Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-07-17
NUMBERING OF
WORK men Is
GREAT MENACE
Secretary Roosevelt Decries
Killings at Herrin, ILL.,
Nation Confronted
By Peril.

Justice must be done in the cases
of those responsible for the recent
massacre of coal miners at Herrin,
H., regardless of affiliations If
the United States is to continue as
a nation, Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt of the Navy Department de-
clared yesterday in an address to
the Elks' national convention. "A
blot, such as that at Herrin," he
asserted, "can be wiped out in only
one way-by process of law"
I'VE are in the midst of trouble
some times" Mr.. Roosevelt said,
land there are more ahead. There
are happenings day after day which
illustrate exactly what I mean.
There are doctrines abroad in the
land, which if not controverted and
overcome, may lead to the fall of
this great country as countries OF
the past have fallen.
but a few short weeks ago, in
Southern Illinois, as atrocious a
uluoSdCIC OCCullCu dS 10 III
our annals. Men were killed, not
clearly killed, but brutally killed,
and up to the time in which l speak
there is no shadow of a conviction
Of the murderers in sight. l know
not who was to blame, whether en-
ployer or employee, perhaps both,
but if our country is to stand we
must mete out justice in this case
regardless of the affiliations. Be-
fore the law a man with a million
and the man with a dollar stand
the same. The offender of great
wealth must be brought to task for
his iniquities and the offender of
small means must be brought to task
also.
Nations Bulwarks Threatened.
Destroy law and the country re-
verts to barbarism overnight. De-
stroy law and we will be back in the
days of slavery, rapine and pillage
when the strong Cypress the weak,
when interest triumphs over honor.
Our government is arranged in such
fashion that it provides a method
whereby we who compose it can
change it. Our laws can be changed
in like hammer There is, therefore,
no excuse for breaking laws. Never
theless we seem to be increasingly
lawless; we seem bent on destroying
the structure we have builded.
'Illinois is but an instance,
though a CHASTITY one, of our reck-
less disregard for our OWL laws,
made by ourselves. If we love our
country; if we believe in civilization,
it is our solemn duty now, as never
before, to throw our weight behind
the law and the law-enforcing bod
les.
"Grave as this tendency toward
law-breaking is, it is but one OF
the dangerous tendencies of the pres
ent. There is a doctrine abroad in
the land which is just as destructive.
This doctrine is that our function in
life is to get by with as little work
as possible. Where would we be
now if our ancestors had refused to
work over and beyond a time suf-
ficiently 10 give them the bare ne
cessities of life? We would be liv-
ing in huts and novels and p~rancing
about dressed in animal skins.
''In order to meet this situation
we must reorganize, in many re-
spects, our theory of business. We
must endeayor to adjust it to the
needs of this problem. We must
work toward the condition Of affairs
whereby we may correctly allude to
those engaged in industry rather
than to employer and employee We
must endeavor to create conditions
where in the self evident interest
of all is the success of the business
in which they are engaged. We
must work out, wherever possible,
some type of partnership relation
ship. This may be by p~rofitsharing,
or some form of group work or
something of like nature"
The fifty-eighth reunion of the
Elks ended with the installation of
newly elected officers and the usual
spectacular parade late yesterday
afternoon.
Delegates from more than LOCO
lodges, scores of bands, patrols and
Hello Bills in colorful costumes,
took part in the pageant. A num-
Der of members of Congress, who are
also members of the antlered herd
marched, among them Uncle joe
Cannon.