The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-01-05
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" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly. sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly. /.

sometimes reckIessIy.
AS we plunge into this brand new
year it is just as well that we try to
get our minds clear on the direction
we are taking.
We may not continue in our pres
ent direction, but at any rate there
is direction at this time which may
and probably will continue.
If there is change it seems at the
moment like to be to the left.
Getting the boiling all over with
and putting it in sugar form, the
whole story is this:
Hitherto money and credit have
been lavished on the top of the heap
the big bankers, the promoters, the
pilers-up of holding companies, COM
bines and paper structures. Today
money and credit are being put into
circulation and operation through the
masses of the people, and very soon,
if plans aren't wrecked, lot of the
top will be Topped off entirely and
left to roll over and go dead.
In the circles where secrets are
kept, it is being said that the govern
ment program is to oust the exploit
ter, to get rid of the tribe that lives
by taking profits for performing no
service.
Undoubtedly the trend is in that
direction, and it is mighty good.
But of course we must not fool
ourselves that this will be done in
1884. If substantial progress is made
that will be all it is reasonable to ex-
pect.
The trend is shown by the govern
ment's concerl< over the man who
is in debt. There was that famous
broadcast which said, eff you are in
danger of losing your homes or your
ehattles, wire Washington" or words
to that effect.
The message didn't say, rGo to
your banker" it said, "Go to the gov
ernment, which will protect you from
the banker"
Well, it's pleasant road to be
travalipo Much p1oocontar +bop +bo
old road, when the takings went so
largely to the "big shots" of Wall
street and LaSalle street and the
lesser streets of the plutocrats.
Much pleasanter than the days
when we were reading of the vast
foreign "loans" that were being float
ed and of the vast plants that were
being built abroad with the money
that had been gypped out of Ameri-
can wage earners.
True, there are millions for whom
there has yet been no change. Mil
lions still have no jobs.
But the tide has turned and they
will get their turn. The hope is that
once it comes to them it will stay
with them.
Plenty of flaws in the program, to
be sure, but it is a program that
looks in the right direction, which is
something, at any rate-in reality it
is so much that we cannot just now
put proper rating on it.
The average American today takes
a look at the wolf of Wall street and
breaks into song--a lifting tune.
"Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad
Wolf" didn't come along just be-
cause chap had a bright idea-or
was it girl who wrote that ditty?
And if it came that way, that doesn't
account for its sweeping popularity.
Today the nation is laughing at the
predatory beast, looking out for
chance gashes from desperate fangs,
but feeling very confident that there
is nice, bold handwriting on the wall
for him and that the door opens out
ward. :.
Not so bad, this 1884 outlook. Any
way, let's go have a look see.