The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-23

vided against itself must fall" III
something like that. He was talking
about this mutton as such. II could
not live hnlf free and half slave What
IL true of the nation Is true Of state.
und whit is true of stnte is true If
every community In the state. How
can any community live. thrive, per-
init Its people to become prosperous
ond successful and give to each IL
proper reward for efforts expended
when II Is divided against itself-wh, Il
this or that group are fighting and
seeking to destroy some other group?
For number Of years there has
been going to the people Of this land
through newspapers, magazines, PAM
phlets: BY lecturers and speakers,
statements which have for their pur-
pose the dividing Of the hOuse-the
disruption Ut the community and the
final destruction Of the state and ma.
ton. Every local condition affecting
the people has been taken advantage
Of to spread an insidious and danger
GUS foreign dOctrine-the doctrine that
this government Is all wrong. IL not
one In the interest Of the people; that
our form Of business is unfair and un.
just and that the business man, NO
matter In what line engaged, is taking
something that does not belong to him,
something he does not earn.
The language used, the system en-.
plOyed, are designed to reach every
community in the nation. In the farm
ing sections the whole trend Of the
misinfOrmatiOn supplied Is that the
farmer Ii being made the goat" for
the nation. In the Industrial centers
the misinformatlOn Is supplied that
the wage-earner Ii being made the
goat" for the whole nation. In GER
tain other sections the information
supplied Is that the country merchant
or business man is being made the
goat" for the nation, and back Of all
and through all. runs the general idea
that there Is u thing called the cap
italist" class, presumable just
few people. who have the stranglehold
on the nation and all the people, and
that the sole desire Of this class ID to
ruin every one else.
This Is not an American idea II u
not IN, American doctrine (; 1t IL not a.
American theory-and 1t 10 false. "A
house divided against itself must fall"
The people Of the United States, II d..
vided against themselves, must fall,
and In the falling all are going to be
hurt alike. The so-called Capitalist
class" 10 not Just 4 few people who
have secured large fortunes. The cap
ital 0f this natiOn-ths money that
does the work. that through bonds or
loans goes into the great industries, In
to transportation. into road building,
Into irrigation work, into the c0nstruc-
ton Of large buildings and homes, into
farm improvements, comes from the
men and women Of the nation who,
through thrift and ability, have earned
more than they had occasion to imme.
diately use, and 80 the one has Joined
his few dollars with the others
through these funds being deposited In
savings banks, or In premiums paid
the large life insurance companies, and
these savings banks and insurance
companies In turn put this capital" 10
work.
When the people Of any community
fall to work In harmony for the good
Of that community and every one In
that community, they are dividing the
house-it will fall In the end. No az.
hcultural community, for instance,
could survive without the various lines
Of business needed to advance 1.-THE
merchant, the mill, the elevator, the
bank, the lumber dealer. the utility, the
barber and the professional men. To
gsther they 20 to make the prosperous
whole. The people Of a town Of neces-
sity must be working hand In hand
with the people Of the surrounding
country. No man Intentionally de-
stroys himself. To do anything to harm
even one man In the surrounding coun.
try would be disastrous to all.
This idea that there are certain
classes-the farming class, the wage.
earning class, the banking class, the
merchants class, and many others, Ia
false-It In founded on false premise.
1t Is not true. The farmer, for In.
stance. wOrks-therefOre he IL mem
BIER Of the working class. He owns a
little bank stock, therefore he belongs
to the banking class. He hns little
financial interest In n store, an ele-
vntOr. or lumber yard, therefore he
belongs to the business class. Isn't his
occupation as farmer tied up with
his interest ns man who works, who
has banking nnd other interests? How
can one liz separated from the other?
Indeed, whence came this class Idea
1t IN not Of American birth. 1t In NO
distinctly un.Americnn, 10 repugnant
to American ideals, that we want moth.
Ing Of II.
II was brought here by foreigners