The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-11-23

ers still threatening mischief and
with some labor agi-
Urge tators continuing TO
Dat. make disturbing mo-
lions, officials of the
government, wherever they can con-
tact people. are counseling patience
more than they ever have since the
gloom of the depression settled over
us. 1t is undoubtedly true that the
great bulk OF the American people
want to see a proper and final solu-
ton accomplished for the economic
troubles In which the nation. and the
world, too, finds Itself. But 1t does
no good to hide ones head as an os-
trich does and insist that there are no
conflicting interests that are danger
GUS. They exist, and they are virile
and they may cause serious trouble.
Hence. the government policy OF ask
Ing those who want to help to be pa
tient.
As nearly as ! have been able to
arrive at the base of the present crop
of conflicting interests, believe much
of the current trouble results from
lack of understanding OF the basic
problems. 1t seems to be undeniably
true. also, that there are certain indl-
viduals or groups of individuals who
| do not want to understand the sltua'
ton. They want to use the bad con-
ditions to further selfish ends of their
own and they are of the type who will
deliberately and carefully plan to mis-
lead whatsoever they can enlist as fol-
| lowers. Unfortunately, my research
| discloses that there are many follow
Ing such leadership who are doing SO
| blindly.
There seems to be scarcely single
| official of the government but who holds
the view that such leadership will ac-
somplish anything but self-destruction.
| CT majority OF the followers OF those
cure-all doctrines. That sort Of thing
never has accomplished anything In all
| -history. and there seems to be no
ground for believing there will be any
/ QUIET fesuIt tils liHS.
Unfortunately as 1t may be, In our
rush to get back to what we call pros
perity. some groups have become
/ jealous of other groups and interests.
This jealousy has been translated In
to action In numerous instances. |
do not say that jealousy Is the cause
of all of the troubles, but inbred sell
/ f1shness OF one kind or another to-
gether with personal motives Of an ul-
terror character can surely be said to
be the general foundation for all OF
them.
But the natural question Is. why
should the situation be one permitting
existence of such difficulties as the
farm strike and labor troubes7 The
answer seems to me to lie In law
with which none OF us had anything to
do, namely, the age-old law Of supply
| and demand Just as none OF us had
anything to do with framing that law,
none OF us Is going to be able to amend
1t or change 1t. Farm strikes, labor
| blIDhGSy NdpllAl dAit6 "a
money, none OF these things can ac-
complish the purpose. Indeed. the
only way that we can get back tc
something like normal conditions is BY
pulling together. That Is why the
government Is urging everyone to BIZ
patient within reason.
am indebted to. Secretary Wallace
OF the Department of Agriculture, fol
an expression tina
Must Pull seems to fit the pic
To.tL.~ ture better than an,
| have heard. He de
scribed the condition as one requiring
a two-horsc team to pull us forward
BY that phrase. he meant that pro
Queer and laborer must pull together
RI zone of them balks or Is unhitched
the load simply stops. That Is al
there is to 1t.
Let us analyze the necessity TO
pulling together which the government
so strongly urges upon u.s. If all 0
the cobwebs are swept Off Of the pic
ture, 1t seems to me to be fairly clear
and surely there Is no point In becom
ing more confused as TO what the nee
Is or what may be done about 1t 0
why things move slowly.
After some research into the fiel
OF figures, cannot escape the cor
clusIon that there Is an absolute an
positive relationship existing betwee
the money paid to labor and the none
received by the farmers. There L
therefore necessity for the farme
and laboring man keeping In step.
one gets a step ahead, the team Is ne
pulling and conditions grow wors
1t really does not matter whether
Is the labor-horse or the farmer-h0rs
that moves too fast. the result a
through the history of modern econon
les has been precisely the same. ant
thus, too much selfishness on eitht
side causes trouble.
The government has collected sta
istics that provide a most interestin
proof of the statement | made abo,
that there must be absolute tear
work. For example, those figures sho