The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-23

upon rs that work IN these chambers
and ia tic committee rooms IN likely
to become a burden as the season
lengthyns, and that every considcfa-
ton of personal eou .cuifreC and lsr
sonal comfort. perhaps, in the cases
of some of ais. consideration nf per
conclusion of she deliberations Of the
session: but there are occasions of pub
liz duty when these things winch
touch rs privately seem very small;
whom the work TO Be done Is TO press
ing and so fraught with big couse-
queucc that we know that we are not
at liberty e weigh against il at anv
point of personal sacrifice. We are
nov in the preseuc" Of such ain otra
sion Il is absolutely imperative that
we should give the business men Of
fhis country q banfHg and curren II
ieystem by means Of which they can
make uSc of the freedom of enterprise
and OF individual initiative which we
/ are about to hcstow upon them.
4 We are ahoat To set them free; we
must NOT leave them without the tools
OF action when they are free: We are
about to set thcm free hv removing the
traumels Of the protective tariff. Ever
since the Civil war they have waited
for this emancipation and for the free
opportunities IL will bring with II. II
has been reserved for us to give II "a
them Some fell in love, indeed, with
Tic slothful security Of their depend
ence upon the government; some took
advantage of the shelter OF the nursery
to set up a mimic mastery of their owl
within its wallis Now both the touil
land the discipline of liberty ana ma
turity are to ensue There viii 81,
some read inst mruts of purpose ant
point Of view. There Will follow ;
period of expansion and new enter
prise. freshly conceived II Is for u,
to determine now whether it shall b,
rapid and facile and of easy accom-
plshmcut. This it can not be unless
the rcsourccful business men who arr
to deal with the new circumstance
4 are to have at haud and ready for rs,
the instrumentalities and convenience
Of free enterprise which indcpeuien
+ men need when acting OH their own in
; itiatiyc
1t is not enough to strike the shack
les from business. The duty Of states
manship il not negative merely. IT j
constructive also We must show tha
: we understand what business need
r aud that we know how to supply il
. No man, however casual aud supericia
+. his observations Of the conditions nov
/. prevailing in the country. can fail t
see that one of the chief things bus
ness needs now, and Will need increas
lnglv as it gains in scope and vigo
. in the years Immediately ahead of u,
5 is the proper means by which readil
f to vitaize its credit, corporate and il
= dividual and its originative brains
3 What viii it profit MS to be free
), we are not to have the best and mos
u accessible iustrumentalities of con
;, mcrce and enterprise? What win
profit us to be quit of one kind c
i monopoly if we are to remain in III
I grip of another and more effectiv
!, kind2 How are we TO gain and kee
tine confidence of the business COMM
y nifty unless we show that we know no
: both to aid and protect it! VIII;
" shall, we say if we make fresh ente
p prise necessary and also make it ver
m difficult by leaving all else except IL
( tariff lust as we found 1T? The t.
II rannies of business, big and little, /
I within the field of credit. We kno
:, that. Shall we not act upon the know
= Iedge2 Do we not now how to a
= upon it? If a man cannot make h
assets available at pleasure, his asse
= of capacity and character and resourc
what satisfaction is it to him to 81
= opportunity beekoning to him on evel
hand when others have the keys
credit in their pockets and treat the
as all but our own private possession
al 1t is perfectly clear that it is our duf
o. "