The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-01-29
REDFIELD SOUNDS ...
OPTIMISTIC NOTE;
BUSINESS GROWING

New Haven. Conn. Jan. 26.-An at
hrmative view of business was the
key note Of a speech Secretary Red
field made here today before the
chamber OF. m He praised
American manufacturers for their
ready ~readjustment to new conditions
and declared hat the flood Of foreign
manufacturers which 1t was predicted
would flood American markets with
the passage Of the new tariff had not
materialized. .&t
AYE, but o say, look at the de-
preston. Well look at It," said Mr.
Redf1eld. Look at is sanely: with
out passion and without prejudice
What do you see? But, before you
answer let me ask a second question:
horizon big enough. else your picture
will be but partial and may mislead
Where then is trade depression foundi
in India, in Argentina, in Brazil, Id
Germany. in England. Where Is
least? In America. Where Is the
rising tide from such depression al
exists felt first and most? Here. In
America. Leave aside + the pitfful
parallels of the prophets Of evil who
for political purposes preach national
pain. Look calmly at the truth. Amer
lea suffers from no disaster. She Ia
better off when h worst Is said than
her sister nations. From the bottomt
which at most was not deep, she has
already risen far and is rising. There
was Just cause for hesitation in that
which has happened in the past. The
reaction from the Balkan a whick
had tied the purse strings of Europe
and shut down its mills, was naturally
reflected here In some small degree.
Tariff Helpful, He, Says. =
tIf Nvn ~Arfnnf1ry -rr&n- thnk kHWoHI
ness men. whose output was affected
more or less by the new tariff, should
give thoughtful heed how to readjusi
themselves to 1t. They would have been
foolish had they done otherwise,
Frankly the men who dreaded tariff
changes must have said, and are say.
Ing, that readjustments are over and
the new tariff Is at it's worst nothing
like as bad as they feared and that at
its best Is helpful.
Europe begins to see it's way out
Of its deep depression, and last and
best Of all you know that sympathy
with all that is finest and best In busi+
u Industrial activities is regnant at
the e a Of government. This Is no
longer the day Of doubt but the hour
Of hope.
Warning Elements ..,t.
TOO much perhaps there has been
the spirit on n side hat what Is, ID
wrong and the assertion on the other
hand that what u.s.: Is right Biz
business has often failed to see that its
methods have aroused a just popular
resentment and that many Of its past
ideals and purposes were impossible
and intolerable in a democracy.
The men OF financial and corporate
power have had to learn that the veal
of the whole people is a supreme law
tn which THAR DriVyafa infarncfu4 vanaof
obediently bow. h business con-
science has itself awakened to a reali-
cation OF wrongs committed in the
and on M alleged behalf of COM
merce and industry and will tolerate
those wrongs no more. Even the men
of light and leading In the necessary
Establishments that are pending. The
business conscientiousness Is becoming
less individual and more social. IT.
Sense Of Honor Aroused.
II am not here, therefore, on any er.
rand to arouse the business conscience
or to raise the banner Of revolt against
business procedure. certainly not to de-
nounce or to destroy. The sense Of
due to their own honor, Is now so keen.
ly alive among the business commun.
ity that when the achievements OF oui
recent discussions shall have been fin.
ely wrought into law they will be, IN
my belief, not found wanting In will
ingness and power to take up such
further work as nay remain"
To Secretary Bryan, he asserted, be.
longs high credit for his cooperation
with the department Of commerce III
smoothing the way to business pro.
gress In foreign markets. Mr.. Redfield
spoke at length on new methods
adopted by the department to brina
business men in closer touch with boil
domestic and forign trade opportunJ
ties. ~"