The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 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 Is Meeting
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
1t Is meeting with the cordial ap-
prevail of business men of all shades
of political opinion throughout the en-
tire country. In part Colonel Harvey
says:
"UnQuestionably a spirit Of unrest
dominates the land. But, If 1t be
true hat fundamentally the condition
Of the country Is sound, must we
necessarily succumb to dependency,
abandon effort looking to retrieval
and cringe like before clouds
that only threaten? Rather ought
we not to analyze conditions, search
for causes, find the root of the dis
tress, which ven nov exists only In
mems minds, and then, after the
American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
beneficent results?
Capital and Labor Not ~Antagonistic.
The Link that connects labor with
capital is not broken but we may not
deny that it is less cohesive than 1t
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially, the country is
stronger than ever before in it's 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?
1t awaits adjustment of the~-relations
of government to business. The
sole problem consists of determining
how government a 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.
1.-The solution is not easy to find
for the simple reason hat the stu
alton is without precedent. But Is
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines? -"
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. 1t
is taught in our schools. A new
course has been added-a course in
Methodically, our children
learn how to vote, how to conduct
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 all
forms of corruption and fraud as
reason. 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
which are craven upon their
memories:
"As it is cowardly for a soldier to
run away from battle, SO it is coward
y for any citizen not to contribute
his share to the w~ell-being of his
Iand; she nourishes me, and l will
love her and do my duty to her,
whose child, servant and civil soldier
am.
"As the health and happiness OF
body depend upon each muscle
and nerve and drop of blood doing
is work in it's place. 30 the health
happiness Of my country depend
D each citizen doing his work In
lis place.
These young citizens are our
hostages to fortune. Can we no
safely assume that the principles ami
mating their lives augur well for the
,ermanency of the Republic? When
before have the foundation stones
continuance been laid with such
are and promise of durability?
1.-The future, then, Is bright. And
he present? But n thing is need
ul. No present movement is more
audable than that which looks to
conservation of natural resources.
let us never forget that the great
st inherent Of the Amer
can people is Common Sense. Let
hat be conserved and applied with
nut cessation, and o it will be
that all the ills Of which we
omplain but know not OF are only
UGH as attend upon the growing
aims of a great end blessed country.