Times Independent | 1923-02-08 | Page 6 | Able to Grow Great without Conscious Planning; Rich without Economy

able to grow great without conscious planning rich without economy cy LEWIS E PIERSON merchants of new yoi joriu L rort fortunate in steadily sten dily increasing man power fortunate in in the po po won tion of great natural resources fortunate in the inventiveness isi and energy of a free people tavi th country of oure ours hae has been able to grow pet without conscious planning and rich without economy we hae halie been prodigal of our wealth because it seemed inexhaustible we have halie scattered treasure by tha roadside because there were viere other stow stora of wealth ahead we hae bee been n via t C r 8 becalm there seemed no neri nela to saie yet after little more thin a 6 century of national existence we 41 ourselves ours elvee questioning it whether hether we can continue along this primrose PIOL we have wasted our forert forc Ft until today we are usina using 0 each seg more than titan four times nit n much timber as we grow ue e have wasted our feelth lold by mil exhaustion and the abandoned aban donel carmit of the enst fast point a warning to the prairies of the wet we hare have wal waited ted our substance in n various ways less apparent but no less enous serious and the present widespread demand for contido con ration of niti motional onil naste indicates that for autu future re prosperity we must 1 to 0 A intelligent use of our other than to the careless relesa ca exploitation exploit atio of the wealth about us ux