Evening star., 1919-08-24

with the methods we have followed
In my own state, California. the his
tory of colonization and land subdi-
vision schemes Is almost without ex-
ception one of disastrous and tragic
events; the records of the United
States reclamation service throughout
the west indicate that not until the
land passes into the hands Of the third
owner Is tha venture of its redemption
from waste crowned with success. r-se
Il shall speak of no state but my
own, California. for obvious reasons.
although do not say that California
Is the most glaring instance In the
country. Secretary Of Commerce Red
held said not long ago: 1t would not
De untruthful to take the initials I. w.
wy with which you are all faAiliar.
ana attach them to ourselves as mean
ing Industrial MASTERS of the World
II was Roosevelt who said that the
United States must get out of the
business of politics and into the busl-
ness of government, and that Is en-
phasized today as never before. II we
are to hope for a satisfactory, efficient,
economical and forward -looking form
or government. we must begin at the
foundation and work upward. Doing J
that. we shall find the high price prob
lem vanishing along with many more.
Extravaganza must be curbed.
AS a matter Of fact, the menace
which confronts us is public apathy.
We tolerate abuses. We tolerate
Ignorance. AS people we do no.
study. strive for good government.
We do not get the best, although we
spend the most. and the reason that
we do not get the best is that we are
as careless in our national our state
and local marketing for men, for ma
terials. and. above all. for ideas, as we
are, in many instances. in our in
dividual marketing. Considering our
selves unalterably prosperous and
productive, we waste wickedly.
We elect public officers regardless
OF their qualifications, we intrust
them with the business of managing
our public affairs, which involves the
expenditure OF the vast total of our
unprecedented taxation without in
vestigation to determine their fitness
for the task: we make no inhibition
upon their simultaneous conduct Of
private enterprises and, to cap the
climax. we expect them to operate
under a system SO archaic, SO hope
iessly impossible. that the wonder is
that things are not worse than. they
are.
The public never has failed to se-
cure any regulations or reforms that
1t demanded and II. In this case, It can
be aroused to a demand the change
will be forthcoming We have gone
far. however. along the road of gen.
erai inefiiciency. and 1t will take time
to correct resultant evils. 1t is prin-
cipally BY education that we must
strive. I think-not only education OF
omcials In whom we trust the busi-
ness OF our government, in all it's
branches. but education Of the public,
for public uneducated to the ne
cessity for the choice OF the right
men never will investigate and find
them, and then. through exercise OF
Its democracy. choose them.
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1T is campaign of education
which the more enlightened Of our
population now must turn attention
to with almost as great an energy as
that which marked Its effort toward
the winning of the war. There is an =
other war before US which we must !,
win II we and all the world are to |,
prosper and progress. Far more than,
our own happiness and comfort den
pend upon US now. We must be not
only the source of vast wealth
which will help to rebuild overseasr
the material properties which the n
war destroyed. but we must be the /
source Of Inspiration the examples
which will point the way, not alones
to freedom Of institutions, but toi efsn
fciency OF institutions. sis,9s no.
THE war for the United states hasit
not come to an end. and will not have
come to an end untll this nation has
prohted by every lesson which can
be learned from the sublime, the ter
rible. the glorious, the tragic expert
ence
"Of all the peoples Of the world We
have been most fortunate. We must
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