The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-15
NO CLOUDS IN SIGHT
COLONEL GEORGE HARVEY SAYS
COUNTRY ALL RIGHT.
THE WRITER SEES NO CLOUD
Striking Article " North American
Review That 10 Attracting Wide
Attention.

The attention OF business and pro
fessional men In all portions OF the
country has been attracted to strik-
ingly strong article by Col. George
Harvey In the September ISSUE Of the
North American Review In which the
writer takes view Of the greatest
hopefulness for the future Of America
and Americans. The article Is en-
titled "A Plea for the Conservation Of
Common Sense" and 1t Is meeting
with the cordial approval Of business
men Of all shades of political opinion
throughout the entire country. In
part, Colonel Harvey says:
"Unquestionably spirit of unrest
dominates the land. But, II 1t 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
mems minds, and then, after the
American fashion, apply such rem
edies as seems most likely to produce
benehcent results?
Capital and Labor Not Antaoonistic.
THE Link that connects labor with
capital Is not broken but we may not
deny that 1t IL less cohesive than 1t
should be or than conditions war
rant. Financially. the country ia
stronger than ever before In its his
tory. Recovery from q 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 Ia
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 can maintain al
even balance between aggregatione
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 find
for the simple reason that the stu
alton is without precedent. But If
not progress being made along sane
and cautious lines? 800
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 mindl
of our youth is no longer linked solel,
with fireworks and deeds of daring. II
Is taught In our schools. A new
course has been added-a course II
loyalty. Methodically, our children
learn how to vote. how to conduc
primaries. conventions and elections
how to discriminate between qualiflca
tons Of candidates and. finally, how
to govern as we'll al 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 com
plex. It 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 It Is cowardly for a soldier t
run away from battle. SO 1t Is cowart
~ for any citizen not to contribut
his share to the well-being Of hi
country. America IL 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 {
my body depend upon each muscl
and nerve and drop Of blood dom
its work in it, place. so the healt
and happiness Of my country Deepen
upon each citizen doing his work
his place.
These young citizens are OIL
hostages to fortune. Can we nj
safely assume that the principles an
mating their lives augur well for tn
permanency Of the Republic? Whe
before have the foundation stone
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 mol
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. l.
that be conserved and applied wit
out cessation, and soon 1t will
found that all the Ills of which v
: complain but know not OF are on
such as attend upon the grown
pains of great and blessed countr