The Arvada enterprise., 1922-01-05

pie and there would he ruin, desola-
ton, despair, suffering-homes would
he wrecked and nations destroyed. We
have fair illustration of what hnp.
pens when the people lose confidence
by turning to RUSSIA, II nation OF starry
Ing. suffering. penniless people.
You walk into bnnk and deposit
your money. You ask no security be-
cause you hnvc confidence In that
bank and In the banking system Of the
nation. You want tn borrow money OF
| that bank. In certain cnscs md for
| certain sums, security Is sought to
comply with certain legal requirements
Of the banking laws. but the bunker
does not pay half Hs much attention to
the value OF the security as to the
moral risk that TX, he loans fur more
on the confidence he has In the bor-
rover than ON the real value OF the
security. You walk Into II store and
secure a bill OF goods You have not
the money to pay hut you have the use
OF the goods until you can pay, he.
cause the merchant hns confidence In
you.
You have n physical ailnient and you
go to n doctor. You do as he tells
you. You have n legal matter that re-
Quires attention ana you 70 TO u law
yer. You follow his advice. Your
watch stops running and you take II to
matchmaker. And you do these
things and dozen other things every
day of your life. because you have con
fidence In the men will, whom you
| deal.
And 50, deprive u man Of his conf-
dencs In his fellow men, and ruination
follows. Just stop nnd do little reu-
soning with yourself and you will sce
II could not be otherwise
Suppose you wanted to ruin this ma.
tion ana all Its people. How would you
start? You probably would figure that
II you could. In the end, destroy the
confidence Of each person In all others
in the natiOn--the confidence Of one
| neiEhbor In another: the confidence Of
one group In another: the confidence
| Of nll In their public officials. the job
would be complete. Aud NJ Il would.
| That would ruin any natIOn-whsn
| this lack OF confidence became wide
| enough.
| Probably you do not know II. hut
that TX just what is being done In this
country. There is n large movement
engaged In the work Of causing the
people to lose confidence In cnch other
This work is skiilfully handlcd md
/ .spl.
the people In many forms every day
| that have ns their purpose the destruc-
| tion OF confidence. These suggestions
are So varied and No temptingly given.
that they are accepted by n large mum.
bcr or people.
| Attorney General Dnugl,eriy In his
| recent report to the President called
| special attention To the radical move.
ments In this nation engaged In this
kind OF work. pointing out their meth.
| Otis and how they work under cover.
They dare not come frankly Into the
open and say they propose 10 induce "
| revolution. They have to work along
| other lines. They must cause dstrust
| In the minds Of those who would boot
the man who talked revolution. They
have adopted as one Of their lines
prOpn IN nda which hRa for ita purpose
the undermining of confidence. ti,.
confidence Of the farmer. for instance.
| In the banker, the merchant and others
with whom he does business; the con
fidcnc~ Of the merchant and tho bank.
er In the manufacturer. the trHnsjOr.
tatiOn systems. the public utilities
| the confluence Of the people M II
Who'll" In their public offIciais
In carrying ON this work those en.
| gagged In II, come with clever stories
which mrr freely passed from one 10
another and often printed. that this or
| that lin" "f business is taking too great
u profit that this ar that Industry IN
fraudui"ntIy conducted: TINT this or
TINT rnicrpriss. is living off the earning
Of others. They always plny IN the
passions and prcjudiccs ~ thos. to
whom they ar" tnikIng or for whom
| they nr" writing b"snus" when u man
Inns pr"judi'" against nnoihrr that
man loses his sens" of reasoning and
] can not Ice fnir.
No man jusi naturally goes out and
contracts II serious dis"nsc, but many
unkn"wiuply do things Tint result IN
their hnying serious dis"ns"s. M on.
| Just naturally nets on things which
| "nus" him IN .os" his cOnfldcnc" In
others. and others their confidence In
him. but Il" does things which produce
these results. Just nbonf ninety nine
ont of every hundred si"rles told or np'
p"nrIng IN print about how this or 'hnt
individual, Industry or enterprise. ar
utill'y, II unfair. not operated for ihs
good "f all. ~ exploiting It's help. In
tnking unjust profits. etc, is true. The