Show american resources and achievements editor part park record the united states of america has major machines acres of farm land cities installed horsepower domestic points acres of I 1 mineral lands miles of navigable waterways domestic animals acres of rivers and lakes miles of electric transmission lines miles of railroads miles of rural roads oil wells miles of surfaced highways acres of cities miles of tele phone telegraph and cable lines I 1 buildings and farms the i productive power of its workers Is un equalled equal led anywhere man for man the american produces more metal more fabrics more transportation transport alton mo more re coal I 1 more foods than does any other worker in the face of all this there are in the united states today over twenty million human beings living in utter object abject poverty due to the tact fact that almost all this vist property Is owned and controlled troll ed by a greedy few who it if left to themselves could not make a living g but the ones who do nil all the work anat and have produced all the wealth have lost their savings their insurance their homes and their hope it Is certainly a deplorable condition when honest sincere and industrious people find themselves faced with eviction from their home starving and without hope of any relief in america the land of plenty in radio and other fields there Is the most desperate effort being put forth to get yet more into the hands bands of those who already have it nearly all evidently the hogs that have ruined america are not yet satisfied they prefer and will justly get complete ruin our great nation was bought with a price bloodshed starvation and death stared our early settlers in the lace yet they moved forward and conquered today our beloved country over which waves old glory Is facing a great crisis most of the wealth of the nation Is hoarded bearded up by a few gigantic money kings while scattered throughout the country all t types apes and classes of red blooded american people are going to and fro hungry naked destitute and suffering who wonders then that tha t we should have so many so called sore heads it Is the duty of every red blooded heman emart he H e mart man citizen to take interest in all public matters and I 1 would like ta to see bee that interest made evident and its continuance ti nuance assured eternal vigilance is the price or of liberty I 1 would like to see it become possible that greed wherever manifested would be instantly rec recognized and immediately punished I 1 leviz never r would ld have believed un until recently that greed e ed could be so blind as it has shown itself to be it Is only a matter ol 01 time if one could on only stand on 12 the sidelines and watch and wait to see wethe the inevitable working and culmination 0 this passion until one would woula see it destroy itself j in this day of steam electricity and ingenious inventions a little girl with the assistance of machinery can pro i duce cluce more fabric than fifty men could as s many years ago at that tune time men lid did the work riot not girls but as aa machen ery improves less skill la Is required to operate it that he bea ariess fiend called competition that demands cheap labor I 1 discharges the lather father end and hires his chi children the father used to sell his own labor finding no market sells the labor of his s children before we wa compelled the tireless forces of nature to lighten our labor we were i guilty of stunting and distorting the bodies of children end and completely crushing out theroy the i joy of their young lives by imprisoning them in factories at hard I 1 labor this crime la Is so hideous that a jungle savage would blush to commit it the traps imps of evil of inordinate wealth and selfish corrupt oppressive means of gaining it are responsible for this crime that Is committed against the helpless children in the name of civila civilization and by the hand of that grinding monster called competition for the behalf of civilization of truth of integrity and of humanity it Is the duty of every citizen to get together and protect against these crimes through these imps amps of evl evil luxury dissipation immorality graft greed vice vic and crime has been introduced into our nation through them society has hab been carru corrupted apted the people have been plundered honest hard working mon men have been ruined in body and soul millions of men in every age have lost respect tor for law for truth tor for virtue tor for all the commandments the libraries report that the reading public are studying history no doubt they are trying to find out what happened when trusted educational leaders betrayed their trust and concentrated wealth became too oppressive sincerely I 1 LOUIS BARGO park city utah february 27 1935 |