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Editorial
July 13, 1926
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
The editorial argues that national prosperity fosters dissatisfaction and invites charlatan politicians offering class-favoring laws at others' expense, urging appreciation for current economic successes like high wages and modern conveniences to avoid losing them.
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PRESSURE OF PROSPERITY
Money in the average man's pocket burns its way out. Prosperity too often brings discontent.
As with the individual, so it is with states and nations. People will struggle against adversity and be drawn closer together by hardships. But when the necessity for self-preservation is removed, dissatisfaction, envy, jealousy and agitation creep in.
That is the greatest danger our country faces today. We have been unusually prosperous. We have had more money than the necessities of life required.
The "cure-all doctor" with his caldron of steaming political theories offers us a remedy for our real or imaginary problems. Like the magician who can produce a bowl of gold fish out of a silk hat, he offers us laws to help this class or that class, at the expense of another class. But when the curtain goes down on his act, he has our tax money, and we have had the pleasure of seeing him do his political tricks.
Our country is ripe for the "cure-all doctors."
They can show us what is wrong with our present prosperity, and how by adopting their courses of treatment we can put two dollars in our pocket where we now have one, and better yet, make "the other fellow" pay the bill.
We should be thankful for the prosperity which is now ours. The dog with the bone that saw his shadow in the water tried to grab the bone of the other dog, and lost the one he had.
We not only have a bone but a good juicy steak in our teeth today. Our banks are full of money, our workmen are the highest paid on earth, most of our farm crops are bringing good prices, transportation is above normal, building is at record figures, power development has broken all records, our homes are filled with electric lights, telephones, radios, automobiles and every modern convenience under the sun.
As a nation, can we stand prosperity, or will we allow ourselves to be duped by the "cure-alls" who would offer visionary theories in trade for proven advantages which we now enjoy?
Money in the average man's pocket burns its way out. Prosperity too often brings discontent.
As with the individual, so it is with states and nations. People will struggle against adversity and be drawn closer together by hardships. But when the necessity for self-preservation is removed, dissatisfaction, envy, jealousy and agitation creep in.
That is the greatest danger our country faces today. We have been unusually prosperous. We have had more money than the necessities of life required.
The "cure-all doctor" with his caldron of steaming political theories offers us a remedy for our real or imaginary problems. Like the magician who can produce a bowl of gold fish out of a silk hat, he offers us laws to help this class or that class, at the expense of another class. But when the curtain goes down on his act, he has our tax money, and we have had the pleasure of seeing him do his political tricks.
Our country is ripe for the "cure-all doctors."
They can show us what is wrong with our present prosperity, and how by adopting their courses of treatment we can put two dollars in our pocket where we now have one, and better yet, make "the other fellow" pay the bill.
We should be thankful for the prosperity which is now ours. The dog with the bone that saw his shadow in the water tried to grab the bone of the other dog, and lost the one he had.
We not only have a bone but a good juicy steak in our teeth today. Our banks are full of money, our workmen are the highest paid on earth, most of our farm crops are bringing good prices, transportation is above normal, building is at record figures, power development has broken all records, our homes are filled with electric lights, telephones, radios, automobiles and every modern convenience under the sun.
As a nation, can we stand prosperity, or will we allow ourselves to be duped by the "cure-alls" who would offer visionary theories in trade for proven advantages which we now enjoy?
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Prosperity Discontent
Political Cure Alls
Economic Advantages
Class Legislation
Tax Burdens
What entities or persons were involved?
Cure All Doctor
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Dangers Of Prosperity Leading To Political Discontent
Stance / Tone
Cautionary Against Political Cure Alls And Advocacy For Appreciating Current Prosperity
Key Figures
Cure All Doctor
Key Arguments
Prosperity Often Brings Discontent And Agitation
Political Theorists Offer Class Based Laws Funded By Taxes
Current Prosperity Includes High Wages, Full Banks, Good Crop Prices, Record Building And Power Development
Nation Should Be Thankful And Avoid Visionary Theories That Risk Proven Advantages