The Delta independent., 1913-03-07

its practical needs. water courses un-
developed. waste places unreclaimed.
forests INTENDED. fast disappearing
without plan or prospect OF renewal.
uuregaried waste aps at every mine.
W. have studied as perhaps no other
nation has the most effective means
OF production. but Ve have not studied
cost or economy as We should either
as organizers of industry. as states
men, or as individuals
Matters of Justice.
Nor have We studied and perfected
the means by which government may
be put at the service of humanity. in
safeguarding the health OF the nation.
the health OF its men and its women
and its children. as well as their rights
in the struggle for existence. This is
no sentimental duty. The firm basis
of government is justice. not pity.
These are matters OF justice. There
can be no equality or opportunity. the
first essential of justice in the body
polite. il men and women and chill
dren be not shielded in their lives.
their very vitality. from the conse-
seaences of great industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter.
control or singly cope with. Society
must see to it that II does not itself
crush or weaken or damage its own
constituent parts The first duty of
law is to keep sound the society it
serves Sanitary laws. pure food laws.
and laws determining conditions OF
labor which individuals are powerless
to determine for themselves are init
mate parts of the very business of JUS
tice and legal enciency.
These are some of the things we
ought to do and not leave the others
undone. the old-fashioned. neyer-to-be-
neglected. fundamental 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 hearthfire OF every
mans conscience and vision of the
right 1t is inconceivable that We
should d. this as partisans; it is in
conceivable We should do it in ignor-
ance of the facts as they are or in
blind haste. We shall restore. not de-
stroy. We shall deal with our econ
omic system rs it is and as it may
be modified. not as it might be if We
had clean sheet of paper to write
upon: and step by step we shall make
it what it should be. in the spirit OF
those who question their own wisdom
and seek counsel and knowledge. not
shallow self-satisfaction or the excite
ment of excursions whittier they can
not cell Justice. and only justice.
shall always be ouG motto.
Task Not One OF Politics.
And yet it will be no cool process
deeply stirred. stirred by a solemn
passion. stirred by the knowledge OF
wrong. of ideals lost. OF government
too often debauched and made an IN
strument OF evil. The feelings with
which we face this new age of right
and opportunity sweep across our
heart-strings like some air out OF
Gods owi presence. where Justice and
mercy are reconcilsd and the Judge
and the brother are one, We know
our task to be no rnere task OF politics.
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through and through. whether we be
able to understand our time and the
need OF our people. whether we be in-
deed their spokesmen and interpre-
ters. whether we have the pure heart
to comprehend and the rectihed VIII
to choose our high course OF action.
This is not day of triumph; 1t is
n day of dedication Here muster not
the .orces of garty. but the forces OF
humanity. Mems hearts wait upon us;
mems lives hang in the balance men 3
hopes call upon us to say what we
VIII do. Who shall live up to the
great trust? Who dares fail to try:
| summon all honest men. all patriotic.
NIL forwardlooking men. to my side.
God helping me, l will not fail them,
II they will but counsel and sustain
ne!