The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-11

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today, a copyrighted article on
Americas future, from which the
following are excerpts.
BY CALVIN COOLIDGE
While we shall always look upon
this period (the last so years. as
of the most interesting and import
ant, and marked with events which
will ever be of merited acclaim in
world history, it will probably be
eclipsed in many ways in the ext
half century.
What changes are to take place
cannot be foretold with anything like
detail. But there appear to be GER
tain tendencies of an irresistible ma
ture along which the ace is working
that we may confidently expect will
become more and more pronounced.
The foremost of these is the move
ment toward u~nification. This Is
based on better organized effort. 1t is
not always popular. for it often seems
at first to limit individual freedom
of action.
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We are entering a period OF merg-
ers in nearly all kinds of business
which will dwarf anything with
which we have before had experience.
Such combinations will have power
. to perform survives for the nation
greater than any we have yet seen.
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The necessaries and luxuries Of life
will be more abundant and the re-
sources with which to secure them
better distributed. This development
will bring large wealth to some, per-
haps a disproportionate wealth. but
under our system Of government that
will take car Of itself.
Our difficulty In this country has
not been with wealth itself, but with
the newly rich who lacked the char
acter to use 1t wisely. But, on the
whole, we shall have q more even
distribution Of wealth and give the
ordinary ma new powers and new
resources which he has not before
enjoyed.
Old Methods Not Easy
Life will not be easy for those who
try to live by the old methods. 80.
With the increased use OF machin-
cry, with the growing completely OF
existence, more and more training,
skill and education viii become neccs-
sary . . General education will
be greatly increased.
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We can expect much progress IN air
navigation and in distribution OF
electric current. . . . Improvement
of roads has probably only begun -.
Grade crossings will be eliminated
and the main thoroughfares well
lighted at night. The country will
be dotted with great airports and we
shall have a combination of motor
vehicle, railroad and air transporta-
ton that will reach to every import
ant point.
We shall see electric power used IN
the home and in all kinds Of business
and v more widely distributed
than the telephone is at the present
time. ...
Distant sights and sounds will be
brought within the range Of u eye
and ear so that a conference between
persons In Northampton and Buffalo
will be almost like a conference
around a table.
Basis of Government Same
Very little change is to be expected
in the fundamentals Of our govern
ment. ... .
It is to be hoped that election
methods will be improved. While
they are good on the whole. there
are localities that are greatly In need
Of publication.
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While great progress has been
made, our municipal governments in
many instances are not q credit to
us . . The growing burden Of
taxation and the increasing COM
plexity Of municipal affairs will force
an enlightened citizenship to greater
activity in securing better admins
tration Of our city governments.
Primarily the crime question is a
question Of the attitude Of the may
ors of our cities. Merely in self-de-
tense, the citizens of the future will
require the best type of public ad-
ministrator to control our municipal
governments.
Speedier Trials
The society Of the future will re-
Quire speedy trials, a procedure
stripped to technicalities, and all
possible certainty that those known
to be guilty Of crime shall be pun
ished. Security is so important and
Justice is SO necessary to the pub
lie, the danger of government oppres-
sion is so remote in a republic, that
the old methods will be discarded for
a procedure that will be more effec-
tive in the protection of the rights of
honest and law-abiding citizens.
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While some of the most skilled
practitioners think surgery has about
reached its limits, medicine will make
great strides in the future, especially
on the preventive and mental side,
eliminating disease and prolonging
life.
What science and invention have
IN store for US WI cannot ever eSti-
mate. but we know it will be stu
peridous.
Spiritual Values Essential
Ignorance, superstition and preju.
dice are going to play less and lest
part in our national life and intelli-
gence: faith and federation will be
more and more prevalent.