| Show CONFIDENCE IN THIS GOVERNMENT There are too many alarms sounded In this country countr accord accord- according accordIng ing to David F. F Houston who was secretary of t agriculture un un- under Under der del Woodrow Woodro Wilson Address Addressing ing fog a convention of men in in New ew York he said Apparently always in this business in its rela rela- relation relation tion tion to government has functioned r in an atmosphere of doubt and apprehension ap if not of fear iOn On every hand one meets with the tho pessimist and the prophet of or trouble As As' congress assembles or an election approaches a a. shiver runs through the business world The Implication Is that congress and executive bodies cannot c be trusted that they are area area a a menace that congress has ha too many cheap demagogues and that the people themselves are areno areno the were were were- no longer if it if they ever capable of supporting Just institutions and of securing sound courses of action in other words that democracy has failed or Is about to fail Call The speaker held that these apprehensions were ere falsely found found- founded founded ed and nd were to be discarded main government In the our has been trustworthy he said It has done dono Justice Our gov gov- government government has h s promoted legitimate enterprise If pur our ur government cannot be bo trusted where can you jou ou turn to find rind a better one a n. amore amore more stable one one ana that will furnish fur fur- furnish nish more snore guarantees for Cor legal enterprises or of property and I human rights rights' In no other na nation nation tion can you jou find rind resting on as broad eco eco- economic economic and social foundations or ora ora ora a population with a higher sense of Justice Most other nations are still in the shadow of the middle ages There are among us persons of alien origin unaware of differences unaware of the spirit and meaning of America who would presume to tell us V. V ehat hat to do tey even eyen advise us to revolutionize our Institutions These people do not talk our language They have no message for tor the people of this nation Mr Houston spoke particularly on Ott the superior advantages In America in that education is so easily obtained and so wide wide- spread In consequence he said One of the biggest things In American life is that any man can can rise as high as his charac charac- character ter and capacity permit Most of the men at the head of great en en- enterprises enterprises enterprises In America have risen without other assets than those of or natural ability good character and willingness to work Dem Dem- Democracy is 13 no 00 snob and pays no tribute to birth Consequently nowhere else in the world Is la Ia- labor bor so effective e or adaptable its wages and standards of living so high Its comforts and anel well being so EO great |
