Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-09-05

yortunfces or trade Dy enc nute
Inquiries and activities OF the bu4nnn
OF foreign and domestic comm>cs
which the Democratic congress -
wisely created In 1912 The tarin corr
mission completes the machinery By
which we shall be enabled TO open ~
our Legislative policy to the facts ss
they develop
We can no longer indulge our tradf-
tional provincialism. We are TO play
a leading part in the world drama
whether we wish II or not. We shall
lend. not borrow; act for ourselves,
not initiate or follow; organize and
initiate, not peep about merely to see
where we may get In.
We have already formulated and
agreed upon a policy Of law which VIII
explicitly remove the ban now suppos-
ed to rest upon cooperation among
our exporters in seeking and securing
their proper place in the markets OF
the world. The field will be free. the
instrumentalities at hand. IL wfh only
remain for the masters Of ene9fDmes
among us to act In energsfie ceneeS
and for the government Of the Unaeea
States TO insist upon the naanssaanoe
throughout the world Of thcse con-
lions Of fairness and Of even hanAae.
justice In the commercial dealings q
the naffsns with one ans(Aee upsAA
which. after all, IN the last anaiysis
the peace and ordered life Of the word
must ultimately depend atAH
Ban Unfair cswyststIea-
At home also we must So TO u thas
the men who plan and Develop and df-
rect our business enterprises shall en-
10y definite and settled CONDITIONS o6
law, a policy accommodated to tns
frecst progress We have set tho just
and necessary limits. We have pot an
kinds Of unfair competition under the
ban and penalty Of the law, We have
barred monopoly. These fatal and ugly
things being excluded, we must now
quicken action and facilitate enterprise
by every just means within our choice
There will be peace In the business
world and, with peace, revived conn.,
dence and life.
We ought both to husband ana 70
develop our natural resources, our
mines, our forests, our water power.
I wish we could have made more prog
ress than we have made In this vital
matter, and I call once more, Win the
deepest earnestness and soiicffuoe.
upon the advocates Of careful ana
provident conservation. on the ono
hand. and the advocates of FREQ AMI
inviting field for private capital, on the
other. to get together In a spirit or
genuine accommodation Ani agreement
and set this great policy forward &C
once.
We must hearten and quicken tho
spirit and efnciency Of labor THROUGH
out our whole industrial system oy
everywhere and In all occupations Do
ing justice to the laborer. not only By
paying living wage, but also BY max
ing all the conditions that SURVIVING
labor what they ought to be. Ana
We must do more than Justice. We
must safeguard life and proncts
health and safety in every occupAuea
In which they are threatened or In
periled. That is more than justice.
and better, because It is humanity and
economy.
We must coordinate the railway SIS
TENS Of the country for national uso
and must facilitate and promote their
development with a view to that CO.
ordination and to their better adapta-
ton as a whole to the life and trado
and defense Of the nation. The life
and industry of the country can be
free and unhampered only II these ar
teries are open. efficient and complete.
Thus shall we stand ready to meet
the future as circumstance and inter-
national policy effect their unfolding,
whether the changes come slowly or
come fast and without preface.
l have not spoken explicitly, gentle
men, OF the platform adopted at st.
Louis, but 1t has been implicit In all
that have said. l have sought to in
terpret its spirit and meaning. The
people OF the United States do not
need to be assured now that that plat
form Is a definite pledge, a practical
program. We have proved to them
that our promises are made TO be kept.
Dawn Of Greater Ar,erles.
We hold very definite ideals. We
believe that the energy and initiative
Of our people have been too narrowly
coached and superintended; that they
should be set free, as we have set
them free, to disperse themselves
throughout the nation; that they should
not be concentrated IN the hands of q
few powerful guidA and guardians, as
our opponents have again and again. In
effect II not In purpose, sought to cor
centrate them. We believe. moreover
who that looks about him now with
comprehendlng eye can fail to believer
that the day OF little Americanism.
with Its narrow horizons. when meth
DDS Of protection" and industrial
nursing were the chief study OF our