Show 70 COUNTRY G ny ALL HIGHT A strikingly STRONG ARTICLE BY COL HARVEY THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD A plea for the conservation oll ol common sense that la Is meeting with cordial approval A strikingly strong article by colonel george harvey in the north american review for september la is written in a view ot of such hopeful ness for the american future that it has attracted wide attention the article Is entitled A plea tor for the conservation of common sense and it Is meeting with the cordial ap of business men of all shades of political opinion throughout the en tire country in part colonel harvey says unquestionably a spirit of unrest dominates the land but if it be true that fundamentally the condition of the country Is sound must we wa necessarily succumb to despondency abandon effort looking to retrieval and cringe like cravens before clouda cloud that only threaten rather ought we not to analyze conditions search for causes find the root of the distress which even now exists only in mens minds and then after the american fashion apply such rem edles edlea as beems adems most likely to produce beneficent results capital and labor not antagonistic the link that connects labor with capital Is not broken but we may not deny that it la Is less cohesive than it should be or than conditions war rant financially the country is stronger than ever before in its his tory recovery from a panic so severe as that of three years ago was never before so prompt and comparatively complete the masses are practically free from debt money Is held by the banks in abundance and rates are low why then does capital pause upon the threshold of investment 9 the answer we believe to be plain it awaits adjustment of the relations of government to business a a the sole problem consists of determining how government can maintain an even balance between aggregations of interests on the one hand and the whole people on the other protecting the latter against extortion and saving the former from mad assaults the solution Is not easy to find tor for the simple reason that the situation Is without precedent dut but la Is not progress being made along sane and cautious lines 0 conserve common sense Is not the present as we have seen exceptionally secure what then of preparations for the future patriotism Is the basis of our ansti and patriotism in the minds ri rf lr you youth h Is no longer linked solely with fireworks and ana aemilia rut it Is taught in our schools A new course has been added a course in loyalty methodically our children learn how to vote how to conduct primaries conventions and elections how to discriminate between flea eions of candidates and finally how to govern as well as serve they are taught to despise bribery and all forms forma of corruption and fraud as treason their creed which they are made to know by heart Is not corn com plex it Is simple but comprehend compre hen sive elve no less beautiful in diction than lofty in aspiration these are the pledges which are graven upon their me memories morles As it Is con cowardly ardly for far a soldier to run away from battle so it Is coward ly for any citizen not to contribute his share to the mell w ell being of his country america is my own dear land she nourishes me and I 1 will love her and do my duty to her whose child servant and civil soldier I 1 am i As the health and happiness of my body depend upon each muscle and nerve and drop of blood doing its work in its place so the health and happiness of my country depend upon each citizen doing his bis work vork in his place these oung citizens are our hostages to fortune can N wo e not safely assume that the principles animating their lives augur well ell for the permanency or of the republic when before have the foundation stones of continuance been laid with such care and promise of durability the future then la Is bright and the present but one thing is needful no present movement la is more laudable than that which looks to conser conservation Nation of natural retour resources ces cut but let us ug never nener forget that the greatest inherent resource of the american people Is cummon sense let that be conserved and applied without cessation and soon it will be found that all tho the ills of which we complain but know not of are only such an a attend upon the growing pains of a great and blessed country |