Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

upon the necessity Of the govern
snent to sell tie bonds 50 years ago
and perfectly adapted to coneen-
tratins cash and restricting orsd-
It's; an industrial system which,
take It on all its sides, financial
as we'll as administrative, holds
capital N leading strings, restricts
ne liberties and limits the oppor-
tun't,es Of labor and exploits with
natural resources Of the country;
a body Of agricultural activities
never yet given the efficiency Of
great bueinsss undertakings or
served ~ i should 30 through The
.nstr.nentality Of seisnes taken
facilities Of credit best suited 20 lie
practical needs; water courses un-
developsd, waste places unrs-
claimed, forests untendsd, fast dis
appearing. without plan Of prospect
OF renewal. unrsgarded waste heaps
at every rnine. We have studied a.
pernaps no other nation has the
most effective means Of produce
ton, but. we have not studied post
or economy as we should either as
organizers Of industry, 40 statss-
men,, or NJ individuals.
Governing for Humanity.
Nor have we studied and perfected
the neal by which government may
De put at the service. OF humanity. in
the health OF it's lnen and it's women
ana It's children, as well as their rights
IN the struggle for existence. This In
no sentimental duty. The firm basis
OF government is justice. not pity.
IInese are matters OF Justice. There
can De no equality OF opportunity. tho
nrs. essential of justice in the body
politic. 1T men and women and chill
dren be not shielded in their lives.
their very vitality, from the conse-
quences OF great Industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter.
control or singly cope with. Society
must see to 1t that IL does not itself
crush or weaker or damage it's own
constituent parts. The first duty OF
law ts to keep sound the society n
serves. Sanitary laws. pure food laws.
and laws determining conditions of la
Dor which individuals are powerless to
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 old fashioned, ver-to-be-
neglected. fundamental safeguarding
Of property n Of individual right.
rms rs the high enterprise of the new
DAY; to lift everything that concerns
life as q nation to the light that
shines from h h%earthfire of every
mans conscience and vision of the
right. IT is Uncomfortable that We
should 90 this as partisans; it la in
conceivable We should do 1t in igno-
rance of the facts az they are or in
blind haste. We shall restore. not de-
stroN. We shall deal with our eco
nOmic system as it is and as Il may
De modified. not as it might be III we
nad q clean sheet of APE to write
upon: and step by step we shall make
IT what 1t should be. in the spirit of
those who question their W wisdom
ana seek counsel and knowledge. not
shallow self satisfaction or the excite
lnent OF excursions whittier they can
not tell. Justice and only justice, shall
always be u motto.
Not Political Task.
And vet it will be no cool process
OF mere science. The nation has been
stirred by h knowledge of wrong.
OF ideals lost. of government too often
and make an Instrument Of
evil. The feelings with which we face.
TINS new age OF right and opportunity
sweep across our heart strings like
some arr out of Gods own presence.
where Justice and mercy are recon-
clled and the judge and the brother
are one. We know our task to be no
mere task of politics, but u task which
shall search >us through and through.
whether we be able to understand our
time and the need OF our people.
whether we be indeed their
mel and Interpreters. whether we have
the pure heart to comprehend and the
rectified will to choose our high course
of action.
This - not a day Of Triumph; IL il
2 DAY OF dedication. Hsrs muster, not
the forces Of party. but the force. al
hunnanit~. Mons hearts wait upon ia:
mems lives hang in the balance; mems
hopes call upon a. to say what we viii
90. Who shall live up to the orsai
rust! Vino darss fail 70 try? ! sum.
forward looking mon, 70 my side. God
ne!pins me, ] will not fail them, e they