The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-05-22
No Change For $500 Years

surprising as it may today it is nevertheless
fact that from the 5th century BE. nearly 1900 AID
the human race made little progress nearly 23OO
years nothing much happened change the scale of living
IN the world Then our new American government was
formed and in 6O years the worlds first free people
the greatest progress in history.
Our new government recognized that every man had
the God-given right to fe liberty and the pursuit of
happiness SO long as he did not interfere with those
rights of other Our government was specific
ally designed to secure these rights for each individual
citizen and his posterity.
In a comparatively short time this country became
wealthy SO wealthy that the next richest nation
which other countries did not have Nothing except
DOM Americans had cast off the deadenng hand
ment They had freed themselves from the Perpetual
oppression of government which had kept world Door
for centuries
Men like Thomas A. Edison, Alexander Graham Bell
Cyrus Mccormick, Andrew Carnegie. Eli Whitney and
Henry Ford free to their skill ingenuity courage
and ambition to for themselves But this too
selves they made possible for others earn ten times
hundred times several million times much The
automobile industry alone now provides than 5
million jobs.
All of these men had keen minds, great courage and
Tar more tnan tnelr snare OF dogged determination, but
poran than the fact that they free They free
to for themselves and keep what they They
Were free to fail and start again Ford did twice before
he succeeded
The companies these founded all financed to
large extent out Of earnings All the capital Henry
Ford had $4,000 All of the balance of the several
hundred million dollars the Ford Motor Company worth
today earnings retained in the business That's
the real way the American way to build business But
try to do it today.
Had any of these been forced operate with the
rubber dollars have today and under the
rules regulations and restrictions which effect
those which in effect before the police action in
Korea started, he wouldn't comparatively speaking have
gotten first base That's the tragedy of presenday
America. ~.- ->nr~a
What's happened? Why this almost complete change
from free to economy? That's the
sxtyfour dollar question all right The best know
of is given in pamphlet "Who To Blame?" just publish
ed by the Small Business Economic Foundation The pamph
let points out that while everyone knows about the
Revolution in l776 far too many Americans do yet
realize that have had rather the final stages
Of second revolution which reverses what the first
revolution accomplished.
"The effect of the First American Revolution" the PAM
phet states, Was to transfer final from the
ment to the people, The effect of the second Revolution
to transfer from the people back to the govern
ment
"As long the government dependent the
people for support the people remained free What hap
pened gradual reversal of this principle The people
had to be made dependent the government then the
would be free and the people would not AS
the late Justice Maxey expressed it, "a strong
enough to do things for everybody will be strong enough
to do things to everybody"
$50 there from government ever-increasing
stream of promises -bait-to lure people to depend
government Always the promises attractive. hunter
does not bait his trap with something which will not attract
his prey"
This pamphlet really remarkable piece of work and
should be read by who wants help this
socialism and the welfare state For free copy of who's
To Blame? write to Small Business Economic Foundation
1884 Central Street. Evanston Illinois - Dewitt Emery.