The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-23

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every belligerent.
This convention must make 1t plain
that all divisions among the Ameri.
can people stop at the oceans edge,
Over and above every other reason
that the nation may have for uphold
Ing its president, is the necessity OF
proving to the world that we are
united people.
so long as the other nations Of the
earth realize that the millions under
Americas flag think as one, believe as
one and act as one in the face Of for.
eign war, we shall be free from for.
eign intrigue, and all that 1t entails
High above every other issue tnat
this convention offers to the Amerl.
can people we must therefore write
q Vindication Of American loyalty.
Our Domestic Policies.
-Four years ago the people OF this
country entrusted their government
to man and to a party who prom.
lsed that they would liberate the ma
ton from the chains of industrial
tyranny, who pledged themselves to
break down the barriers behind which
special privilege sat entrenched; who
engaged. themselves to emancipate
business, to throw wide the gate Of
lawful enterprise, to restore to the
men and women OF America the paths
OF progress which had been Choked
and blocked by long years of invisible
government.
That promise has been kept; that
pledge has been redeemed. We must
content ourselves here with a brief
consideration OF the great landmarks
which chart the change from govern.
ment for the fortunate few to an even.
handed government in the interest
of all.
The first of these Is the federal
reserve act which freed the business
man and the farmer from the financial
domination of the money changers and
lifted the menace Of panic from our
industrial life.
In the same spirit and with the
same motive that inspired the fed
eral reserve act this administration
has devoted itself to the stimulation
of American industry, agriculture and
trade through all the agencies Of gov.
eminent.
New Meaning to Laws.
It has given a new meaning and
new force to the laws restraining
big business from stirling competi.
ton.
It has created q trade commission
to afford to business generally more
direct and prompt administration Of
the laws relating to business.
1t has established government rep.
resentatives throughout the world,
whose sole duty is to foster the ex.
pansion Of American trade.
1t has created a closer union OF
economic, commercial and financial
interests between the United States
and the nations Of South America.
It has declared in language that
no court and no employer can compel
his men to work for him against their
will.
1t has freed the farmer from the
chains Of a financial system which
was devised for business and not fol
farming.
| cannot close this review Of what
the present administration has accom-
plished without adverting to its cour
ageous and statesmanllke solution o.
the nations tariff problem.
OF all the tariffs we ever enacted
this is the fairest and the best.
By the Underwood law this admin
lstration has taken the tariff out O.
politics; by the new tariff commits
sion 1t proposes to take politics ou
OF the tariff.
Under the present administration
the United States has enjoyed won
derful era of good business and gooC
times.
Floodtlde Of Prosperity.
The flood.tide Of our prosperity ha
risen to such an unprecedented helgh
that the only limit to trade is on
ability to make and transport the com
modities demanded at home AM
abroad.
The purchasing power Of our pee
pie is greater than that Of any othe
mamie on the globe. Never was Their