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work IL done he will have time and en-
ergy to bear his share In the manage
ment Of the community. to help In car
rying the general load. We keep count
| less men from being good citizens by the
| conditions OF Hfe with which we surround
| them. We need comprehensive work.
mems compensation acts, both state and
| National laws to regulate child labor and
| the work Of women. and especially we
| need in our common schools not merely
| education In book learning but also prst-
| teal training for daily life and work. We
need to enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers. and to extend the use
| Of safety appliances In industry and COM
merce both within and between the
states. Also. friends, in the interest Of
the workingmen himcelf we need to set
| our faces like flint against mob violence
| just as against corporate greed. against
violence and injustice and lawlessness by
| wage-workers Just As much as against
lawless cunning and greed and selfish a.
rogance OF employers.
National efficiency has many factors.
II Is necessary result Of the principle
Of conservation widely applied. In the
end 1t will determine our failure or sue
cess as Nation. National efficiency has
~ w Hot Oulg win HhiuEhi Ec1OuENcs duu
with men. II is equally concerned with
institutions. The state must be made ef-
fcient for the work which concerns only
the people of the state: and the Nation
for that which concerns all the people.
| There must remain no neutral ground TO
serve az refuge for lawbreakers. and
especially for lawbreakers Of great
| wealth. who can hire the culpine legal
cunning which will teach them how to
avoid both jurisdictions.} 1t Is a misfor-
tune when the National legislature fails
to do It's duty In providing a National
remedy. SO that the only National activ.
| ity u the purely negative activity OF the
judiciary In forbidding the state to ex.
ercise power In the premises.
Calls for Broad NatIonailsm.
do not ask for decentralization,
but do ask uhat we work in a spirit OF
broad and far-reachins Nationalism when
we work for what concerns our people AZ
whole. We are nll Americans. Our
common interests are as broad az the
continent speak to you here in Kan.
sas exactly as would speak In New
York or Georgia. for the most vital prob
lens are those which affect US all alike.
The National government belongs to the
''''N'" @h'NssNoh pVopiVs anu WUstc NuS
whole American people are interested,
that interest can be guarded effectively
only by the National government. The
bettermcnt which we seek must be &C.
complished. ! believe, mainly through the
National government.
The American people are right In de.
manding that new Sationalism without
which we cannot hope to deal with new
problems. The new Nationalism puts the
National need before sectional or per.
sonal advantage. II is impatient Of the
utter confusion that results from local
legislatures attempting 10 treat National
Issues as local Issues. 1t is still more i'm.
patient OF the impotence which springs
from the over-div!sion OF government,
powers. the impotence which makes Il
possible for local selnshness or for legal
cunning. hired by wealthy special inter.
ests. to bring National activities to a
deadlock. This new Nationalism regard,
the executive power as the steward OF the
public welfare. It demands Of the judci.
ary that II shall be Interested primarily
In human welfare rather than In proper.
ty. Just as 1t demands that the represen.
tative body shall represent all the people,
rather than any one class or section OF
the people.
." "h"p'H6 VIC chub VI RuSs
ernment to protect property an well as
human welfare. Normally. and In the
long run. the ends are the same. but
whenever the alternative must be faced
] am for men and not for property.
am far from Understanding the impor-
tance Of dividends, but I rank dividends
below human character. know well
that the reformers must not bring upon
the people economic ruin. or the reforms
themselves will 20 down in the ruin.
But We must be ready to face temporary
disaster. whether or not brought on by
those who will war against US to the
knife. Those who oppose all reform will
do well to remember that ruin In Its
worst form 10 inevitable II our National
life brings US nothing better than swol.
len fortunes for the few and the triumph
In both politics and business of a sordid
and selfish materialism.
Honesty In Public Servants.
II our political Institutions were perfect,
they would absolutely prevent the polite.
al domination OF money In any part OF
our Affairs. We need to make our polit.
ical representatives more quickly and sen.
sitively responsive to the people whose
servants they are. More direct action by
proper safeguards Is vitality necessary.
The direct primary Is a step In this direc-
ton II II IL associated with a corrupt
practises act effective to prevent the ad-
vantage Of the man willing reckiessly and
unscrupulously to spend money over his
more honest competitor. II IL particular.
ly important that all moneys received or
expended for campaign purposes should
be publicly accounted for not only nfter
election but before election a. we'll Po.
litical action must be made simpler, cas-.
Ter. and freer from confusion for every
citizen. I believe that the prompt re.
moval Of unfaithful or incompetent pub.
lie servants should be made easy and
sure In whatever way experience shall
show to be most expedient In any given
class Of cases.
One OF the fundamental necessities In
a representative government such as ours
In to make certain that the men to whom
the people delegate their power shall
serve the people by whom they are elect.
ed. and not the special interests. I be.
iieve that every National officer, elected
| or appointed, should be forbidden to per.
form any service or receive any com.
pensation directly or indirectly from In.
ter-state corporations. and similar pro.
vision could not fail to be useful within
the states.
The object Of government 10 the wei.
fare OF the people. The material progress
and prosperity OF a nation are desirable
chiefly no far as they lead to tho moral
and material welfare OF all good citizens
Just In proportion A the average man
and woman are honest. capable OF sound
Judgment and high ideals, active In pub.
lie affairs-but frst OF all sound in thei,
home life. and the father and mother OF
healthy children-just 10 far and no far.