Show HOMESPUN SENSE pithy quotations from public addresses of MELVIN A TRAYLOR president first national dank bank chicago it Is time some bome leadership and some party called our attention to the fact there Is no magic cure tor for the ills and the evils ot of human tolly folly we trod the primrose path of 0 extravagance of 0 thoughtless and of almost criminal neglect ot of every sound principle ot of human conduct from rom the individual to the government and the individual was aided encouraged and abetted abet tedon on that path by the government and those responsible for or its administration 0 one 0 of the biggest things was a watered state ot of mind in which we all thought we were richer than we were and were living beyond our means 0 in my opinion no o great division ot of human society has ever been lied to and lied about as much in the same period ot of time as has the american farmer 4 0 this then Is my hope tor for our future that we may la be rich without forgetting to be righteous that we may be powerful without being offensively proud that we may bo be nationally minded without being narrow minded and finally that we may live in a world ot of fact without surrendering our faith 0 0 1 I would urge consideration ot of the complete abolishment of so called floor trading which as I 1 am informed has about it most of the characteristics of plain crap shooting and few it if any more redeeming features than that delightful Ethl ethiopian pastime 0 it Is tad bad enough when the intelligent and wealthy speculate and lose but when scrubwomen scrub women lay day laborers small home owners wives and youths speculate and lose simply because they can go to a brokers office and get credit tor for small sums the practice ceases to be defensible on any ground out of the stress and difficulty of the situation I 1 believe gradually we shall return to simpler thinking and simpler living for it seems to me that we want above everything to abandon the struggle to live up with the joneses and to rediscover the true purpose of life which is the joy to be ba found in the simple virtues of industry thrift and sane living I 1 believe in our people in fr our country and in the god who directs our destinies and I 1 welcome the future with confidence and unshaken faith Is we have bave not tailed failed because of ignorance ot of economic theories but because ot of our utter disregard and de defiance flance of 0 all economic laws ambition stupidity and greed have dictated policies and trouble has been the result all through hi history bistor stor the nations that have been agriculturists and have included in their agricultural and domestic pursuits the breeding and raising of livestock have been the nations that have endured the longest and performed the greatest work for mankind open the door ot of an agricultural school and you close the door ot of a poorhouse 0 0 relief irom from owing too much money does not lie in borrowing more 0 human welfare I 1 believe means more than the mere assurance to the individual of 0 political rights life liberty and the pursuit of 0 happiness as enunciated in the declaration of 0 independence it moans means also the opportunity to exercise these inalienable rights knowledge is one thing lut but courage ot of leadership Is another falsehood and error make the headlines while truth and fact are lost in the maze of 0 halt half point type what does freckle faced johnny snub nosed bill or redheaded red headed jim care about composition translation or conjugation the only cube root life will ever give them a chance to extract will probably be that of a hickory or sassafras sprout the only unknown quantity they will ever seek to find will be the measure of the nubbins bubbins they can produce on the worn out fields their fathers have robbed before them the only conjugation they will ever un undertake der will sound something like we work you work they work 0 we cannot trade the hungry the unfed the feeble voice of the sick the empty basket of the unemployed against the maintenance of party preference or individual advantage or personal achievement 1 I believe I 1 am a better farmer by a along long shot than I 1 am a banker e 4 we must either all thrive together or all suffer disaster |