The Washington times., 1930-01-09
THE CONFIDENCE SHOW
.Bu Herbert Kautm0n.

II TNCLE SANS richest and important nephew Is
~ paying hiS annual visit to Manhattan
Lord knows how the old gentleman would manage to keep
his national family comfortably housed and
profitably employed for the automobile industry
only sustains the largest payroll in America but
largely decides whether railroads shall write their statements
in red black steel mills and glass works meet dividend
requirements cement plants and paint factories expand or
pull in horns and outlying acreage remain cheap farm lands
1or become valuable home sites
Without its omnvorous appetite for suburbs textiles hard
ware metal sundrieS machinery copper ne fresh high
ways prosperity couldn't take eight billion dollar blows
in the Stock Market and charge the loss the change
account.
Here's single producer Of weaIth-and job-whch reQu.
lates the fortunes of enterprises than any other
of labor, capital and materials on earth.
Consequently these yearly automobile shows be re-
garded not merely preexhbs of models and mechanical
renements but celebrations Of economic achievement by
which every income indirectly affected and from which
every last mothers Of us may snatch spark to light
Ia torch for wabbing selfassurance.
They regularly remind society that originality and horse
not forced to trucke for financial favors.
They testify to the first thorough trouncng that useful
and inevitable idea ever handed hostile finance.
They compel US to remember that not pioneer carbuder
had the backing of bank the endorsement of Wall Street
qualifying contact with the intricate problems of admins
tration, sales promotion and distribution
They keep recalling the incredible adaptation of homey
wits to emergency phase of progress for which university
training commercial experience and management
furnished contributing intelligence.
They increasingly emphasize the beated resourceuness
the half schooed obscure and penness Henry Ford
courage thousands OF middle aged wage earners also to be-
ieve that it's too late to win with the right idea
They carry back the mechanics benches the
Fisher boys and Walter Chyser respectively laid founda
tons pay envelopes for square miles of body building and
motor works.
They recurreny spank the concet of money masters still
choking at thought Of the expensive dish of this little
band of independents finally made them the price of
diamond stuffed peacocks.
They rebuke every cynical force seeking undermine faith
lin the opportunities which the United States have
ceased to reserve for the practical visionary
These automobile shows evanges of optimism to
ream the ndusy conviction that there are no saturaton
points in sight for actual necessities however expensive
shame hesitation with bold budgets and widespread advers
and to teach fellow business the benefits Of produc
on simped practice and constructive dissatisfaction with
Jail methods and scores.
Detroit has again bet its stack that the country will keep
lgoing-keep growing-and keep spending.
So long the yonder forecast the sua
tOn healthy and back their diagnosis with bigger
better program stock ticker opinions and statistical alarm
due to prove incompetent judges of 1880 balance
sheets.
Mirror Inc and Herbert Kauman>