Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19
|I'ISl|.S'IIY
Nation OF Mendicants

and settled on the eastern seabpard
OF America were hardy, ener-
getic, capable and self-sufficient
class of sons and daughters from
many nations and of several races.
/. Their descendants. American
born, possessing the virtues of their
parents, were the. pioneers who
pushed westward through the east
ern mountains, across the great
central valley, over the western
mountains to the Pacific. They
turned the sod and felled the forests
to create the American farms; they
built towns and cities in which
millions could live and prosper.
they erected schools and churches
that they, and their descendants,
might enjoy culture they had not
known; they built factories in
which to utilize resources of the
land they had conquered.
They did those things on their
own. They did not ask for, or
expect, help from any source.
They achieved by their own
energy and their own capabili-
ties.
From the dangers and hardships
they endured without complaint
those pioneer ancestors of ours
carved for themselves and built
nation, the mightiest and most pros
porous on earth to-day, in which
their progeny enjoy the worlds
highest standard of living OF this
or any previous time.
From those pioneer ancestors
from whom we have inherited so
much in wealth, in comfort, in cul-
ture and comfortable living, it
could naturally be presumed we
should have inherited some of their
virtues-their energy, ability, and
self sufficiency. But have we?
They asked for no help In ac-
compIishing their tasks. To-day
more and again more Of us,
their descendants, are not will
, ing to carry on when doing SO
, means work, effort and thrift.
, Millions of the descendants of
, the hardy, capable, self-suffi-
cient, thrifty pioneers are de-
manding a hand-Out from gov
ernment. They hope for, and
are being promised, govern
mental care from the cradle to
the grave, with no help on their
part needed.
Those descendants of race Of
\ hardy, capable, self sufficient,
: thrifty, pioneers want comfort, yes,
q but they do not want to work for
that comfort; they want culture,
but they expect it to be handed to
them without effort on their part;
they want the pleasures and the
: good things of life, but they want
these provided for them by govern
: ment, while they bask in the sun.
: shine of park benches.
The only compensation the ever
. increasing number of gimme
: mendicants offer for the luxuries
they ask for is votes, but for those
promised votes our elected public
officials seem willing to sacrifice
the wealth, the liberties, the op
portunities that were built for Us
by our pioneer ancestors.
To pay for votes they would teal
down the structure we have inheri
ted. 1t is only by continued exertion
by an ever-watchful scrutiny o
events happening from day to da,
in Washington, coupled with promp
protests when called for, that W.
can maintain the liberties, the ad
vantages, the opportunities we hav'
inherited.
1t is not alone the impoverishe'
le or the improvident who are askinl
It. government handouts, but the mil
ry lions include the ''haveS' as well a
es the ''have nots," the young as we
Is- as those of mature years. Many
ne all too many, government check
X are going TO the well-to-do and tn
a, wealthy, and to those young enoug
ri. to work for what they want.
he
"a The people of each state
to awards a herO's crown to their
in representatives in Washington
who succeed in bringing home
its a slab of that presumably
ed something g-fOr-nOthing'' bacon,
Is. chunk of coin from the federal
en- treasury.
it The people glory in supposed
ey looting that nations strong box. A
ut an example: California has SUI
'er ceeded in securing many million
It's from Washington for irrigation an
les flood control projects of value onl
to to California. 1t allrepresented. g
the people believed, something
of for-nothing." The fact is the peopl
is of the state pay for it all and NOR,
led For each 81, the national govern
the ment spends on those Californi
to projects, it collects from the peop
ior of, the state $1.28. There must be
rake off for the bureaucrats.
England needs . American foe
and raw materials for which v
'ou will not accept English pounds ar
re- shillings but demand payment
PIE dollars. England's production cos
IN of manufactured commodities al
are too high to enable her to compe
ore with American-produced commoC
ear ties in America, and for viii,
we would pay in dollars IL '