The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-19
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY j. T.. Jones.

The presidential candidates and their
vices" have been receiving political
delegations bearing the important It'd
ings Of the Chicago and San Francisco
conventions. And now that the AN
didates have been notified it seems
probable that everybody has been told
whose will be on the ballots in
the frosty and melancholy days of No,
vember. But it does not seem at all
likely that either business OF industry
presidential campaign. In this re-
spect there have been a good many
comments to the effect that neither
Harding nor Cox are regarded as fire.
lies in the fact that in recen years,
and particularly during the war, that
it has been determined by the Ameri-
can people that the business Of gov
eminent must be confined to the hand
ling of the affairs Of government. In
other words the day has passed when
anyone expects a new president or a
new congress to start out upon a pro-
gram to uproot the established poll
cies under which business and COM
merec have been built.
The ghosts of government ownership,
the Plumb plan, naturalization Of in.
dustrtes and the like, have been sue
cessfully put to sleep in the United
States, and in place Of these restless
possibilities there has been built a sub.
.stantial foundation for u tr%ansporta.
ton system, and for our financial sys-
TEN, as represented by the federal re-
serve banks. 1t therefore appears that
the present outlook on life promises the
customary dullness Of midsummer en-
livened by vacation periods for the
rich and poor; after which a revival
in business and the security markets
are looked for. While the frost is on
the pumpkin and the fodder Is in the
shock the campaign orators and polit-
ical managers will enliven the coun-
try with a brisk campaign. Amid n
final resounding shout the news will
sweep the land telling who is the vic
tor. No matter what is the result
ii is not likely to add one business
failure or to upset any industrial or
financial enterprise in the country.
There is no danger that the bottom
will fall out Of the old U. s. A.
Fresh news from the coal mines
tells of the troubles of the operators,
and it seems more than likely that
labor troubles will add to the proba-
bility Of a coal shortage the coming
winter. And what is true with regard
to coal also appears to apply to most
of the industrial plants Of the country
which are oversold, and which are
vainly trying to speed up production.
The farmers have shown no dispo-
sition to curtail their produce. except
for the one reason Of insufficient help
to ARE for what the soil will yield
in abundance. or course there Is the
dreaded apprehension OF a lack in
transportation facilities; and the cal
shortage has had a tendency to make
farmers as well as manufacturers con-
sentative. But while, everywhere
there has been a tendency for manu-
;acturers and farmers to slow down,
the striking reason has been that there
has not been enough labor to carry on
the ordinary game OF life.
At tho same time. in the cities as
well as in the towns and country.
there has been a house shortage. In
New York II is moi uncommon for q