The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-29
UNCLE TED's
BEDTIME STORIES.

summer evenings. The sun had peer
beating down all the day through, a!
il it wanted to make up for lost TINT
during the long winter months. Their
had been no rain for over a week ant
the grass, flowers n nd nice greer
things in the garden were very, yer!
thirsty. Jack was out in front of thu
house having the time of his life will
the hose. He had watered everything
about fout rimes more than necessar!
and Uncle Ted was calling him from
the rear of the house.
Jack! Oh, jack" he called, "Hurr!
up and bring that hose back here so
can water the garden"
After much effort and struggle will
the pipe connection, Jack finally man
aged to get the hose around the house
That's the boy" said Uucle Ted, a:
Jack made the connection and turnet
on the water It'll be dark in about
two shakes and then you Riddles viii
have to trot alon gto bed. If you'll cal
Ruth back here I'll tell you story
while l finish giving the garden a
drink"
The three churms were soon seated
on the back step, while Uncle Ted
held the hose in one hand and sprayed
the water back and forth over the gar
den.
Jack, l heard you telling Freddie
! today what he should do, and you were
very positive and to the point, too.
Now I'm not scolding you but l want
to make a point Of what happened so
that can better make you understand
the relation OF business to government
What you said to Freddie may have
ben true enough but remember, you
must be right yourself. You must set
your own house in order before you
have any right to tell Freddie what to
do. It is Just as President Harding
said to a great crowd of American bus
mess men gathered in the National
Capital recently - I know you are
interested in world restoration. So
Is your government. But l beg to re-
mind you we must always be right at
home before we can be very helpful
abroad. I do not know Of anything
that would help more than to give to
the world an example of commercial
nation with an abiding conscience
President Harding is right from
more than one standpoint. If our bus
mess men are not honest in all their
dealings and if they do not set the
right example to the rest of the world,
we cannot be in position to tell the
rest Of the world what and how they
should do. That is one phase Of the
question. The other is that we are a
big, busy, wealthy country. We have
enough and more to do to keep this
country going right. President Hard
ing - Congress - the Cabinet - the
State Governors - MAJORS and one or
two private citizens here and there
cannot make things move in the right
direction unless everybody makes up
his mind to PUSH and HELP THE
OTHER FELLOW, CONSCIENTIOUS
LY AND HONESTLY. II we do that
we are doing more for the rest Of the
world than by joining all the World
Clubs and Genoa Parties you can
think of. The world is divided into
two parts these days: The United
States Of America and Europe. At
least the yare the most Of the two
parts in m yopjinion. Europe has her
problems We have ours. We should
attend to ours and she should attend
to hers. And If we attend to ours In
the right way we will be Of more gen.
uine help to Europe than in any other
way. This is plain enough to me-
Trade is the real bond between coun- |
tries and II we are honest in our trade
then we really will be helping the
whole world.
President Harding said several
other things to those business men,
we'll worth repeating. 70 uknow he
las always been strong for less gov
In business and more bust
less in government His comment to
hese men upon the real worth Of that
,lan was this:
"'If the commerce Of America were
llways conscientious, there never
would be a single excuse for govern
nent in American business
Really to build up our foreign
commerce in the right way is to sell
he other countries the things they
'annot produce and to Blu yfrom the
Ither countries those things we can
lot produce: The next big step in the
alking care OF that commerce is how
hall It be delivered President Hard
ng said to these men that he surely
idn't need to say to business men that
no thoughtful producer turns to his
for his deliveries
by that he means simply this: We
'roduce hundreds. yes, thousands Of
rticles We have them ready to de-
liver and we send them in ships owned
" other countries countries who
Irs our competitors! That is poor bus
nees. During the war we built ship
Lfter shin with waste ana noor iude.