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Show r Economic Highlights j Industrial News Review J HPI"?nin;s t!uit Alfoct the Dinuei Pails, Dividend Cheeks and Ta. Bills of Every Individual. National Nation-al mid International Problems In-separate In-separate from Local Welfare. oOo Easter has come and gone again. Instead of peace on earth and good will toward all, there is unrest, class hatred and actual revolution in many parts of the world. Politics has become be-come the. "biggest business." It bids fair to consume savings and capital of many countries. Taxation grows and the constant fear of wars drains the public treasuries to prepare for war. With growing talk of fascism, communism, and socialism as a remedy rem-edy for worldly troubles, we as a nation na-tion should not lose sight of one outstanding out-standing fact, namely; that we, the people of. the United States, are the government No other form of government gov-ernment ever gave such complete control con-trol to "the people" as does our own constitution. We have no ruling class here tliat it is necessary to revolt against in order to protect ourselves. By the ballot we, the people, have the power to express our views in a more emphatic, orderly and speedy I manner than can ever be accomplished accomplish-ed by force. In these days of unrest and discontent we should remember these facts. We should appreciate the great government that we have. We should get down on our knees- and offer a prayer of thankfulness that our ancestors, through trial and suffering, suf-fering, created a constitutional form of government that gives each and every one of us the greatest liberty and equality of opportunity of any people in the World. Our constitution is the poor man's greatest heritage and the rich man's only protection. oOo One of the most startling statements state-ments of the year, whether it be comedy, com-edy, error or tragedy, came from Dr. Wirt, superintendent of Gary's school system. He quoted remarks he claims were made to him by "brain trusters" to the effect that if they could prolong pro-long the country's destitution they would cause the American people to demand that the government operate industry and commerce; that they believed be-lieved they had Mr. Roosevelt in a swift stream from which he could not turn back or escape and that they believed be-lieved they could keep him there until they were ready to supplant him with Stalin. Dr. Wirt's full statement is astounding. Taken literally, it is evi- dence of a well-laid program to fool 1 the president and destroy our present i form of government. Congressmen 1 Bulwinkle of North Carolina, has de- manded an investigation. In reply to interviews Dr. Wirt says in regard to his comment, "I meant every word of it and I'll have more to- say if I ! am called . before an investigating (Continued cn las'; paKfi) A Economic Highlights (Continued from patje 1) committee in Washington." Also he stated he is willing to "be a sacrifice to get the people to thinking about what is going on." Comment is impossible im-possible until an official investigation has developed further farts. 0O0 Rut in spile of national and international inter-national problems, business must go on. Automobiles Incomplete reports indicate indi-cate passenger car sales for March exceed combined January and February Feb-ruary totals or a gain of 8G per cent over March, 1933. Steel Prices are being advanced along with wage increases in steel and bituminous coal industry. Retail . Trade Spring buying satisfactory. satis-factory. Easter shopping throughout through-out larger part of country added generously to upward trend of consumer con-sumer buying that has been in evidence evi-dence for several weeks. Increase in retail trade has not been matched match-ed by any proportionate gain in the activity of basic industries. Freight Carloadings for week ending end-ing March 24 showed drop of 2.8 per cent but the total was still 26.8 above like period in 1933 and 8.4 per cent above 1932. Lumber Total number of employees increased 2.82 per cent in February over January and increase in payrolls pay-rolls amounted to 2.38 per cent. Last year there was a 4 per cent decline In these items. oOo While disappointment has been expressed ex-pressed in some quarters that the government's recovery program has not brought about a greater degree of business revival, such an attitude should not be taken too hastily, states the Guaranty Trust Co., in its month- ly survey. Remarkable improvement that has taken place is a matter of record. "Thus far, the New Deal as a whole can hardly be said to have sue- J ceeded or failed . . . The crucial point will arrive when the government ceasesi to pump huge quantities of public funds into the economic system sys-tem and business is left to sustain itself. . . The value of the New DeaJ in the long run will depend on . . . its capacity to meet maturing obligations without resorting to ruinous taxation or to paper money issues, and on its : ability to regulate, in the public in- j terest, the vast and complex economic forces that it has undertaken to bring under centralized control," |