The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-23
COL oNEL GEORGE HARVEY SAYS
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT.
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
Striking Article in North American
Review That Is Attracting W'oe
Attention.

writer takes a view Of the greatest
honefulness for the future Of America
and Americans. The article IS ell,
titled "A Plea for the Conservation OIL
Common Sense" and it IS mee'ihs
with the cordial approval OF business
men of all shades of political OPINION
throughout the entire country III
part, Colonel Harvey says:
Enthusiastically a spirit OF unrest
dominates the land. But, II II De
true that fundamentally the condlVioh
of the country is sound, must we
necessarily succumb to dependency
abandon effort looking to retrle'ai
and cringe like cravens before CLOUDS
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not to analyze conditions, search
for causes, find the root OIL the us
tress. which even now exists only III
mems minds, and then, after 1he
American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to proauce
benefcent results?
Capital and Labor Not Antagonists
THE Link that connects labor VIII
canital 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 IS
stronger than ever before in its MIS-
tory. Recovery from 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
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.
II awaits adjustment of the relations
of government to business. Inc
sole problem consists of determining
, how government can maintain oil
even balance between aggregatlons
of interests, on the one hand, and the
whole people, on the other, protect
ing the latter against extortlon ana
D saving the former from mad Assaults
, 1.-THE solution Is not easy TO ma
for the simple reason that the stu
alton is without precedent. But ID
). not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines?
Conserve Common Sense.
us not the present, as we have
seen, exceptionally secure? what,
then, of preparations for the future
= Patriotism Is the basis of our 1nstl'
10 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-a course II
49, loyalty. Methodically, our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
primaries, conventions and elections
:. how to discriminate between qualifica
- tions of candidates and, finally, hoV
~ to govern as we'll as serve. They ar
~, taught to despise bribery and al
forms of corruption and fraud a
treason. Their creed, which they ar
made to know by heart, is not CON
- pick. 1t is simple, but compreher
:. sive, no less beautiful in diction tina
49, lofty in aspiration. These are tn
% pledges which are craven upon thei
memories:
- LAS it is cowardly for soldier
~ run away from battle, so it is cowar'
=. ly for any citizen not to contribut
20. his share to the well-being of h
"' country. America is my own det
land; she nourishes me, and | wi
love her and do my duty to he
oil whose child, servant and civil soldi'
~ | am
Ell "As the health and happiness
'e- my body depend upon each muse
and nerve and drop of blood doir
its work in its place, so the heal
las and happiness Of my country depel
'nu upon each citizen doing his work
10 his place.
III These young citizens are o
hostages to fortune. Can we n
safely assume that the principles a
5ai' mating their lives augur we'll for t
gnt permanency of the Republic? VIII
~" before have the foundation ston
a of continuance been laid with su
care and promise of durability?
THE future, then, Is bright. A
,ns' the present? But one thing is net
l'o' full. No present mover mt is me
Volt laudable than that which looks
iof conservation of natural resourc
oes But let us never forget that the gre
est inherent resource of the Am
lean people is Common Sense.
gas that be conserved and applied WI
lete out cessation, and soon it will
'pe' found that all the Ills of which
'nts complain but know not of are o.
DIG such as attend upon the grow
pains of great and blessed count