The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-10-22
THE GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN IN SPIRIT, NOT A
CLASS GOVERNMENT
Address by DAVID j. LEWIS Delivered at Cumberland
Maryland, Tuesday, October 10th

selling at bushel found the National income the
billions year. found nearly all the railways nsoven some
of the best insurance companies say and catastrophe all
catasrophes faced national run on all the banks OF the
country
employment been great Never before or elsewhere mad the
national income been suddenly cut half Nowhere else in the
nsovent certainly before had the Banks of Country
been such plight had honest property lost its value with
property values Of in peril Here was chaos
When the Nations life sovereignty is in danger what does
never failed to respond have never failed to bring back the
flag in triumph to the Capital When the people are in such
naturally So For what purpose Governments organized
Obviously protect the lives and the property of their citizens
or subjects.
of sufferers received when they turned
to the Government? Well the Banks first altogether ST.
next and loans amounting to $OOOOO advanced to
them then followed the insurance companies to which loans
gregatng 100000 made and finally as the agones OF
hunger and cold threatened those unemployed citizens whose
savings had become exhausted or lost in some failing bank
have been aided by the of $567O53 In terms OF
cent for this say the natural business of
to protect the lives and property of its citizens AS
and 40 cent came altogether the of
has been advanced them in loans Home owners
likewise their mortgaged homes placed under the ham,
mer forward and loans aggregag S3o96OOOOOO nave
been made to them.
In cases. American Government extended its pro-
lection Is there evidence all this procedure of dscrimina
ton bias in favor of class? can Certainly can
discrimination against the property classes In all the his
tory of Government find record OF great aid extended to
property
Gentlemen considering the immediate help thus
by the Government these victims of the depression
your reached the conclusion that certain constructive
should be far
~ of these caaes To future national the
Banks of the United States passed the Depotors
guaranteeing deposits up to $4,000 In further protection to
the Banks and the public generally passed Act prohibiting
had been worked off on the public in scores OF billions OF dollars
resembling the fiat issues of Austria Germany France
Gated by such dishonest and fictitious currencies.
At the time found that class being estab
employment the ground of their Grandma and Grandpa
chrsten them Americas untouchabe In aid of the States
the Government passed it's weknown Social Security Act
Considering the problem of those willing and able to work. for
ample of protection the conduct Of the great industrial and
commercial organizations of the country During the 1880
100000 taken from the built from the profits
aside during the prior to the depression These companies
in position to practice policy of enforced thrift for the
benefit of their stockholders The posi-
ton to control such funds their source and so much shall
tory whistles fail to blow And part of the Social
hunger in future deressons the Government has established
Unemployment Insurance SYSTEM thus placing the United States
have long since adopted these What think y my fell
low Americans and daughters of the Potomac what
think We this work of your Government?
But it objected that the Government has incurred heavy
Indebtedness doing all this 1t has But does that tell the
National income which has been realized This income had fall
len from 80 billions in 1929 to 40 billions 1885, now
climbed back to 60 billions and climbing daily It overlooks the
restoration Of property values which had fallen from 400 billions
1929 to 252 billions in 1888 These property values have risen
$50 billions in 1885, which includes SO billions restored values
to the farms Of the country But yet still in the face of these
facts the political critic continues to complain that the Govern
men has increased the debt by 100000
as to which the human mind form picture which tend
ery the mind with fear of the unknown the fear
unknown terrified the sailors of Columbus This dis
PEELED by humanizng the figures that real picture
formed by the mind Let humanze them There are $780,
100000 people in the United States Of these so millions support
themselves in normal times either by their abors from their
Let that they the taxpayers of the United
States Now you divide the SO million into the billion
will to just $40 apiece How long would person
to pay off $4,000? Would be legacy of debt their children
and their chldrens children the critics say? WE'LL
computation shows that payment of &c month
years would discharge the $4,000 and the billions
gether with cent interest the debt How many
now unemployed would be glad pay the &c month";
understood that the tax will not fall them all in this
Religion teaches that to give the Lord
has blessed Sound requires that we should nav
support Of the Government in proportion ability pay
that is in the proportion advancing civilization and it's
protecting support Government have blessed with increasing