The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-09-22
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT
A sTRIkINGLY STRONG ARTICLE
BY COL. HARVEY.
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
"a Plea for the Conservation OF
Common Sense" That Is Meeting
With Cordial Approval.

~ 'eh
With Cordial Approval.
A strikingly strong article by Colo
mel George Harvey In the North
American Review, for September, is
written In q view Of such hopeful
ness for the American future that It
has attracted wide attention. The
article is entitled. "a Plea for the
Conservation of Common Sense" and
1t Is meeting with the cordial ap-
prevail of business men Of all shades
OF political opinion throughout the en-
tire country. In part Colonel Harvey
says:
"Unquestionably a spirit Of unrest
dominates the land. But, IL 1t be
true that fundamentally the condition
of the country is sound, must we
necessarily succumb to dependency,
abandon effort looking to retrieval
and cringe like cravens before clouds
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not to analyze conditions, search
for causes, find the root of the dis
tress, which even now exists only In
mems minds, and then, after the
| American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
beneflcent results?
Capital and Labor Not An~tagonistlc.
"The Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that it is less cohesive than 1t
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially, the country Is
stronger than ever before in its lIs-
tory. Recovery from a panic 80
severe as that Of three years ago was
never before so prompt and compare
lively complete. The masses are
practically free from debt. Money Is
rates r low.
why, then, does capital pause
upon the threshold Of investment?
The answer, we believe, to be plain.
It awaits adjustment Of the relations
Of government to business. 800 The
sole problem consists Of determining
how government can maintain an
even balance between ag%gregations
Of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people, on the other, protect.
ing the latter against extortion and
saving the former from mad assaults.
1.-The solution is not easy to find
for the simple reason that the stu
alton is without precedent But Is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines? -"
Conserve Common Sense.
lis not the present. Al we have
seen, exceptionally secure? What.
then, Of preparations for the futuref
Patriotism Is the basis OF our insti.
tutions. And patriotism in the minds
of our youth Is no longer linked solely
with fireworks and deeds of daring. 1t
is taught IN our schools. A new
course has been added course In
loyalty. Methodically, our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries, conventions and elections,
how to discriminate between Qualifica
tons of candidates and. finally, how
to govern as we'll as serve. They are
taught to despise bribery and all
forms OF corruption and fraud as
treason. Their creed, which they are
made to know by heart, is not com
pick. It Is simple. but comprehen
sive. no less beautiful in diction than
lofty In aspiration. These are the
pledges which are craven upon theil
memories:
"As It il cowardly for q soldier e
run away from battle, 80 1t Is coward
" for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the well-being Of hii
country. America Is my W deal
land; she nourishes me. and ] vii
love her and do my duty to her
whose child, servant and civil soldier
am.
"As the health and happiness o.
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop Of blood doin(
It's work In its place, 30 the health
and happiness of nay country depend
upon each citizen doing his work II
his place.
These young citizens are oul
hostages to fortune. Can we no
! safely that the principles AMI
: mating their lives augur we'll for thu
permanency Of the Republic? WheI
! before have the foundation stone,
Of continuance been laid with sucl
, care and promise Of durability
) THE future, then, Is bright. AM
{ the present? But one thing Is need
, full. No present movement Is more
. laudable than that which looks II
: conservation of natural resources
But let us never forget that the great
. est inherent Of the Amer
lean people is Common Sense. LIE
-. that be conserved and applied with
:. out cessation, and o O 1t will b.
q found that all the Ills Of which WI
S complain but know no OF are oni!
e such as attend upon the growing
pains Of a great and blessed country