Show ici i BY GEORGES GEORGE S. S BENSON President ii Warding 9 College 9 r Arkansas Decisions Men and nations gain gam or lose by bythe bythe bythe the quality of decisions they make Founders of this remarkable republic lic made a wise decision long ago in favor of personal self-reliance self and individual government America Amer ica lea is great today because so many smart people were left free to do as much as they could as well weIl as they knew how and gain as much of a reward for themselves as they were able Not all Americans are models of progress and success but they all have benefited more or less from the achievements of those who did have the immortal spark You cant can't pick successful men before they try but more men of outstanding talent are sure to come to light where everyone is allowed to do his bestA best A large number of thinkers at work always adds up to more for every every- body Not Luck at All I People may orate about Americas America's Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's greatness coming from her vast natural resources The resources resources resources re re- re- re sources exist all right but the redskins redskins redskins red red- skins had them before Columbus came and didn't know the use of ofa ofa a wheel Some people I boast c st of this I r p L nation 5 s blue blood heritage Heritage It n H w was Va good Our forebears in large part came from Europe That was probably probably probably ably the smartest thing most of oi them ever d did d. d Americas America's economic system is what made America great It is a system system- of liberty giving every man manthe manthe manthe the right to pick what he wants and and go after it hammer tongs hammer tongs get it if he can and enjoy it to the extent of his capacity so long as it does not trespass the rights of somebody somebody somebody some some- body else It is a sprightly and dynamic economy quickly adjustable adjustable adjustable adjust adjust- able to changing times and condi condi- What Developed Limitless opportunity and keen competition have borne a rich har har- vest Our farmers live better than the peerage of some foreign lands Our laborers have more than workers work work- ers elsewhere ever have had at any time America has 7 of the worlds world's population and 80 of the worlds world's automobiles We Ve send more children to high school and college than all the rest of the world com com- During the last two years of World War II from a startled start in December 1941 America made more war materials than all her allies allies allies al al- al- al lies and her foes put together An American carpenter can buy more with his pay for a days day's work than any other carpenter anywhere 2 anywhere 2 times as much as the carpenter in Germany or France And the same goes in all trades the butcher the baker and the street-car street conductor How It Works Freedom of opportunity fires everybody everybody everybody ev ev- ev- ev to try thus men of great genius come to light and the whole nation benefits Then competition between men of special ability stimulates stimulates stimulates them to zealous effort in turning turning turning turn turn- ing out products of excellence at fair prices to develop and hold profitable profitable profitable prof prof- markets This enables Americas America's Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's middle class to enjoy luxuries unknown to run-of-mine run kings Mass production for volume sales demands fine and expensive tools Buying this machinery calls caUs for capital capital cap cap- ital investment averaging per industrial job fob in the United States The thing that made America America America Amer Amer- ica ica great was a decision to be free Free to work free to think free to earn free to save and free to in invest invest in in- vest and make a profit It is called Free Enterprise and its it's too valuable valuable valuable able to lose Mrs John Keller of Seattle Wash s visiting at the Erastus Jensen home Miss Mary Ellen Crawford daughter daugh daugh- ter of Mr and Mrs Grant Crawford of Ogden is visiting with her grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother Mrs Mary K Munk |