Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-17
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 dustfy and business. In the agrieul- 1 tuTaI line we are seeking to develop the raising of produce in Connecticut. 1 Why? Because the more that is raised the better able we will be to 1 compete with these sections of the country that are near the great ag- 1 ricuiturai centers.
 Connecticut beng on the seahoard
 we were asked to influence foreign exchange for In the foreign countries manufactures. The trolley situation, social problem for the man living i in the suburbs, an economical prob
 lem for the manufacturer and a dy nanrial problem for when stocks in 1 them drop the effect is felt in all bus 1 mess. It is a matter Of regret that
 the legislature did not act in more
 broad minded way when they had the ] problem in hand.
 Then we were asked to take up the I Americanization idea. This is one of
 day and would not be surprised if it
 became one of, if not Iiie paramount 1 issue, in the coming political cam paign. The soviet government which
 is backed by German money in car- l ryi1g out a propaganda campaign
 thrcughert the world is what we
 must be aware Of if we would avoid another war. We must stop living in 8 fools. paradise and Americanizc the l foreigner or we will be at war with g socialistic and communist faction. l I have set down what consider the 1 creed of Connecticut. It is this: 1 Connecticut believes in government l by the people and by all the people ! Connecticut believes in government i by written constitution, a government
 not easily changed. Connecticut be- lieyes in government by law. not by
 person. Connecticut believes in rep.
 resentation and government by ex- | perience. Connecticut believes in law 1 and order. rigidly imposed and also
 believes in law to help the poor and
 needy to go alone. She also believes that the best welfare work is steady work and steady jobs. Connecticut
 believes in iInmigration--but she be-
 lieves that Uncle Sans portals l should swing both ways--in for those ! that come to make America their home and adopted country-but out for those that preach anarchy and 1 destruction for their works enly re- suit in chaos.
 We hear an amount Of driYeI about freedom of speech. Freedom Of speech we want. but only for those who are bona fide American cit '2ens, not free dom of speech to fred repoiutionists, or preachers of bolshevism or to cit l izens who were born in this country and whose blood has turned from red
 to blue and from blue to white and then finally evaporated. What we
 want and must have Is fidelity to all
 that American civilization stands for. | The American Mind.
 Tn introducing Rev. Alexander Fl.
 Abbott, pastor of the United Cengre- | gational church, as the principal i speaker of the evening. Rev. MT. Sel- I den referred to the speaker as a man
 of ability and strong convictions and ] the address that followed proved the truth of Mr. Selden's assertions. Rev.
 Mr. Abbott took for his topic, The
 American Mind, a subject that he 1 ably handled and which proved one ] Of great interest to his hearers. Rev, i Mr. Abbott said in part:
 In speaking to you men, will use line Of thought in discussing my topic 1 that is familiar to you. that. is, pro- auction, distribution and use. as ap-
 piled to the American mind. first 1 call your attention to what has been | QtOuuSed III the <Al1Grlcdn IQlQ0 6Y ] referring to men who stand out in
 the history Of this country, men who I have startled the world with their | ideas. such men as John Adams. Al exander Hamilton, Robert Fulton. Morse, Eli Whitney, Emerson, Walt ] Whitman and others who have pro-
 duced. Men of today can see what effect the thinking of these men has
 had on the country and world. both
 along industrial and intellectual lines. Of course there is the opposite to
 these men. the inferior inteiiectuai
 the man who knows 1t all. This man
 carl- talk on any subject because tie has heard of it, but has not taken ths
 trouble to make al study of 1t. Be-
 tween these two we have the avera gs I American. He constitutes the back
 bone of our endeavers. We used to
 think that all knowledge came either
 from Boston or Virginia but we have gotten away from that idea, for great
 middle west. Our American mind is very initiative and we copy things I that appeal to us. If thing is erigi- l mated ia the west. we in the east copy if. thus we produce and dIstrib- Now comes the use of what our
 minds have produced. There is nc production unless we see a use and therefore there Is no distribution. The
 stst of our American problem is to be
 able to see the use of our production
 When we fail to see the use of q thing we fall in our production of 1t When you look at the things pro-
 duced you can see the close relation
 ship that that thing has to the hu- man being. Do you think the troiieys can be success if the human beifie
 Is not taken into consideration, Il
 anything a success 1t the sirsterna man is not considered? The success: h American thought is closely link. ] ed with the internal man. The fan