The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT
A sTRIkINGLY STRONG ARTICLE
BY COL. HARVEY.
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
"a Plea FOR the Conservation Of
Common Sense" That 10 Meeting
With Cordial Approval.

With Cordial Approval
A strikingly strong article By Colo
mel George Harvey in the North
American Review, for September, is
written in a 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
It Is meeting with the cordial aD-
proval Of business men OF all shades
Of political opinion throughout the en-
tire country. In part Colonel Harvey
says:
"Unquestionably y 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 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
IlCn y ulAIuC, anu NACbt oANCA AN
American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
benefcent results?
Capital and Labor Not An~tagonistlo.
THE Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that II is less cohesive than II
should be or than conditions war
rant Financially, the country Ii
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.
It awaits adjustment Of the relations
of government to business. The
sole problem consists Of determining
how government a maintain an
even balance between a~ggregations
of interests, on the n 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 find
for the simple reason tt stu
alton Is without precedent. But Ii
not progress being made along sans
end noufinuS lipoc9 Q
Conserve Common g. .se
us not the present, as we have
seen, exceptionally secure? What,
then, of preparations for the future
Patriotism is the basis Of our instt
buttons. 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 course in
loyalty. Methodically, u children
learn how to vote. how to conduct
primaries, conventions and elections
how to discriminate between qualifca
tions Of candidates and, finally, how
to govern as well as serve. They are
taught to despise bribery and al
forms of corruption and fraud az
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 than
lofty In aspiration. These are the
pledges which are craven upon theil
memories:
"As it Is cowardly for a soldier tc
run away from battle, 30 It Is coward
ly for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the weIl-being of his
country. America Is my W deal
land; she nourishes me, and I will
love her and do my duty to her
whose child. servant and civil soldier
/ am.
"As the health and happiness Of
my body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop Of blood doing
it's work in its place, so the health
and happiness of my country depend
upon each citizen doing his work IL
his place.
These young citizens are oul
hostages to fortune. Can we no
safely assume that the PRINCIPLES AMI
mating their lives augur well for ths
permanency Of the Republic? Wher
before have the foundation stone.
Of continuance been laid with suci
care and promise of durability?
THE future. then, is bright And
tae present? But one thing is need
full. No present movement is more
laudable than that which looks Il
conservation Of natural resources
But let us neve forget that the great
est inherent resource of the Amer
lean people Is Common Sense. Lei
that be conserved and applied with
out cessation, and soon 1t will b
found that all the Ills of which VIZ
complain bat know not OF are only
such as attend upon the growing
pains Of a great and blessed country