The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-09-08
WARNING SOUNDED 40 YEARS AGO

The following quotation is taken from
the editor of which is dsgunted with what is currently
ransprng at Washington. 1t is part of editorial which
appeared the Hartford Comm Courant of August
-l40 years ago:
"A wise government is the peoples guard and it takes
effecua that there should be to moest
to interrupt them in their lawful callngs and pursuits
Thus guarded there full scope and also sufficient
agement for industry and enterprise Each individual
ploys himself finds own advantage and
EACH advancing his interest by honest industry adds
to the common stock
"A nation resembles a swarm of bees The bees must
be well hived protected from external internal
and injury, and left free air to make their combs
construct their cells anil labor in hive field according
their liking Thus protected and thus free, they seldom
fail to treasure up honey.
"But who makes the honey! Not the guarder the
hive but the bees themselves So civil (by gov
ernment meant the administration of government) how
and vigilant the direct efficient
of nations wealth. which in fact produced by the Great
Swarm the PEOPLE
hand should the keeper of the bees under
take to daboe IN their private concerns interrupt their Ia
bors divert their wonted of enterprise into
channesshould he ooishly do this he would find little
honey in the hive at the end of the And again.
whenever government mprudent to obstruct d
the enterprise and industry of the people by hamperng
them with unnecessary regulations decay of public
perity follows natural consequence
"Some men, however, to think that commercial in
dustry and enterprise should under the particular d
recon government But why? On the other hand there
among the rulers and legislators nations who
possess extensive information in mercantile matters whilst
on the other there are no people that know better how
manage their own than experienced merchants
They best know how when and where put their property
aoa they best calculate the risks and all the chances
of and gain 1t belongs to to protect
TO guard it by few general regulations and there
leave it. The skill of the merchant will do the rest
GALL HISTORY TESTIFIES THAT TRADE FLOUR
ISHES MOST WHERE 1T is MOST FREE, AND THAT 1T
SOON LEAVES THE NATION THAT SHACKLES IT,
The things that have taken place in Washington these
past few years prove the wisdom of what this most discern
ing editor the Hartford Corant wrote 140 years ago Dur
ing the 6 the administrations have chosen to d
obstruct business rather than to confnng their
activities solely to protecting it.
Stzely the present ptful flight of mighty and
liberty glowing English people should that must
permit further encroachmen by Washington into the af
fairs that properly belong to private ownership and control
For verify Engands messy experiment with Socialism has
brought her to the brink of bankruptcy and the English
people to unhappy condition of servitude
The Hartford Courant editor of 1909 he alive to-
day writing his editorial undoubtedly would add two
phrases its closing that would read ET
AMERICA BEWARE BECAUSE) ALL HISTORY CNCLUD-
ING THAT OF ENGLAND TODAY TESTIFIES THAT
TRADE FLOURISHES MOST WHERE 1T is MOST FREE,
IT" George Peck