The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-28


 hg measure of comforts, conveniences
 nd luxuries than any other people.
 In no other land do ordinary folks
 osssss automobiles \ siephones' phono-
 Home owners among the working
 lasses are more numerous here than
 any other country.
 Vacations are now the rule among
 II ranks. So are public holidays.
 We have churches and we'll appointed
 ohools in almost every corner Of the
 ontinent. =" 7 %F
 There is no famine, no starvation in
 his fruitful land. Workers here enjoy
 wider variety of good food than the
 workers of any other country.
 American workmen and the families If American workingmen are the best |ressed in the world.
 Opportunities for rising to the top Ire more plentiful in the United States
 han in other lands. a'Her workers of
 oday are the capitalists of tomorrow,
 he office boy of this year, the captain president few years hence. College Education Is within reach of every American youth willing to exert the lecessary effort.
 Our forty million farm folks again have their faces turned towards the 3un of prosperity. They have at their kommand more labor saving machinery Than any other tillers of the soil. They bwn, too, more automobiles and are
 vpidIy coming to have more good roads
 han the agricultural population of oth-
 r countries.
 Labor is we'll employed and promises To be still better employed in the com ng year.
 No serious strikes mar the peace and we'll being of the nation.
 The presidential election revealed
 hat there Is less discomfort than nao been generally supposed. 4 Our savings banks are bulging with billions of deposits, the total never be- Fore matched here or approached else- Where. a-- --! I Life insurance is carried by more mill lions in America than in any other ,ountry The total today is greater Than ever before known. The spirit of the brotherhood of man s making gratifying progress through but the industrial and business world. More employers today than ever be- Tore are sincerely seking to improve the : ot of their people. It is now common Nor workers to have a voice in govern $ng their working conditions, their hours 3of work, their wages. Old age pensions zhre being freely granted. many com @panies are now taking out life insur- lance policies for their employees, com |pensation for accidents is now on more equitable basis.
 The 12-hour day and the seven-day jWeek have been virtually abolished. RThe eight hour day is now the general rule. Trade unions, in most cases, are being more sensibly lead. Our rapid na- hional growth brings unprecedented op- for promotion. To become .an American worker Is now the ann |bition of untold millions of toilers in foreign lands.
 Our industries are moving towards |what promises to be the greatest period 'of prosperity the United States has lever, experienced. More than 500 com |panies have increased their dividends that year. Our railroads |are enjoying the greatest volume of business in their history and their finan- |cial position Is the best in two decades. Utility corporations likewise are faring better than ever before. The securities |owned by several million investors, most |of them men and women of moderate means, have been improving notably iD market value.
 The health of the nation is excellent. Our birth rate reflects the satisfactory living conditions, the vast majority of our people enjoy.
 Then, Providence has endowed this nation with the means of becoming the big brother of the human race. We have succored starving millions in diff ferent parts of the. world. We have ex- tended financial assistance to other countries this year to the extent of fhore than a thousand millions dollars. We have played 8 part in the rehabili- tation of Europe. which has won world wide gratitude.
 The example set by our democratic form of government has inspired not a few other nations to throw off the yoke of autocracy. The religious lib- erty here has not been without whole some influence in other countries
 The liberality of wealthy Americans has astounded the world and is becom- ing more pronounced every year. The service rendered by such organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation in em- ploying the greatest doctors and scien- lists In the world to search out the causes of and remedies for various hu- man ills has made the whole human race our debtors.
 Yes, we Americans had infinite req son for devoutly observing Thanks giving.