The Lamar register., 1910-09-21
NO CLOUDS INESIGHT
COLONEL GEORGE HARVEY SAYS
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT.
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
Striking Article In North American
Review That 10 Attracting Wide
Attention.


Attention.
The attention of business and pro
fessional men IN all portions of the
country has been attracted to a strik
ingly strong article by Col. George
Harvey in the September issue of the
North American Review in which the
writer takes a view of the greatest
hopefulness for the future of America
and Americans. The article is en-.
titled "A Plea for the Conservation of
Common Sense" and II is meeting
with the cordial approval of business
men of all shades of political opinion
throughout the entire country. In
part, Colonel Harvey says:
'Unquestionably a spirit of unrest
dominates the land. But. II 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
CSb. GhtH hoW CAlolS
mems minds, and then, after the
American fashion. apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
beneficent results?
Capital and Labor Not AntagonistIe.
THE Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that 1t is less cohesive than 1t
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially. the country is
stronger than ever before in its his
tory. Recovery from a panic SO
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
held by the banks In abundance and
rates are low.
why, then. does capital pause
upon the threshold of investment?
The answer. we believe. to be plain.
1t awaits adjustment of the relations
of government to business. - The
sole problem consists of determining
how government can maintain an
even balance between aggregations
OF interests. on the one hand. and the
ing the latter against extortion and
saving the former from mad assaults.
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? 80
Conserve Common Sense.
'Is not the present. as we have
seen. exceptionally secure? What.
then. Of preparations for the future?
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. II
is. taught in our schools. A new
course has been added-a 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 ali
forms Of corruption and fraud as
treason. Their creed. which they are
made to know by heart. is not com
pick. 1t is simple. but comprehen
sive, no less beautiful in diction thar
lofty in aspiration. These are the
pledges which are craven upon theii
memories:
"As 1t is cowardly for a soldier ts
run away from battle. SO It is coward
ly for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the weli-being of hi
country. America is my own deai
land: she nourishes me. and ! will
love her and do my duty to her
whose child. servant and civil soldie
am.
As the health and happiness o
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop of blood doint
its work in its place. SO the healtl
and happiness of my country depent
upon each citizen doing his work II
his place.
These young citizens are GU
hostages to fortune. Can we no
safely assume that the principles ami
mating their lives augr well for tn,
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. An,
the present? But one thing is need
full. No present movement is NOR,
laudable than that which looks Il
conservation of natural resources
But let us never forget that the great
est inherent resource of the Amer
lean people is Common Sense. lie
that be conserved and applied with
out cessation, and soon 1t >will b.
found that all the ills of which W,
complain but know not of are onl!
such as attend upon the growinI
pains of a great and blessed country