The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 12, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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How the Wilson
Administration Has
Penalized Patriotism
"Hartuc In view the possibility of
furthor aggression upon the territory
of the United States from Mexico and
the necessity for tlio propor protcc-
lion of that frontier" President Wil-
ton on June 18 called out the mobile
arms of tho National Guard for federal
service.
He did not call them out at their
existing poace strength but at war
strength which Is practically doublo.
Lacking a nystem of re servos the
National Guard organizations Immedi-
ately had to start a campaign of ro-
crultlng to bring about tho desired In-
crease In their numbers.
Patriotic young citizens under the
urge of the cry "Your country needs .
you" voluntoored for sorvlco In gratl- 1
fylng numbers. According to Senator
Chamborlaln chairman of tho Sonata
Commlttoo on Military Alfalrs the ro- '
suit is that about 1.15000 citizen sol- j
dlers havo bean mustered Into the '
federal sorvlco and aro now on tho
Meilcan border or In camp In their
home staes. There may bo more but
the administration refuses to muke
known tho exact figures.
Tho movement h costing the publlo
treasury many millions of dollars; It
Is costing tho ludlvldtml citizen sol-
dlers many millions mora. Thoy wont
to the front bollovlng tho cry "Your
country noods you" for war service j
They sacrUlced advancement In their '
civil occupations several homo tics
uttered In thousands of instances
arrant flnanr.tnl nnn. Thn lim iki.
::-L " "T..A -" i" it "- ..:-""
triotio who did not believe the cry or
believing declined to make sacrifices
fatton at home on thoso losses.
Tho real purposes of tho call ar
lowly developing. Thoy aro two In
number:
(First a patrol of tho bordor to do
the work which President Wilson's
friend Carranza finds It imposslli t
to do. Because tho recognized goveti
saent In Mexico is too Ineffective to
keep Us own citizens In check a I
prevent them murdering Americana
on American soil the American gov-
ernment undertakes the costly task of
doing that work for thorn. The mur
der of American citizens on Mexican
oil is another matter. Carranza may
go as far as he likes In that direction.
Second a purpose of tho mobiliza-
tion on the border and In the camps
i to train citizens to porform effective
military sorvlco. Tho regular military
establishment of tho nation Is man!-
Justly too small for the actual military -" ' '- ; -"dLTl'0.L0nlh!"r:.nUJIHane
degree of honesty havo mndo
country needs you" was correct.
But those facts were not mado clear
when tho call was Issued. The idea
was promulgated tliat mon wcro ueod-
ed for actual war Borvlco; not for
military training. Deceit was prac-
ticed. Opposing in the open legislation for
universal military service the admin-
istration by its acts ha established
what in essence Is a system of com-
pulsory military sorvlco. It Is a sys-
tem all tho more vicious because it
operates only against tho patriotic
whereas a legalized universal training
system equalizes tho bunion of mili-
tary sorvlco among all men and aU
classes of men.
WJion in 1914 Huropo plunged Into
the groatest war of all history and
conditions In Mexico grew intolerable
Intelligent mwi realized tho fact that
K was Incumbent on this nation to
build up its tiny regular army and put
Its other military resources In condi-
tion for use. National safety demanded
this. And yet. In December of that
year four months aftor tho European
war bogan President Wilson went be-
foro Congress and declared that all
agitation for military proparodness
was hysterical; that we were ade-
quately prepared.
Aftor a while the administration
changed its mind and professed to
believe In tho necessity for prepared-
ness. First came an enactment to
Increaso the regular nnuy by 20000.
But the body ot the country and even
all parts of the Democratic adminis-
tration could not change front so
quickly as the head. Recruiting for
the regular army laggod Not yet
have til 20000 been secured.
The need pressed. A now national
defense act providing for still more
men In tho rogular nrmy was enacted.
But till tho men were not forthcoming-.
Suddenly and without warning tho
administration Issue' Its call for mo-
bilization of the citizen soldiery It
seemed still obsessed with the Uran
notion that an army could bo created
by presidential ukase.
When the call went out the govern
ment did not own enough uniforms
hoes socks blankets hats wagons
trucks horses mules and other things
essential to equip the men called; It
had made no provision for transport-
ing the troops called to tho points
where they wero required.
Who Buffered most by this amaz-
ing lack of foresight this leaping be-
fore looking?
Only the 135000 patriots who be-
lieved that their country neodod them
for national defense; only the men
who are making tho great sacrifices.
The whole disgraceful story may '
be summed up In the phraso the
administration has penalized patriot-
ism True It Is accumulating by sub-
terfuge a reserve of trained soldiers
but events have demonstrated that It
cried "wolf" when there was no wolf.
Should It be forced 1A0 cry "wolf"
agatn when the wolf Is at the door
bat will be the result?
IIIIIIJMI I lAAA
UNUNLRdUH fflUHK 1 1 II IN
IS ATTACKED A DETRIMENT
f '
CHURCHMAN ACCUSES WORK-
ERS OF "MURDER ROB-
BERY AND THEFT"
II
CLARION" REPLIES
Official Journal of California
State Federation Answers
Cliarycs of Lay-Delegate to
Methodist Episcopal Confer-
ence at Saratoga Springs
(N.Y.) and Calls Him a Fakir'
One of tl.o most vicious nttacks over
o.gunlzod labor occurred
llt tl ti..rnl Conference of tho Moth-
: n.urch a prohibition
or'nnl7iitlin. iceeiitlv hulil at Saratoga
Kpilngs N Y A Cleveland cupltallHt
mid cmplovcr and doli;;nto to tho con-
volition unused momboiM of labor
unions of 'minder robbury theft
every . rime In the catalogue."
Tho outburst was occasioned by tho
intindw tlou of a motion to recognize
Hlor unluiis' clnlm to tho right of
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icaicii n an ovcrwuciming voce.
Reviewing tho discussion that pre-
coded tho oto tho Literary Digest
e.iys.
"The high water mark of tho discus-
1 nlon nuordlng to tho reports In tho
dally press was leached when a lay
deiecio. Mi i-'rnin i A. Artor of
( .md. a capitalist said that 'mur-
. robl.et. theft ovory crlmo In
I lalalogue' had been committed
1 .embers of tho class of workers
w Hi ' h (ho members of tho Moth-
odlst I'plscopal Church wero asked
to align then. .olvo3."
Labor Clarion's Reply.
The Labor Clarion tho otllclal Jour
nal of tho California Stato Federation
of Laboi. dls.usslng Artor. Hays1
"Wo do not know who tho creature
Arier Is. what his business Is or
whether he Is generally rceognbod by
those who know him as n Chilstmu or
as Just a plain unvarnished fakir hut
the same i h.irgo against tho members countiy tnke this opportunity of vole-
of the Methodist Kplscopal Church. I"g tir sentiments cut this vital ques-
or any other church that he made Hon; and be it further
against the meinbjrs of tho great "Itesohed That we tender our
American labor movement. Tho labor moral support to those woikers who
movement makes no pretense of being re now menaced by these would-bo
made up excluslvolj of saints but It saviors whose only dcslro to our
enters a mon emphatic protest against mind Is to lower the ntandard of
the assumption that Its members can wages and lesson the opportunities
bo registered In a category below that for emplojment b nddlng to tho nrmy
of ot lit i large gioupsi of society and of the unemployed; and that wo do
the man who attempts so to do simply nil in our powor to obliterate this
biands himself as a treachoious knavo hysteria of prohibition; nnd bo It fur-
without an of the Instincts of n ther
Chri'ti.ui and a reptile beneath hu- "Resolved. That wo request that
man (ontompt " these resolutions be published In tho
When several other do'egates more labor papers throughout tho country."
tolerant and broad minded than tho The fact that the convention of tho
otheis protested the presiding bishop labor press of this nation gives time-
Muthcd m ltt.rs over by ruling tho !' warning of tho Impending danger
language of iter "unfortunate." ought to awaken in the mind of every
Organl.ed labor received very little toller the necessity of combating any
comildci.ition other than verbal from fuithur encroachment upon our tights
the men who endorse prohibition as n t- worklngmen nnd our llbortlea as
humanitarian nieasuio. Tho "closed American ottlrcus.
Bliop" i evolution was "snowed undor"
by a ote of 117 to 2S0 or ulmost two
to
Tried It Eight Tlmfl
Rev Hat rv V Ward who Introduced
the lesolutlon. di dared that ho had
Introdiiied it unsuccessfully for eight
comei tithe jrurs lie attempted to
explain the unfavorable action of the
coii'i lemo 1 having that although
the delegates refused to sanction tho
poln v of eniplovlnr only union labor
the disillusion had virtually resulted
In .in Instiu. tint to tho church to
re oci"e (Iw ml' i tlvo bargaining of
oii: onid lilur msofat na Its do
i Mini aie j ii t at I the rights of unor-
gm'jsid labor aie not Infringed upon."
A TYPICAL
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L. I'li.io liy K.'utuie 1'hoto Service Now ork City.
Actual fiohtina consumes a comparatively small part of a soldier's time
in the European war. Some of the men with the armies never do riy fight-
ing as In the case of the German tailors and shoemakers In thlLplctur
Like the men at the extreme front the workers are not denied liquor
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LABOR EDITORS CLAIM 'DRY'
ADVOCATES WOULD LOWER
WAGE STANDARD
MENACES HERS
Journalists Adopt Resolution
Dnnniinninn Tiine wimsn An.
tivities Lessen Opportunities
for Obtaining Positions by In-
creasing the Army of Unem-
ployed and Jobless
A et unit against prohibition was
lnkn . nor a(UtorH rcconlIy at
... . .
llulr '"'" when a roHolutlon do-
clnrlng hucIi luclHlntlon a dotrlmunt to
workers was adopted. Tho National
llnrulil reported tliu proceedings as
f00WM.
' ' .
' 1:o ""olutloiiB against thu prohlbl-
tl()" ""'"n. which wcro unanimously
adopted by tho labor editors of tho
country nt thoir convention recently
...
" ' t. Louis aro of such groat
. . ....
lmportu.ee coming us thoy do at this
oppoitune tlmo. as to merit tho pro
foundoHt consideration ot every man
aIIi Womnn who lolla foi a living
Thu convention van attended by
t n1oft and foremost thinkers Idoii-
tided with present day labor Journul-
jin mc wi0 aro rrifuit touch
wjti the sentiment of tho working
mntsen. and who by vlituo of this
fait iow wlu'reof thoy spunk
dihui rn..t -
I lUIIIUItlUII I IIMMWIbai
Tho resolutions which were Intro-
duced 1) Mr Michael Goldsmith of
the Cleveland redrratlonlst after call-
ing attention to t.io utter fallacy of
prohibition its demoralizing offoct
upon tho peace and liberty of the
people its inoirielng effect upon tho
prosperity and nueeoss of tho work-
Ing clars and tho duty of tho labor
press to point out thoso dnngora read
" follow..
"Ilcsolvod That wo the delegates
representing tho labor prcsn of tho
"THE MOIST MUSE."
"Hush little Rnrronm
Don't j ou cry;
You'll bo a Drug Store
lly and bjo."
Senttlo Argus.
"Hush llttlo 'Dry' Town
Don't jou fret;
After n while again
You'll bo wet."
M Ida's Criterion.
"Yep llttlo 'Dry' Man
Wo will bet
"A'hen you got thirsty
You'll bo 'wot'"
Our O
rWAR SCENE
"THE WORKINGMAN'S
c-Vrs. 4f "vhat About The C1ld
ifly siav" MftE 'swet -s"p5 I
- (If & '2 '0? io5nsTM sj'i
IwMtk PmU$'y ill
Of the forty-six voles cast against the Kcalin-Owen CI lid Labor Bill 1 ..ty-eight were cast
by Congressmen representing "dry" states. Thc'discusLion on t'.:c b'ii rc-;?!e.l t'ut more than
600000 child workers between the age of 10 r.nd 13 years rrs CT.p'.oycl :: t.talcs t.ir.t have indorsed
Prohibition. While the professional Prohibitionist is hypocriti:aily cttv:: '. :..; t'.c hr.iJ of "friend-
ship" to Labor Prohibition States arc harboring the Chili Labor Traiuc; a t.tfn; that ruins not
only the boy but the little girl as well and jeopardizes the only thir.g that tr.n:ls between the
worker and starvation his job.
The depths 0 duplicity and (he
heights of hypo Moy are reached nn t
straddled by the Professional l'roii!
unionist who posting as the "working
man's ft lend" does not make his ac
tivities tho counterpart of h!i word"
nnd his deeds the fulilllmritt of hlr
piofesslons Tho man who un.Icr the
guiso of "morality" or otherwise seeks
to destroy or impair the liveliluod o
the laborer is a greater oncr.iv time
tho unsciupulous employer who Hcl.r
to force wages beneath tho tlennrdi-
of a decent living for ho vol's list
activities beneath tho cloth of h-
pocrlsy. How the "Dry" Stnnilc.
Yet such Is the oslt.on of tho pro
hlbltlonlst who would dectroy the
means of subsistence of one million
workmen and Jeopardlzo that of many
millions more; who would destroy the
iucomo of a million and induce to a
minimum the wages of many million
otheis by tin owing the foimor Into
tho alread.v too woll-flllcd ranks of
unemployed f?
Hut It Is heaping I11311U upon Injury
when these same men rlso upon the
public rostrum and In advocating pro-
hibition declnro that the Amcilcan
workman Is Incapable of self-control
nnd Is In need of a publlo guardian
It la turning the blade In tho "aund
-..' Ir.n't when thev Issue their p dlea-
'o:iu r.lled with the llltliy Hlujtr.-t'ona
Icj..rtlng thoir conccytkn of tho
oii.lngman. In liiese h. is u'.ways
ho dr relict tho drunkard mare fJid
if tho gutter than tho pulpit Ills
lor.io Is Invarln'ily u poverty stricken
evol vvIito 1 Is v.l'o. amid n Ho! of
icarn awaits his belated rottrn. and
his children tremolo at hltt nppraaclt.
Is thlo tho Aiuarlciu vvorkr.nn ai
'i? Is; U null n trco doscr. thn c his
h n.'7 Tho voice of Truth rnrt'orj
t!..if it is net. Tliro 13 pa m-u'i 'ova
unl lo.va't.. .i tho homo of the labirer
is thoro Is In the pnlnco of any pro-
h'blt'onli'1 1 n'mr na roprescnted by Its or;;.v'zv
tlona has a dc'o mtn beforo ol.jost
eve-v lo'slativo body in tho co.i try
necking to linprovo tho woiking cop.
lit Ions of the laboring man his dni;;h.
tor and his son. When or vvhera did
the prohibition hypocrite) ever i iltj
forces with this worthy oflort? T'.ieva
Is no recoid of ttmh an act. Tho pro-
hlb'UonlBt is too busy shouting ' Dow l
with lluor" and collecting fun Is fro.n
tho foolish and hysterical to lend a
hand to tho man toward whim In
applies tho monnlnjjleas term "frioml."
PLEASE HELP THE
FRIEND"
j Not c::'j have f- -o advocates of
' CWe M'on rc.'.wd ' aid tho work-
iiiffman 'n hlr. stru 1 but they havo
r. ur. rrcordi 1 t'. a. selves as uu op-
put 111 jnt V. I.m the Keatlng-Ovvon
('MM J i ji r Hi 'n befoio the House
of It rt . ntitlvi toi( six Congress-
ino:i h-'d tho audacity to oppose tho
oman-ipi t'-n or the child by voting
ngalirt !'o bill. Tiilri sl of these
r.on vc m'wartit'.-cj of prohlbl-
t on f.atesl '-
i "C.To the Goy."
Ttrlclal statirth f-notel in tho
ITivi-o revealed tl.o Hut ihai moro
than 0n.C(') child workeis between
fio afet of 10 nn I 111 ve.ir3 are em-
icved In states that have endorsed
prob bit'au! Tho prohibition laws of
tl'orr- siTr n were enacted by men who
whi'ij pro.'.- nit love of humanity
poim't'ed tho eVsten e of an Indus-
trial condition t lift gtlnds tho tender
youth of humanity's eh" u Into
cod!
I With theo facts a matter ii record.
little v c.iuler that laboi has turned
n deafened cir to the Bln-ii voice of
I Prohlblt'on; that its londom are cham-
plors of Ulicrillnn and its ranks u
wall of snito against which the forces
j of Oonfls it jii nnd Dostruct'on have
i churcod trad shall charge In vain.
BLIND
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