The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-16

"A
BY false pretenses and strenuous lying.
The Newspaper Union. except The
Federated Press, is part Of and attor-
ney for, the Interests. and its purpose
is u mould public sentiment il favor
of the Interests, whether right Or wrong
generally wrong. Il i 10 schoolcd to
shady methods and barbarian that il
is utterly impossible for il 70 Be really
shocked at any atrocity. yet it can act
the part to perfection when il serves
its purpose. AS the accepted attorney
and mouth piece for the Entente, it sol
emily declared the Entente stood for
the sacred and vital principles Of hui
mainly, for Democracy, for seIf-deter-
mination BY the majority in govern
ment, for abolition Of militarism. and
for world peace without annexations
and indemnities. Postwar experience
has proved that declaration false as
gehennal For about fifteen months af-
ter our declaration of war. criminal
Imobs were the order Of the day. All
most daily these criminals, supported
and encouraged BY the government and
press as patriots, assaulted citizens in
violation Of decency. law and order.
Finally Mr.. Wilson sat down on those
criminals because enemies and neutrals
were adducing those facts as evidence
that our boosted virtues and honor were
purely imaginary. 1t had much to say
about scraps Of paper and the sa-
credness of contracts and that there
was no war against German citizens,
yet we made at one fell swoop about
l25,000 scraps Of paper" Of patents
land copyrights, sacred CD covenants
with German citizens. About $500 of
those property rights were sold to The
chemical Foundation at about cent
on the dollar. Nothing is sacred to the
Ibarons who operate governments ex-
|cept their own base purposes. They
lhave confiscated the land and its re-
Isources, the common heritage of all
mankind, and are levying tribute from
1.-THE lawful heirs Of Nature. Nature is
Enow revolving.
| When official life becomes virtuous
land our government becomes respecta-
|ble and respected. we shall naturally
lhave l009o Americanism. The govern
ment that fails to exalt and honor labor
Its only source Of business and enter
Ipriseas the chief factor of social pro-
Igress, is neither respectable nor respect
led. That is the trouble with our gov
eminent to-day, the sole cause Of social
unrest.
Human energy of brain and Drawn
Labor-is the only source, creator and
standard for commercial products. Pro-
duction, service, or labor cost, is the
only cost of property or commercial
products. Farm Unions have demand
ed production or labor cost for service
rendered Man is merely an animal Of
high degree, human engine or dy-
namo, whose service or labor value is
easily defined. We have steam en-
gines Of many grades and widely vary
ing capacities for labor or service, dy-
namoes, men and milk COWS whose ca
pacities for labor and service are infin-
! lite in variety. We correctly define the
labor or service status of ANY engine
by what it does. its products or units
: of energy as defined by products. A
milk cows potential energy, labor OF
production, is correctly defined by I'm.
its of butter fat and milk. That stan
. ldard will correctly definne the exact
!. labor status of any cow. We have
! many classes of horses and mules era.
E Eded by their capacity to apply usefu
! energies just exactly as we grade steam
t engines, dynamoes, milk cows anc
mules. Men can be classified and grad.
. led in the some manner. When yor
n buy a steam engine you are buying
! mechanical energy Of defined grade;
I when you hire men you are buying po-
E tential human energies of many grade.
), that must be classified before indus
|, try. labor. can occupy the exalted pc
n sitiOn Nature intended.