Vagabond Editorials

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the credit situation of the immediate past, the enforced provisions of the Act seekin! to put millions of idle men back to work, must fall like a house of cards. And where, pray tell, is this needed money and credit to come from?

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From the day the Recovery Act became a moot matter, wise men have been asking continually-"Where is the necessary money to do this thing to come from?" Mr. Jones answers the question. It must come from banks. Mr. Jones says: "THE MANUFACTURER,

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CARRY ON IN THE RECOVERY PROGRAM." And, he adds that banks must meet this condition by "lending on sound local values, not reeklessly, but based on a GOING instead of a BUSTED country."

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In light of the great need, it requires no great stretch of the imagination to see a Government bank in every town furnishing cash and credit to put over the Recovery Act. If men can be drafted, and employers can be draftedsurely money and credit can also. *{.* well, one man's ,o""" 1" ;"J"" good as another's, but the things that have been done and said by President Roosevelt-and in his name by others-of late, convince me beyond a semblance of doubt that our President had piled before him a mountain of evidence of such tragic character that he knew in his heart that unless we found a way out of the wilderness and off of the dangerous road we were traveling, insurmountable tragedies would be the lot'of this nation before another winter had passed. And, seeing these proofs, and realizing the enormity of the threat, he decided that no intelligently directed effort toward salvation,-regardless of how far from our previously considered ideas of political propriety and safety they might take us-would be too extreme to fit the emergency. He knew in his heart that the old rules and the old ways would only take us over the edge of the

Every day we read or hear remarks to the effect that we are journeying far afield frorn the faith of the fathers, and from our long-sustained beliefs in our constitutional rights, etc., etc. Of course we are ! We are seeing things that just six short months ago we would have considered nothing short of madness; we would have scoffed aloud had any one dared to predict matters that are today transpiring all about us. No earthly doubt about that ! And IV\/HY?

It was just a plain case of do something tremendousor else. So we are trying th€ "else" choice. And the duty and obligation of every rnan is not to criticize or to try and pull apart the things that are being done, but to offer during every hour of the day the fervent prayer that this unprecedented effort is successful, and that the horrors it was constructed to evade, may pass from us. We were -no doubt,-facing tragedy grim and great. We have bet the works that the path we are following is the way out. The fewer people we have throwing wrenches in the gearing, the better our chances of weathering the storm. Everyone must do his share. It may hurt some, but it can't be helped. Just hop to it, and pray God it works out. This is no Sunday School picnic we are on l It is the mightiest effort of an economic character ever attempted in this old world's history; and the trouble it aims to cure is the most malignant that history bears witness of. We need faith, and courage, and stoutness of heart, and unselfishness all the way down the line. In that fashion only can we reach our objectiv*-peace and prosperity.

Speaking of objectiver,*r, I ,l*"-0", correctly the objective of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the time of its organization was to "keep Government out of private business." Now, THERE'S a job !

Here's a good Biblical *.*ar." for a closing paragraph: "The Lord of l{eaven f,Ie will prosper us and we His children shall arise and build." (Nehemiah).

To Announce New Pre-Fabricated Redwood Product

The Pacific Lumber Company will announce the second in its series of pre-fabricated Redwood products in the next issue of The California Lumber Merchant'

This product will appeal particularly to dealers in rural clistricts, and will be a fitting companion piece to their pre-fabri,cated Septic Tank which is receiving such general approval throughout the State.

Frank Close On Northwest Trip

Frank R. Close, owner and manager of the Frank R. Close Lumber Co. at Sutter, Calif., has left on a two weeks' trip by automobile to Portland, Ore', and other Northwest points.