White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-09

Der toll with little return. Only fool
ish optimist can deny the dark reali-
ties of the moment.
"Yet our distress comes from no
failure of substance. We are stricken
by no plague of locusts Compared
with the perils which our forefathers
conquered because they believed and
were not afraid, we have still much
to be thankful for. Nature still offers
her bounty and human efforts have
multiplied it. Plenty is at our door
step, but a generous use of it Ian
cuisines in the very sight of. the supply.
lndicts Money Changers.
"Primarily, this is because the rul-
ers of the exchange of mankind's
goods have failed through their own
stubbornness and their own incompe-
tence, have admitted their failure and
abdicated. Practices of the unscrupu-
lous money changers stand indicted
in the court Of public opinion, re-
iected by the hearts and minds of
men.
''True, they have tried, but their ef-
forts have been cast in the pattern
of an outworn tradition. Faced by
failure of credit they have proposed
only the lending of more money.
"Stripped of the lure of profit by
which to induce our people to follow
their false leadership they have re-
sorted to exhortations, pleading tear.
fully for restored confidence. They
know only the rules of generation
of self-seekers. They have no vision,
and when there is no vision the peo.
pie perish.
"The money changers have fled from
their high seats in the temple of our
civilization. We may now restore that
temple to the ancient truths. The
measure of the restoration lies in the
extent to which we apply social val
ues more noble than mere monetary
profit.
Happiness Not in Money.
Happiness lies not in the mere pos
session of money; it lies in the JOY
of achievement, in the thrill of ere
alive effort. The Joy and moral slim.
ulation of work no longer must be
forgotten in the mad chase Of eva
nescent profits These dark days will
be worth all they cost us if they teach
us that our true destiny is not to be
ministered unto, but to minister to
ourselves and to our fellow men.
Recognition of the falsfty Of ma.
terial wealth as the standard of sue
cess goes hand in hand with the aban-
donment of the false belief that public
| office and high political position are
to be valued only by the standards
of pride of place and personal profit ;
| and there must be an end to conduct
| in banking and in business which too
often has given to sacred trust the
| likeness Of callous and selfish wrong
| doing. Small wonder that confidence
languishes, for it thrives only on hon.
esty, on honor, on the sacredness OF
obligations, on faithful protection. on
unselfish performance; without them
it cannot live.
Nation Asks for Action.
| Restoration calls, however, not fol
changes in ethics alone. This nation
asks for action, and action now. Oul
| greatest primary task is to put people
to work. This is no unsolvable prob
lem If we face 1t wisely and courage
ously. It can he accomplished in par1
| nv direct recruiting by the govern
ment itself, treating the task as We
would treat the emergency of war
but at the same time through this EN-
ployment accomplishing greatly need
ed projects to stimulate and reorgan
! lie the use of our natural resources.