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Show 1 UNEMPLOYMENT i SOCIETY, as a whole, in its federal government ,or through its smaller small-er forms of organizations, the state, county or city, must assume this responsibility. re-sponsibility. The nation was responsible respon-sible for the war and it has a responsibility respon-sibility in restoring the country to peace conditions. In what way can it create employment? employ-ment? It certainly ought not to manufacture man-ufacture or create useless things, j There are, however, many things which organized society wants and which it can get only through governmental gov-ernmental agencies. It wants more schoolhouses, better roads, more sew- I ers and parks; it needs to clean up and prepare useless land for cultivation; cultiva-tion; and in many sections it needs more houses for its dwellers. These are all things of enduring wealth and will become a permanent asset. The cost of investment at the present level of wages and material may be higher than it will be a few years hence, but on the other hand there is the gain of immediate use and satisfaction. The higher cost is spread over the whole community where this liability belongs be-longs ,and if so assumed will steady the labor market during the period of re-adjustment, so that the effects will be felt in every branch of private industry. in-dustry. Private industry will thus regain re-gain its confidence. Instead of violent vio-lent shock and disturbance the transition tran-sition will be gradual and peaceful. Too much emphasis cannot bo placed upon the responsibility which the federal, state and municipal governments gov-ernments owe at this time. The speedy ending of the war has saved the nation much, not only in lives, but also In property and in Indebtedness. Indebted-ness. Thus far the local indebtedness created by the war is light in comparison com-parison to what might have been anticipated. an-ticipated. If states and cities should now incur debt or increase taxes to undertake public works, this burden would be small indeed when compared with the indebtedness created if tlio war had continued only a few months. No finer contribution could be made than a dedication of such a sum for the works of peace. Let suoh an expenditure ex-penditure be regarded as a war expenditure, expen-diture, and let each community have its Liberty schoolhouse and its Liberty Lib-erty highway. Prof. Dewey in the Dearborn Independent. "The Professor seems to be a man of rare gifts," remarked Mrs. Naybor. '? "He is," agreed the professor's wife. i Hl "He hasn't given me one since we Hfl were married." Philadelphia Public H Ledger. |