The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-08-04

woman and child in the United States.
Policies in force today total 127,800,-
900.
Such safeguard is enjoyed by
the people of no other nation in the
world.
Our total national wealth, estimated
at 1929, zoo, 100000, is greater than
that of dozen Continental European
countries combined.
The income of the American people
comfortably exceeds $1,000,000,000 a
week.
The per capita income here is far
greater than in any other land.
There are still six or seven persons
gainfully employed for every person
idle.
No fewer than 25,8OO,O0O automo-
biles are owned by Americans. e.
This total is almost three times the
number owned by all the rest of the
world.
Americans possess far more tele-
phones .19,5OO,0OO) than all. other
countries. . Radios multi
ply over 16,545,0O0 un-
approached by any other people.
How many new domestic mechani-
cal refrigerators have been bought,
would you guess? A grand total of
fully 3,750,0O0, at an estimated ex-
penditure approaching $2,000,00O,000.
In no other part of the globe do half
as many homes enjoy such luxury
Americans are rapidly coming. to re-
gard it as necessity.
A recent survey of 20 typical small
towns revealed that II per cent of the
inhabitants owned homes, that SO per
cent had electric light, II per cent
had baths, 81 per cent had electric
washers, SIS per cent had radios, Al
per cent had vacuum cleaners.
There are more families in Ameri-
ca than in any other land that can af
ford to and do send their children to
high school and college. In no other
land do so many average families
have the meanas to enjoy foreign
travel.
The movie still attracts a weekly
average attendance of 100000.
The percentage of our agricultural
population who, despite initiation, are
acquiring domestic comforts, conven-
fences, labor-saving devices, improved
machinery, the use Of better roads, is
constantly increasing.
Today more than 100000 farms are
electrified, representing an increase
of 400 per cent in eight years, and
the total is being swelled rapidly.
In industrial communities hard man.
ual toll is being steadily abolished
by the introduction Of machinery.
Each American worker now has at his
command five horsepower, record
not even remotely approached outside
our boundaries.
The average working-day genera
ton ago was ten to twelve hours.
The standard in this generation is 8
hours. The work-week used to
consist of six days. Now it is five and
one-half days, with a five-day week
coming into vogue.
Never in the past was America so
we'll equipped as it is today to resume
an ephocal forward march. Not only
have we changed from a debtor ma
nation to the greatest creditor nation
on earth, not only have we vaster
wealth, not only have we an unprec-
edented supply of gold, but we are
richer in experience, richer in inven-
tive brains, richer in scientific knowl-
edge, richer in machinery, richer in
productive facilities, richer in mana
gerial skill, richer in discovered min
eral and oil resources, richer in trans
portation facilities; richer
in every material withdrawing pro-
duct and process, richer in crafts
manship, richer in everything.
The country is all right. What we
need is less hysteria and more con-
fidence and courage.-Collier's, The
National Weekly.