The Nome nugget., 1934-04-14
WHAT HAS BEEN
 ACCOMPLISHED !:

HE ltlells llleultsllOu lS SO0u AO1 the soul" It is well, at this time ,l to consider in retrospect the achievements of the Roosevelt administration; to line them up before your mental eye and gaze upon their formidable array; to disect and ponder them, and mar vel a bit at the changes they have made In our national life. A new generation of liberal think CTS, who believe that the govern ment should be operated under the constitution for the benefit of all the people, is in the political saddle and Sthe old order changes.
 We see a general economic bet Iterment that reflects itself thru ,I the various phases of the busi- ness structure. Transportation and shipping lines report the larg- est volume of business in years. tOur own particular steamer, the Victoria, has been completely sold out since January and the Arctic Transport Company Is plac- ling an extra vessel on the Nome run,
 Florida reports thru the press
 the largest winter tourist busi- ness since 1929. Retail stores and small business men report a decided increase in their trade The automobile industry is enjoy ing the best season since 1929. Corn, wheat and cotton have more
 than doubled in price to the efars inner in the past year. Those whose trades add to the general
 welfare, such as barbers, doctors, dentists and others of the skill ed labor guild are again receiving Ia decent compensation for their fwork. Emergency projects spon-
 sored by the government are dis ttrbuting hundreds of millions to lthe workers who have not as yet
 been absorbed back into industry
 and this money is flowing thru
 the channels of trade
 There are those who cannot ad-
 just themselves to the changing
 times and conditions. It is these
 people who are the severest cri- ties and obstructionists.' Their principal bleat Is that the federal government is entering more and more into the realms of business, seeking to place everything under government control. If these people will only seek with an l open mind they will find that the Legislative enactments of the gov ernment pertaining to business are only emergency measures. The New Deal was established on the basis of emergency when it was q question whether the State would survive or sink into the oblivion that has always been the fate of former civilizations that sacrificed the basic ideals of hu- manfty to the false gods of greed iand gain. Surely no one will deny but that dire emergency existed, There still remains a public responsibility on the part tof afF~of our citizens to see that tthe start that has been made to- ward the realization of a whole some economic and social order be not impeded. If we expect to enjoy in future years the benefits lof modern invention, of science, of industry and concentrated labor, it is incumbent upon us to exercise some plan to control these benefits, both in the manner lof production and distribution, so that these benefits will not accrue only to the few but to all of us. This is what the New Dealers lare accomplishing. We know now that the old hypothesis of "evefy man for himself. contrib utes nothing to the public welfare. Governmental control of indus ttry and business will continue land should continue until the for mer element. of graft in high political placesF and "the-public-be- damned" attitude of the power ful monopolies is completely eli minated. And when the time comes that federal control and Supervision are withdrawn we will do well to see that the best of these so-called revolutionary ideas of the New Dealers are kept as a permanent part of our -faIfn