Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1920 — THE “MATTER WITH AMERICA” [ARTICLE]

THE “MATTER WITH AMERICA”

What’s the matter with America these days? Too many diamonds, not enough alarm clocks. Too many silk skirts, not enough ‘flannel ones. Too many pointed-toed shoes ana not enough square-toed ones. Too many serge suits and not enough overalls. Too many decolletes and not enough aprons. Too many satin upholstered limousines and not enough cows. Too many customers and not enough producers. Too much oil stock and not enough savings accounts. Too much envy of the results of hard work and too little desire to emulate. . „ . Too much of the spirit of get while the getting is good” and not enough of the old-fashioned Christianity. ... Too much discount that vents itself merely in complaining and too little effort to remedy conditions. Too much class consciousness and too little common .democracy and love of humanity.