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Show TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1922 THE WEBER HERALD VEBER WINS OVER OGOEN i RICH CONTEST (Continued from Pa?e One) won. A new order of civilization was to be Instituted. Then suddenly the aftermath of the war set in. Extreme followed extreme. The idealism of the war gave way to the sordidness of the visionless politician. The economic prosperity went down before the unmerciful industrial depression. The people of Europe gradually lost hope for a new worid order. They realized for the first time the wajjes the war had imposed. Now, in the midst of world-wide regeneration, while rebuilding their private homes and remoulding their personal ambitions, really too late in life to start anew, they must shoulder the staggering unpaid war debt of $80,000,000,000. Considering the fact that America suffered so little, many now advocate that we cancel our share of the depressing debt of Europe. America stands at this moment, therefore, on . the brink of one of those great decisions which leave their impress upon the whole course of history. At the present time .she holds the key which can unlock prosperity and reestablish the world's peace. She is the creditor natiun of the world. She commands ihe purse strings of civilization. The Old World now owes her the vast sum of S 1 5 .-000,000,000. And yet all Europe is in economic bondage. Shall America play the Shylock of old, and exact the flesh of the European laborer in order to secure the sheckela for the debt? Shall we become the King Midas of history? We can cancel this enormous debt and either do the world an imperishable service, or fail it in its hour of greatest need, and In our own hour of greatest opportunity.The cancellation by the L'nited States of this debt will save the entire world from national bankruptcy and industrial ruin. Great Britain spent as much during the war as during the previous two and one-half centuries, and besides owes a foreign and domestic debt of $40.000.0(iO,OU. France owes $50,000,000,000. Kate haa emptied their treasuries. On a percentage basis England's debt is 65 per cent of her national resources and wealth, .France's 83 per cenl , Italy's 86 per cent, and Belgium's 90 per cent. These appalling figures mean that each person in France must pay $1130 to clear his government of the war debts. The oppressive burden for the average family of five is $5650. When we con.sid'jr that 57 per cent of the- flower of her manhood was killed in the w.ir, and that the families consist mainly of only womm, children and ole men, we realize in part the burden under which th French peasants tremble. Authorities state that with the mil lions of dollars-Interest piling- up ench day it Is impossible for the nations to ever pay their debts Even honest attempts will result in failure and national bankruptcy, and this, even though the children of France iabor forever, deprived of the blessings of an education, and inheriting for generations the common debt of all nations. ' But if America would r;ancnl these debts and thus emancipate present and futureclvilization from this black despair, the world would be saved from Industrie I insolvency anu the people would once more breathe with new hope and trust in a just God. The second saving virtue of cancellation is that it will restore the markets of the world and thereby repay the United States. Though not working for her own benefit America cannot progress without a revival ot trade; for no nation can stana alone, either industrially or economicaJly. Because of the debts which Europe is struggling so hard to pay her people purehiiNC only 30 per cent of what thoy did before the war. As a result, American business and trade has suffered a loss of 20 billions of dollars during the past year. This stagnating effect on American trade will-on-tlnuo until European markets .:re open and restored. Cancellation will wipe out the economic sting of hatred that smoulders In Europe; for in paying (heir debtn the people are being deprived of the means by which Uhv substantiate life. As Smmtur Borah, of Idaho, has well said, "There is nn tiling so onerous, so (leadening, so .nerill.ing to human energy, o demoralizing to tlie m o ra I c of this people, an us unbearable debt of this kind." By cancellation wo enn lighten Ihe'r load and give them new hope t live nod let live, for they will be saved the torturo of thinking rhut every dollar they make will bo sent out of their impoverished country to a rich and powerful ally already recovering from the war. It will give them stronger ambition to carry on the work of advancing civilization. By cancellation America will again be given the opportunity to become the leader of the world. The world war was a common cause; wo accepted it rs such; and we should r.oxv shoulder our responsibility. When the war started we insisted upon neutrality, but William II violated every principle of international law; he sunk our ships; destroyed our people's lives; and plunged the entire world into the maddest orgy of blood and murder history was ever called upon to record. He sought to destroy our civilization and hed we not entered when we did, Europe may have been conquered, and with these added wealths and resources, the liberty of the world would then liav been at his mercy. Because of this wo fought to save ourselves, as well s the other peoples of the world. President Wilson said, "It is a war against all nations. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. We must consider it as a common cause and the choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of council, and a temperament of judgment befitting our character and out motives as a nation." In casting our lot with the allies, we recognized the justice of the cause, and the fact that all free people were placed in morta 1 jeopardy. The war cost oilier nations in human lives much more than it co.-H the United States. We lost but 43.000 while France lost 1.385.000 and England lost POO. 000. Had we entered the war in 1914, many thousands more of our soldiers would have paid the supreme sacrifice and the losses would have been more equal, but Europe poured out her blood and wealth, and was forced to borrow to fight the battles of a common cause, while we waited nearly three years to see the light. Every broadminded American can now see, that ven in the loss of our soldier-dead we paid little compared with the price of our I allies. This alone justifies cancel-j iation. i Since the war was a common cause, we can do no more than to pay our I honest share of its cost. Before we I entered we lent our money. Europe sacrificed human lives. In the scales of human justice, all the wealth of the world cannot balance those lives. The battle was fought upon their ! soil, thpir homes were destroyed .while we escaped the ravages, and the destruction of the war, is it fair for us to ask them to pay back that money, principal and interest, which was used to save ourselves 7 Fellow Americans, we can now do no more than to cancel the loans and help to pay the cost! There is a feeling of distrust toward the United States in ail Europe and it is growing stronger day by day, because we demand payments of a loan to carry on a common cause. An American comrn issioner to Europe recently said, "When wc have carried through our policy of "America for Americans' and why should we trouble ourselves over European hardships and debt we shall find one bond uniting all Europe 'hatred ' of America.' " Instead of looking to us as the beacon light of civilization, pointing out the path of priceless progress, European nations are beginning to fear that we, too, play the game of international intrigue and selfish deception. Placed in the pit of dire poverty with nothing to face but economic slavery, they shudder under the thought that all nations are base and covetous. Nothing short cf a great ant an act new to the time worn annxls of history, will blot from their vision the dark cloud of delusion. The supreme climax which c could -honestly claim, the universal confidence of all peoples, would be the unheralded cancellation of the destructive debts. All through her .sublime history America has blazed for the the champion of national honor and universal justice. Her field of action has been the entire world. She. befriended the Cubans and cared for the l-'ilipinos. When congressmen suggested that we had paid too Uttio rvi the territory through which to cut the Panama canal, we voluntarily gave Columbia anotnor $15,000,000. The call of today demands that America once mor ; speak forth in terms of honor, forget national wealth, cancel our share of the war loans, and once more sail forth the leader of the world and the moulder of the present civilization. THE ONWARD MARCH OF AMERICAN rntx.KK.ss The history of America is the story of a valiant struggle for the onward march of civilization a march dedicated to the actual achievement o human happiness. Whenever America has been challenged, by countries or conditions destructive of this primary purpose she has always responded to the occasion by manfully brushing them aside. That we might enjoy the happiness of freedom our forefathers took up arms against the country that had nurtured us. That all might enjoy the happiness of liberty and equality, brother fought against brother. That the world should be free from misery and despotism, we sent our boys across the seas to battle in a foreign land. Each great political, or economic triumph has required work whenein the souls-of men were tried, but Old Glory has always been borne by brave spirits. Now if the pursuit of happiness be our motive there comes a caTl for further American ingenuity and fortitude. America elands at the present lime in the shadow -. f reconstruction. The present product, of the war is the serious menace of unemployment unemployment, so general, that threatens the American ideal of human happiness. Our state and national government must find employment for millions of its citizens, that they may have to enjoy life. Pause for a moment and consider the self -convincing facts concerning this present menace of unemployment, Koaming o'er our country are tj,000,-000 unemployed men. This enormous, unorganized horde is composed of one-fourth of the working fathers of our country. At least 0 per cent of the families of our Republic are at present, therefore, without any means of a livelihood. This alarming situation, dangerous to the national welfare, in an outgrowth of the turn ultuous history of the few past scarred years. The sudden transition from an energetic nation, producing to supply the world, to that of a tranquil country was too sudden for the industries of the United States. Men. women, and children, were assiduously laboring day and night, manufacturing war materials fo their government and t he allies, but the armistice, the signal for world jubilation, marked the end of the economic prosperity. War implements and ammunitions found no further mnrkct. Even the peace products of American industry could not be sold. Brakes were applied to the wheels of industry. The inevitable business depression ensued. Thousands of employers experience the bitter sting of failure and were forced to surrender property acquired through honest toil. In one year alone, In addition to banking failures and personal bankruptcies there were "0.000 business insolvencies for indebtedness that a mounted to J62S.000.000. At this critical moment over 5,000,000 men. being honorably discharged to civil life. Our country then became submerged in an avalanche of unemployment. The intervening years have brought no amelioration and the pangs of poverty and the misery of misfortune have been brought home to the American people. Men, actually discharged are brazenly confronted with the tragic realities of having no income. In the past their wages have enabled them to make their wives and children fairly comfortable, but now they must trust to a dark, uncertain future. Day after day they search for work. Each evening finds the promise of the morrow no brighter than .he night before. Haunted by fear that tile loved ones will suffer, men lose their culture of conduct and give way to that hideous monster of crime. Rather than have tlw.-r little ones suffer, they steal; to evade capture they commit other crimes; and before long they become avowed enemies of the government and the entire social order.Millions of others who see the world through the same grey haze intensify this attitude. Their discontent fans the flame of radicalism. It fills the mouth of the agitator and demagogue with effective arguments. The results undermine citizenship. When, in 1894, American workingmen became disgruntled because of unemployment, the morale of the country was low- ered. General Coxey led his army of j unemployed to Washington and peo-j pie feared for the government, but (today there are 20,000 men unemploy-; ed, to every one man who marched on I the capital lawn in that petulant pro- cession. Should this army of 1922 become organized for predatory purposes our government would face a perni-I cious peril. Already our peace-abiding country lis gripped in the cruel clutches of the ; worst crime wave in our history. L'n-j less some marvelous , change is wrought America may be unable to ! pass through her Gethsemane of crime 1 uirhnut her timp-honored institutions being nailed to the cross of crucifixion.It is true enough that not all the un-ployed are sincerely seeking work, but when conditions become so tragic that millions of men surge the streets of sturdy America, searching in vain for work, it is time that we, as citizens, evolve a solution. What shall the solution be? Any plan that succeeds must be built on motives that always govern vast bodies of people. But one motive could have led America through the vicissitudes of the past and that one motive is love of country.Upon this same foundation, we must build a solution for the immediate aid of the unemployed. Why, cannot the spirit of patriotism solve a problem, which, even as war, endangers, step by step, every phase of the nations success? Do we need the romance of battle to make us patriotic ? Can we not extend a helping hand to those who suffer in time of Qeace? Every face in this audience silently answers "YesI" We do not want temporary relief, but lasting progression. These two demands of the country can be met best by a movement of construction. The great need of our nation today is the building of homes. Since war times cut short construction work, the of homes has become a menace to the country's contentment and prosperity. Today there are 117 families to each 100 American homes. At least 1,500,000 additional houses are required to supply the surplus of population with homes. And the evils of unemployment become unbearable when coupled without a place to live. The master stroke of democracy would be for the national, state and municipal governments to unite in a universal organization to build these 1,500,-000 homes. These would provide sacred places of refuge and distress through unemployment would be obliterated. Five billions of dollars would be added to the national wealth and American life and ideals would be fortified. By constructing these homes of prosperity, our present industrial depression would pass into history. Those men previously employed in building instruments of war would be employed in building homes of peace. Statistics indicate thhat this Herculean project would provide work for every unemployed man in America. Factories to supply building materials would reopen their doors. Railroads would be given the work of. transportation. Money would De "exchanged. People would begin to buy. Confidence would be restored. The forced idleness of today would vanish and prosperous industry, spelling industrial emancipation for millions of workers, would be ushered in. There are those who maintain that the plan sounds excellent, but is impossible of achievement. People said that of defeating the German army. The world said that the framing of the American constitution was an impos sibility. Pessimists saia that America could never float the Liberty loans, but in the end, right has always and ever will, triumph. America Has been made by men who have the courage to do and dare. In our help for those beyond the seas let us not forget that there is no thing more worthy than setting our own house in order, giving relief to our own brothers and succor to our own poor. There aro those who say that the apex of the depression has been reach ed and that conditions will now adjust themselves. But the people said that a year ago. It took at least eight years for our Civil war fathers to see sunshine penetrate the industrial darkness. And while we wait, suffer ing aggravates misery, discontent fo ments bolshevism. Must we give way to dilatory waiting while poverty increases and crime flourishes? Give the American people the facts, and they will say "No!" Action is the need of the hour. It is to the everlasting glory of the American republic that whenever awakened to a realization of grave dangers she has become aroused froii her dreaming lethargy and struck with a deciding blow. The action of the minute men at Lexington and Concord freed us from the tyranny of King George; when we cut the cancer of slavery from the American soul our courage to do was emblazoned on the immortal tablets of time. American power to act eliminated the yellow fever and built the Panama canai. Fellow citizens, the time for American action has come again. When the future history of America is written, let it not be said that, while we overcome obstacles from without, we gave way to industrial depressions within Rather, let it paint a picture of a nation of employed and happy men, where the eternal sun sets on a land of humble homes, and where the people forever continue on their march of human progress. FALLING IN LOVE WITH ENGLISH. I started taking lessons in English when I was about 6 years of age, but I did not like to study. That is. I did not like to study English. And if I had liked it I am quite sure I would have been able to find a much more instructive course than the one the teacher outlined for the paniclar class I had the pleasure of being in. I was also quite sure I could make the course a little more interesting for the students. For 1 have always believed that, it isn't wholly the work you do. but also the love you have lor the work that helps you to succeed along the lines of your endeavor. ; Before taking myself for an exam- : pie, let us just run our minds back to ' the work of one of the most noted men ' of old Limes a man who, after nearly j all of the rest have vanished from our , i minds, remains. Let us study lor a' moment William Shakespeare, the ; 'world's greatest writer. Do you sup-' pose Shakespeare wrote all his books because he wanted or liked the work; j in itself? Indeed he did. Did he write I them because he wanted to stay up all of the nights that he no doubt did i I in order to accomplish what be did ? : j There may possibly be a little doubt in iour minds as to the answer of the last 1 question, but unless he was a married ; man I see no reason for his wanting , to stay up all of the nights he did, for j we have now taken it lor granted that ; Shakespeare did stay out. or at least; up. a great many nights while he was j indulging in a few thoughts for the ' benefit of us poor, unprotected men whose lot it is to follow so closely his I time, that we are compelled much ,o our distaste to memorize a large por-! tion of his work. I feel as though ' Shakespeare when writing his books j didn't think about us. I am quite sure ' the thought of our memorizing- his j work didn't enter his mind. It that was the only thought he had in mind I know he would not have been able to accomplish the great work that ho did so nobly accomplish. There is a Story told about him being- so interested in his work that he even forgot to eat, and a man must be very much in love with a thing to lei it interfere j with his meals. I think that you will ! ail agree that Shakepeare was in love, with his work to advance it to the, stage where we have to memorize it. j In order that we might get nearer i home, take for example our beloved English teacher who is wearing her I very soul out in order that we might! be advanced a little along literary lines. Do you suppose she enjoys correcting papers such as this one, which she may not possibly reach before midnight. Are .there not many ways in which she could spend her evenings besides reading such a story as this? Indeed there are and if it weren't for the love she has acquired for the benefits of the work she would no doubt pass this by unnoticed, but as it is I am quite sure I shall receive this paper hack with many corrections. It was not so with me, I was not in love with my work and therefore it was impossible for me to accomplish but a very little along literary lines. In fact I so hated rhetoric, that I after a little practice was able to read a page in my book, knock a home run over the right field fence, or spot the boys five in a game of marbles and knock them off, all in about a minute, while sitting in my seat watching the dear teacher manicure her finger nails. But on the other hand I did really love literature. That is literature of the "higher" type and I used to sit for hours at a time wondering how long it would be before the teacher really found her mistake in the selection of our text book and discarded it and turned her attention to something more elevating such as the books I was in love with, namely: "The Bank Robber," "Ten Nights in a Milk Store," or "Jessie, the Wild Outlaw," and others I can not call to mind. But as time went on and I came in contact with more English teachers I became more interested in the line of work they outlined for the -various classes, until I at the present time hold four long years' interest in this class, hoping that this essay will do, and also hoping that I have proved my point that you must be in love with a thing before you can be spurred on to that point where your work is the very best with your ability, or where you will stay up until 12:30 as I am doine in order that you might have mv nrenaration. ! Frank Douglas. oo OUR THEOLOGY TEACHER How stern she is and stony faced to me; She treats me rought; her smiles I never see. I may not be as good as some in class I'm only human, I can't always pass. She likes me not, at least it seems that way. I'm sad but if she smiled I might be gay; Smiles come from her but not, alas, for me, So I am always unprepared, you see. HERMAN RECHARDS. WHAT A DIME DID FOR SAM. It was Sunday and Sam was walking gloomily to Sunday school. In the first place he was uncomfortably clean, having had a bath only the night before and then another scrubbing that morning; and in the second place he had been given a dime as his weekly contribution. "What a foolish thing a contribution is anyhow!" Sam muttered as he scowled angrily at a gate post. "Won't never do me any good even if I do give this dime to the old preacher;" He passed the corner drug store and as he looked at the penny candy in the window his mouth watered. "Wished I dared to spend it! Wished I dared spend it " he exclaimed with a desperate glance. When Sam finally reached the church he discovered that he was only twenty-five minutes late. Stealing quietly in, like a thief, he slid into the back seat and as the people on the pew in front of him turned about he tried to smile innocently but did not succeed very well. Later on, when Sam and the rest of his friends were seated in a small room, Miss Pearson, his Sunday school teacher, smiled at him and. as she patted his head, she asked: "Have you a contribution to make This morning. Sam?" Sam dug his red fist into his pocket. In vaiu he scratched the bottom of that pocket hopinc that he would be able to find his dime. He managed to look so embarrassed that. Miss Pearson smiled sweetly at him and paid: "Never mind. Sam. We are all liable to forget. Even I am forget- j fill sometimes." She spoke to him and : smiled at him so sweetly that Sam secretly resolved to fumble in the wrong pocket ever so often and so begin a bank account. At the close of the afternoon session Sam did not return home as he should have done, but instead put himself to the task of spending the dime that he had neglected to give to the teacher. At the end of twenty niintues he was still unable to decide where he should ppend his ten-cent piece. He knew that the little stand by the theatre sold good candy j;r.v breakers that would last for an "awtui" lon tim-j. But still, what siore could excel that delicious brown licorice that the corner drug store sold for a penny a stick? At last in desperation he tossed up the dime, saying: "Heads the stand! Tails the drug'." Well, it came down with tails up. A minute more and Sam stood before the long glass show case, in the drug store. Mrs. Small, of the three hundred pound variety, with a red face, addressed him in a high pitched voice:- "Something?" "Say!" Sam began eagerly. "Are those sucks of licorice two for a penny?""No, sonnie. They are five for a nickel." "Well, give me ton." Sam spoke sarcastically. Under his breath he was muttering, "Why can't uuy be two for a penny? The stingy old thing!' He watched her with eager eyes as she stuffed the sticks of licorice into the sack. He hoped agains: hope that she would let an extra one slide in but in vain: ten, and ten only, in tv sack were handed to him. All the way home he chewed the licorice nonchalantly and smacked his lips every timo he took a bite. As he entered the house, Sam's mother came to meet him in the hall. "Well, Sam, I don't know what I would do if I didn't: have such a dutiful son. Dinner has only been over an hour! " Sam glanced up at her guiliily. He hoped oh how he hoped that she had not found out about that- contribution! He was just hurrying into the kitchen when his mother called. "Oh, by the way, Sam! I hear you forgot your contribution. How did that happen?" But Sam pretended not to hear and was soon engaged in an argument with Dinah. Along towards bedtime Sam experienced the queerest of feelings. And that night! Poor Sam! No doubt he regretted more than once that he had not given that dime to the preacher. Lucile Parry. AMERICA MINE. If I could view this world from afar And count its days and nights, And number every worldly war Where men strive for their rights, And choose my favored nation, (No counsellors need urge my choice) I'd recognize the foremost nation And praise it with a hearty voice. What though there were dark shadows on that land? ' Where there is sun there, too, is always shade. A little trouble takes a little sand, A little grit, before your fortune's made. So I'd choose the land of America The land that's the gem of them all. I'd never be troubled by shadows or shade, And live to obey her dear call. -oo- A 440-yard cinder track, said to be made the fastest in the state, is now nearing completion at Lorin Farr park. Students of Ogden and Weber have worked considerably on this. ORPHEUM BEGAN SUNDAY At Popular Prices Jewelers in Ogden Since 1870 A Good Record A Good Store J. S. LEWIS & CO. 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