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KKASONAItliK PROFIT.
Among the cherishable Americana
whose patriotism rises to the occa
sion is the head of the philan
thrope House of Armour.
Mr. Armour would welcome gov
ernment control of the food situa
tion and as long as a “reasonable
profit" is assured, he will be satis
fied.
Reasonable profit? Where have
we heard a cognate or identical
phrase before? Seems like greeting
an old friend, and as we overhaul
the temoter convolutions of our
memory we are reminded of that
lofty expression reasonable wages.
But truly who will decide when
profit.; are reasoi able? He who an
nexes them or li ■ from whom they
are annexed? Ant1 there is the rub
not alone for 1'nde Samuel, not
alone for Mr. Armour, but tor all
profiteers or those profitted from.
Enters the Ideal’st who rights all
wrongs by an artificially constructed
scheme of things whereby the mille
nium can be brought about by legis
lative flat. He starts off with a
wizard wand ca led governmental
• ontrol and preser'bes a regimen for
employers called reasonable profits,
and for employees called reasonable
wages.
The darned thing is so simple ana
so easy that it is 1 ard to understand
why no one pays much attention to
the Idealist bent upon adjusting
wrongs.
Now when there is something in
the nature of a food crisis, ow-ing
to the sickening fear of those who
never wanted, that there will not
be enough to go around if govern
ment insists upon feeding workers
and soldiers, we hear talk of con
trolling this, that and the other
thing.
Patriotism witli much flag waving
and other stimu ating devices rises ^
from its seat and beckons the wizard
hither and bids him for the Love ot
Mike, get busy arranging tilings
within the commonwealth so that
there will be no further unseemly
disturbance over the whole confu
sion'. bad enough as it Is.
And the wizard gets busy and
bursts into Congress with his wand
crying by the way to all and sundry
Presto. Change! and the thing—is
not done.
For at once as we see, even now,
there is a frenzied discussion as to
what is fair, reasonable and equit
able and it is realized with much
frowning and. sinking of heart and
deploring of human intraetibility
that ever so many people have ever
so many views, and that the view's of
one and another are diametrically
•opposed to one another.
In vain the wizard points out the
glorious prospect comes from his
panacea. He says in vain that the
lion and the lamb lie down together
under his plan, and that all souls
have but a single thought and all j
hearts beat as one. The govern
ment with delightful paternalism
appoints what profits may be forth
coming from the industry to him
who owns, thus vesting private own
ership in an even securer position
that it has hold before—ownership
by the Grace of Government. The
employer is ratified as such, receiv
ing his per annum as royalty re
ceives his, in monarchical lands. He
is apportioned his per cent per
pound, per mile, per gallon, per
bushel, per this, that or the other
thing which he makes and purveys
and distrubutes; verily an ideal con
dition satisfying with full secure
governmental efficiency the social
needs And government with de
ligh'fnl paternalism appoints what
wages may be paid to workers:
Enough that they will he competent
ly fed, competently clothed and com
petently sheltered. Their wages
will he apportioned as the rations of
the bondsmen were rationed for
their labor. There is no appeal be
yond the Caesar of government.
They may :iot strike. Has not gov
ernment said it is a sufficiency and
may not officials prove it with many
and sundry and liberty-inspired sta
tistics that co many motions may he
made with so many pounds of rice
spuds, meat mayhap? That so many
hours toil is repaired of its toxic ef
fects by so many hours rest and
sleep? Science the hand maiden of
government, serves tiie social
scheme and contentment fastening
! like a tendril around the foundation
of Justice, glorifies the beautiful sy
stem! So insist he of the wizard
wand to all and sundry. Individual
responsibility is removed. Govern
mental responsibility with a father’s
foresight and a mother’s tenderness
looks after the social units. The
employers are employers in perpetuo
secured in their revenue of reason
able profits by government, and the
toiler is suitably supplied with all
that a toiler needs to be an effici
ent, a steady and a devoted work
man.
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Thus waves he his waiul of ideal
ism before the admiring legislators.
Can the doubting mind any longer
doubt or t lie hesitating soul any
longer stay his support.
Anon the band plays inspiring
strains, visions of Liberty in Twenti
eth Century robes of government
control arise and it is done?
How simple it is and how is it
none have thought of it
before? Reasonable profits—reason
able wages—who wants more is a
dastard, a disloyal, a traitor—away
with him!
But, Alas, it is not so simple. They
who would right quickly agree as
to what was reasonable wages for
the working stiff, apprehend some
difficulty in agreeing upon the rea
sonable profits of employers. For
these are days of complications. Tax
ation of profits or incomes, have not
the ingenious minds of the fiscal ex
perts devised these strange things
to perplex employers and to worry
those who profit? Accordingly have
these things to be considered. What
might be reasonable yesterday
would be unfair today, and what
was reasonable today might be un
fair tomorrow. Hence they doubt
and suspect the best of plans. They
regard askance him with the wizard
wand of government control. They
want security that profits will be al
ways reasonable—to them. They
wish, by or without vour leave, to
have the final say in it. Else what
is it but Prussianism—Kaiserism,
not liberty? Else is it not a funda
mental violation of the employer's
rights conceded him Trom time out
of mind? So the idealist is consider
ed an interfering fellow strongly
un-American, without real patriot
ism. menacing the foundations of
the country's greatness. and who
knows—a Germanist in disguise—
well worth investigating? Thus the
perplexed reformists and the per
plexed profiteers and the perplexed
legislators unite in an endless chorus
of questionings and debatings and
very great eloquence indeed. They
hire literary lights with eminent
stylo and charm of expression and
wealth of phrase to garnish their
views. Profit—that is the idea, dol
lars and cents, millions, wealth,
power, position, cannot a hesitating
legislature see that all profit is
reasonable? If two per cent, legally
and under the proper conventions
and approved by custom is obtained,
why not ten, why not twenty, fifty,
one hundred a thousand per cent
under the same conditions? Why not
indeed? Who may answer? N'ot
yuur idealist, that un-American in
terfering fellow who shakes the
Goddess at her very foundations.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work ana proa pi
delivery ph *ue Main Irtl and tbs
People's Steam Laundry rill t>L
and get four laundry,
W. J. WILLIAMSON Prop,
WERE ORDERED ,
DESTROY WELLS
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By HENRY WOOD.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
May 12. (By Mail).—Copies of offi
cial orders, as well as other docu
ments, relative to the systematic de
struction of the towns, farms and
orchards of the French territory oc
cupied by the Germans, are now be
ing found in largo numbers on the
German prisoners taken along the
Aisne and in the Champagne.
All the genius for minuteness or
detail, organization and thorough
ness which has ever been the boast
of the German people, appears to
have been drawn upon to the fullest
extent in the preparation and ex
ecution of this destruction.
Following are the extracts from
these orders:
“The last grand destructions in
in Grevillers. Beifvillers, Aubin and
Avesnes will begin at X plus 2
o’clock. To cover the incendiating
crews the commanders of each sector
will furnish two under officers and
twenty men of the Battalions B and
two stretcher bearers with stretchers ;
1. e., sector D for Beifvillers and
Grevillers and sector F for Avesnes.
These later villages will not be
burned.
The destruction of Favreuil, Boug
natre and Fromicourt will begin the
second day of the march at X
plus 3 o'clock, but however not be
fore 5. The destruction of localities
and wells that may be useful to the
rearguard detachment of Scheinitz
must not take place till the third
day of the march towards two
o'clock after an understanding with
this detachment unless the adver
sary’s operations render necessary
an earlier destruction. The medical
service for the destruction crews at
Beugnatre, Fremicourt and Favreuil
I will be assured by Scheinitz’s de
! tachment.”
Somewhat similar orders, perfect
I ( d in every detaii. are then given for
■ Uie destruction of Louveral. Demi
! court and Boursies. Special instruc
j tions for the destruction of well read
I as follows:
, “The destruction of ALL wells is
important. The wells of the vill
ages east of the position B 3 must
not be destroyed until they have
become useless to the troops making
the movement. Especially, it will
he necessary to keep count of the
number of wells necessary for the
second day of the march, at Mor
ehies for the 17th D. I., and like
wise at Louveral and Boursies for
the 17 D. I., and at Demicourt for
the First D. R. U."
A letter found on a prisoner whose
regiment destroyed the village of
Trescault, gives the writers horror
of what he had been obliged to do
in these terms:
“There where there was formerly
a flourishing village (Trescault)
with a peaceful population one only
sees now a heap of ruins, the work
of the fury of destruction of the
2:i0th Regiment. The Russians
themselves have not accomplished
worse ravages and it is doubtful if
we can be considered soldiers. When
we go to the front it seems that we
become, the worst criminals. That
is how we accomplish our work ot
destruction on the Somme. You can
imagine how we live now, not like
men but like savage animals.”
FOR SALE:—Fine house completely
furnished and a bargain. See Geo
B. Grigsby at the Golden Gate
Hotel.
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