536 THE WORK OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE
As Americans, therefore, we must, in our judgment of our
economic problems, present and future, clear our minds of
sectional prejudices, political opportunism, economic fallacy,
and mere traditionalism. We must not allow those business
organizations and institutions which perform genuine services
to the United States, to become the target of demagogic abuse,
or the victim of rashly conceived and nationally dangerous
legal experiments. A great responsibility for our economic
future today rests upon the members and governors of the
New York Stock Exchange. In the difficult tasks which may
arise before them in coming years, their hands must be upheld
by a wise and patriotic public opinion.