The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-16

dividual States
the larger meas Edwin c. Hill
ure of power.
I was particularly impressed by
a speech he made recently IN
New Jersey, in which he said:
american business men are
men of integrity. Their word is
good. Their methods are honor
able. Their business practices
are patterns throughout the
world. And yet the Government
which they sustain, which relies
uuOn their strength because 1t
has no other reliance, gOuges
them, taxes them stupidity and
OutrageOusIy, constantly rears
unnecessary barriers to the
growth and progress of business,
and abuses all engaged in it."
A newspaperman has more in
tuition than a woman. He senses
trends and events, and while he
goes wrong not infrequently in
predicting the outcome of horse
races and prize fights, he usually
knows better than anyone else.
And there is something telling
me that the American people are
fed up with the mouthings of
these politicians and crackpots
who have been singing the one
song of hate against business for
the past three years.
OUT OF FUNK NOW
Two years ago it was almost
crime to wear a top hat and tails
in this land of the free and home
of the brave.
But last season alone more top
hats and tails were sold in the
United States than in any other
year in the country's history. 1rv-
ing Berlin and Fred Astaire were
not solely responsible for this,
either. They played their part, Of
course, but a changed psychology
had much more to do with it.
The American people have come
out of their funk-out of the trance
OF, the depression and post-depres-
sion. The jaundice is passing out
Of the system, and some clear
thinking is in order from now on.
Things popular yesterday will
not be so popular tomorrow. Most
Of us can recall the year 1919, the
year of the Peace Treaty and the
| formation Of the League of Ma
tionS.
I don't think that a million
votes could have been obtained
against the League of Nations in
face of the emotional surge for
peace which followed Immediately
upon the war.
We would have been swept into
the League Just as we have been
swept into 100 other experiments
if it had not been for the fact that
We had one good, solid year to
think it over.
In that year the sentiment of
the country was reversed, and the
United States decided against the
League of Nations by an over
whelming vote.
In like manner it was popular
to kick business around in 1884
and 1885, but it is not so popular
today. I have been reading that
out Of a possible $1,000 900 en-
ployableS the business men of the
country are employing $4,000, 900.
Well, my Judgment of the Amer
lean people is that they want to
be fair and honest and that they
have pretty fine sense of loyalty.
After a time they were bound to
sit up and take notice that a lot
Of job holders. living on the Gov.
eminent, were going about calling
their employees Crooks" blood
suckers" and worse.
After a while they were bound
to sit up and take notice that
some members of Congress, abSo-
lutely ignorant of business and
coming from States where the
total population does not equal
the number Of workers and their
dependents in one large business
mouse, were trying to run or ruin
the business on which their liveli-
mood and security depended.
TINE HAS ARRIVED
have an idea that time has ar.
rived. Those 28,000,0 900 workers
know better than a politician from
Podunk as to who kept them at
work and who is keeping them at
work while, at the same time, CIV
ing them every advantage to fur
ther themselves by the use of their
talents.
They know what kind of jobs
have been created by a social SER
vice worker who was made bust
neSSman overnight and given 81
DOC, O0O, 900 Of the public money to
spend.
They know it is true, as Alfred
p. Sloan has said, that govern
ment creates nothing. II only
spends what workers create.
When they read that the Du
Point Company in Delaware is EN-.
ploying $4,000 workers against
$4,000 in 1929 they may get little
indignant at the same social ser.
vice worker who says he has TO
spend prodigiously because indus
try is not employing people.
And they'll agree with Mr.. Colby
that business does not want a
breathing spell. It wants its legit-
innate opportunity and rights"
For business means the $4,000, 900
as well as their employers.
Copyright. 1884, by King Features