The Holt County sentinel., 1913-03-07


humblest a. well a. the most power
full. with an eye single TO the stand
ards Of justice and fair play, and re-
membered It with pride. But We were
very needless and in Q hurry 70 BE-
great.
Things % y Altered.
We have come now 10 the sober
second thought. The scales Of heed.
lessness have fallen from our eyes.
We have made up our minds to square
every process Of our national Mfe
again with the standards W 20 proud.
" set up at the beginning and have
always carried ct our hearts. Our
work 10 . work Of restoration.
We have hsmised with some degree
Of particularly the thtnOs that ought
to be altered end hsee are some Of
the chief items: A tari6 which cuts
- on frem our proper part In the
commerce Of the world, Violates the
just principles Of taxation. and makes
the government facile instrument In
the hands Of private interests; q bank.
ing and currency system based upon
the necessity Of the government to
sell It's bonds nfty years ago and per.
fectly adapted to concentrating cash
and restricting credits; an Industrial
system which, take II on all its sides.
financial as well 40 administrative.
holds capital In leading strings, re.
stricts the liberties and limits the op-
portunities Of labor, and exploits with
out renewing or conserving the nat.
ural resources Of the country; n body
OF agricultural activities never yet
given the efficiency Of great business
undertakings or served as II should be
through the fundamentally OF science
taken directly to the farm. or afforded
the facilities Of credit best suited to
its practical needs: water courses un.
developed, waste places unreclaimcd
forests INTENDED. fast disappearing
without plan or prospect Of renewal
unrcgarded waste heaps ut every mine
We have studied as perhaps no other
nation has the most effective means
OF production. but We have not studied
cost or economy us we should either
as organizers Of industry. as states.
men. or as INDIVIDUALS.
Government for Humanity.
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 It's women
and It's 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. II men and women aud chill
dren be not shielded In their lives.
their very vitality, from the consc.
quences OF great industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter.
control. or singly cope with. Society
must zee to II that II does not itself
crush or weaken or damage It's own
constituent parts. The first duty OF
law 10 to keep sound the society Il
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 efficiency.
These are some OF the things We
ought to do. and not leave the others
undone, the old.fashioned. never.to.be.
neglected. fundamental safeguarding
Of property and OF individual right.
This Is the high enterprise of the new
day: to lit everything that concerns
our life as a nation to the light thai
shines from the hearthnre OF every
mans conscience and vision of the
right. II Is inconceivable that We
should do this as partisans; It IL in.
conceivable We should do It In ignor.
ance OF the facts as they are or In
blind haste. We shall restore, not d..
stroy. We shall deal with our econ
om!c system as II In and az IL may
be- modified. not al II might be II we
had q clean sheet of paper to write
upon; and step by step we shall make
It what 1t should be. In the spirit OF
those who question their own wisdom
and seek counsel and knowledge. no,
shallow self.satisfaction or the excite.
ment or excursions whittier they can
not tell Justice, and only justice.
shall always be our motto.
Nation Deeply Stirred.
And yet It will be no cool process
of mere science, The nation has been
deeply stirred. stirred by q 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 own presence. where Justice and
mercy are reconciled and the Judge
and the brother are one. We know
our task to be no mere task OF politics
but task which shall search US
through and through. whether we be
able to understand our time and the
need NJ Olir neOula whothor wo ha In,