The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
LITTLE BUSINESS IS HEARD FROM

LITTLE BUSINESS IS HEARD FKOm
If the Washington government IS capa-
BILE of understanding a broad hint 1t ought
to experience no difficulty in grasping the
meaning of the demonstration givea last
week by the little business men oil the
country. Gathered to the number OF around
one thousand upon invitation OF the admin
istration to present their views on what is
the matter with present nationwide con-
ditions and to suggest what they regard as
the way out of the recession these small
business men made their position plain and
emphatic.
While it is suspected that number of
agitators and trouble makers were plant
ed' in the gathering for the purpose Of
creating strife and turmoil, it is certain that
a large majority of the small business men
attending this gathering were bona fde,
honest, intelligent, patriotic citizens.
The facts as they now appear are that
the small business men and industrialists
demonstrated that their views are practi-
cally the same as the views Of the so-called
big business men, or economic royallsts"
of the country. Both classes manifest the
same lack of faith in the new deal and dis
trust of new dealers and their tricks. This
was made plain not only in their meetings
but also in the summing up of their views
presented to the President. The summing
up and presentation was In most polite
fashion, but it was easily understandable.
One fact that stands out in connection
with the visit of the small business men to
Washington is that they indicated the pos
session of more moral courage, indepen-
dence and will to fight those things be-
ieved to be detrimental and dangerous to
the nation than has been demonstrated by
big business.
Big business has not made particularly
impressive record when it has encoun-
tered, fangs to fangs, the big, bad wolves
of new dealism in the Washington arena
The little business men showed courage
and fight. That more than anything else
is needed in the ranks of little and big
business today, and in the ranks of all
Americans who propose to stand in oppo-
sition to the disorganizing, destructive ele-
ments of the population. The small bust
ness men demonstrated the possession of
ample understanding of what is the mat
ter with the country, suggested a number
of sensible and reasonable proposals for
consideration and action by the govern
ment, and challenged the wolves of new
dealism in their principal habitat.
nent, from The Charlotte Observe, afford
Illuminating light on the convention of little
business men. They are the following:
One of the favorite Rooseveltan conceptions
enunciatad by himself over the radio and at many
press conference; echoed and elaborated upon by
his subordinates Of the Ickes-Jackson type; pro-
claimed by New Deal senator's and harped upon by
the administration publicity agents. is that there is
in the country handful of sinister big business
men who, inherently vicious and greedy for gain
are against the Roosevelt policies. On the other
hand, the small businessman is sound and fine
He has greatly profted, it is held, through admin
istration policies, is strongly for them and very
grateful to the president.
That has been the claim. That has been the
doctrine laid down in the White House and taken
up by the spokesman. To such extent it has
been reiterated that great many people who ought
to have known better were impressed There seems
no way to refute the ida disprove the claim AT
least, there none until they brought the little
businessman" down here and gave him a chance
to express himself. 1t then was revealed that the
little businessman" in neither his IDEAS nor hi:
emotions, differed in any way from the big bust
nessman He was, it is true, good deal hotter
IN the collar and lot more violent in expressing
his views, but ne distinctly for the same things
and against the same things.
There is no doubt that this was something of ;