The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-24
BY BEN BUCKLEY

| | have never seen the facts of edu
cation brought out so clearly as they
were today by the youth of Montana
By listening to a youth talk one could
tell just how far his education In
facts had developed since his school,
days. 1t showed very clearly the
trend of thoughts that he had been
taught to follow by our school system
This class of youth was lost in the
in the dark for something beyond
their reach, standing on false ideas
and worshipping false idols, dreaming
beautiful dreams of the future that are
unobtainable under our present sys-
tenn. Our present school system has
instilled into the minds of our youth
that hard work, loyalty to the indus
tries and lot of faith in their ability
to do things either with their hands
or brains and they will reach the peak
of success in monetary way OF
course it is cruel and unjust to teach
children untruths that their very life
depends upon. 1t is an unfair advan-
| tage to take of them just in order to
prolong a system that has decayed
and is ready to fall apart To teach
unsound economies is vicious at any
| time.
There was group of youths from
Great Falls and the northern part of
the state that saved the day and the
reputation of the youth of Montana
with their sound knowledge of the
hard facts of economies as they ac-
tually are. They gave to me and
many others an unexpected thrill and
realization that perhaps with that
kind of timber in the making the
battle for the rights of mankind would
be worth while continuing. | noticed
that the unenlightened youth talked
in terms of individualism of his per-
sonal chances to succeed in life if he
were properly trained, never realizing
that there might be thousands of
others to compete with for that one
job When it comes to the question
OF placing these youths in future jobs
then certainly the people as whole
of this country must be taken into
consideration. Work is a minor fac
tor without consumption. There is
little sense in producing commodity |
unless someone has the means to con-
sumo it. And it seems that is one
thing that we as a nation of workers |
are forbidden to do. Industries under |
the profit system will never be able |
(even if they wanted to, which they |
don't) to employ all the workers at |
any scale of wages, let alone on a |
standard of decency and health. 1t |
has never been done in the history of |
the world, even when man produced
with hand tools, and now we are in
the machine age where one machine
does the work of hundreds of work.
ers. Every industrial plant employs |
machines, not men. Even your white
collar office workers are put back on
% the street in favor of mechanical
levices that are more accurate and
'aster than the human being. The
line no doubt will come when the
machine will suppiant man in all lines
If work. Will the people then de-
nand the profits of the machines or
shall we still compete for the half
| dozen jobs as boss of the machines?
The meeting of youth at the Capitol
building today was a fine thing. Every ,,
me got their ideas into circulation
ind | am sure that there were some /.
If the youths that came there that 7.
eft with new thoughts in their heads :
hat they had never known existed .
before. About six years ago there
vas a graph compiled showing how !
he business of this country, most of
he land and the natural resources
re owned and controlled by the Chase
National Bank of New York inter- d
ocked with the money powers of i'm I
'erialist Europe. A few men at the l
lead of this powerful monopoly have
more power than congress could ever
ope for in their widest dreams With
scratch of the pen they can call
money panic. They control the
tandard of living of the people. They
ell the people when they can work
nd how much they shall receive, and
that they shall be taught in our
chools. Of course system that has
S warehouses bullying with food stuff