Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-10

have failed through their own
stubbornness and their own in
competence, have admitted their
failure and abdicated. Practices of
the INSCRIPTIONS money changers
stand indicted in the court of pub
lie opinion, rejected by the hearts
and minds Of men.
Lack Vision :
"True, they have tried, but their
efforts have been cast in the pat
tern of an outworn tradition. Faced
by failure of credit they have pro-
posed 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 resorted to exhortations, plead
ing tearfully for restored conf
dence. They know the rules of a
generation of self-seekers. They
have no vision, and when there is
no vision the people perish.
"The money changers have fled
from their high seats in the temple
to the ancient 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
Ipossessio5ifii g 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 forgotten in the mad chase of
evanescent profit.
Worth Costs
"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 tc
our fellowmen.
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 profits; and there must b
an end to a conduct in banking and
in business which too often ha$
given to sacred trust the Likeness:
of callous and selfish wrongdoing
Small wonder hat confidence
languishes, for it thrives only or
honesty, on honor. on the sacred
mess of Obligations, on faithful pro.
lection, on unselfsh performances
without them it cannot live.
Restoration calls, however, not
for changes in ethics alone. Thi|
nation asks for action, and action
now.
"Our greatest primary task is te
put the people to work. This i:
no unsolved problem if we face
it wisely and courageously. 1t car
be accomplished in part by direct
recruiting by the Government it
self, treating the task as We woulo
treat the emergency of a war, but
at the same time through this en-
ployment accomplishing greatly
needed projects to stimulate and re-
organize the use of our national re-
sources.
"Hand in hand with this we
must frankly recognize the overbal-
ance of population in our industrial
centers and, by engaging on a ma
%tional scale in a redistribution, en-
deavor to provide a better use Of
the land for those best fitted TO,
the land. The task can be helped
by definite efforts to raise the val
ues of agricultural products and
with this the power to purchase the
output of our cities.
prpsoyDo Homes
+ eft can be helped by preventing
realistically the tragedy Of the
growing loss through foreclosure
of our small homes and our farms
1t can be helped by insistence that
the Federal, State and local govern
ments act forthwith On the demand
that their cost be drastically reduc.
ed.
cit can be helped by the unity
ing Of relief activities which today
are often scattered, uneconomica.
and unequal.
sit can be helped by national
planning for and supervision of all
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