Show INEffiCIENCY IN INGO GOVERNMENT GO IS GIVEN CI VEN HARD HAP FlAP Federal Trade Commission Commis Commis- V sion sion Scored by Ritchie r t t Before Before U. U S. S Chambery Chamber W r. r y V CIAL OFf OFFICIAL PROBES I HELD HARMFUL aa 10 High Order of Self Government Gov- Gov pr eminent in Business Is Urged as ns Remedy i o i w WASHINGTON wA n May 1 a 12 CAP AP- AP The of or the states the f fed fed- d. d f government and business In d the attention today of or the 4 d attending the tho annual con- con 1 of the United States cham- cham I t ot of c commerce with Governor It Ritchie of ot Maryland as the principal principal pal pat speaker A twofold solution of ot the com- com sp fht of o too much government go In Inabu abu business was offered by Gov Governor In fn his prepared address addre with the suggestion to put more business into f government and more self government into business B By developing self government and so managing to throw oft off the of at excessive government interference e. c-e. and end d regulation x 1 y t he he said business carr carr- solve caff-solve many of ot the problems Which men now strive to solve through tho the ballot GOVERNMENT WASTE Government Is la too complex and too alive with partisan feeling to handle many questions that business business business busi busi- ness could handle better beUer We e fire are the greatest nation in tn n the world but our governments both state and national do not reflect our business leadership Hero here waste and extravagance and Inefficiency and Indifference indifference ference ferene flourish to an extent that business Itself would not endure endue for forn fora n a moment If business unselfishly recognized Its political obligations RS It should It t would be the one force fore In the state that could measurably measurably meas meas- cure these evils evil T Th very mesa we have had In Inthe Inthe Inthe the t federal deral trade commission and even eD in the tariff commission when it cannot e be persuaded to act as a scientific and political non body illustrate how difficult it Is to translate economic taws with all aU their unforeseen uncertain and relative relative rel rel- aUvil factors into statutes and apply apply ap Hp- ap- ap ply DIy theta them that way A high order of ot business government Belt elf elf- can best find the way out of this economic chaos STATE TE CONTROL With the rapid growth of ot federal activity has come como a t bureaucratic Interference with business that I think accounts for tor much of the current current current cur cur- rent resentment Government Go should ul not not not- forget that the tho mere fact of or an investigation may easily be misunderstood and s1 spelt spell U ruin fota for tor fora torII a II wholesome Industry Business and big business particularly particularly particularly par par- toes docs not realize the Im Importance to It of our state and federal federal federal fed fed- eral system and of ot preserving tho proper equilibrium If Ie business business business busi busi- ness ignores the states or Is Indifferent indifferent IndIC IndIC- ferent to the political fiber and vitality of the states It weakens the tho political foundations on which Its Ita whole structure rests It should therefore work to leave ea e to the states what the states can do better or as aswell aswell well wen as all the central government |