South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 47, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 16 February 1920 — Page 4
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THE "MIDDLE CLASS UNION." A lifw institution ii:.- h mi st.irtl jn Hrooklyn, N. Y.. u-Jiirh is at 1 ist provor ü ti o of thought. It th- "Mi.M.V-ClasH Tnion of Nw Y-rk St.-il'-." formally incori oratf d ;ir.l aiming t "nuinc c-lasa tyrariny inipo.--itlo." Thus con rc t- form is Kivfn io a protr.'t which has liith-rti hm vaunic .md i'ifihrrr nt, hut n(n? ihr- ls.v ra! and u-i.lr.-proad. W arc in tho li. it.it f Vayinc: that w havr no 'rnill!f r-l.is-;" in thi; ountrv. any inoro than vo 1 avr a "proletariat." Still, the word stands for a rrality. ar.fl every hody knows- wliat it ni.-ans. It : f-rs to the p;rrat hody of American; hf tu en the v.Jtiiy clti"!:s and tlie manual workers. It includes the profr.-ior.al and rl rical p(julation, and the penr-ral mass t f jieoole who are, on tho whole, hrttcr clucat d and accustomed to a somr v. hat higher standard of livirc: th.nn wiprr-earii-is. Middle-cla.-.s jt'ople are usually "salaried" people. They arr such persons as are likely to lv d -s'-ribM "typicnl A nn rinr.." i'crmcrly this class was considered pretty well oi"f. having nrithep riches nor i ovtrty, hut a fair share- of the liecessarkv, comforts and finer enjov-ToTU-s of Ilfp. Iittcrly, thoy hae fallen into misfortune. In this economic- upheaval rrs-ultin from the war. they have ot the worst of It. The socal'.rd "lower classes' are today, in many respects, hetter off. Manual toilers are ahle to command, in millions of cases, far hefter pay than hrain workers. Kducatlon counts for less hi the struggle foi existence. Tlie Tnen heloTT are ahle to Command more for their fervicts- because they are well organized Thf? n cti nloe, the capitalists and captains of Industry, lil'cwlre command more, because they, too. are wf !1 or "ranifl. The Kreat middle clas-s has h.ad to takc what wis left because it was tmorani :m1. So the New York midd le-classerrf propose t(, remedy thie. by the Kimple process of ort'anizinn and ftandini; up for their rights. Th(re is ccrt.ilnly example enouch for their action just now. with 1. HOC. 000 trade -unionists s ttiin; about t obtain representation in conn and write th laws for tliemsel ves, find various other :-oeial and econorrii groups li!;ewi. pium;in into the campaign. Why, indeed, should tlv middle clas not nu.ke itself a frditical factor, too? Most of our presidents, by tlie way, ha e been middle class men. So have most of our law-makers, but liein elected to f!h these men have had a tendency to foruet or itrnore their las: very likely just because it was politically inarticulate. It would surely make a different in middle class welfare if this el.is attained such organization as the union workm.n have already.
FORGIVE EUROPE HER DEBTS) The Knox-Hornh-W atson hill ovt r the "hard and cruel" treaty .f I'.iris, fretful over th remunerations therein irovided for, to b. extracted from the fltrmans. Is do'elo;:n eijaenee in Krane ;ml Hnland, it inw ap;". ars. The Kuropean allies serni to have taken the ue that dtie to this apparent American feel inc. that (lermany may not. be able- to mi et the indemnities set by the, p. ace treaty, perhaps we i.ui b onvinced that as a natural cor.srque-ace of Cerman's poverty the allied will not he abb t. wpay the money lent them
y us.
It is i ropos .i. tlu rcfore. that we
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tlie rescue of Gerniiny. I'nderinic certain of the payments to be mde by Iit. unnecessary; this by fori.im: the debts dur us from the allies The problem is the su.'je, t of a c hapter in a book j ,:st now to the fore iti I 'norland, by Maynard Keynes, on "The Kconomic 'onseijuenc-.- of th 1'cacf," in whuh lie tlaims support air.or.:-,' thinkers of all cla?. ;ibr;'.d, ar-'uip.u that "T),.e rc":perat:or. of i::ip"enshed l'urope dep nd. upon the drastic r-duction f the Herrn. .n indrpanity ami t!.e cancellation of all the debts incurred by the allied . o rn m r.t -atnon' then. Ives to ctrry on the war." The abroirat ;,;n of these debts w.vild cost the Knitcd State. approximately i 1",.. e .00c. (r nearly ?1'. 0 for - fry man. voitian and child in the country. Thl- meiud s i-rily irovemment Ie.ii.s. icnorir.p nicr.ry borrowed in the open market by Icrein as-r"nt- before we -ntered the war. (ire-it Uritain :s our dtbwr for nearly half of this um. and l'r.n.i.i for more :li:i ne-quarti r c it. Mcsl of the pao;;ty lurroved by Kr.Iar.d here was handed on to eth.r linaxuitl'y wtal; n.ttin. together with as tauch mere of her own iund.. Thui England and the t'nite i S'ates stan 1 to lose between tlicm r.t-jriy i JO.'. eO.Oc'.ot'O if such a prou et is carried cut. Th' re can b ' m i;',y-;:i'n but th.at :!k existence cf thee d bts ;r. ( Amrua a f.ivcred poitiop. in the race for world trade. p's;t;..,:i whali. conjilrir.; Kurepe's batter, d con. litlor:. is ry I i k . -1 y to Lc retarded as doubly unfair. liat to ton -o the
collection of uch va.st Hum.. advanced In perfect rood faith. Is alo akinc 3 srrat dfil. and mlcht rca.r.ab!y be ron-sideretl unfair as well. It vouM be hard to persuade most Americans at tlie presnt time that, as Mr. Keynes ku chests: "It would be an act of generosity for which IJurop,- can fairly ask. provided Europ Is making an honorable attempt In other directions not to continue war, economic or otherwise, but to ach lev the e conomic recenstitution'of the whole continent." Which sounds Just a little sophistical, or if not sor hbtienl. then in view of tlie, American attitude toward th' peace treaty, as that attitude Is maintained by th" majority of the I'nitd States senate little bettrr than sarcasm. Pres't Wilson waa largely responsible for the keeping of th German indemnities down to where they are. Our Ku-rop-allies would have stripped her to tic bones but for the president's resistance. This followed then by the additional wailins of rho ICnox-Hcrah-Watson trio, while further contending that tho T'niud Sf.tf- should stay off th reparation commission n- wonder urope should undertake to test our majtr.anirnity by sutfEestiiiK tlat we do .-orr.. of th.e relievini; of Germany ourselves-. If wo think she nerds it, by relieving their obligations to us proportionate ly. In otb.er vord.s cur hypocrisy H bfiniT thrown upon, the world screen and, our sincerity as a ration challenged. evidencing the 11,'ht in which the world is r'Paidin us Incident ' to the back- : lidim: position in which tlie senate iias placed us.
KEEP ON ECONOMIZING. American householders, weary of th lone: flht 1o maintain life and (amfort in the face of killing expenses, welcome the stock mark t lump whicii promise- lower pries for commodities, and feel litfb sympathy foi the sj eculatinp public whose sam-blin-helped to keep prices hiprh. If. as naw seems possihle there should 'e a very marked decrease in the price- of necessities, tht-ro will be a simultaneous temptation to buy freely and loo-en the reir.s of economy. Hut this Is not the way to sae money. n dollar is one dollar; but so, when they are spent, are two half-dollar. If tho family found out how to live on one dozen eprs at a dollar a dozen, the trick ri'-'ht now is to go ot: livinp on one dozen r jts at 50 cents, and put tho extra ." in tip bank. Iasy-i;oinir America has hated hiprh prices because they made her "flop, look and listen," as 't were-, all of which Amer.ca hates to do. Dut if now a weary people can hold on a little lonprer to their enforced habits of economy and self-control, and do a little saving, they may soon be in stich shape that another wave of hiith prices could not sweep them rut into the sea of debt and despair.
PROGRESS IN PRODUCTION. Interesting evidence as to American progress in manufactures during the last four years was tfiven at the exhibit of the Manufacturers and Importer? association of America in Chic.igei. Four years ao Germany was making CO percent of the novelty oods sold in America. The Chicago exhibition shows .',0.000 different articles rangln.; from needles to anchors, and in price from five cents to ?"00, every article made In this country. There is no doubt of America's ability to produce. Hut what America needs to beware of is a smujr self-satisfaction which shall tend to shorten production. Americans know they can do it, which is all right as far as it 0"s. but America is still many percent behind her industrial possibilities. If she were not, stocks would not be so low nor prices' so high.
Tlie prince cf Monaco has discovered a new fish, which lives at a. depth of "JO.uOO feet, and is earned ( '. rimahliethys Krofundissimus. The deeper any Jish like that lives-, the better for everybody concerned. Ju.-t imagine a llsherman loaded down with a string "f G V- and having to tell everybody .about them all the way home.
"What's the difference between a ?Ö0 dress and a $ 1 0 dress?" a sartorial expert was asked at an exhibition. "I-ittle except appearance," was the reply. In either words, the purchaser pays about loQ fr dress and $100 style.
IVrhaps tlie putting ef the brand of Cain "n the brows of the Hun war lords would be pene-rally satisfactory as punishment fcr their crimes against civilization.
When, the economists say a drop in foreign txhanpe rats will mean lower cost of living; they i.Cs'in to talk a language that we all can understand.
Other Editors Than Oars
(dlHMANV'S I'l'MSlIMllNT. ( IndianaiHlls Nnvs.) What Sens. Knox and liorah expect to accomplish by attacking the treaty of peace on tho eround that its e-conomic articles are bound to wcTk a cruel, perhaps an intolerable, hardship on Germany is not. certainly, the rejection of the treaty fer this reason alone. Borah, of cemrse, may not he entirely responsible for his utterance, his record havinc shown throughout that he knows little about the treaty except that it was negotiated without his advice or help, and hence must be wanting in many respects. Hen. Knox has In this instance rather gone to extremes in giving" eemfort to a country with which the United States still technically at war. As to the economic provisions themselves, r.o one ef consequence denies that they are hard, but that is not the question at all. The question is whether the conditions tit the case. The conditions iiiijotl upon Germany were born of four years vi the most intense and expensive suffering tho world has ever known, all traceable directly, vi. w t d by the suffe rers w ho by good fortune were ;;Imi the victors, to Germany s de generate adherence to a false, cruel and thoroughly base aspiration for world conquest. Sen. Borah can not seo this, htit the British ami Belgians and especially the French, who 1t four years slept with tho monster at thir door, can and do see it. No doubt the conditions were framed, in part at lea:, with a view to satisfying the public's thirst for adc-MUate punishment, and in the belief that in eine time they would be relaxed to enable Germany to become a s-Mf-sustaining country. This has hen quite generali) understood. But it has also been understood that a condition of this relaxation is Germany's willingness to cleans" herself of vicious arrogant and to demonstrate a genuine d. sire to live up to the humane standards of modern civilization. The Germans will not reform as long as p. en like Borah hold out the hope that America will intervene to save thcS face of the Ihussian junkers who still swash about Germany .nd talk of armies instead of work.
The Tower of Babel BY BILL ARMSTRONG
PA PnitKJNS si:z. An employment bureau would be a good thins to operate in con n e c t I o n with the Wilson cabinet.
steam fitters or crack washing machin' salesmen, but cur ambition has always been to drive a fire truck.
local niiin s. Forty extra mall clerks were on duty at the local postothce Valentine day delivering mail to Dan
Schurtz. tho well know n lau ver-!
bachelor.
If Art MacDonaM ever gets into an altercation with Louie Wolf or Idoyd Grcenan, he'll have to throw himself into a manhole just to pre. ?erve his ?elfrespcct when the light starts.
Bill Grimm, the eminent restatjmteur, must not eat in his plce, as he don't look much like the fat fellow that always stands out in front.
They're telling a story about a local school teacher who waited long and patiently for a car on S. Michigan street to. brini; her downtown. Finally the car came and she boarded it with hesitation, as it was marked "Chapin street." "How does a Chapin street car happen to be up on S. Michigan st." inquired the school teacher timidly. "Oh. I had to go home after my rubbers." the motorman replied, emiling cheerfully.
Joe Grand Leader has recovered from his recent illness sufficiently to hold five cards in his hand without a wrist support.
Wonder if any of the American legion boys at th.e concert tho other night thought ef where they were a year ago; also if it wasn't a pretty fair old planet after all?
Some- men may aspire to be Arthur Brisbane's president, international hecker champions, wealthy
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frank have returned from their wedding trip. Ben picked a dandy time to come hack as the bills won't begin to roll in until the first of the month.
A large middle west alarm clock concern has decided to take the bull by the horns and eliminate for all time the flat wheel street car evil In South Bend, declaring it the greatest blow ever dealt their business.
I)RYM LAW BALLADS. I'd a burning In my throat, doc. And my pulse was sinking lov.. But that little note you wrote, doc And that place you salel to go
Where they sold tlie oM-tline stuff. ,
dor?. Sent my aches and pains away But and this is surely tough, tloc. They are out of "it" today. Oliver Hotel Poet.
WASHINGTON' WANT AB. WANTED Good secretary of state; none other than a man who will obey instructions and ask no question.- need apply. Democrat preferred. Saturday afternoons off and free use of typewriter allowed. Apply W. W.. White House, family entrance. I
More Truth Than Poetry By James J. Montaguo
rmi:Ni)siiiP. There Is hardly a statesman who wouldn't pre fer Tlie privatest kind of a life. To the scramble and rush through the crowds ami the crush In the whirl f political strife'. In all our acquaintance with men of affairs There isn't a soion not one Who would start In the race for political place If his friends didn't force him to run. They are fond ef their homes and their wives and their kids. And absorbed in their business affairs; In serving the state they'd be bent with the weight Of burdensome troubles and cares; But their meddlesome friends never let them alone; With unwelcome plaudits and cheers They are aroused from their sleep and are driven like .sheep To embark on omcial careers. They are all alike they are sweetly content To toil in their lowly positions; They've frequently sworn that they always" would scorn To nurs presidential ambitions; But sooner or latDr their friends come along
With loud and tumultuous acclaim. And despite their disgust, they are ruthlessly thrust To the heights of- political fame. Oh! Friendship! What crimes have been done in thy name: What statesmen who never could bear An ambitious thought, you've remorsely caught. And slammed in the president's v chair! Our friends, are a totally different sort, We don't have to do as they bid: They don't give a cuss ubeut ejthce for us, Yet somehow, we wish that they elid!
IirLL BIl.Mt WATCHING. Carranza is so quiet that we suspect he is writing blanket emlers for the kidnapping of American cnkuIs. .
MS PI-XIA L L Y NO W A DA YS. It's a wis politician that knows his own party. (Copyright. lttL'O.)
Maybe the senators would dispose of that treaty quicker if the newspapers would stop reporting their speeches.
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