Evening star., 1934-10-14

sonably good grace because Of the
period Of chaos which it followed.
Then. too, industry, capital and COM
merce must largely depend upon the
economic stability for it's existence.
But what of interference with the
activities of the laboring class? This
has been pretty well answered In the
attitude Of labor toward the New
Deal. The recent textile strike shows
rather conclusively that labor has q
mind of its own when hunger or any
other discomfort disrupts its living
conditions. Despite the elaborate
planning and diplomatic maneuvers Of
its leaders the strikes backbone was
broken because the man In the mill
was better satisfied with a meaaer liv-
ing for his family than with no living
at all, even though 1t was to be over
period while the mill owners were
being smoked out. What would hap
pen in the ranks Of these middle-claSs
workers if Government should attempt
to step in and tell them how they
should live? The King Of England
got an answer while the country had
mere handful Of pioneers. The
South beloved its answer when the
Government interfered with slave
ownership. Right or wrong, the
Government did not get away with
this meddling without fight.
Is America following out the
prophesies Of the Bible, to become
weaker and wiser? Out of the brain
trust and the New Deal and all their
attendant reforms are we TO come
into a new economic life? Will the
American people, faced with condi-
tons such as harried Italy and Ger
many and Russia, succumb to die
tatorship? It hardly is in the realm
of common sense to believe with the
traditions Of our country, but then we
might argue the point on the ground
that RECOMMENDATION Of industry and
business already has set in. BY the
personal popularity Of one man the
American people find themselves COM
pletely controlled by Government.
Never before has Government dared to
go into business. Never before has
Government dared to open shop in
competition to established industry.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is,
perhaps, the criterion upon which We
may well base our representations Of
what is to come in the future.
Working Glasses Increasing.
Millions of men are unemployed.
The Government has been forced to
feed them and their families. The
Government knows that hungry man
is dangerous man. Millions Of men
with Jobs walk out in discomfort over
wages or working conditions. Labor
is coming more and more to have q
strong hold on American business and
industry, through their various unions
and societies. And the great prepon-
derance Of population increase Is
among the working classes. viii this
mean a change in the economic life
Of great Nation? II so, what form
will the change take?
We are, no doubt, entering changed
scene in our national life. Business
and industry and capital are frankly
worried. Labor is discontented. Mil
lions are begging for work and no work
is to be had. Government has taken
the reins of control out Of the hands
of industry and business and Is pour
ing millions Of dollars Of the peoples
money into private business, ostensibly
to bolster business, but will the Gov
ernment, in the end, be forced to 60
into the business it has financed to
protect the peoples money it has so
lavishly invested? If so, everything
would be owned and operated for and
by the state, as now is the case in
Russia.
If this can happen in the 'land
Of the free and the home Of the brave"
then Government can take another
step 10 the left and dictate the con-
nubial affairs Of the people, forcing
them to give more attention to propa-
cation.
America has Just emerged from q
chaotic economic era where any spar
was to be preferred to sinking. But
what will happen to the alphabetical
soup when and If prosperity returns?
Since the beginning Of time the
population Of country has figured
largely in its destiny. What is des-
tined to happen when the United
States Of America has reached its
full growth of lao millions Just 10
years hence?