Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1920-06-04 | Page 2 | Bank Tells Truth

BANK TELLS TRUTH. The United States National Bank, of Portland, Oregon says: "When will the time come when the public will realize that production only can accomplish a reduction in cost of living? In all sections of the country coun-try labor is 'demanding, and getting, shorter hours, thus lessening production. pro-duction. "Economic laws cannot be ignored .nor can prosperity result from legislative legis-lative edicts. The only way people 'can become and remain prosperous is by producing wealth from the soil the sea, from mines, and from profits 'earned by turing raw materials into finished merchandise. "The American, people should stop wilful waste, practice economy, and try to regain a contened mind, which they do not now possess. ' "Labor should get over the idea that it is possessed, and realize that it is better off than labor in any other part of the world. Capital must make up its mind that is cannot in peace time continue to make a war j time profit.