New Britain herald., 1922-01-24
PARSONS GREAT PLAN

With little hesitation one may hall Roger Babson's bland to build small city which shall be the Industrial Center of the country, with enthusi- asm. Ideal as the scheme is, and in- volving as it does the cooperation Of the 10000 great employers of the country and the political divisions of the land, nevertheless Its practical value and wonderful possibilities con- tained in the idea bring thorough ap- proval of 1t.
 Roger Babson believes that the 10,- 100000 "extra" men-those who are dependent upon unusual good times for steady work and consequent hap piness and comfort-are the cause of the great unrest in the country which Is bound to come with enormous infla- ton and resultant deflation. He be- lieves that with closer communication between the "controls of production and consumption" such times would not come. And I believe" says MT. Babson, that with this abnormal fuctuation steadied if not destroyed the great problem of unemployment and resultant unrest and suffering would be largely solved"
 MT. Babson has bought 220 acres of land in Wellesley, Mass. for this pur- pose Work on two buildings will be started in the spring. These will be the first buildings in the small city which he plans to make into a gigantic con- ference ground for all the powers that control production and which direct distribution. In one division, the production portion, there will be four buildings to be listed under forest, agricultural. live stock and mineral products There will be an inner chamber" where men who control these affairs will gather, discuss the situation and then perhaps go out to lunch together. Records of matters pertaining to production will be kept here and secretaries of organizations will meet there. A lot of land is to be given to each of the great national production associations for building
 The country's power of distribution will be centered in another part of the "city." Each state will be asked to have building for records of condi- tions and statistics. MT. and Mrs. Bab- son are to present Massachusetts with the first building. There will be con- meeting group of buildings devoted to finance, economics, psychology and factory management.
 MT. Babson says of the plan: Tt would be the rejuvenation of New England. It would be the salvation of the extra 1s,000,000. And it would help eradicate many of the dark and tragic features of the vast industrial civiliza- tion of which this country is most rep resentative."
 Idealistic? Yes. But when nations meet and solemnly make agreements and treaties and pacts dependent in great degree upon the good faith of those nations and their ability to see that eventually good faith must come if the world is to be at peace, cer- tainly it may be believed that it would be possible to carry out this sort of an idea founded on the desire of all, a selfish desire, perhaps, to see stabili- ty of industry in this country-stabili- ty which spells industrial peace and greater happiness for all. The scheme has an endowment fund already of $25O,000 which Mr. Babson hopes to increase to $1,000,000, and the affair is being conducted under a board of trustees of which George w. Cole man is president.
 Moreover it is the plan of a practi- cal man of facts and figures, but who has not allowed those cold facts and those harsh figures to dim his human vision