Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-07
! sjWHERES' y THE' s People CONE IN
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lnasu II Don and strk-
ina lAd snokes for the
s seas Tie Tia be admirably
sdfneH up AN sides inthis epigTamnatE and emphatic
way:
"You who are here today represent large sponsor
ship for Americas supply of fuel In thatsponsorshlp
you have ndissouble relationship to the common
wealth of America. Coal is indispensable to our life
people and since this country has afforded you that
opportunity of development part both as work
and operators, have created In turn an onll-
and your obligations another in wise modify
your obligations to that public which MADE posslole
your ,
who ultimately pay the tremendous cost of economic
loss have little about the controversies that I'M
pose these upon them 1t therefore good that the
great American public has spokesman in this case 1t
gives in matter that is OF vital concern to
Them gives the people hearing in their own business
Coal natural Upon it depends lte COM
and happiness: It is in very large sense common
heritage and for all of us to permit few OF us to manpu
late such way to mper all of us Is absurd and
indefensible
Manv people believe the coal mines should be nation
allied principally for the that they think by that
means these frequent dsocatons and Interruptions could
thew saw our coal supply would be constant and certain
This method is not approved by the great oody OF e
cpe of private initiative upon which all much
depends The coal beneath the surface ney say Is no
more natural than the fertility OF the surface
soil. If coal mines are natlonazed the ogcal Sc
aueace would nationaze the farms as we'll as the
mines and this would lead straight to communism the
hirty-second degree OF socialism ;,
Suppose, the sake of the present argument, the
farm he
duce the required prevent starvatlon does any
odv imagine the public would sit supnely by and permit
fhe farms unted Would such conspiracy against
the very life of whole nation be tolerated! Hardly. ne
articuate masses would assert themselves we may DE
~ fh4y would have voice in the matter lit simply comes
m his that the rights Of all the people paramount to
{l,e tights of any portion class of the people. .
rhps il was that President Harding called togetner
4 Two sides the coal controversy He acting as clear
m for the public good and III with public as
lraons as he did convening the disarmament confer
ence Economic conflicts lnhuman and destruc-
~ and military conflicts and they appear to be
ABOUT difficult avoid and to settle But we have made
start he one while the world applauds. 1t is hlgn
time we're beginning in The and better way In the
o er Failing that says the president, the servants
m the bic will allied task in the name OF Amer
cap s,ley and for the good Of all the people,.
Posheslsi Russia is determined to wreck all recon-
,tlstion programs. He1 delegates now come into the
Hague conference with demand that the first thing con-
dered ,nust be- credits Russia, whereas it agreed
hand that u should lie last considered. Clearly
Russia must stand stumbling block before all peace
ana progress long her leaders repudate the doc
ne 0l property aud pggaso ownership hey will beeunabe
1a g9atf loaus other nations. None is going to
an 6nc flie equa nt expression of values, where
ouch vales ere lenie5 4antestly Russia plan work
ek 81 ease tle whole world is brought II the condi-
hQn and Tie reputation Of the accepted
8@as of prOtclN Ighs. Anarchy ard communism so
I Aau the lf9upltE l A the ether nations that, wheth-
vpgd nqt, lley Will be compelled to permit
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