Show pioneering th the history of civilization lg is the record of or of a few in men on who at the proper moment have each in turn come forward with tile the solution of some existing problem that Is true in the realm of science art religion commerce and trade arid and in fact all human activities A few men have quietly and unflinchingly pursued facts in tile the hope of making discoveries that would revolutionize thinking of the world often in cloistered retirement they have worked laboriously to ascertain the fundamentals upon choch all discoveries are based that Is why the world today speaks of such auch benefactors as aristotle galileo columbus um bus pasteur faraday fulton Afar marconi edison and others of their kind that Is why we have erected monuments to their name it was tile the courageous and daring flight ot of the pioneer lindberg that announced announce ti tho the new day tor for aerial navigation and so BO from the beginning pioneers have pointed the way to higher levels of 0 thinking arid and action in turn they have added to the joy and of 0 living and removed drudgery from rom tho the world lifting flitting men up tip to a finer appreciation ot of beauty to a 0 loftier conception 0 of lito life all AH these accomplishments have been acts ot of pioneering these men were pioneers because they ventured into fields they blazed new trails they opened up now new worlds to their fellow men but pioneering la is not always of the physical kind it asserts itsell in the field of culture and economics tho the day of the pioneer will never end lie ile la is in demand today when wo are under undergoing g rapid changes in our modo mode ot of living arid and thinking when we are on tho the eve of a now new epoch in american life what sort eort of pioneer do de we need to conduct us into this now new field what kind ind of training must wo we have le ua its examine our ioma throughout the world stands tire the gaunt spectre of taxation we are flooded with new problems which modern science has produced it Is taxing the ingenuity ot of man to use successfully and profitably the things that are placed at his command for hla his comfort and well ile being we hardly are allowed la breathing spell to catch up with these overnight changes we are given no respite from the economic non to perplexities that ch allange our best thinking collectively and individually government has become a tremendously intricate and delicate machine the burden which Is placed upon the people has become so prodigious that the very existence jot of orderly government P la threatened that Is why the world Is caling tor for pioneers pioneers who can point the way out of our present economic dilemma who can show liow how government can be made an agency for our well being rather than a juggernaut that threatens our destruction hut but whoever does doea came forth with suet such a solution must be prepared to meet the same intolerance pre prejudge judee opposition and selfishness which have stood in the path of every progressive constructive idea in the past fortunately the hour of neels alty Is producing such pioneers loading leading citizens throughout the thir respective communities to bid det de lanco flanco to practices in public life that are responsible tor for our present plight these pioneers ara demanding manding ni that tho the present government beginning with local communities muni ties shall divest itself of non essentials that the public dollar shall cease that public office will be made a public truse and not a tor for exploitation but wherever these demands demand sare are being made the stoutest opposition arises beneficiaries of present laxity looseness and inefficiency in government in the halt half million taxing units in the united states will be found resisting with all their power and strength any attempt to dislodge them from rom their entrenched positions it if these pioneers of our economic Pal salvation are to succeed 1 in ro 10 kleving the taxpayers ot of their present burden it will be only when and it they possess the sta stamina mInD the courage and the other fighting qualities which have always characterized pioneers one has only to note what re diction follows even in his own community the suggestion that savings should be had in the conduct of public affairs immediately passion Is let loose and accusations cusat ions are hurled at those who dare sponsor such huch an undertaking that Is why men who are to tg head such a movement must be unreachable they must be in a position where they cannot be made victims of boycott of intimidation or subjected to monetary losses because those who are advocat advocates en of extravagance show allow no tine fine sense ot of discrimination when it comes to the weapons they employ to silence and to crush those who call for economy and efficiency in government it I 1 any one considers this an a n overdrawn picture let him an bounce himself publicly as aa an advocate of reduction in the costs of government let him attempt to gather around him men who are similar disposed let him proceed to apply this extravagance and inefficiency only to see BOO how quickly the furles furies will be turned loose about his head bead man would have remained in hla his primitive state a brother to the clod had not the pione pioneers eis in fix glorious succession brought with them enlightenment and emancipation to their fellows it Is to these pioneers these advanced thinkers on economic problems these men of rugged courage that we must look to save us from disintegration of government to preserve to us our arse ent social economic educational and cult cultural itral advantages and to build upon tile the splendid structure which we now call society this athla economic pioneering must begin in ili the tha community it must embrace the state it must finally include the entire nation and the world at large hack back of all the questions that confront the international economic council now in session in london stands the towering problem of taxation it Is interwoven with armaments tariffs and overy every phase ot of world trade and international relations the solution will not come until we grapple successfully with the problem of costs of government taxation some pioneer must lead the way some pioneer sailing under the banner of economy efficiency and honesty in ili public affairs although his achievements will wil 1 be devoid of all and color colo r he will vt be entitled to a place at among n ong the worlds benefactors that kind ot of pioneering that we most need today exploration of the taxpayer can have but one result chaos ex |