Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-09-27
FEAR Not ESSENTIAL

One of the mistakes which some of the N. R. A. engin-
GERS are making in the addresses in support of the move
ment is asserting that in case this plan fails nothing re-
mains but chaos. While such a statement may spur some
people to further action by placing fear in their hearts 1t
IS very likely that it will really do more harm than good,
by adding to any feeling of uncertainty as to the future
which may remain in the country. In fact it will and is
already causing the average person to save up for a rainy
day and this is hurting retail business.
In the first place the statement is undoubtedly an e-
aggeration. There is no reason to assume that if the N.
X. A. movement should Unexpectedly fail to fulfill all of
It's advance promises, that we are due for nothing but an
archy and chaos. By thinking back a little we can re-
member that the country was slowly and painfully work
ing It's way toward recovery even before the N. r. A. pro-
gram was maugurated. The first faint signs that we had
crossed the broad valley at the bottom of the depression
came over a year ago when the stock market hit bottom
and started a slow climb. It is true that this climb halted
due to the uncertainties of the political campaign, and the
political s%tagnation which ensued between the election
and the Inauguration, but it is not to be forgotten that
stocks did not descend again to the levels of July, 1882.
Then after the bank holiday there was an undoubted re-
versal. Confidence replaced fear and we started on the
upgrade. Many people went back to work, carloadings
increased, boarding of money ceased, and the various in
dlces OF business indicated that we were on the verge of
q major upturn. All of this, it is to be remembered got
under way before the N. r. A. was put into effect.
VI course every American hopes the N. r. A.. plan will
succeed. Everyone is putting a shoulder to the wheel to
make The movement a success. Party lines have been
puIleu many conservative business leaders have swal-
lowed such doubts as they may have had, and everyone.
high and low, is supporting the administration. No pres
ldent IN peace times has ever had more generous support
en- the part OF the people and better cooperation from
the business interests of the country.
The American people are going ahead and doing their
pest. lt IS unnecessary to try to spur them on by threat
enlng them with chaos in case the present nlan fails r.
occurs to US that President Roosevelt himself said that if
some OF his plans didn't work he would try something
eise' that he did not expect to make a hit every time he
went TO bat. Europe is going ahead, and is improving
economically and there is no indication that England or
France or Italy are slipping into chaos though fhev arc.
not using our recovery plan. Why then should this hap
pen to America alone?
what America wants to do is to get back to normal
out IL wants to get there by constitutional, not bulldozineI
methods. Ii the present plans bring this about all well
ana good and every American is behind them. But tol
say that If they fail nothing but chaos is ahead is to Gro
ate unnecessary doubt and fear-to weaken our faith in
America. "H -