Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-20
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his individual power, militarism was
rampant and the people had little to
say. s
Individualism Here.
In the United States we have
maintained an incentive for individ-
ual effort under proper restraint Of
law. and that result has been that
we have had progress. In our coun-
try, under the system of individual
opportunity and effort, it has been
possible for a rail splitter to adj
vance to the highest position in the
land.
During the exigencies of war we
temporarily drifted away from our
ideas Of individualism, but | am con-
WINGED that this government will re-
turn to the mode ant policy of CIV
ing incentive to individualistic eff
fort and that we now stand on the
threshold OF new era Of prosper
ity"
Must Go Forward.
He expressed confidence that the
people of this countrr will prove to
be as capable and resourceful in
meeting the problei 6 of peace as
they were in meeting the crisis of
war, and that Americans will con-
vince the world that they have not
departed from the principles of
heir forefathers. ..-
"Individualstis ideas have been of
great value in this country, and if we
are to 60 forward we must proceed
along those lines" he said
Turning his thoughts to the sub
ieet of insurance, he stated that dur
ing 1918 the fire loss in this
country was $250,000000, and he de-
,lared that the hour has come for
America to believe that the annual
national loss by fire is a national
sin. He urged uniform state laws
affecting insurance companies. that
the business may be on a more sub
stantial basis. He said that the BUSH
ness of insurance is handicapped by
unwise taxation and legislation.
Asks for Americanism.
He closed his brief address with
an appeal for genuine Americanism,
and for a better realization that
American institutions are for the en-
joyment of Americans; that there is
room in the sky of this country for
only one flag-the Stars and Stripes
He referred to a Shiny serpent" that
has been raising its head recently in
New York and other cities.
q believe with all of my heart
and soul that so long as love of free
dom and pride of country shall live,
that so long as America endures,
will individualism be enjoyed"
Sixteen Group Meetings.
Sixteen group meetings held yes
terday in as many downtown rem
devious marked a new record for
Omaha in this respect. Each meet
ing was as important as any other
meeting and the interest in each
meeting was keen. The subjects
under discussion were agriculture
in all of its phases, live stock, civic
affairs, highways, water power,
manufacturing, grain exchanges,
garment manufacturing, insurance,
building industry, advertising and
selling. milling, banking, dairy prod
ucts, farm implements, jobbing, re-
falling and allied subjects.
Among the experts who adj
dressed these groups were: Prof,
"A. L. Hacker Of Lincoln, M. d.
Damn, president of the National
Dairy council; H. ]. Credicott, vice
president of the National Dairy
union; Prof. P. G. Holden; E. w.
Mccullough, secretary of the Ma
tional Implement and Vehicle asso,
citation; Melvin A. Taylor, president
Of the First Trust company, Chi
cago; James O'Shaughnessy, secre-
tary of the American Association OF
Advertising Agents; Merle Thorpe,