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country has bcen attracted 20 srrik
inxly strung article bs Cod e,eoEgs
ssarves IN the september issue of The
NORTH American Review IN which ths
writer tskes a vie< ef the gFeaies'
hovsfssnase Cor the future of America
and Americans The article h en-
tItied A Plea for the eonservstion ~
Comussu sanse." and u H. messing
with she cordial approssi of business
men Of all shades of political opinion
throughout the entire country. 70
part. Colonel Harvey says
naaestionsbly a spirit of unrest
dominates the land. tsut. II u be
true thai fundamentally the eondstion
of the country is sosna. mast We
necessarily saccumb 10 despondency
abandon effort looking to retrieval
and erinse like crsvens before clouds
thai only threaten Rather ought
we not to sRalyze conditions. search
for causes fnd the roos of the dis
tress. which even now exists only In
mems minds. and then. after the
eaies as seems most likely 10 produce
benefeeni results7
Capstsi and lsbor Not AntAeonistie.
"The Limb that connects labor with
capital is not broken bal We may not
deny that II is less cohesive than ii
should h. or than conditions war.
rant Financially. the country Is
stronger shsn ever before In us his
tory Recovery from Q panic so
severe as that Of three years ago WAS
never before so prompt and compare
lively eomplete. The masses are
practically free from debt. Money 10
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.
u 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
whole people. on the other. protect
ing the latter against extortion and
saving the former from mad assaults.
The solution Is not easy to And
for the simple reason that the stu
alton is without precedent. But is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines? sss
Cs~ssrvs csw~oa ooNos.
''ls not the present, as we have
seen, exceptionally secure What
then. of preparations for the future
Patriotism Is the basis Of our insfi
tutions And patriotism in the mind
of our youth is no longer linked solely
with fireworks and deeds of daring n
is taught in our schools. A new
course has been added course In
loyalty Methodically, our childreI
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries. conventions and elections
how to discriminate between qualiflca
tions of candidates and, finally, hov
to govern as well as serve. They ar,
taught to despise bribery and al
forms of corruption and fraud al
treason. Their creed, which they arr
made TO know by heart, is not com
plex II is simple, but comprehen
sive. no less beautiful in diction thai
lofty in aspiration. These are tn,
pledges which are craven upon thei
memories:
As il is cowardly for a soldier h
run away from battle. so II is coward
ly for any citizen not to contribut
his share to the well-being of hi
country. America is my own dea
land; she nourishes me, and l vii
love her and do my duty to hel
whose child, servant and civil soldie
! am.
AS the health and happiness q
my body depend upon each muscl
and nerve and drop of blood doin
its work in its place. so the healt
and happiness of my country depen
upon each citizen doing his work
his place
These young citizens are OF
hostages TO fortune. Can we nj
safely assume that the principles an
mating their lives augur well for th
permanency of the Republic9 Whe
before have the foundation stons
of continuance been laid with sue
care and promise of durability?
The future, then, Is bright. An
the present. But one thing is nee
full No present movement is moi
laudable than that which looks
conservation of natural resource
But let us never forget that the gres
est inherent resource of the Anne
lean people is Common Sense. Il
that be conserved and applied wit
out cessation. and soon 1t will
found that all the Ills of which '
complain but know not of are on
such as attend upon the growil
pains of q great and blessed countr