The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12

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We have come now to the sober sec
ond thought. The scales OF needless
ncSs have fallen from our eyes We
have made np our minds 10 square ev-
cry pruc..Ss uf our national life again
with the standards we so proudly set
M ut the beginning and have always
carried M orr hearts. Our work is a
work of restoration.
Things to Be Accomplished.
We have itemiz.Sl with some degree
Of particularly the thugs that ought
e. he altered. aud her. are some OF the
chief items: A tarif which cuts us on
from our prUIer part az the commerce
of the world. violates the just princi-
Piles Of taxation aud makes the govern
ment facile instrument in the hands
OF private interests: q banking and cur
rency system based upon the necessity
of the government to sell its bonds tifty
I years ago and perfectly adapted to con-
centrating cash and restricting credits;
an industrial system which. take II on
| all its sides. financial as well us ad-
I ministrative. holds capital ia leading
strings. restricts the liberties and lin
its the opportunities of labor and ex-
PLOTS without renewing or conserving
the natural resources of the country: a
body Of agricultural activities never
yet given the efficiency OF great busi-
uess undertakings or served as II
should be through the instrumentality
Of science taken directly to the farm
or afforded the facilities OF credit best
suited to its practical needs: water
courses undeveloped. waste places un-
reclaimed. forests INTENDED. fast dis
appearing without plan or prospect OF
renewal. unregarded waste heaps at
every mine. We have studied as per-
haps no other nation has the most eff
fective means Of production. nut we
have not studied cost or economy as
We should either as organizers of in
dustry. as statesmen or as individuals.
soeiety's Duty to Itself.
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. Us well us their rights
in the struggle for existence This is
no sentimental duty. The firm basis
OF government is justice. not pity.
These are ipatters Of ;astiee.. There CT 2
be no equality or opportunity, the first
essential of justice ia the body polite.
if men and women and children be
not shielded in their lives. their very
vitality. from the consequences OF great
industrial and social processes which
they cannot alter. control or singly I
cope with. Society must see to 1t that !
il does not itself crush or weaken or /
damage its own constituent parts. The .
irst duty Of law is TO keep sound the I
society il serves. Sanitary laws. pure I
food laws aud laws determining con- I
ditions OF labor which individuals are 4
powerless 10 determine for themselves /
are intimate parts of the very bust I
ness of justice 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 IL the high enterprise OF the new
day: To lift everything that concerns
our life rs nation ~ the light that /
shines from the hearth FIRE of every
mans conscience and vision of the
right Ii ~ Uncomfortable we should do
this as partisans: it is inconceivable We
should do IL In ignOra nee Of the facts
rs they are or In blind haste. We shall
restore. not destroy. We shall deal
with onr economic system as ii is and
M il may be modified. not as il might
be II We had clean sheet OF paper
10 write upon. and step by step We
shall make IL what IL should be. in the
spirit Of those who question their
own wisdom aud seek counsel and
knowledge. not shallow self satisfac-
tim or the excitement of excursions
whittier they cannot tell. Justice. and
only Justice. shall always be our motto
Task Not Merely One OF Politics.
And yet il will be no cool process Of
mere science. The nation has been
deeply stirred stirred by solemn pas
sion. stirred by the knowledge of
wrong. of ideals lost. OF government
Too often dehauched aud made an in
strumeut OF evil The feelings with
which We face this new age OF right
and opportunity sweep across our
like some air out Of Gods
nwn pressure. where Justice and mercy
are reconciled aud the judge and the
brother are one We KNOW our task To
In no mere task of politics. but a task
which shall search us through and
Trough. whether We he able to under
stand our time and the need of our
E'uple. whether We b- indeed their
'l'nke>nen and interpreters. whether
W. have the pure heart 10 comprehend
md the re,titi,d viii to choose our
li:h course of action
This IL not n day OF triumph: IL is
day of dedication. Here muster not ,
lie forces ~ party. but the forces OF
Mems hearts wait upon us:
mems lives hang Ia the balance: mems