Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 85, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1924 — Page 8

LABOR CABINET FOSTERS CAUSE OF BIGJONEY Action of MacDonald Regime Brings England Near Socialism, By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, Former Premier of England. (Copyright, 1924, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) EONDON, Aug. 16. —(By Cable) —ls foreign countries are watching Great Britain this year to see how a Socialist experiment works in a great empire, then they have looked in vain. The Socialist experiment has not yet begun. Britain has experienced seven months’ rule of a Socialist govern ment, but not a day, yet, of Socialism. To apprehend the practical difference between the two experiences one has only to re peruse. Snowden’s famous resolution in the last parliament, authoritatively defining in clear terms, the policy of his party and to compare it with what has actually happened after the propounders of that policy have been in ofTice. It is worth while reproducing that motion In full. "That in view of the failure of the capitalistic system to adequately utilize and organize natural resources and productice power, or to provide a necessary standard of life for vast numbers of the population, and believing that the cause of this failure lies In the private ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, this House declares that legislative effort should be directed to gradual supercession of the capitalist system Dy an Industrial and social order based on public ownership and the Democratic control of the Instruments of production and distribution.” Receives Party Support This was moved a year ago. It then received the official support of the whole Socialist party. Ramsay MacDonald wound up the debate upon it in a strong and unequivocal speech. Ramsay MacDonald has now been prime minister for seven months. Snowden has, for that period, been chancellor of the exchequer. The party which, voted so solidly for that Socialistic pronouncement has been in office for the term of an ordinary Parliamentary session. How fares it with the “capitalistic system,” which was denounced, as the root of all evils? No gardener has ever shown more tender care for any root than the Socialist government has for capital ism. Every effort to injure it has been strongly avoided. There has not been much done to strengthen or foster capital, but that failure has been so obviously owing to Inefficiency or sheer timidity and not to hatred of the evil thing. Speeches delivered by the Socialist ministers in Parliament and outside at assemblies and deputations of financiers and business men have breathed the very essence of sympathy for property, credit and ir.dividual enterprise. Everything has been done to put the bourgeoisie comfortably -o sleep.

Liberals Use Pressure Under Liberal pressure, they consented at last to the use of State credit to enable householders to purchase their own houses at a reasonable price. What more assured method Is there of spreading- the roots of that pernicious capitalistic system than to create thousands of new capitalists throughout the land? They had one lapse. For this their leaders were not to blame. On a Friday afternoon, they voted for a private bill, the object of which was to syndicalize the mines of this Island. They could not help it. The bill was not introduced by the government. It was not moved in government time. But having been put, introduced, and pressed to second reading by its promoters, the Socialist ministers were forced to support it. They did it so reluctantly that it was clear they did not enjoy the process. If the Liberal leader pulls the trigger, this government is dead. And it knows it. That is one reason why the Socialist prime minister hates the Liberals with a savage ill will that he cannot conceal. His supporters are in the minority in the House of Commons. Without the Liberal vote, his government could not live one parliamentary day. Hence this temporary abandonment of the wild ways of Socialism and this quiet walk in the older and safer paths of liberalism. Experiment Not Started The Socialistic experiment has not yet commenced. When will it begin? This depends upon the extent to which the Nation is deceived by the present show of moderation and also upon the success which the government achieves in its present role. It cannot be more than a temporary expedient to get through an awkward pass. It would be a slander on the integrity nad honor of the Socialist leaders to assume that all their thirty years’ virulence against capital an dprlvate property was a pretense to win the favor of the violent and that they meant nothing of It. But the moment the Socialist leaders think the delusion of the country is complete, if at that time thf government has scored a political success, either in home or foreign affairs, they will dissolve this Parliament. In the hope of securing another more to their purpose. If the next gives them a Socialist majority, then we shall see for the first time what Socialism means in action. When impatient Socialists —and there are many and they are growing in number—press the government now to carry out their real program and to redeem their electoral pledges, the Prime Minister can always plead the Parliamentary situation in defense of his caution. He simply tells them to wait until he is ready. “Do you want an election now or later on, afte* we have established ourselves?” That interrogatory always quells the dis nffected. But if he returns from the xt general election with a ma

Hoosier Briefs r ' ’IRANCIS A. HARROLD of Ih I Marion, who may be the i * J “perfect husband,” is suing his wife -for divorce, because she scolds him. In his suit, Harrold says he doesn’t smoke drink, stay out late at* night or spend his money foolishly. Greenfield boys are all puffed up. The whole town turned out to see their circus parade. Bill Hamilton, as drum major, was a feature. * Ninety-five children attacked dogs at Logansport. It was a weiner roast on a playground. TWO - AND- A-HALF-TON truck owned by the Rush u— County Mills and driven by Edward Young, struck a hog near Blue Ridge, near Rushville, skidded anu crashed into a house owned by McClellan Mann. One side of the house was wrecked. Thief who visited the chicken house of Elwood Christian at Sharpsville, lost his visible means of support. Christian found a belt on the fence. He knows the owner, too, he says. Madonna, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Knotts of near Windfall, is suffering from a badly burned mouth as result of eating lye. A physician saved the child’s life. OARRY" BROOKS, motor policeman at Winchester, believes In guardian angels. He lost control of his motorcycle while going seventy-seven miles an hour in pursuit of a speeder. He escaped with broken ribs. Bad new from Seymour. Cold nights have about ruined the famous canteloupe crop in Jackson county. Miss Lois Teal entertained the K. K. K.'s at Arcadia, better known as the Kil Kare Klub.

jorlty of his own, he can no Iqnger set up that plea for inaction. Whether he wished it or not, he would be forced to introduce Socialist measures. Britain would then, for the first time, be faced with five years of real Socialism. Socialism May Come I wonder how many there are who realize how near we may be to that state of things. A small percentage of change lr. the present electorate will have that inevitable result. At the last election, the Socialists fell short of first place by less than 1,500,000 votes, that Is, 7 per cent of the electorate. Over 4,000,001) voters did not go to the polls at all at that election. Colossal efforts are being made by Labor agencies to secure the support of the apathetic next time. A few votes captured from amongst the Liberal and Conservative working men and their wives, added to 30 per cent of the unpolled, would give Socialism a sweeping victory at the next election. Then the mask of sweet reason and moderation will be torn off and there will appear the stern face of the relentless enemy which has pursued private enterprise and individual property for fully a generation and at last tracked It down. Socialism is approaching skillfully, under cover, to a grand attack on the existing order of society. There are honest men In the press helping *h"> rrannever without having the least idea what they are doing.

As to Decisions Judged as a fcorrgeois government, bev a,ve they done? Very unevenly. Some have done quite well, some very badly and some have done both. In judging any government, one must bear in mind that. In general, 9,959 decisions out of 10,000 are taken and given by the permanent civil service. The remaining one Is often recommended by them and j generally is taken after their advice | has been heard. The influence of the j ministers is felt in the spirit in which the law is administered, in the drive given to the administration in the encouragement of new ideas and in the ten-thousandth big thing, which emanates from the brain of the head of the department. In these respects, this government has, so far, not displayed a very notable improvement on Its predecessors. There may be one or two exceptions. In the foreign office, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald Is a change for the % better in comparison with Lord Curzon. He could not possibly be otherwise. There is, after all, only or.e Lord Curzon. Mr. Phillip Snowden has not only done well, but he has shown much personality. The same observation applies to Mr. J. H. Thomas. Mr. Wheatley is still In doubt. He Is an able parliamentarian and one or two of his speeches I have heard have been simply first rate. But his reputation will depend on the success of his housing schemes, and that is still In great doubt. Inherited Victory They complain that they inherited trouble. May be, but they also inherited the means to deal with it. They inherited the results of war but they also inherited victory. They inherited heavy debt, but they also inherited restored national credit and a large financial surplus. They inherited unemployment—they also inherited the most perfect machinery in the world for dealing with it. They inherited trouble in Europe, but they also inherited the advantage which comes from the complete failure of militarism in France and the equally complete fiasco of isolation in America. They came straight in for the defeat of Poincarism. the cooperation of America and the acceptance by al} parties of the Dawes report. So far, the luck has been with them. Their test as a government will come when the luck turns, as it does for every government. As for the Russian treaty their best hope is in its failure. If commissions set up under Its terms come to agreement, the government will be obliged to come to Parliament for the loan of perhaps 50,000,000 pounds of British money, to be spent by the Communist government of Russia. Some of It must be devoted to the purchase of British goods. But a good deal of It must be handed over in hard cash to the Bolshevik government, to be spent—or squandered —by them. That is the difference between a loan and the financing of British purchases under the trades facilities act. I cannot see this Par(lament agreeing to such a transaction.

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The “Nervous Wreck.” an eccentric yoting easterner, is driving' Sally Moorman from her fathers ranch to the railroad station when they run out of gasoline. The occupant* of a passing car refuse to lend them any. and the Wreck takes five gallons at the point of a gun. Later they are held captive at a ranch along the way because Charlie McSween, the foreman wants Sally for a cook. They discover that Mr. Underwood, the wealthy New York owner of the ranch, was in the car which they held tip. and that he ami his boy and girl are to stsy at the ranch for several weeks, The Wreck overhears Underwood notify Sheriff Bob Wells, who is Sally’s fiance, of the robery, and tells Sally. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY S 1- ~”"] ALLY’S day did not brighten until afternoon, when Charley made a suggestion. The Underwoods had ridden back into the hills to see some of the prize cattle; they might not be back until late. If Sally and the Wreck wanted to take a couple of horses and look around a bit they could have their pick of what was left In the corral. Charley thought he could find a riding skirt for her; there were always some outfits for possible guests. The Wreck did not enjoy his ride. He never did, although it would have been useless to expect him to admit it. If only he knew where Charley had hidden the front wheel

of the flivver he could laugh at every horse in Montana. But just now there was a certain method in his grim purpose to stay in the saddle. If things'came to the worst, he and Sally could steal horses, and with that event as a possibility he was behooved to learn something about this painful and primitive method of travel. Sally had just suggested that they turn back, certain that by the time they reached the house the Wreck would have enough for the day, when they encountered the Underwoods—father, son, and daughter. It was her first close glimpse of the family, and she studied them with jnterest, especially Harriet. Charley performed the introduction. The Underwoods did not pay much attention to the Wreck, they were frankly interested fn Sally. Even Jerome Underwood jwas disposed to be gracious, for hjfe was 1 not

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THE OLD HOME TOWN—By STANLEY

unmindful of the dishes that came to his table. It was his first experience with a woman cook at the ranch, and It suited him so well that he had forgotten all the admonitions of his New York specialist.

“LET GO OF ME. I’M ALL RIGHT.” On the homeward ride Underwood and his foreman rode together, talking of the ranch. That left Sally and Chester Underwood paired. Chester found himself in a state of agreeable surprise. He did not know that cooks were young and good to look at, and knew how to sit ir a saddle. He did not know that tnev could laugh and talk and be unaffectedly Interesting at the same time. But he discovered all these things, and he forgot that the ranch bored him. He had quite a gay time of it all the ’ way home. People from the East always. had an interest for Sally; she liked to hear about things to which she knew very little, being pos sessed of a healthy and enthusiastic curiosity. She led him to talk as much as he would, and found him willing.

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Watching from the rear, the Wreck’s brooding turned into a morose channel. Why was it that he couldn't talk to a woman in that | fashion? lie knew that he had none of the graces; he scorned them. But | why were they given to the stripling | sons of rich men? How did it come 1 that he was always clumsy and ill at ease whenever a woman was about? Even Sally Morgan bothered him. ' If she bothered him, why didn't she j bother Chester Underwood? But she j didn't—not a bit. Nor did Chester ! Underwood bother her. But Henry j Williams did; the Wreck knew It. She was on an easy footing of com- j radeship with the newcomer in five ; minutes; it was always the same way with ranch hands, or anybody else. But with himself he felt that she was constantly under a constraint, even though she trie-d to mask it. She never understood him; sometimes she laughed at him; sometimes he was certain that she had a sense of pity for him, a realization that fairly sickened him. What the devil was the matter with him anyhow? And with her? When the ranch house came Into sight, some idiot urged his horse to a g-allop. The Wreck assumed that it was Chester, but he could not be sure. He was too Lusy. The Wreck’s gray galloped aiso; he had a brainless way of imitating other horses. Everybody galloped. The Wreck survived the gallop by some astonishing trick of fortune, but he did not survive the sudden stop at the gate of the corral He went right on for a little distance, reaching,, the ground on all fours. As he slowly arose he became tware that Chester was grinning down at him. His hands rolled themselves into fists automatically, and he took a step forward. Then Sally was at his side, gripping him firmly by the arm. ‘‘Let go of me,” he said savagly. “I’m all right.” “Why, of course ycfu are, Henry.” And then, in a whisper: "You comej with me. You're not going to do any fighting today. I'm ashamed of you. Henry Will'ams, you’re worse than a locoed steer. I don't know what I’ll do with you.” CHAPTER XII The Sheriff Arrives Wild, and yet wilder, were the tales that came from the Underwood family concerning the short and simple incident of borrowed gasoline. Even Charley McSween conceded that the west must he reverting to halcyon times. Jerome Underwood stuck to his four bandits with a ’ tenacity wdrthy of the best possible

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imagination. Harriet Underwood, at ; first disposed to be literal and to re- j port only those things which she j saw, remembered that she was clever j enough to slip her rings down her | neck, where they scratched but were j otherwise safe. She had held her I ringless fingers out for the inspec- j tion of the man with the gun, and he growled at her. Chester confirmed the four bandits, because he had wisdom enough to j see that his father might appreciate 1 confirmation. There was a note of j repressed heroism in Chester. Sev- j oral times he had been übout to leap; ; all that restrained him, it appeared, | was a fear that when the shooting j began others than himself might fall 1 as sacrifices in the horrid fustillade. He told ail this to Sally during the ride back to the house, with a gay nonchalance that surprised her. She had an Idea that resourceful lying rarely came before middle age, so that she was driven to believe that Chester was either precocious or prematurely advanced in years. Chester was a large, strongly built youth, doubtless capable of bandits as well as football; but, knowing him fer a liar, she found herself filled with an ungracious undercurrent of doubt concerning the precise status of his nerve. The most surprising development involved Timothy, the Underwood chauffeur. Timothy had begun by being literal. He had been heard to say that there was but one bandit. But he multiplied by six, perhaps inadvertently, perhaps because he drew inspiration from higher sources. At any rate, he did not spoil matters; he magnified. Timothy ate his meals in the kitchen. He was a respectful creature, although he came- from New York. He always said “sir" and “ma’am,” until Sally was in fidgets over his'deferential speech. He had a mild glance that followed her wherever she went, which the Wreck observed, and of course mistook. So he formed a dislike for Timothy, who idid not exactly cringe under his obvious displeasure, but who met it with a patient submission that was worse than defiance. There was no harm in Timothy; he merely lied through force of higher example. But most annoying of all the people at the ranch, so far as the Wreck was concerned, was Chester Underwood. Chester, having discovered Sally on horseback, was rediscovering her in the kitchen. He kept drifting in and out, on pretexts, and sometimes he sat down and watched her as she worked with her sleeves rolled up on brown arms. To Chester the Wreck was merely a person who washed dishes, waited on table, and fell off horses—quitq uninterest-

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ing and not a claimant for notice. The washer of dishes found himself growing surly, without knowing why. The able-bodied heir of Jerome Underwood was not worth bothering about, so long as he stuck to his own business and did not annoy the Wreck. He coujd talk tc SaJly, if he chose, and if Sally chose to talk to him, which it seemed that she did. Sally was growing restive. The labor of cooking for a large household did not dismay her, although it was not exactly recreation. She wanted to be moving again, although the time and the means had not presented themselves. But /10 matter how necessary It might be to remain in hiding, It was also Irksome. Being young, she did not have the patience that comes with years. Anything that broke the routine, however, was welcome, even an Invitation from Chester for a ride over the hills. She went and there were just two In the party. Nobody had invited the Wreck, and as It was not Sally’s party, he could*not fairly expect It. She did not believe that he cared to go, anyhow, for he hated horses. As she and Chester rod° off he stood leaning against the frame of the kitchen door, glowering at them. It would not have been a good time for anybody to offer him pleasantries. He felt unaccountably lonesome ns Sally's horse disappeared over a

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rise. All the way from Pittsburg to the Bar-M he never suffered from lonesomeness, although there were days when he scarcely exchanged a word with anybody. But now It seemed that the world conspired to isolate him and he resented the conspiracy. He had an uncomfortable sense of being deserted as she rode* away. He went back Into the ldtchsn after a while, where Timothy sat In a reading a magazine. There were some dishes that belonged in the pantry, and the WTeck; started thither with them. His foot tripped against a chair leg and two of the dishes slid off the top of the' pile and splintered on the floor. ThaWreck stood scowling at them undll he heard a snicker from the corner. Timothy was grinning with good-natured amusement (Continued in Our Next Issue)

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