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tain that hereafter our currency WIN
no longer fall at critical times &c
meet our needs.
It IS hardly necessary for me to re
peat that I believe In nm eficient. army
and a navy large enough 10 secure for.
US abroad that respect which is the
surest guarantee Of peace. Justice
and fair dealing among nations rest. on
principles Identical With those which:
control justice and fgir dealing among,
the individuals OF which nations are
composed. with the vital exception.
that each nation must do Its own part
10 international police work. National
friendships. like those between men.
must be founded on respect as we'll as
on liking. on forbearance. Us well MS
on trust In all this 1t Is peculiarly
,he duty Of the United states to set a
good example. g; s--s5
OF conservation shall speak more
at length elsewhere. Conservation
means development as much ms II docs
protection. ] recognize the right md
the duty OF this generation 10 develop
and use the natural resources Of our
land. but do not recognize the right
to waste them or 10 rob by waslctul
use the generations that come after
us. The natural resources must be
used for the benefit of all our neo.
Pile and not monopollzed for the benc-
Gt Of a few. That Is one of the fun.
damental reasons why the special in
terests must be driven out of politics.
OF all the questions which can come
before this milton short Of. the ac,u.
al preservation of Its existence In a
great war there is none which COM
pares in importance With. the great
central task of ieaving this, land even
better land for our descendants than
It is for US and training them: into n
better race to inhabit the land and
pass 1t on. 'a''Sf7
Conservation is great moral issue,
for 1t involves the patriotic duty of In.
surfing the safety and continuance of
the nation. Let Inc add that the
health and vitality OF our people are
Mt least rs well worth conserving rs
their forests. waters. lands and min.
erals, and that in this great work the
national government must bear most
important part.
Better Farming Conditions.
I have spoken elsewhere also of the
great task which lies before the farm.
ers of the country to get for them
selves and for their wives and chill.
dren not only the benefits Of better
farming. but also those OF better bust
ness methods. and better conditions Of
life on the farm. The, burden OF this
grent task will fall. us 1t should. main
" upon the great organizations of the
farmers themselves.
am glad it will. for believe they
are well able to handle 1t. In particu-
lar there are strong reasons why the
departments of agriculture of the va.
rious states, the United States depart.
ment of agriculture and the agricul.
tural colleges and experiment stations
should extend their work to cover all
phases Of life on the farm. instead of
limiting themselves. us they have far
too often limited themselves in the
past. solely to the question of the pro.
duction of crops
Nothing is more true than that ex-
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action. fact which should be ponder
cd by reformer and reactionary alike.
We are face to face with new con.ep-
tons of the relations of property TO
human welfare, chiefly because GER
tain advocates of the rights of proper.
ty as against the rights of men have
been pushing their claims too far.
The man who wrongly holds that
every human right is secondary to his
profit must now give way TO the I'D
vocate of human welfare. who rightly
maintains that every man holds his
property subject to the general right
Of the community 10 regulate its use
to whatever degree the public welfare
may require IT. But think we may
go still further.
The right to regulate the use Of
wealth In the public interest is uni
versally admitted. Let US admit also
the right TO regulate the terms and
conditions of labor. which Is the chief
element of wealth. directly In the in
terest of the common good. The fun.
damental thing to do for every man is
to give him the chance to reach n
place in which he will make the great.
est possible contribution to the public
welfare.
| No man can be good citizen unless
he has wage more than sufficient to
cover the bare cost of living and hours
of labor short enough so that after his
days work is done he will have time
and energy to bear his share In the
management of the community. to help
in carrying the general load.
We Keep countless men from being
good citizens by the conditions of life
with which we surround them. We
need comprehensive workmen's com.
pensatlon acts. both state and national
laws to regulate child labor and the
work of women, and especially we