The Nevada County picayune., 1923-04-12

alone. They have long since demon strated their utter inability to deal with it. The solution of this Capital Labor problem lies in the hands of the
 general public-the folks who are never consulted when a strike is in contemplation, and the folks who suf- l fer most when it occurs. Until the public is aroused to it's responsibility in this matter it will continue as it has for genera tion- getting the worst of 1 it all the way.
 We, of North Arkansas, feel that i instead of being classed with ''mur- der mob we have set precedent in the ability of the public to handle a situation when forced to do so. We feel that it is unthinkable and un- American that the public must con tinue to be brow beaten. insulted. and exploited by the very forces which live by it's tolerance, and are maintained by its support. Our methods may be crude, and may not meet general ap proval as being, according to Black stone" but order came out of chaos. and quiet out of destruction, and that within less than weeks time The same spirit and the same folks who stopped the striker will also stop the operator should the danger of another strike arise in this territory If in the history of our country there is a parallel to the conduct of the citizens of North Arkansas it was shown in the famous Boston Tea Party" of colonial days
 You have probably noticed that the Supreme Court of the T.. S. has de- cded that all the decisions of the La Dor Board are dependent upon public sentiment for their realization. To the uninuiated this looks like con cession on the part of our government that it is so controlled already by Capital and Labor that it is unable to force reasonable settlement of their disputes and that the people in their local community must take it upon themselves to make such decisions come to pass This is exactly what the folks of this region have done, and il will mot be surprising if this doesn't happen in many other communities just as if has happened here. For that decision merely passes the buck up to the people to take care of them selves in an industrial emergency. If the machinery of their local courts fail-as they have here for two years then they are ruined and driven out by economic necessity if they do not act together in self defense. l know this sounds like defending mob law, but it is far from that It is an argu- ment for the general public in being sufficiently aroused that they act to gether-and that they act to see that the laws are enforced and lawbreakers punished, rather than that they take law enforcement into their own hands
 want to close by saying that as Christian man, I realize that the ulti- mate solution to this whole problem lies not in laws, courts, mobs, organ izations or pi nishments. The unselfish spirit of Jesus Christ in the hearts of men, regardless of their relations in industry, is the only thing that can bring harmony and happiness out of this. the devils own muddle. Men must seriously regard their obligations to one another, rather than insist on their rights of one another. The whole church down on it's knees before God ga rnestly begging for forgiveness for it's selfisness and indifference and i'm ploring for worldwide PentacOst-a genuine revival of religion pure and undefiled. is now. always has been. and ever will be the hope of the human race. As for myself. am making that appeal at the throne of grace every