, 1935-08-25

August 9th, entitled, Jobs Alone
viii Cure Unemployment Relief" ]
am moved to follow up with a dis
cuSsion OF causes for relief being
a necessity, with some suggestions
OF q cure. 1t may be true enough that
cures In this case are as numer-
Gus as grandama suggestions for
The rheumatism. Nevertheless ] be-
lieve In my remedy just as stead
tasty as any Grandma does hers.
You. Of course, win deal with It as
you choose.
! agree with you thoroughly when
ycu say, The remedy for the relief
program is to stimulate employ
ment % that a relief program Is nc
longer necessary" My purpose Is
TO herein discuss from whence en-
rloyment comes In these Unitec
States and how best to stimulate
same.
Has not the desired employment
always come in the past from IN
dustry, from owners OF industries
from owners OF farms, from owners
N buildings, from owners OF prop
e-ty. from owners Of homes? How
often have we seer the administra-
ton in the past four years call upon
attempt, almost to cajole OF coerce
industry. bankers. and business men
into opening up business. begin
employmet Of men, start the wheels
Of production etc. why Is it all these
efforts have been. for the greater
part, In vain7
To this query there Is but one
arSwer-that Is, because the own
erShip and operation Of buildings
properties OF any kind, farms. indus
tries. homes, cannot be pursued with
safety and with profit. Why should
not the cause OF this difficulty be
analysed. met face TO face and
rcmedied? Why Is II the GreaI
American People have had the abil-
ity TO build the greatest Nation yel
20 have flown a flag, and yet SIDE
step the issues that really cause the
trouble? Why Is II 50 great a people
cannot 90 directly TO the cause oi
the trouble instead of producing
Only thanking movements OF greal
devastation and cost?
Tell me not that the remedy lies
IN Strengthening cattle and hogs By
the thousand. because We have nc
economic method by which such
ran be gotten to the starving thou
sands OF our people for food NoI
yet. that paying men not to raise
nogS and not 10 raise cotton, yea
that paying them rather to destroy
such, holds any virtue Of economies
any moral or spiritual advance
ment, or anything else Of value than
can be sanctioned by any natural
law. or by any obligation Of man %
man. while at same time countless
thousands N longing for an OPP
pCrtunity TO avail themselves OF
these things that would thus De
destroyed.
I have suggested above that men
are afraid to move In industries. In
the purchase and development OF
properties. in securing and owning
a home, II you please, and why Is
thi, so?
Well do I remember when in the
third and fourth grade Of school
that our teachers taught the class
To sing The Star Spangled Ban
ner." MY Country lis Of Thee
We were taught that the one thing
wluch differentiated American civ
ilization from that OF the old coun-
try, was The ownership OF homes
TIE ownership OF farms, the own
e.Ship of industries" We wert
taught that these were widely dis
tIisuted. that any man whomsoeveI
that had any industry about him
worth recognizing could own his
own home. his Own Iarm II he chose
whereas in the Old country 1t was
not thus. TheS, were the privileges
~ "the free and tie brave" we
absorbed this teaching. we believed
H. II. we we're m.yed cy 1t. ana
right heartily d. re sing. Il i ve
thy rocks and rills thy woods and
tempted hills, Our hearts with
rapture thrills, Great God ouI
King" May I ask. who today Is ouI
king? Again I ask. why Is 1t the
farmer today cannot own his farm
with any feeling Of confidence that
he has anything Of that 1t Is hisl
Why Is It a man cannot buy the
Office buildings offered for a song7
Why Is 1t families cannot purchase
homes offered at great sacrifices
and bargains7
I have analysed these issued from
every angle and there Is but one
answer and that Is a confiscatory
bond tax. The head OF the Chicago
Real Estate Board has said, 1T Is
a great social error to tax properly
10 the point where 1t is undesirable
arc continues to detail how such
naS been done.
J would ask any reader not ~
dismiss this statement with the
thought that / am Just another one
OF those tax howlerS W. have always
with us. That Is not a fact. My
analysis IS correct as any one VII
discover II they will only take the
trouble TO look into II.
The trouble I am not laying az
aly ones door, nor to any set OF
Lltn. We all had a part in creating
the situation which was done largely
through ignorance and miSundeg-
standing of consequences. We were
blinded by an unprecedented season
OF commercial activity. initiation OF
va'ues and seeming success on ev-
cry hand. II all came about as tUl-
lows:
During the World War. silver
tongued orators went forth to sell
Liberty Bonds. The best and most
able talent in the country was put
forward TO mold sentiment and to
sell Liberty Bonds. People who
could buy Liberty Bonds bought
Liberty Bonds. people who could not
buy Liberty Bonds bought Liberty
Bonds. To such great height Of
patriotism we're people lifted and so
strong was the Psychological and
social oStracism to the one who
dared not buy Liberty Bonds. that
they all, we, all Of us, got the habit
Of buvfnn liberty Bonds. From