraced in the kingdom of Serbs,
Croats, Slovenes. The great war
completed the devastation which the
Balkans wars OF 1923 began, and
when peace came at last in 1918, the
Serbs had not cultivated their land
for three years, and the armies of
Germany, Austria and Bulgaria had
swept away their livestock. The
Croats and Slovenes, OF territories
which once were Austrian, were hard
ly better off.
But now, after three years OF
peace. the kingdom Is actually export
ing livestock, butter, cheese and eggs
in enormous quantities. Last Fall
the Greeks bought 10000 horses
there. Today butter is II cents a
FOUND, cheese 10 cents. and eggs are
&ecents a dozen. A sucking pig
COSTS less than a chicken in an Amer
sican market. A pound loaf Of bread
l Is 3 cents.
America can claim a large part
OF the credit for this astonishing re-
Mobilization. inasmuch as many
thousands of South Slavs from this
| country have returned to the new
/ kingdom to play a large part in its
development. But the progress of
the kingdom is due essentially to the
industry and thrift Of her men and
women.
There has been no Bolshevism
there. no inclination towards politi-
cal and economic experiment. II the
rest Of Europe eve gets to work in
this way, its advance will be worth
watching" II