“The poor-house is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but given a chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation.”
Where is that quote from, other than Mr. Jones? I’d like to read that in context...
You could do your own search.
Part of that quote is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html
"After capably serving as Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Hoover became the Republican Presidential nominee in 1928. He said then: "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." His election seemed to ensure prosperity. Yet within months the stock market crashed, and the Nation spiraled downward into depression."