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Show THE CITIZEN ost the necessities in order to accumulate enough to pay the first ith's rent and buy the first little stock of goods-- or. you will come ontact with the Greek shoe shine shop, another case of the accumulation of a trifling amount of capital by comparison, se men are also Capitalists against whom Debs is arrayed in truggle to the death. These men have goods which they arc of income. These goods arc capital just as surely ig as a means .he vast stores of automobile parts and the finished products of ElFord factories are capital. You may be able to differentiate as ntize and importance, but in all other essential respects, in their hods of promotion and acquisition of capital, in their adherence .he system, the Greek shoe shiner and the corner grocer are as and all others of his Rph the despised capitalist as Henry Ford ; self-deni- al s. In between these two extremes wc have the great middle classes e ,oth low and high degree. They have all obtained something un-thflour-n- g prevailing capitalist system, from a humble home toa business or a fertile farm.- They have all made sacrifices ier the system to obtain their capital. Men have saved money to t flour mills, steel mills, meat packing plants, build street car fac-ae- s s, erect and maintain car shops, build railroads and establish of endless variety. They are all capitalists. Debs and his followers are to be sworn enemies so long as their th shall last. Verily Mr. Debs need not look for a larger world n;onquer than the one here at home, which has become so great so grand under the capitalistic system, that today it is looked fn as, the leader and savior of all nations of the world. Debs and if s of the Debs stamp are not looking to any other nation than the :rted States. In it they envision the leading capitalistic nation of t, world. They want to sec it demolished, straffed, rendered communized and socialized until it ceases to be the leaven that .ringing a bewildered world back to normal. And for all this they scheme while breath remains in their bodies. What will the real do or the embryo capitalists do in the meantime? If - C im-sn- . - DEMOCRATIC PRESS INDICTS POPULAR GOVERNMENT. 5 people by a vote of 16,000,000 to 9,000,000 for his Democratic opponent who stood with Wilson for the league and all the entanglements it entailed. Did the people do that merely for partisan reasons? Were the people of America as unpatriotic as the Democratic press would have us believe our senators were? If it were a partisan expression then it is safe to assume that the Republican majority is so large in the nation that the Democrats will never get back into power inside of a thousand years. The results of the solemn referendum show conclusively that millions of Democrats, disgusted with the tactics of their party, and actuated by patriotic impulse, voted against the pet measure of its leaders, thus demonstrating a most decided spirit. Thus it is that in indicting the opponents of the league in the senate the Democratic press is also indicting a majority of the people of the country. An indictment of a majority of the people is an indictment of popular government. We prefer to leave it to the Democratic press to explain what this grave indictment of the peoples form of government really means. pro-forei- gn anti-partis- an AND A KANGAROO SHALL LEAD THEM. With an Australian kangaroo loping triumphantly in the van, local milk barons are today marching to destruction. The winter of their discontent has, at last, descended upon them. Butter from kangaroo land has played havoc with their Pacific coasi market, cows according to their own admission. Milk produced from stall-fe- d costs infinitely more than milk harvested from cows ranging at will on green grass, yet we stand confronted with a seeming parodixical eventuation; cheaper milk when production costs are much higher. But we should worry if the kangaroo kicks over the milk bucket and spills the profiteering cream. The milk barons have not lowered the price of milk to the consumer from any philanthropic spirit. Dire necessity has caused the slump. With Australian butter glutting the coast markets it was up to the local barons to sell more milk or feed it to the- sewer rats. They wisely chose the better way out. Milk at reduced price will find its way to the table of more worthy citizens with many baby mouths to feed from a shortened payroll. But no glory should be vouchsafed the milk barons for this happy consummation. We recall that when the cows were ranging at will on green swards and producing milk for a tithe of what it must cost ' now, these same milk barons caused a cacophonous howl to ascend to high heaven against any reduction, claiming that it would amount practically to confiscation of their property. They were sustained in their contentions by two citizen committees, but today, with production costs kited they lower the price of milk without the interference or consent of any committee whatsoever. The Citizen made a lonesome fight last summer for an adjustment of milk prices when natural conditions surrounding production were favorable. It was unsuccessful because the milk barons were not ready to conceed the public any measure of justice. Now they arc forced by kangaroo butter to lower prices. Lets sing hozannas to Mr. Kangaroo. - told you so attitude of five power asso-ioLeague of Nation adherents, anent the proposed it is necessary from time to time to remind them that the unfor-atel.son league was not defeated solely by Republicans. Also, it is necessary from time to time to correct glaring inde-dedisseminated by the Democratic press and papers that have developed decided international leaning who never miss an opportunity to claim that the league was d purely for partisan reasons. If the allegation is true that the league was defeated purely partisan reasons then it appeals that it must have been the reason for its defeat the only apparent motive actuating se who voted against ratification. It assumes that those who so ed disregarded their countrys welfare from purely partisan rca-- s and were actuated solely by partisan prejudice. If the state-l- t is true then those who voted against ratification were atriotic. The people will recall that a national election followed the defeat he league in the senate. This same league was the modus vivendi diat election. The people not only voted to select the candidates :heir choice, but in so doing also registered their sentiments for against the Wilson league. Also members of the senate who had made the good fight against adop-- i of the league. There arc no ifs or ands about the matter, vas an open proposition, well understood by the mass of voters t a vote for Harding was against foreign entanglements, while a e for Cox meant that wc would let the hide go with the tail, for Because of the howl of derision and 1 n, y, mis-iemen- ts nt so-call- ed de-te- . cx-si- for woe. Warren G. Harding, elected president on an ve il or anti-forei- gn alliance Presi-- t jan, voted against ratification of the league as submitted by Wilson. He was elected to the highest office in the gift of the It The War Finance Corporation proposes to aid the farmer with $13,280,000 and nearly every farmer feels that lies the fellow that needs that much help. $ $ At the same time that Leninc and Trotsky are holding high carnival in Russia, while advocates of communism and overthrow of popin America ; corn from the great ular government are is being shipped to save the starving victims United States corn-be- lt of this strange cult, who govern with a rod of iron and preach wreck and ruin for all who oppose them, paying particular attention to. this country, where sanity coupled with hard work has succeeded in mass-meeti- ng erecting the greatest national entity in the world. |