Hoover Asserts Pioneering^
Remains to Be Done in U. S.
'‘There Are Continents of Human Welfare of Which
We Have Penetrated Only Coastal Plain,” Says
Secretary, Declaring Individualism Is
Strongest Force in Civilization.
By HERBERT HOOVER.
Secretary of Commerce.
(Editor's Note—This Is the sixth and
last iostallment of a series on "American
Individualism” by Mr. Hoover. This »r
tide deals with future phases of economic
and political life.) *
Individualism has been the primary
force of American civilization for
three centuries. It is our sort of in
dividualism that lias supplied the
motivation of America's political, eco
nomic and spiritual institutions in all
these years. It has proved its ability
to develop Its institutions with the
changing scene. Our very form of
government is the product of the in
. dlvidualism of our people, the de
mand for an equal (Opportunity, for a
fair chance.
The American pioneer is the epic
expression of that individualism, and
the pioneer spirit is the response to.
the challenge of opportunity, to the
challenge of nature, to the challenge
of life, to the call of the frontier.
That spirit need never die for lack of
something for it to achieve. There
will always be a frontier to conquer
nr to hold as long as men think, plan
and dure. Our American Individual
ism has received much of its charac
ter from our contacts with the forces
of nature on a new continent. It
evlved government without official
emissaries to show the way; it plowed
and sowed two score of great states;
it built roads, bridges, railways, cities:
it carried forward every attribute > f
high civilization over a continent. The
days of the pioneer are not over.
There are continents of human wel
fare of which we. have penetrated on
ly the coastal plain. The great con
tinent of science is as yet explored on
ly on its borders, and it is only the
pioneer who will penetrate the fron
-tier in the quest for new worlds to
conquer. The very-genius of our in
stitutions lias been given to them
by the pioneer spirit. Our individual
ism Is rooted in our very nature. It
is based on conviction born of expe
i ience. Equal opportunity, the de
mand for a fair chance, became the
formula of American individualism
be-nuso it is the method of American
achievement.
Now Forces More Complex.
After the absorption of the s1 cat
plain* of the west tame the era of
industrial development with the new
complex rf forces that it has brought
us. Now haltingly, hut with more
surety and precision than ever before
and with a more conscious under
standing of our mission, we ars find
ing solutions of these problems aris
ing from our new conditions, for the
forces of our social system «jan com
I i*s and oompriso these.
Our Individualism is no middle
ground between autocrat y—whether
of birth, economic or class origin—
and socialism. Socialism of different
varieties may have something to
recommend it as an intellectual stop
look-and-llsten sign, more especially
for Old World societies. Rut it eon
tain* only destruotinn to the forces
that make progress In our social sys
tem. Nor does salvation come by any
device for concentration of power,
whether political or economic, for
Iieith are equally reversions to old
world autocracy in new garments.
Salvation will not eorne to us out of
the wreckage of Individualism. What
we need today is steady devotion to a
better, brighter, broader individual
i‘im—an Individualism that carries in
creasing responsibility and service to
our fellows. Our need is not for a
v )y out. but for a way forward. We
found our way out three centuries ago
when our forefathers left Kuropn for
these shores, to set up here a com
monwealth conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the development of in
dividuality.
Reaction, Radicalism Menace.
There arc malign social forces other
than our failures that would destroy
•>ur progress. There arc the equal
.l ingers both of reaction and radical
ism. The perpetual howl of radical
ism Is that it is the sole voice of
libe’rallsm-—that devotion to social
progress is Its field alone. These men
would assume that all reform and hu
man advanee must come through
government. They have forgotten
that progress must come from the
steady lift of the Individual and that
the measure of national idealism anl
progress is the quality of Idealism in
tlie individual. The most trying sup
port of radicalism comes from the
timid or dishonest minds that shrink
from faring the result of radicalism
itself but nre devoted to defense of
radicalism ns proof of a liberal
mind. Most theorists who denounce
mir Indivldallsm as a social basis seern
to have a passion for ignorance of it.t
constructive ideals.
An even greater danger is tlie de
structlve criticism of minds too weak
or too partisan to harbor constructive
ideas. For such, criticism Is based
upon Hie distortion of perspective or
tunning misrepresentation. There is
never danger front the radical him
t'Olf until the structure and confidence
of society has been undermined by
llis enthronement of destructive
criticism. Destructive criticism can
certainly lead to revolution unless
there are those willing to withstand
the malice that flows In return from
refutation. It has been well sail
•hat revolution Is no summer thun
derstorm clearing the atmosphere. In
modern society It Is* a tornado leaving
to Its path the destroyed homos of
tuitions with their dead women and
« hlldren.
Times Need Unking.
There are also those who Insist
' hat the future must he a repetition
of the past; that Ideas are danger
ous, that ideals are freaks.
To find that fine balance which
links the future with the past, whose
vision Is of men atgl not of tools,
that possess the courage to construct
loiherri than to criticize—this Is our
need. Thrre Is no oratory so easy,
no writing so trenchant and \lvld
as the phrase making of criticism and
malice- there Is none so difficult ss
Inspiration to construction.
We cannot ever afford to rest nt
*asc In the comfortable assumption
that right ideas always prevail by
some virtue of their own. In the long
run they do. Hut there can he and
periods 9f centuries
when the world slumped back toward
darkness merely because great
masses of men became impregnated
with wrong ideas and wrong social
philosophies. The declines of civili
zation have been born of wrong ideas.
Most of the wars of the world, in
cluding the recent one, have been
fought by the advocates of contrast
ing ideas of social philosophy.
1 nderstanding Is Safeguard. .
The primary safeguard of American
individualism is an understanding of
it; of faith that it is the most pre
cous possession of American civiliza
tion, and a willingness courageously to
test, every process of national life up
on the touchstone of this basic social
premise. Development of the human
institutions and of science and of in
dustry have been long chains of trial
and error. Our public relations "to
them and to other phases of our na
tional life can be advanced in no other
way than by a willingness of experi
ment in the remedy of our social
faults. The failures and unsolved
problems of economic and social life
can be corrected: they can be solved
vyithin our social theme and under no
other system. The solution is a mat
ter of will to find solution; of a, sense
of duty us well as of a sense or rignt
and citizenship. No one who buys
“bootleg'' whisky can complain of gun
men and hoodiumism.
Humanity has a long road to per
fection, hut we of America can make
sure progress if we will preserve our
individualism, if we will preserve and ,
stimulate the initiative of our people,
if we w ill build up our insistence and
safeguards to equality of opportunity, |
if we will glorify service as a part of
our national character. Progress will
march if we hold an abiding faith in
the intelligence, the initiatve, the
character, the courage, and the divine
touch in the individual. We can safe- f
guard these ends if we give to each ,
individual that opportunity for which
the spirit of America stands. We can
make a social system as perfect As
our generation merits and one that 1
will he received in gratitude by our
children.
(Copyright. 1923 by Doubleday. Pag*
Companv Published by arrangement with
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WITH M ir> and Mary McFarland,
famous flinging star* an the fea
tured vaudeville attraction. tlm
World theater today offer* an All n*w
hill of six standard acts. "Th® Rpertacu
lr Seven" introduce n all-glr! dancing re
vue. Ml Cot a Is a wizard on the xylophone.
Meehan and Rowland are two Irlflh gen
tlemen in a laughable discourse upon topi
cal matter*. Other *-ts and motion pic
ture feature* contribute the remainder of
tbs ne'.v program
You have two morn opportune ai to
*•’« the notab'* actor, John Davison, In
the powerful Jury room drama, "Clrcum
Mantial Evidence.'' His Yn*a*P*n,**nt at
the orpheum includes th*» matln-e and
evening performances today. This eve
ning th* show starts eari>. wit 1* th* cur
tain r.slng at 7:53. For the w-ek starting
tomorrow, the stellar attraction is to bo
contribute'! by the premier dancer* of
France, Milo. (Jermaine Mltty and Eugene
TjIIio They are to present a combina
tion of classic, dramatic and acrobatic
number*. The amusing skit. "Please
Htop." I* to bo pre«erit“«i by I-ou Dayton
and cliff Edwards Pharb* Olcott and
Mary' Ann are vocalist* with pleasing
songs written by Mr. Olhoft himself. An
other of the featured offerings will be
tlio exceedingly funny sketch. * Th*» Piano
Tuner" This !» to b* contributed by
Charles (./ Donnell and Kth*l Blair. The
coming of Mltty and TUlio is one of the
most important engagement* of the en
tire Orpheum aea»on.
.Toe Hurttg’s "Bowery Burleaquera." at
th* Gayety this afternoon for a week,
will offer many things that are novel and
appealing in big extravaganza hearing
tho title, "Here, There and Everywhere
What them ia of a story hinge** on the
j rogrea* of two comedy uvtaiorn who are
s ippoaed to wing their way across the
A ntfc—and thereby hangs th* fun. To
. |ct| th* show there are catchy songs
galore, dances in profusion and a apright
and pr tty chorus to Interpret both.
The company, which Is both efficient and
amusing Is headed by Billy Foster and
Frank Barer, urt. featurlrg with Mildred
Cecil Fay and Florence, Spenyer and Hose,
Marty ?emon, Estelle Xack and Dibble
Hart urn other prominent principal* To
enorrow s bargain matinee atatt* at
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Bowker's Xaughty-Xaughfv Must a 1
Coniciv company In "Oh. Blby," can be
seen for the ia*t times today at the Ent
preas. There will be an entire new show
starting tomorrow. Ho**. Young and Mr
Knight will present "Everyglrl.” a fasej
natipg festival of flappers and frivoli
ties. f* iturlng Dorothy MferKay. Mayme
Be||, (irn< e Patterson and many more Tt
I* a brilliant company In a gorgeous mu
sical production and will offer the sweet
est, danclrst chorus ever here.
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Omaha's Tornado
Just Decade Ago
Tenth Anniversary Recalls
Ruin Wrought on Easter
Sunday Evening, 1913.
Ten years ago yesterday'Omaha was
visited by the worst tornado in its
history. Entering the city in the
evening of an Easter Sunday from
the suu.n st, leaving a trail of de
struction in Ralston, it cut a swath
ranging from 300 feet to 1,000 feet ;n
some places, razing full 2,000 houses,
causing the death of 143 persons and
injur ng 300 others.
. Be ore midnight the cyclonic area
was under military rule of Governor
Morehead and National guardsmen.
In some locations entire dwellings
were blown to pieces. In other places
the roof was taken away or the side
of a house removed. There was an in
stance of the side of a house being
blown away without disturbing ar
ticles on shelves of a pantry which
were exposed.
The velocity of tlie wind was indi
cated by a piece of wood 2x4 inches
being forced into a piano, leaving the
point of entrance as even as if the
incision had been done by hand.
Near Twenty-fourth and Baku
streets 19 men were killed when a
two-«t4ry brick clubhouse fell.
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Mrnf Central Congregational Chnrrli
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I'y Mir unanlninua vote of th' 500 people p h.
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10 a. m.—“Little Women”—a play for chil
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