Show HAVE VE WE VE STRENGTH OF OP CHARACTER Tho The government contrary to conception nas nothing of or itself itsel except the power to tax and the credit based bas thereon said J. J J. J J Hunter President ol 01 o othe the Bank of or California recently Thus s far tar the thrifty savers of ot the nation have accepted tho the obligations of the government govern govern- government government ment at nt face value even value even at a n premium but it Is my unless an earnest attempt Is mode made to balance the budget by cutting down expenses rather than taxes and take a long step to reduce the debt by regular amortization the fear of ot insolvency will come ome upon the people as ns a n thief thle in the night and the wreck wreck- wreckage wreckage wreckage age will be colossal with none escaping Neither Congressmen Senators nor the Executive branches of ot government can provide food tood clothing or shelter except by slave labor with lost economic and spiritual rights Is Is there strength of ot character enough In the supposedly free American people to 10 draw In their belts and nod produce Or Orwill Orwill Orwill will they look to their Congressmen and Senators to do the Impossible I I IThe The government go will spend dose close to 10 In this a boom year when employment is at its iW time all-time high What would happen in some future de depression de- de year when revenues drop and and I at the same time the pressure for tor more and more governmental go pump priming I Is turned on at white heat Never in Its history has this nation pursued so so I potentially ruinous a fiscal course That fact tact unwelcome as It may be constitutes constitutes the greatest problem facing the I country today I |