Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-23


Federal Governments powers there is al
ways the play and the counter-play OF
political parties and political factions gov
erned by political tactics.
Step by step we have seen the traditional
ideals Of sef-help and seIf-autonomy of
the States undermined and In most cases
the relief secured is illusory. Il is con-
ceived in politics and for politics and at
best falls where it listeth. All this I'M
dermines the national stamina.
PoLIncs AND PROSPERITY Nor KIN.
Surely business must realize now that
the kinship between prosperity and polit-
ical parties is not nearly so intimate as
the politicians would have US believe and
as business for too long was wont to assume.
1t must realize the need Of putting its own
house in order and not waiting until gov.
ernment is forced to step in and do il. 1t
has duties and responsibilities not only to
the red and black of its balance sheets
but to the people at large and to the social
order in general.
ANTIDoTE To C MMUNIsM.
With our machine economy and labor
saving devices we have the right, if our
economic system is sound. to expect the
burdens Of labor and the uncertainty of
employment largely to decrease. The day
should not be far off when men and women
need work fewer hours and suffer no loss
OF income.
WAY Our WILL Be FOUND.
But now people are becoming tired Of
hearing about justice and liberty and
equality, and the old conjure words They
want to know how to get a job and how
to prosper. Business craftsmanship should
find and show the way.
The foundations on which real prosper
ity must build are sound and will prove
even more sound because of our present
experience. Here is nation Of 100000
900 people with an infnity Of wants and
desires ambitious to succeed; believers in
the gospel of work; filed with the spirit
Of courage. initiative and enterprise de-
termined to maintain and lift the stand
ards Of life; willing to labor, to ny and
TO SELL to use the railroads and utilities, to
spend their substance on luxuries and d.
versions aud living in land with un-
limited resources and opportunities. He
must have little faith in his country or
little vision Of the future who cannot
forsee prosperity greater than ever.
RESTS On EURoPE's RECOVERY.
1t will. believe, be a prosperity allied
with the economic restoration of Europe.
The world now is too closely knit together
for even this great land to contemplate
its own destiny alone. The countries of
Europe are our debtors We will not pros
per If they are PROSTATE. Our permanent
economic progress involves helping them,
and the time is near when further consid-
GRAFTON should be given to the status Of
our International debts.
The question need not be approached on
the basis Of world responsibilities alone,
although certainly some measure of inter-
national leadership is required Of a coun-
try with the power and the resources Of
our own. But even on the basis of profit
and loss, we should not forget that some
times present loss may be ultimate profit.
MARYLAND AS INSPIRATION.
Anyway. enter upon my fourth term
as Governor with the conviction that in
spite Of drought and depression our future
will be even more glorious than our past.
There is so much that can be done to
make this greater and better nation. and
more and more is being done. In the
doing Of it like to feel that Maryland Is
both an example and an inspiration.
LET PEOPLE Be FREE.
In MARYLAND we think that the people
should be free to work out their own
problems, What good government ought
to do is see that everyone has equal access
TO the door of opportunity. Never before
in the history Of our country have we
drifted so far away from the principles of
good government and the conceptions Of
our organic law. This will o. the wisp has
been Turing " on each day. granting the
government more and more power over
our daily lives. and unless the process is
stopped it will some day destroy our whole
governmental edifice. which was builded
to assure happiness at home and peace
abroad.