Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-23

political agencies or shall we make
It elective2
Government, in order to avoid
the possible incompetence, corrup-
tion and tyranny of too great author
ity in individuals entrusted with
commercial business, inevitably
turns to boards and commissions.
To make sure that there are checks
and balances, each member of such
boards and commissions must have
equal authority.
Hits Commissions
Each has its separate RESPONSE
bility to the public, and at once we
have conflict Of ideas and lack of
decision which would ruin any com
mcrcial business. 1t has contributed
greatly to the Generalization of
our shipping business. Moreover,
these commissions must be repre-
sentative of different sections and
different political parties, 50 that
at once we have an entire blight
upon coordinatcd action within their
ranks which destroys any possibili-
~ of effective administration.
''Thus every time the federal
government goes into commercial
business, 53l senators and congress
men become the actual board of di-
rcctors of that business Every time
state government goes into bust
rcss one or two hundred state sena-
tors and legislators become the ac-
tuaf directors of that business. Even
Il they were supermen and if there
were no politics in the United
States, no body of such numbers
could competently direct commercial
activities; for that requires initia-
tive, instant decision, and action. 1t
took congress six years of constant
discussion to even decide what the
method Of administration of Muscle
Shoals should be.
When the federal government
undertakes to go into business, the
state governments are at once de-
prived Of control and taxation of
that business; when Il state govern
ment undertakes to go into bust
ness, it at once deprivcs the muni-
cipailties of taxation and control of
that business. Municipalities, being
local and close to the people, can,
at times, succeed in business where
federal and state governments must
fail
Ihe effect upon our economic
progress would be even worse. Busi-
ness progressiveness is dependent
ON competition. New methods and
ideas are the outgrowth of the
spirit Of adventure, of individual
initiative and of individual enter.
prise. Without adventure there is
no progress. No government ad-
mlnlstration can rightly take chances
/! with taxpayers money.
Industries Lag
We still have great problems if
we would achieve the full economic
advancement of our country. In
these past few years some groups
IN our country have Jagged behind
! others in the march of progress. I
refer more particularly to those en-.
gagged in textile, coal and in the
: agricultural industries. We can as
slst IN solving these problems by
cooperation of our government. TC
! the agricultural industry we shall
need to advance initial capital tC
assist them to stabilize their indus.
try. But this proposal implies that
they shall conduct it themselves
and not by the government. 1t is
in the interest of our cities that we
shall bring agriculture and all liz
dustrics into full stability and pros
perity of our countries lies its fu-
ture.
In direct appeal on the prosper
ity issue to New York City, Hoov-
er praised the metropolis as the cen,
ter of American commercial life, but
pointed out that its welafre was de,
pendent upon the rest of the coun-
try.
Ny conception of America IS a
land where men and women nay
walk in ordered freedom in the in
dependent conduct of. their occupa-
tions; where they may enjoy the
advantages of wealth, not concen-