The Washington times., 1922-09-07

RadicaIIsmRight Kind.
Nawanna and suen Tong.
No Big General Strike.
A Sub-coriIla.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE

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by ARTHUR BRISBANE
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"The combination Of finance
and big business is making more
radicalism. Samuel Gompers.
True as gospel, and making
radicalism is ONE Of the most
useful things they do. What
this and every country needs
10 more radicalism, Of the right,
progressive, intelligent kind.
4 Finance and big business
Aeombined" do other things, also.
They build industry on a gigan-
tic scale of economical produc-
ton. That will be useful to
everyone, in the future, when
everyone gets his fair share.
That will come some day.
Big business and finance
prove every day that competi-
ton is unnecessary and waste
full, thus proving that public
ownership Is practical. Their
huge profits make It possible
to develop talent with great re-
wards. So the world goes
ahead more rapidly than it used
to 60.
Big business and finance
build colleges, hospitals, fight
disease through scientific foun-
dations--things the people don't
yet know enough to do for
themselves with their own ma
!. tional resources.
But the BEST thing big
business and finance do is to
"create more radicalism."
The American public is not
easy to teach. IL has even got
used to taxation without rep
resentation-monopolies laying
the taxes. But give big busi-
ness and finance time and the
people will be educated at last.
II may take a century or two.
But Kepler said, when he am
nounced the laws governing the
movements Of the planets, that
If God could wait six thousand
years for the laws to be re-
vealed, he (Kepler) could wait
patiently for posterity to ac-
knowledge his work. And we
can wait, especially as the earth
and men are to last 100 mil
lion years more, according to
science, and we may come back
here.
Restlessness is everywhere.
Miss Muriel Mccormick, who
calls herself Nawanna Micor,
has moved into an attic studio,
three flights up, in Chicago,
with no elevator. Having John
ID. Rockefeller for grandfather,
she could afford an elevator.
But she wants to be independ-
ent and make her career as
grand opera singer with no help.
Leaving her, with a respectful
bow, you pass on to Peking and
make your salaams before the
boy emperor, Suen Tong, also
aged eighteen. The Chinese Re-
public has annihilated his job,
but allows him four million dol
lars year, fine palaces, a "com-
pany of wives" his own grand
father for companion, and the
supervise mandarin, Tcheng
Paocheng for tutor.
Suen Tong, not satisfied,
wants to cut off his queue,
travel in motors, railroad trains,
and airplanes-no Chinese en-
peror ever tried any of the
three. And he wants to travel.
Tcheng Paocheng says he will
kill himself IL the Son Of
Heaven carries out his plan.
Suen Tong and Nawanna Micor
(McCormick) should be brought
together and arrange to ex-
change places for a while
Suen Tong in the Chicago attic,
Nawanna in the .Peking palace.
Both would be interested for a
while and both would be cured,
temporarily.
No general strike in reply
Co the injunction to control
shopmen is probable. It would
be general strike against the
general public, not against the
railroads or courts. Such
strike would suit the railroads,
for it could end in only one
way. Intelligent workmen know
that.
If the men believe they are
ill-treated, let them show 1t at
the election, only eight weeks
off. II you have the general
public with you, you can do
anything with the ballot. II
you have NOT public opinion
with you, there is NOTHING
YOU CAN DO. A general
strike, If successful, would mean
a hard winter for all, EXCEPT
those at whom it aimed. IL
would NOT be successful, and
failure would add to the weak
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