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.