Nogales international., 1936-09-26
The Average Man Is Better Off


William E. Glow, Jr, head of James B. Glow &
Sons Chicago manufacturers, has issued a pamphlet
entitled "A Business Mans Views of the Roosevelt
Administration in which he declares that President
Roosevelt's record entities him to overwhelming
reelection.
Speaking as a business of long experience,
he saws that failure of the country to re-elect Mr.
Roosevelt ''woud be crying act of ingratitude to
man who has given his all in desperate situation to
help the country in every conceivable way and VINO
has succeeded so magnificently.
The proof of President ROOsevelt's success, MIR.
Glow maintains is to be found in the improvement OF
the state Of each individual in the nation.
"Let's forget all arguments he writes, AS to
whether we should have gone off the god-standard-
as to whether the Government should have put on a
relief program not to whether aid should have
been given to our agricultural population as to
whether the principles of MA such as maximum
hours, minimum Wags child labor, collective barg-
aiming, ETC.. good or bad = in fact let's abandon
all argument pro and in regard to the policies OF
the administration. Let us eliminate all arguments
leave the pros and cons to the political orators and
just ask question.
"Is or is not the average man considerably better
off today than he was on March f. 1888? In other
words, the average man has somewhat increased
living expense slightly higher taxes and has assumed
his small portion of the national debt but against
this has his wage, the value Of any property he may
own, returns he may be receiving from any invest
ment increased more than proportionately, so that
the net result is that the average is better off
today than he was on March 4, 1888?
"Ask your own self the question and be honest
about it.
"The real answer is that nine out of ten people
are considerably better off than they were and,
gardless of their political persuasion, they cannot
deny it. It is going to be the tremendously affirmative
answer to this question which is going to overwhel
mingly reelection Mr.. Roosevelt next November.
Because, in the last analysis, it might be per-
nent to suggest that regardless of arguments about
this policy that policy the real job Of President
is to do all possible to make the average citizen bet
ter off at the end of his term of office than he at
the beginning No one can doubt that the Roosevelt
administration assisted, of course by the natural
economic forces of the country, has accomplished
just exactly this.
"Certainly, in modern times, no administration
has tackled such job or accomplished so much"
It is unfortunate that there is no way to utilize
leftover advice
1t takes high-salaried radio comedian to make
the old jokes sound new.
1t take gifted campaign orator to make speech
without losing votes for his side.
Honesty is the best policy, but other kinds such
as fire and life, should not be overlooked.
The trouble is that the average worm is about as
helpless after turning as it was before.
If folks were compelled to practice what they
preach there would be considerably less preaching.
In Germany it is against the law to commit sui
eide. The penalty is probably 10 DAYS in the morgue