Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-28
From Other Viewpoints
Don, he Fooled by Prophets Of WOE.
sN ARCHER WALL DorGI.As.

1t is tunda mental principles in the inv.n
,':yIns and casting mp .: accounts OF every
business Organization not 20 FOOL one. SCI.
- l" ;he rea! value Of what We posses. nor
c: "n- accomplishment in ~. past. So mas
We my moe rendiiy divine and forecas; thc
failure and It's !;ari.noods
Tne woods are fuli c: prophets of ara
.em!ns disaster. Il is an easy role TO play.
and many there he VINO essay II and get away
VITA IL. with mncn p.Itenst ot wisdom and
foresight
There has never ye; bee:. . time in the his
tory Of DC: civilization when the end o. All
tn.n&a was not IN sigh. some one. fu
mostly nothing came o: il. after the fashion
81 the mott" over the great fireplace in a
Ptt shurgt County Club. 81 am an old rn.u
ehd hare had many troubles but o.
thsm evar happened"
~ - Ese 'hat never since the days o: the
F;tHcit f"h luton has there been t:ne
when so large portion OF humanity seemed
80 entirely &c have lost it's head and TO he so
bent destruction
], is not IA time for false optimism or sloppy
scHi inrenta.;y. but for looking ia cts suua:e!y
n the face and seeing wha; there Is In he
nont about il. The vicious ana fatal weak
'ess ~ MANY OF the surveys OF the situation
= thc!r narrow Viewpoint and entire i2no-
aace OF W.; lies beyond their vision
." i IL 81 value beyond words 10 have the
story OF things material and things psyche
."S!ca4 j" ms great country OF ours from
thdt great band o. observers whose RI ports
hsNe stood The ttsi o. time, and whose micro
sc"pic observation lesvts MOI even the l!ttir
~ iniHi nor the "h:Rh grass" town unseen ana
undr.r:.oeG.
r".t and significant OF all! The e.nb.,-
lied farmer is muca IN evidence and wiil hr
more 50 Az e.rh day and week and month OF
me year nnfolds. IS :!ways ne IS lurge!J
and ch!chy Concerned about his own home
Stead. And is mostly employed in stocking up
"nd rrhahiil;ating his plant with all amer
.. Isrn implements and everything that con
ROUTES 70 the comfort and convenieGce Of MS
'atn,!y. He rtal!Ets .hai farm ia6or will be
Erhr"' for some time 10 come. SO labor "a wins
Nc tUinery ia hccomias more and more part
90 MS cV.i,;nfn;. lie is laying deep founda-
Lions for nde pendnnce and prosperity OF
'arM.aS III future by that variety and diver
sitS % agriculture which shall be HIS refuge
Ia lines ~ weather csinMties. while his
present tide OF prosperity Is running full he
- pEcDarims for those days when food price;
shn! decline and his income be thus curtsii-
81 Eut IL is Grmly fiNed In his mind that he
mus find some method o: esuapB from "a
WORD wids petition which sets the pric.
'"r lilo products without reS..rd to their cost
y: production.
E.i;icr by cooperation. or association. or
protection laws, ne hopes to I'll this
q. Ision, and lIkcuise those further methods
Naerc the ell !ninat!on OF useless and unaeces-
@.r! costs o! dlstribut!on shall make him
"Hrtr and wide markets by reducing the
COSTS az his Hr. ducts 10 the consumer without
rtn hing uDor his own returns. But bnyond
as his dehi. ite anu adding entrance into
We world. - de questions OF tho day a n
ai:nctive. and conservative force. He Is inn
nunt TO those deiusive and fantaS;,c dreams
Which bankrupt socialism still Offers.
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