| Show UP TO TRADITION the american people are living up to their traditions since the days of the pilgrim fathers it has been a tradition with us that we care for our own without asking aid arom t rom other countries and other peoples if a family needed food it was fed if it needed clothing it was furnished if it needed a home one was secured for it distress has been alleviated wherever it was fo with the winter upon us it is gratifying tornow to know that the traditions of the american people I 1 nave not been forgotten we have passed through two or three years of the most far reaching depression this chis country has ever known and nd as a consequence we have a large army of unemployed a vast number of them with families dependent upon them there is no work for them and they are without means with which to feed clothe and house them themselves and their dependents with the advent of winter with its icy blasts they re facing a direful situation but the american people were equal to the occasion relief organizations were formed in every city in the towns ond villages and hamlets those who have were invited to share with those who have not that no acute suffering might be endured the response has been quick rind frell onerous n erous and cheerful and where stark despair cast its h black shroud of 9 gloom loom there is now hope and confidence in the future oto o to a worthy object has not been confined to the rich alone it has been passed down through every walk of life even to the most humble who could give only pennies where others gave hundreds and thousands churches hodg lodges cs clubs chambers of commerce lations of every conceivable kind have done thair s share merchants manufacturers business and professional men bankers ranchers farmers the schools cli all have pd i i i 9 spirit that is commendable to the nation as well as to themselves the hand of want was extended and it was promptly fillod filled |
