Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08

dealt with or reckoned the force and
meaning Of before. They will require
for their solution new thinking. fresh
courage and resourcefulness and in
some matters radical considerations
Of policy. We must be ready to mobi-
lie our resources alike Of brains and
Of materials.
| It is not future to be afraid of. 1t
is, rather, Il future to stimulate and
excite US to the display Of the best
powers that are IN us. We may enter
that we understand it, and we have
provided ourselves already with the
means of understanding it.
Look first ut what 1t will be neces-
sary that the nIatiQ9s Of the world
should do to make the days to come
tolera bic and fit to live and work in,
and then look at our part in what is
to follow and our own duty of prepare
ton. For we must be prepared both
in resources and in policy.
| There must be just and settled
peace, and we here in America must
contribute the full force Of our enthu-
siasm and Of our authority as nation
to the organization Of that peace upon
worldwide foundations that cannot cas-
| lily be shaken. No nation should be
| forced to take sides in any quarrel in
which its own honor and integrity and
the fortunes Of its own people are not
involved, but no nation can any longer
remain neutral as against any willful
disturbance Of the peace Of the world.
The effect of war can no longer be
confined to the areas Of battle. No
nation stands wholly apart in interest
when the life and interests of all ma
tons are thrown into confusion and
peril. If hopeful and generous enter
prise Is to be renewed, If the healing
and helpful arts Of life are indeed to
be revived when peace comes again, a
new atmosphere of justice and friend
ship must be generated by means the
| world has never tried before. The ma
tons of the world must unite in Joint
guarantees that whatever is done to
disturb the whole worlds life niust
first be tested in the court Of the whole
worlds opinion before 1t is attempted.
These are the new foundations the
world must build for itself, and we
| must play our part In the reconstruc-
| ton generously and without too much
thought of our separate interests. We
must make ourselves ready to play it
lntelligently, vigorously and well.
Contribution to World Peace.
One Of the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace IS this: We
must see to it that the people in our
insular possessions are treated in their
own lands MS we would treat them
here and make the rule Of the United
States mean the same thing every
where-the same justice, the same con-
sideratiou for the essential rights Of
men.
| Besides contributing our ungrudging
moral and practical support to the es-
Enlistment Of peace throughout the
world, we must actively and intelli-
gently prepare ourselves to do our full
service in the trade and industry which
are to sustain and develop the life Of
the nations In the days to come.
We have already been provident In
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentalties Of
prompt adjustment. We have created,
in the federal trade commission, a
means of inquiry and Of accommodate
ton in the field of commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
prises of our traders and maNufactur-
el.s and to remove the barriers Of mis-
understanding and of too technical
Interpretation of the law. In the new
tariff commission We have added an
other instrumentality of observation
and adjustment which promises to be
Immediately serviceable. The trade
commission substitutes counsel and ac-
commodation for the harsher processes
of legal restraint, and the tariff COM
mission ought to substitute facts for
prejudices and theories, Our export
ers have for some time had the advan-
tage of working in the new light
thrown upon foreign markets and OPP
portunities Of trade by the intelllgen,
Inquiries and activities Of the bureat
of foreign and domestic commerce
which the Democratic congress Sc
wisely created in 1912, The tariff com
mission completes the machinery by
which we shall be enabled to open u
our legislative policy to the facts Il:
they develop.
We can no longer indulge our tradi
tional provincialism. We are to play
a leading part in the world drama
whether we wish it or not. We shal
lend, not borrow: act for ourselves
not initiate or follow; organize ant
initiate. not Ieep about merely to SCI
where we may get In.