Show OUR rea REAL AL NEED by LEONARD A BARRETT A writer on economics Is quoted BS as having said what the people of this country really want Is not spiritual resources but material values ps so but it Is anther a sweeping statement to aniro that material resources in pace of spiritual values Is the desire of all persons of course many persons perhaps the majority earnestly hi desire the elimination of poverty less hours of work which means more leture leisure let ure and the assurance of dividends A condition devoutly to bo be wished someone says gays and wrong anith it granted that to every family in this country there shall be guaranteed guarante Pd the security of home plenty of work and a reasonable pension for old age would they be any better off the materialist who sees no farther than values expressed in houses bouses and lands prettiest of all 0 A A 7 4 frances jean lupo lupe years old won the title of illinois most beautiful baby in a contest held at the worlds fair in chicago unhesitatingly replies we would be a great deal better off the idealist who nho loots looks beyond material values replies with equal emphasis in the negative he reminds us that we would doubtless be just as self indulgent and greedy perhaps more so surely we would be just as sensual and mean in other words the conditions which brought on the depression would still exist and perhaps in a more anten she ehe form instead of conditions improving in they would become much worse vorse if man an shall not live by bread alona nations as well as individuals who have attempted to build ahe superstructure of their lifes ambitions upon no more permanent foundation than the desire for bread soon boon discovered that the tower of their best efforts fell much like the babel tower of old no the writer on economics Is wrong what this country needs most of all is a resurgence of spiritual power which ulli rebuild character and make permanent such values as education culture home and government what this country of ours oura needs Is an attitude attl tude toward life which not only belittles sensuality and greed but also eliminates self indulgence and false pride the question still remains are we going to learn anything worth while from the experience of the past four years or are we anticipating the return of another prosperous period in older that we may again repeat the same game mistakes and be plunged farther than ever in the gulf of despair despal rl SQ 0 western newspaper Newn pAper union |