Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-05

very needless and IN a hurry To ho
great
we have come now a. the so-
her second Thought The scales
Of heedlessness have fallen from
our eyes. We have made up our
minds "a square every process oi
our national life again with the
standards We 50 proudly SET Up
10 the beginning and have always
carried az our hearts Our work
Is work of restoration
"Wo have itemized with some
degree Of particularly the things
that ought 20 be- altered and
here are some Of the cniof items
4 urln which cuts us on from
our proper part in the commerce
of the world. violates the Just
principal of taxation. and makes
the government a Meilo ihstru-
ment In the hands of private in-
tercsts. bankine ana currency
system based upon the necessity
OF the government 10 sell ms
bonds nifty years ago aud perfect
Is adapted to concentrating cash
ANA restricting credits AN indus
trial system which. take 1t on au
It's sides. financial as we'll as adj
minisiratiNe. holds capital in Lead
.ing strings, restricts the liberties
and limits the opportunities ut la
ing or conserving the natural re-
sources of the country. a body of
agricultural activities never vet
given the efficiency of great husi-
ness undertakings or served as 1t
should be through the Instrument
lality of science taken directly To
the farm. or afforded the fuelli.
ties of credit best suited to its
practical needs. watereourscs un-
developed waste places unrc-
claimed. forests INTENDED fast
disappearing without plan or
prospect of renewal unregardod
waste heaps at every mine. We
have studied as perhaps no other
nation has the most effective
means OF production. hut We have
not studied cost or economy as
we should either as organizers Of
industry. as statesmen. or as ln-
dividuais.
"Nor have we studied and per-
fected the means hy which gov
ernmcnt may he pm al the SER
vice OF humanity, ln safeguard
ing the health of the nation. the
health Of IT'S men and its Wom-
en- ana It's children, as well as
their rights in the struggle for eN-
isiencc. This is no sentimental
duty The firm basis OF govern
ment is Justice, not pity. These
are matters Of justice There ear
he no equality or opportunity, the
first essential Of Justice in the
body polite. it men and women
and children be not shielded In
their lives, their very vitality
from the consequences of great
Industrial and social processes
which they cannot alter. control
OF singly cope with. Socicty must
see TO il that it does not itself
crush or weaken or damage It's
own constituent parts. The first
duty OF law Is to keep sound the
society 1t serves. Sanitnry laws
pure food laws. and the laws de-
termlning conditions of iah0r
which individuals ARE powcflcss
to determine for themselves are
intimate parts of the very husi-
ness OF justice and legal eiii-
cheney
These are some of The things
we ought to do. and not leave the
others undonc. the d-fnshloned.
never-to- -be-noglccted, fundamcn.
tai safeguarding Of property and
of individual right. This Is the
high enterprise of the new day.
to lift everything that concerns
our life as nation to the light
that shines from The hcarthre of
every mans conscience and W.
sion of the right II Is ineonceivs
able that we should do this AS
partisans, II Is inconeeivable We
should do II In ignorance of the
facts as they are or in blind haste.
We shall restore. not destroy We
shall deal With our economics as
1t Is and as 1t may be modified,
not as it might be If we had
clean sheet of paper to write mp
ON. and step hy step we shnll
make 1t what II should be. ia the
spirit of those who question their
own wisdom and seel, counsel and
knowledgc. not shallow self-sa-
tisfaction or the excitement of eX-
eursions whittier they cannot tel
Justice, and only justice. shall al-
ways be our motto,
And yet it viii be no cool pros
cess Of mere science. The nation
has been deeply stirred. stirred
by solemn passion, stirred bs
the knowledge of wrong. Of ideals
lost. OF government too often de-
bauohed and made an instrument
Of evil. The feelings with which
we face this new age Of right and
opportunity sweep across our
heart-strlngs like some air out Of
Gods own presence, whore justice
and mercy are reconciled and the
Judge and the brother are one.
we know our task 20 be no mere
task Of politics hut task which
shall search us through and
through, whether we he able te
understand our time and the need
Of our people, whether we be IN
deed their spokesmen and inter
prefers whether We have the pure
heart to comprehend and the rec
titled VIII 60 choose our high
course Of action.
"This is not day of triumph.
II is day Of dedication. Here
muster. not the FORCES Of party
but the forces OF humanity Mems
hearts wait upon as; mems livcs
l.