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Lad; of Ccurr.:2:oii3 Lcrxlcrchip
One Cause of World, Depression
I^W^7A. Traylor, of Chicago
Ciitea Human Failure in
, World War Criaia
INIvin Traylor
“New Era’* Iteory a Mjth
Sppakina before the IMemational
Chamber o( Comraefce at Washincton,
V iriu A. Traylor, Pr^ident of^thd
First National Bank of Chicago,
in part:
ReamaJiaTe been written, countlesa,
addrrasee hare ^en made, and more
' will follow in the
a^ch for the genr
e^ of the present
wotld - depression;
and, llk>ly recop*
ery will come and
the crisis he ottly-a
memory^ a’It bout
there haviiiK been
found a universally
accepted cause or
unanimous agree
ment on methcnls
for the prevention
of future defaults.
But I cannot es*
cape the conclusion that the dawn of
the present situation broke over the
world in July. 1914. and it oame^not
from Ignorance of the ultimate remits
of the course chosen, but because of
a complete breakdowTrof world politi
cal sanity.
There was no lack of knowledge of
the consequences, but rather of cour
age to face the facts, to throttle na
tional pride, and to demand common
counsel in an honest search for a basis
of peace. Such a search nitgUt have
failed, but. unfortunately, history does
not Indicate that It was honestly made.
Leadership Was Lacking
1 am not a .pacifist. Until enll.'sht-
ened understanding points m to the
i-ouncil fable of peace rather than to
the battlefield, there will be a need
for armies and navies. But let us not
say that we choose the latter course
in Ignorance ol the tremendons <-ost8
of the game, ftather let us admit gen
erally the lack ot courageous leader
ship which dares to align Itself with
the right at thP'risk of being unpopu
lar.
The point I would make-Is that,
without prejudice as to guilt, the hu
man element did fail in 1914, and the
world then began* ita march .to the
tragedy of 1930-31, For It is tragedy
when in a world of plenty there should
ba so much poverty, and when. In. a
nation which boasts ot its riches, five
million or more people willing to work
should be uuablp to find employment.
It is a challenge to the world, and
especially to American business and
political leadership, which *'cannot be
ignored and must not be / shirked.
Causes must be determined with some,
degree of accuracy affd remedies dis-
cpvered and applied. - The task is
largely that of business leadership.,
We would follow almost endlessly
the literature on causes and remedies
fOi the world situation, most of them
d'>HHng with the purely economic or
the semi-pcrtltco-economlc side of the
q-tesaon. To the lay mind it is all
jxiomju: leas cenfuslng. and to the man
at the desk frequently beyond the
realm of the practical.
Human Angle of Problem
In speaking more particularly of the
character of responsible leadership.in
America, I am 'assuming that human
conduct has differed little..,, in most
countries of the world. It is my pur
pose to talk about the human side of
the problem. .
If it is the responsibility of business
and political leadership to promote the
economic and social welfare of the
combiunity, it may be worth while ta
take stock of our conduct and see how
we have measured up to our duty in
recent yeara This much, however,
seems certain. The ’‘new era” theory
current In the days of our inflatfKi
prosperity was a myth, pnd is equally
valueless in our search of relief.
The forces that have been and are
at work are as old as the history- of
economics. /Why should there be In
this land pf plenty, with unllmltedi
fa^^ilities for production, abundant har
vests. and a surfeit of rredit, millions
of hiwigry and unemployed? It is not
the fault of those who would work,
but j;un find no work to do. They have
little or 110 choice in shaping their
course and while it is true tha’t society
owes no one a living, society as far
as hunianly possible does owe every
one an opportunity to earn a living. _
In that obligation we have' failed,
and until we know wherein we have
failed and why, we will not have found
that stability which the universal de-.
sire of mankind, today. .
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932
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Years ago an. eminent economist
had an i^lLa.
Selecting one Protestant denomina
tion whose records had-hoi'ii care’’uliy
kept, he set down th*e nnml)cv \)l’ new ", r .,u * u* *
made us feel that we ought to lift
ine!m>ers aaded eacIT^TCUl ."'Oppu.'-iLc' t-t t: -xr —r
1 ~. eyes and be active, lest, these g
this, in another column, he c.assilied ^ , j .*
each >year from an ecoribWlr^Ttant^ —i »
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point as prosperoirs .or bad. - » ^ »
fh# year ISfia was an «’)nriulioii
year; nineteen thou.^and peopU joined
better image. I.et us Ix’Stir ourselves
and go forward.”
The sermon lifted us. It was a clear
prophetic voice announcing that the
Power which made the world has hot
deserted it, is still working in it. It
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this particular church. In lK6(i came
panic, and new members juinpei to
thirty thousand.
Then years of “good” times, but bad
times for the church, until the panic
of 1873, when up shot the membership,
reaching a ‘‘new high” in 1877, w'hen
pro.sperity registered a ‘‘new low.”
Panic in 1813 was follow’ed by a
church gain 1K‘J4; the pinch of 1907
by a boost in membership in 1908.
.\rid so on.
1 fanc;j,’ the same thing is happening
today; at least our church has been
full recently. Last Sunday the pastor
chose this unusual text:
•'And when I>avid inquiry of Je
hovah (as to whether he should at
tack the Philistine.-;) Jeovah said: And
I advise all preachers theke days to
preach.a positive faith. To piit aside
any sermons that criticize peitple or
discourage them, and preach confi
dence, and courage and hope.
Men need this now. If the church
can provide it, the church will make
great gains. Bad times have always
been its best times.
Funeral Yesterday
For Mrs. Weathers
Funeral rites for Mrs. Farniie S.
Weathers, widow of Thomas J. Wea
thers, were held yesterday afternoon
at three o’clock at the home of-her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. ” Kugene Rowland, in Laurens,
. . , , , . . . conducted by the Rev. Kdward Long
It .hall thou hfareat sound Interment followed in the
of marching .in the tops of the mul
berry trees that then thou shalt bestir
thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out
before thee.” -■ —
The preacher said that religion con-
Rocky- .Springs church cemetery.
Mrs. Weathers died Tuesday morn
ing at her daughter’s, home,^.after a
brief illness. She had been up and
' about during the day before and_ap-
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.iats iir V.nit ablo to "cogniio tho' ^
*iai »ordinjiix^htLjU3tnarj thjn*i^
-been- very
' ■ j • au i l obust for some time.
Many people hear the wind in the before marriage Miss F'an-
nie Sumerel of the county. For a long
period of years the Weathers family
,, , , ^ au at their farm home near laees-
Many people see Lie turmoil ville church. About twenty years ago,
Mr. and Mrs. Weathers move4l to
their new home in Lkurens. Later
they returned to the old home where
trees, and say; ‘‘It is the wind in the
trees.” l^ow and then comes one who
says: ‘‘It is the footsteps of Jehovah.”
present, and say: ‘‘It is confusion; it
is anarchy; it is hopeless." But those
who are wiser say; ‘‘It is (lod re
moulding His world into a new and Weathers died several years ago.
Mrs. Weathers was a life-long:|
member of ^he Baptist church and aj
woman of many'l)eautiful 'Christian i
(traits of character. Her life was one'
(of unselfish sersice and many were
; her acts of kirfdness.
. i Mrs. Weathers is survived by two
llBe of Heavy Groceries. We will daughters, Mrs. E. L. Blakely of Clin-
bc glad to i^rve you. ton. and Mrs. Euge{>e Rowland of
Laurens; one son, Victory L. Weath-
Complete line of Feeds of all of ^his and three brothers,
kinds. Ji,rr Sumerei of Russell, Ala., W. M.
. I Lumc'.el of Clinton, and M. A. Sum-
Alime Sulphur for 8prayln><|ertf’ cf Laurens. _
fruit trees.
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CLUB 18 APPRBC lATIVE
The chairman of the civic commit
tee of the Woman’s club, wishes to
^exnress thanks and appreciation in
behalf uf this organization to the
F'astside Greenhouse of Laurens, for
flow'ers, and J., B. Fruntis and The
Book this city, for table dec
orations io the aerving of the
Pan-Hellenic banquet at the collegeIJm;;
last Friday evening.
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