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

upon the necessity OF the vsr
mene 60 sell its bonds SO years a0o
and psrfsctly adapted to conosn-
!raeina cash and restricting ersd-
.t:; an industrial system which,
tax = on all its sides. financial
capital. n leading strings, restricts
the liberties and limits the oppor-
tunitiss Of labor and exploits with
out renewing or conserving the
natural resources Of the country;
body Of agricultural activities
eve yet given the efficiency Of
served a. il should IS throus + the
.nstrvmentality Of sciencs taken
directly to the farm, or afforded the
faosIitise OF credit BEST suited TO its
pract'caI needs; water courses un-
deve.opsd, waste places unrs-
claimed, forests untended, fast die
appearing. without plan Of prospect
OF renewal. unrsgardsd waste heaps
at every mine. We have studied as
psrnape no other nation has the
most effective means Of produc-
tion, but we have not studied cost
or economy 40 we should either AZ
organizers Of industry, as states
mon. or as individuals.
Governing for Humanity.
Nor have we studied and perfected
the means by which government may
be put at the service of humanity. In
the health Of the nation.
the health of its men and its women
n It's children, as well AZ their rights
IN the struggle for existence. This in
no sentimental duty. The firm basis
OF government is justice, not pity.
lhese are matters OF justice. There
can be no equality OF opportunity. the
nrst Essential Of justice in the body
polite. If men and wome and chill
dren be not shielded in their lives.
very vitality. from the conse-
OF great industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter.
control. or singly cope with. Society
must see to 1t that 1t does not itself
crush or weaken or damage it's own
constituent parts. The first duty OF
law Is to keep sound the society IL
Sanitary laws. pure food laws.
and laws determining conditions or In
which individuals are powerless to
for themselves are intimate
parts of the e business OF Justice
and legal efficiency.
These are some of The things We
ought to do, and not leave the Otherx
undon the old fashioned, never-to-be
neglected. fundamental safeguarding
of property and of individual right.
Ihis Is the high enterprise Of the new
day: to lift everything that concerns
our life as a nation to the light that
shines from he hearthfire of every
conscience and vision of the
right, 1T is inconceivable that we
should do this as partisans: 1t il in
conceivable we should do 1T in ignO-
n OF the facts as they are or in
plind haste. We shall restore. not de-
stroN. We shall deal with our eco
nomlc system as it is and as it may
be modified. not as it might be If we
k1lu n ninsAYn 0Hnnf <r 80 81 ...aA
upon: and step by step we shall make
lt what 1t siould be. in the spirit of
those who question their own wisdom
n seek counsel and knowledge, not
shallow self satisfaction or the excite
ment OF excursions whittier they can
not tell. Justice and only justice. shall
always be our motto.
Not Political Task.
And yet 1t will be no cool process
OF mere science. The nation has been
deeply stirred by a solemn passion.
stirred by the knowledge of wrong,
OF ideals lost. of government too Otter,
n make an instrument of
evil. The feelings with which we face
THIS new age OF right and opportunity
across IL heart strings like.
some air out of Gods own presence
where justice and mercy are recon,
ciled and the Judge and the brother
are one We know our task to be no
mere task OF politics. but a TASK which
shall search US through and through.
we be- able to understand our
time and the need of our people.
we be indeed their spokes-
n Interpreters, whether we have
the pure heart to comprehend and the
will to choose our high course
of action.
"This is not q day Of triumph; Il Il
q day Of dedication. Here muster. not
the forces Of party, but the forces al
.hurnanitv. Mons. hearts wait upon us;
mons lives hang in the balance: mans
hopes call upon US to say what we viii
90. Who shall live VI TO the great
all honest mon, ali patriotic. al
torward-iooking men, to ny side. God
helpino mo. Will noA fail 4h>.. n NIX.