Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-09

pect that on my induction into the presidency
will address them with a candor and a decision
which the present situation of our nation inn
pels.
This is -eminently the time to speak the
truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly Nor
need we shrink from honestly facing condi-
tions in our country today This great nation
will endure as it has endured, will revive and
will prosper. So first Of all let me assert my
firm belief that the only thing we have to fear
is fear itself,.nameless, unreasoning unjust-
fled terror which paralyzes needed efforts to
convert retreat into advance.
In every dark hour of our national life a
leadership of frankness and vigor has met with
that understanding and support of the people
themselves which is essential to victory. Fam
convinced that you will again give that support
to leadership in these critical days.
In such a spirit on my part and on yours we
face our common difficulties. They concern
thank God, only material things Values have
shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen;
our ability to pay has fallen; government of all
kinds is faced by serious curtailment of in
come; the means OF exchange are frozen IN the
currents Of trade; the withered leaves of indus
trial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find
no markets for their produce; the savings Of
many years in thousands Of families are gone,
No Plague of Locusts
More important, host Of unemployed cit
iZens face the grim problem Of existence and
an equally great number toll with little return
Only foolish 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 To-
Gusts 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 doorstep, but generous use Of 1t
Primarily. this is because the rulers of the
exchange of mankind's goods have failed
through their own stubbormess and their own
incompetence, have admitted their failure and
abdicated. Practices of the INSCRIPTIONS mon
ey-changers stand indicted in the court of pub
lie opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of
lnaen.
Happiness in Achievement
True thev have tried, but their efforts have
lbeene cast in the pattern of an outworn tradi-
ltion Faced by failure Of credit. they have pro-
posed only the lending of more money. Strip
ped Of the lure Of profit by which to induce our
people to follow their false leadership, they
fully for restored confidence. They know only
the rules of generation Of ef-seekers. They
lhave no vision. and when there is no vision the
peonle perish.
1.-The money changers have fled from their
high seats in the temple of our civilization
truths. The measure Of the restoration lies in
the extent to which we apply social values more
noble than mere monetary profit.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of
money; it lies in the Joy Of achievement in the
thrill of creative effort The JOY and moral
stimulation of work no longer must be forgot
ten in the mad chase of evanescent profits
These dark days will be worth all they cost us
if they teach lis that our true destiny is not to
be mnistered unto but to minister to ourselves
and to our fellowmen.
Idleness Not Unsolvab1e
Recognition of the falsity of material
wealth as the standard Of success goes hand in
hand with the abandonment 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