Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-04

% great business undertakings 81
eqryed a. G. sha1ld 81 thfoagh sha
instrumeutality o. science takan q
reciiy 10 the farm q afforded the
facilities Of credit best suited Is 81
practical needs watercourses ande
reloped waste places unreelaimed.
forests intended fast disappearing
without plan 81 prospect 81 renewal
uHregarded aasfe heaps at every
mine We have studied a. perhaps
40 other nation has the most effect
i've means Of production. but We have
not studied cost or economy as We
should either as organizers Of indus
try. as statesmen. or as individuals.
Nor have We studied and perfected
the means By which government may
BE- put al 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 jus
tice There can be no equality or
opportunity the first essential Of jus
tice in the body polite. if men and
women and children be not shielded
in their lives. their every vitality.
from the consequences Of great indus
trial and social processes which they
cannot alter. control. or singly cope
with Society must see to it that
it does not itself crush or weaken
or damage its own constituent parts.
The first duty Of Law is 10 keep
sound the society it serves. Sanitary
laws pure food laws. and laws deter
mining conditions Of labor which in
dividuals are powerless 10 determine
for themselves are intimate parts of
the very business Of justice and legal
efficiency
These are some Of the things we
ought to do. and not leave the others
undone. the oldfashioned. neyerto-be-
I 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. II is fnconceivable we should
+ do it in ignorance OF the facts as
they are OF in blind haste. We shall
restore. not destroy We shall deal
with our economic system as il is
and as it may be modified. not as it
might be if we had a 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 ques-
ton their own wisdom and seek
counsel and knowledge. not shallow
selfsatisfactioR or the excitement Of
excursions whittier they cannot tell
Justice. the only justice. SHAH always
be our motto.
And yet it viii be no cool process
: Of mere science. The nation has
been deeply stirred, stirred by sol
! emn passion. stirred by the knowl
: edge Of wrong, Of ideals lost, Of gov
D eminent too often debauched ant
B made an instrument Of evil The
z feelings with which we face this new
e age OF right and opportunity SWEEP
e across our heartstrings like some 0
; Gods own presence, where iustic'
2 and mercy are reconciled and TIL
n judge and the brother are one. w
/ know our task to be no mere tasl
y Of politics but task which shall
Y search us through and through
. whether we be able to understan
h our time and need of our people
Il whether we be indeed their spokei
l. men and interpreters, whether W
Il have the pure heart to comprehen
t and the rectified will to choose on
d high course of action.
a This is not day OF triumph; it
e a day of dedication Here muster
r not the forces of party, but the force
l. of humanity Mems hearts wait VI
p on us; mems lives hang in the ba
q ance; mems hopes call upon US t
o say what we will do. Who sha
live up to the great trust? Who dare
r fail to try? summon all homes
/. men, all patriotic. all forward-lookin
: men, to my side. God helping me,
. will not fail them, if they will bu
Il counsel and sustain me!