Show d People Must Take a Hand Fland HandT u du T T the pressure of big business our officials in U Washington seem to be adopting a yielding spirit with C regard to the Ole recognition of the soviet government go of bf Russia It is gi out that within a few days a a. distinctly American plan for the resumption of trade with Russia will bo be announced We Ve can conceive of no plan to this end which has tho the nt rpt nf 41 A 1 J. J n L v wj VA U i in j ilk LJ Dig selfish business bent business bent upon a a. continuation of existing high prices is undoubtedly behind the movement To ro Tomake Tomake make our exports n i r force to maintain an apparent shortage short- short ago age at home and force prices upward instead of downward down down- downward ward seems to be the motive I Under the criminal code il c man who buys anti and sells the loot of burglars and thugs may find himself held to answer anser As As' a n fence he is regarded as ns no better than those from whom he be purchases stolen stoJen prop prop- erty lie He lIeis is part and parcel of the underworld possessed possessed pos pos- of all nil the traits of or the criminal save the one of nerve and courage In the ranks of nations Russia under Bolshevist control is is' an outlaw Are we going to become a fence that these thieves thie and murderers may perpetuate their title to ill gotten loot 7 Perhaps big business seeking tho the immediate immediate im im- immediate im- im mediate profit without regard to the morn moral responsibility ity involved is ready to shake the tho stained blood-stained hand of the Bolshevik i. The people as a whole however will I have more regard for the moral responsibility There is no moral just justification for trade with ith men who possess nothing but stolen property More rore than that such a despicable business is not to be resorted to with the sole purpose of making possible a similar robbery of the American people i The cost of or living lug has go gone e as high as the tho American J c can stand tand without inviting suffering suffering- and and di dis dis- dis I tress fress It is IS high time for them to send messages s to their thell congressional representatives protesting against these I pernicious schemes to perpetuate the thC burden The deal with the would be a sided one affair designed designed de do- signed to swell the profits of unscrupulous business at the expense of the American consumer Even Oen if this element element doment ele- ele ment were not pertinent we are nrc not yet ready to meet i the thug and the murderer on a basis of equality |