Show fir 7 tk t tt t 4 j A LESOV LESON JJ LEARNED tr t t. t In the midst of plenty and pro prot pros prosperity like the United t In a land for the people lc lcj States It is necessary peo j 2 to realize the adv advantages which they en enjoy c if they are to fully frilly appreciate them em Without this understanding K a and d apI appreciation the tho agitator agitator who if it ho could would undermine the time Ideals of our emu constitution form of government with his socialistic doc doe doctrines doctrines trines and experiments has hastan tan an easy field in which to work worl The American people have paid J. J school for some dear lessons in the of experience when the they have havo per per- I themselves to be bo led astra astray from the basic principles laid down U b by the founders of our country i During the past thirty years wie 1 V h have witnessed the time passage of drastic drastic drastic dras- dras tic legislation which handicapped handi hand capped the full play of private initio and enterprise Such legisla- legisla d 1 n e ar to tn r curb irh the 11 seems vi nee u v ss J j w v greed and rap rapacity o of at th the q few who would trample on the rights of the many But conditions improved until improved until f F day to-day so-called so big bib business which a a. few years ears ago was looked r r r r upon by many as a curse to the na- na nar nation r J- tion is now considered essential tot to t its proper development Commenting on this reaction in V S J public sentiment which Is based on reason and understanding instead of blind prejudice Henry Ford in a recent issue of his Dearborn IndePendent Independent Independent Inde- Inde pendent asks a question as to 10 whether our business system has learned Its lesson from past experience I r. r ence and will ill profit from the same vi t It Is safe to sa say that it has learned learned learn- learn ed and it has also profited A gr great c industry toda today is no longer a one one- man institution Instead it is owned owned owned own own- ed by thousands and hundreds of thousands of everyday American citizens who have a voice in its many man man- y There is no question nd-question question but that what this change in ownership has been responsible in a large degree for ther th the r change in III sentiment toward business I generally Rational cons consideration of busin business ass eBS ess problems has been brought about as our people have gained a better understanding of the tho question ati at i issue sue They see that short policies of a few industrial leaders which ignored basic principles ol of 1 s Justice and fair play in business are not ot s sufficient ff i nt grounds for condemn condemn- ing all big big business They have hav e found that in order to correct abuse abuses s I F. F in special cases it is not necessary i J 7 to apply the remedy to all business alike whether it needs it or not With experience has come under standing day To-day the cry big business bus bus- iness mess arouses no anxiety The pUblIc public pub pUb- lic lie cares not how big a business gets so long as it Is conducted y yand I and in the tho public interest That our greatest industries are fullY aware of their duty and obligation obligation gation to the public is is evident evidenced d b bj by the fact tact that their brightest executives tives are in charge of or devote a 1 I great share of their time to the pub I He lic relations work of their companies compan compan- ies in order that the pu public bUc may kno know of of and if it so desires share in the ownership and management of such companies Henry Fords Ford's question can be safely answered in the affirmative affirmative- American business has learned b by its past experience And further it itcan can be said the American people have profited by making themselves acquainted with business problems a and d by accepting partnership In our leading industrial companies thus 5 g establishing r real public ownership on an n a sound footing free from pollS poll poli S tics j 4 1 a a stand patter r In the present instance in in- in stance stance stance-Dawes Dawes Dawes placed in inthe the reactionary I column by Beveridge becomes becomes becomes be be- r demanding comes a a. progressive reform m. m It is the contention of the form Corm former er cr r senator from front Indiana that Mr 11 Dawes' Dawes proposals If carried out out will destroy the deliberative function of the Senate make it a Junior adjunct of time the House and destroy the fine valance den bet bet them If H the Senate rules are to go before belore be be- lore fore ore the time whole people for tor solution here is certainly no harm m in having joth oth sides shIes presented by hr able cham cham- Dawes would alter the Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate rules by creating public ment which which win will demand a change Such action would throw the time re- re therefore upon the at large If H the popular will is to determine this matter by means let us hear both sides |