Show Missouri l Voters U Up- Up Upheld Up Upheld p- p held American Ideals In the last election the people of Missouri were ere called upon to vote on ona ona lI a propoS to it i prohibit private ate in m insurance in- in insurance companies from rom writing work ork a ens en's m in that state and to provide a monopolistic state fund to handle the business The proposal was re rejected ted b by a lI vote ote of and returns indicate that it itRas vas Ras defeated in an every country In this day of proposals for gov experimentalism in m busi busi- busi business business ness it is encouraging to see that a great at state like Missouri has not lost sIght of American ideals We are arc not mot yet vet ready to prohibit t private cit cit- citizens cit citizens from engaging an In legitimate business nor to set the government up in n business to the exclusion of everyone C else A state insurance monopoly would be as unhealthy as asa asa Q a private insurance monopoly It I would give political appointees ab- ab absolute absolute ab absolute I solute power po over O a tremendous I amount of the peoples people's money and would leave in m their th hands the od- od od of or a form of or Insurance whIch is 15 vital ito to employers and work work- workers workers workers ers alike The people of Missouri by theIr vote ote have hate upheld a fundamental principle of our go go government that that nt that It itis IS as the business of government to govern not to destroy the enterprise and ambition of citizens and ind taxpayers ers |