The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-09-15

The Bellows Falls Times ha
the right idea on economy-won
derful theme for preaching and
difficult plan for practising. Yet
Individual or state has to prac
tise economy if either is to be
prosperous. Read what the Bel
lows Falls Times and the Spring
field Republican both have tc
say on the subject and see if you
can improve on the plan. If you
can't improve it, try following
their simple statement of an age
old law:
Economy, accidentally speaking, is
a very attractive word to both in
dividuals and the State; but what is
accidentally pleasing is often disre--
garded in practice. 1t is an old and
true saying that we cannot eat our
cake and have it too. The individual
with a limited pocket book or the
State with limited treasury cannot
have all that seems desirable. That
is where economy pinches. 1t inter-
feres with our desires, and while
preaching is easy, practice is hard
This point is we'll stated in the fol-
lowing from the Springfield Reporter
"a State, town or Individual to be
prosperous should so regulate their or
his own expenses as to live within
their income. This is sound doctrine
but calls for sufficient force OF
character and self-denial on the part
of State, town or individual cheerful
ly to go without whatever an income
cannot afford. No State or person
can have everything either Of them
wants and keep within limited sum
or out of debt. Neither can they
have the same educational advantages
or support the same kind of living
as States and people of greater
wealth. To economic is to learn to
do without lots of things very de-
sirable and sometimes seemingly in
dispensable, and that is just what
Vermont and Vermonters thorough
ly understood in the early days but
have forgotten in these later years"
The Vergennes Enterprise and
Vermonter has a few words to
say regarding affairs in Europe,
which take a common sense view
of bad situation. Here is the
way it looks up Vergennes way:
Il am not an advocate of complete
indifference to the wreck of Europe,
but I do say that our first duty is to
develop our own heritage, and in that
will be found the way to safety and
prosperity. The whole of Central
Europe, from the commercial view
point, has gone. If we have to wait
for the hope of recovery until order
is restored in that part of the world,
it will be a black outlook for this
country" Thus spake Andrew Bonar
Law, former chancellor of the British
Exchequer, to the visiting members
of Dominion Parliaments, in London,
recently. Law is the originator OF
the policy of imperial preferences in
trade between Great Britain and her
possessions which has, link by link,
been perfected since the close of the
war. His is the nationalistic and
patriotic view. What he says with
respect to Great Britain and her
possessions is applicable with no less
force to the United States and its
territory. Central Europe has peni-
tential road to travel before its re-
covery is complete, and while we can
smooth the road, we are not justified
in policies which would shift the bur-
den to the shoulders of our own
people.
With the cold weather coming
upon us, it is good news to hear
that the anthracite coal wage
strike is settled. If it means
that we get some coal before the
end of the winter, it is encourag-
ing. From the appearance of
things, it seems to be more of
truce than a settlement but be-
fore August 1923, a real basis of
settlement may be reached.
The Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tenn has proud record of no
passenger being killed in train
accident for the year ending May
31st. When the number of pas
sengers carried and the length of
the system is considered, it is
nothing short of a miracle that
the human equation can be so far
eliminated in the conduct of a
great system.
Secretary Hoover's survey
shows that there is a great inn
provement in Russia as crops
promise to be excellent. Rail-
roads and steamships are operat-
ing to some extent which help
out famine conditions. We hope
that this improvement won't |
prove to be all on paper for the |