Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-07
sF4osHONE LINCOLN COUNTY IDAHO FRIDAY MARCH l. 1918

fostu8tous. change. against storm and
iaccidenr Our Efe contains every
great tSdng. and contains il IN rich
abundance
But the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has been
eoaroded. with the riches has come in
excusable waste We have squandered
great part Of what we might have
used, ana have not stopped to con-
serve the exceeding bounty Of nature
without vh6ch our genius for enter
Prise would have been worthless and
snpoten1, scornful to BE- careful, shame
/ fully reoddgal as. weh as admire bly, eff
lent We have been proud Of our IN
I lustgdal achievements but We have rot
hitherto stopped thoughtfuHy enough 70
J sount the human cost, the cost Of lives
muffed out, Of energies overtaxed and
/ broken the fearful physical and
spiritual cost to the men and WON
and children uDon whom the dead
weight and burden Of it all has fall
en- pitiIessly the years through. The
gruans and agony Of II al had not
yet reached our ears. the solemn NOV
ing underrones Of our life. coming Up
Of every home where the struggle had
its intimate and familiar seat With
our great government went many deep
secret things wtioh We TOO long de-
layed 70 lookinto and scrutlnize with
CANDID. fearless eyes. The great gov
-rnnenr we loved has too often been
made use Of for private and selfish
purposes, and those who used Il had
forgotten the people.
"At last vision has been voucl-
safed Us Of our life as whole We
see tae bad with the good. the debased
and decadent with the sound and VI
taI With tbs vision We approach
new affairs Our duty IS 10 cleanse, 10
reconsider. to restore n correct the
evil Without imTailing the good. TO
purify ana humRnize every process Of
our common life without weakening
or sentirneuta hzing IT, There has been
something crude and heartless and un-
feeling in our haste 10 succeed and
De great Our thcvsft has been Let
every man lcok out for himself. let
every generation look cut Tor itself
wEhle we reared giant machinery
which made II impossible that any but
those Who stood at the levers CT con-
trol siiould have a chance 10 look out
for themselves. We had not forgotten
our morals We remembered well
enough tat We had set up a policy
which was meant to serve the humblest
az Wen ss tie most powerful, with an
eve single to the standards Of justice
and fair play. and remembered it with
pride But We were very needless and
ia 4 barry 10 be great
we have come now 10 the sober
second thought. The scales Of needless
ness have fallen from cur eyes We
have made up our minds TO square
every process Ct our national life
gain with the standards We 50 proudly
ser UP st the beginning and have al
ways craried Al our hearts Our work
is a work CT restoration
We have tented with some de- I
gree Of particularity the things that .
ought 10 De altered and here are some +
of the chief itelrE: \ tariff which cuts 4
Us from cur proper paI in the com
merce Of the world, violates the just
principles Of taxation. and makes the
government q facile instrument in the
hands of private interests; banking
and currency system based upon the
It's bonds fifty wears sgo and perfectly
adapted to concentrating cash and re-
credits: an industrial system
which, take il On all its sides. Il
lancial as well as administra tive, holds
apital in leading strings, restricts the
liberties and limits hte opportunities Of :
abor. and exploits without renewing or
conserving the natural resources of the
ountry; a body Of agriculture activi-
les never yet given the efficiency Of
Teat business underta kings or served p
{ should be through the instrumentaIity
# science taken directly TO the farm. OF
fford the facilities OF credit best SUN
d TO its practical needs; water courses
waste places reclaimed.
orests INTENDED fast disappearing with 4.
ut plan CT prospect Of renewal. unre- a
sarded waste heaps at every mine. We :
ave studied as perhaps no other nation d
as the most effective means Of pro- d
ucticn. but We have not studied cost z
~ economy as we should either as ,
rganizers Of industry, as statesmen, or $
: individuals. I
Nor have we studied and perfected q
ne mea IS by which government may be 1
,
harding the health OF our nation. the I
ealTh OF it's men and women and its {
hildren as Wen as their rights in the
truggie for eMstance. This is no senti- =
mental duty. THE firm basis Of govern d
nent Is justice, not pity. These are ma :
ers - justice. There can be no equal O
iy OF opportunity the nrsJ essential d
( justice IN the body polite If men I :
1omen aDdcliilcrsn be not shielded in L
heir lives, their very vitality. from the :
onsequenees Of great Industrial and so $
lal processes which they cannot alter. v
Ontrol Or singiy cope With. Society viii l
ee 10 IL that 1t does not itself crash or \
reaken or damage its own constituent 4
arts. The first duty of law is to keep 3
1und the society II serves sanitary y
w. pure food laws. and laws determin- !
lg conditions of labor which individuals y
re powsrless TO determine for them {
Ewes are intimate parts Of the very a
asiness of justice and legal efficiency Il