Show CONFIDENCE STILL EXISTS T THERE HERE ought to be a reassuring thought in u Tuesday nights night's announcement by tho the treasury department t. t It told that its offer of in 15 1 year 18 ear bonds was overs oversubscribed b- b scribed five times Its offer of in month 18 notes was oversubscribed seven times That means that thit in ready cash was wis tendered Uncle Sam when he IH only asked for It also means that there thero is of idle money that is waiting for a job joh It n is that idle mOlle money that is bothersome It should be out somewhere working for the good of the thc country financing the operations of trade and industry and filtering through to payrolls The reason it is not captains of industry say Bay is that business lacks confidence They i have been telling Mr Ir Roosevelt to restore confidence confidence confidence con con- and then watch the country get on its way wa under its own power The trouble was no one seemed to know just what workable plan to propose Election was also in ill the thc offing offing off off- ing lug and that made some of them bashful But when hen election days day's results were tallied such sucha a measure o oL of confidence was evidenced by John R. R Public that Governor Pinchot felt moved to say Gee Now the net result of all this seems to be pretty plain First the president and the bankers bank bank- ers rs exchanged pledges of confidence Then business in general began to get more chipper Today there are numerous plans and specifications specifications specifications for restoring confidence ready for the presidents president's inspection upon his return from Warm Spring Springs The rhe big job is to put the best parts of all of them in one plan get a congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional and presidential okeh and then go goto goto goto to w work That is not going to be quite as simple as asit asit asit it sounds because there are arc some boys standing stand stand- ing on the sidelines with monkey wr wrenches in ill their ihei hands waiting to heave them in among the th gears The Voice of the People will have to call ll hl out in stentorian tones for them to tolay tolay lay Jay off The gentlemen who offered Uncle Sam nearly five and a half billion dollars for his name on the dotted line Hue showed something that looks very much like lire confidence They ought to be encouraged The best way to do it Is 18 for government and business to get to together together together to- to gether to talk over OYer this rather important t matte matte matter mat mat- te ter of getting men and aud women off relief rolls and onto pa payrolls rolIs On the door of ot the con conference confer er- er cn ence nce e room the sergeant-at-arms sergeant should hang a sign sigri reading Leave your our monkey wrenches outside |