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fiADlN BULLETIN Page Eleven possible that freight rates will be in creased, but the most important thing all is to produce the goods and to set them to market. It is to be expected that at a time like this socialism would crop up, and social ism constitutes a real menace. It is, in the opinion of many, “simply a scheme class rule and class profiteering,” his can never lead to permanent pros- and the condition should be re sisted stoutly. Private business is challenged* If we to maintain our prestige, we must ^11 line up in this critical year of 1920 resist anything and everything ^ ich tends to knife American business, essen American production, or cripple American prosperity. opening up of new areas in the oited States will attract capital from countries, and at the present time IS is an important step in our pros- P®^ity. The investment of foreign cap- at the present time in America is aid at this period. . following principles apply to the in ividual business as well as to the nation: must conserve our resources, 2. We must increase our production. We must he economical in the strict- sense, 4. We must work longer hours, io h finance our export trade old our foreign markets. must work for political stabil- yVe must insist on social order. We must demand respect for prop- rights. The government has made arrange- ^ ents to help the farmer put his busi- ®ss on a sound basis. Assistance, if iieed be, should be extended to the busi- *i®ss man. Again, Mr. Sisson says: j i ^^I'king out such a program, the ^ e ligent co-operation of our own gov ernment must be given, and, where pri- ^ ® ®iiterprise fails, our government ^ orities should take the initiative to ^sume the responsibility which may ® be too great for private capital to th^^* ^i^ch a policy can be pursued by e government, acting for all the peo- in the national interest, in the full jssurance that all commensurate bene- 1 s will follow. To the cotton grower, e wheat raiser, the ranchman, the armer, the manufacturer, the mer- the laborer, and the investor, ®se benefits will accrue, and national prosperity long continued can be based iipon them. WHEN "KIRBY” RETURNED FROM HIS VACATION “The United States stands, at the be ginning of 1920, in some measure where England stood after the Napoleonic wars, and if we, her people, have the courage and imagination to push Amer ican capital, American shipping, and American enterprise around the world, as England did in her great hour of opportunity, we can reproduce for our selves the golden years of England s Victorian era. Such an achievement de mands the close co-operation of govern ment and business, the protection of the American flag for the American dollar, the dictation of economic, rather than political, considerations in public affairs. New and better standards of living, a fairer distribution of wealth, a juster bearing of burdens, increased powers of service, a further spread of democratic ideals, and the maintenance of economic and political order throughout the world may all be by-products of our enterprise if we but follow our vision in 1920 and afterwards. ‘Without vision the people perish.’ ” Let us not go forward blindly. Let us keep our eyes open, and steer our course for the Port of Prosperity, and not go thoughtlessly forward to our own destruction. Shelter from the Sun’s Glare During the past two years, the com pany has spent much money In improv ing the appearance of our town; but nothing that has been or will be done
The Badin Bulletin (Albemarle, N.C.)
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