Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-13
TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT.

credited with this little bit OF wis
dom: That people Is governed best
which is governed least"
This Is an inspiring possession
which. however, cannot be said to be
the lot OF tho people OF the United
States. We are governed far too
much In these strenuous days. and,
unfortunately. are threatened with a
great deal more OF the same odious
infection.
Government means Office holders
public servants they used TO be called,
but many are such no longer. They
are public preferentials. at least in
their own estimation. and the people
are too frequently made painfully
aware Of this impudent assumption Of
superiority. And the people have TO
pay them.
The more government there is. the
more pUbtc officials there will be-
4t.r. ore. j, may he justly commended
O.. ,s5 government would at least
coAomic benefit 10 the people,
.s .o..d mean less Office holders.
...a ,hat would trend towards lower
taxes
Recently. senator Stanley Of Ken
lucky made an address in which he
referred to what ne called the alarm
ing growth OF bureaucracy in our
country and the extension OF Federal
authority over the lives of Ameri-
can citizens. He said:
Every business man finds IN
inspector at his elbow. Federal
sleuth at his heels. Houses are
searched. homes outraged. and
the public highway dappled with
the blood of unonending citizens
by a multitude OF agents and IN
spectors ignorant OF and indif-
feren, TO the law OF the land and
the rights Of citizens.
In the United States we are.in
nat defiance OF all our proclaimed
principles. building series OF
bureaucracies that Will put 10
shame the best efforts OF the gov
eminent OF the Car Of all the
Russias when in the heyday Of
It's glory. We are surrounded by
agents. special agents. inspectors
and spies. and the people are
called upon 10 support through
their taxes, in harmful and un-
American activities, whole armies
Of individuals who should be en-
gagged IN productive industry.
Nobody escapes. Everything
IN the moral, industrial and com
mercial world is TO be owned. op-
Grated. supervised or censored
from the birth OF a baby TO the
burial OF a corpse. and the worst
ia not yet"
In editorial comment on this Dc
sdedly startling presentation, III
Daily Courier Of Urbana. H.. said:
The passion for bureaucracy
and government regulation which
began under Roosevelt has now
lost all sense OF restraint. outside
OF Bolshsvist Russia. the Aneri-
can people are the most govern
ment-ridden people In the world.
and every session Of Congress.
every session OF State Legislature.
marks an extension OF the system.
Among the indictments against
George III IN the Declaration Of
Independence was this: He has
erected multitude Of new offices
and sent hither swarms Of officers
% hArass our people and eat out
OF their substance
"If George III could see the
armies OF officers Of the American
people under its own government
that they have allowed TO be i'm
posed upon them. to harass them
and eat out OF their substance. he
would be astonished at his own
moderation. What the fathers re-
fused to endure the sons submit
to as meekly as a flock OF sheep.
"rhs American people are in q
process Of being governed 20 death
rs well as taxed 20 death, in order
TO support the armies OF Office
holders who have undertaken 70
regulate them from the cradle tc
~ grave. What makes the matter