The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-22
NO CLOUDS IN SIGHT
COLONEL GEORGE HARVEY SAYS
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT.
The WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
Striking Article In North American
Review That Is Attracting Wide
Attention.

The attention OF business and pro
fessional men In all portions Of the
country has been attracted to strik.
ingly gtrong article By Col. George
Harvey In the September issue Of the
North American Review in which the
writer takes view of the greatest
hupefulness for the future OF America
and Americans The article is en-.
titled "a Plea for the Conservation Of
Common Sense" and It is meeting
with the cordial approval Of business
men OF all shades Of political opinion
throughout the entire country. In
part. Colonel Harvey says:
"Cnquestionably a spirit OF unrest
dominates the land. But, II It be
true that fundamentally the condition
Of the country is sound, must We
necessarily succumb to dependency.
abandon effort looking TO retrieyal
and cringc like cravcns before clouds
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not 10 analyze conditions. search
for causes, find the root OF the dis
.rcss. which even now exists only in
mems minds. and then. after the
American fashion, apply ouch rem
odies nc seems most likely TO produce
bcucGccnt results?
Capital and Labor Not Antagonistlc.
The Link that connects labor with
capital Is not broken but We may not
deny that It is less cohesive than II
should be or than conditions war
rant Financially, the country ia
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 aggregatlons
Of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people, on the other, protect.
ing the latter against eEtOrtion and
saving ,he former from mad assaults.
Tho solution is not easy to find
for tho simple reason that the stu.
alton is without precedent. But Is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines?
Conserve Common Sense.
rs not the present. rs We have
seen, exceptionally secure? What,
then, Of preparations for tho future?
Patriotism is the basis of our iusti.
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 Mcthudically. our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries, conventions and elections,
how TO discriminate between qualiiica-
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. 1t Is simple. but comprchen.
sive. no less beautiful in dictioD than
lofty in aspiration. These are the
pledges which are craven upon their
memories
AS II is cowardly for q soldier to
run away from battle. so II is coward
/ ly for any citizen not TO contribute
his share to the wcll-being Of his
country. America is my own dear
land; she nourishes me, and ! will
/ love her and do my duty 10 her,
/ whose child, servant and civil soldier
! am.
AS tho health and happiness of
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop OF blood doing
it's work In It's place, SO the health
and happiness of my country depend
upon each citizen doing his work In
his place.
These young citizens are our
/ hostages to fortune. Can we not
safely assume that the principles ami.
mating their lives augur well for the
permanency OF the Republic? When
before have the foundation stones
OF continuance been laid with such
care and promise of durability?
"The future, then, is bright. And
the present. But one thing is need
full No present movement is more
laudable than that which looks to
conservation Of natural resources.
But let US never forget that the great
est inherent resource of the Amer
lean people is Common Sense. Let
that be conserved and applied with.
out cessation, and soon 1t will be
found shat all the ills of which we
complain but know not of are only
such as attend upon the growing
pains of great and blessed country.
He Knows the Game.