Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

world. The republics of America have
in the last three years been drawing
together in a new spirit of accommo-
dation, mutual understanding, and cor
dial cooperation. Much of the politics
of the world in the years to come will
depend upon their relationships with
one another. 1t is a barren and pro-
vincial craftsmanship that loses sight
of such things,
Big Problems Arising.
| The future, the immediate future,
will bring us squarely face to face
with many great and exacting prob
lens which will search US through
and through whether we be able and
ready to play the part in the world
that we mean to play. 1t will not
bring us into their presence slowly,
gently, with ceremonious introduction,
but suddenly and at once, the moment
the war in Europe is over. They will
be new problems, most of them; many
will be old problems in new setting
and with new elements which we have
! never dealt with or reckoned the force
and meaning of before. They will re-
auire for their solution new thinking
fresh courage and resourcefulness, and
in some matters radical reconsidera-
! tions of. policy. We must be ready to
mobilize our resources alike of brains
and Of materials.
Stimulation in the Future.
1t is not a future to be afraid of,
1t is, rather, a future to stimulate and
excite US to the display of the best
powers that are in us. We may enter
it with confidence when we are sure
that we understand it - and we have
f, provided ourselves already with the
means of understanding it.
Look first at what it will be neces-
sary that the nations of the world
should do to make the days to come
tolerable and fit to live and work in !;
and then look at our part in what is
to follow and our own duty of prep
aration For we must be prepared
both in resources and in policy.
Peace Must Be Worldwide.
There must be gust and settled
peace, and we here in America must
contribute the full force of our en-
thusiasm and Of our authority as a
nation to the organization of that
peace upon worldwide foundations
that cannot easily be shaken. No ma
tion 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 wilful disturbance Of
the peace of the world The effects of
ha fsna1 n tho
areas of battle. No nation stands
wholly apart in interest when the life
and interests of all nations are thrown
into confusion and peril. If hopeful
and generous enterprise is to be re-
newed, if the healing and helpful arts
: of life are indeed to be revived when
peace comes again, a NV atmosphere
of justice and friendship must be gen
Grated by means the world has never
. tried before. The nations of the world
must unite in joint guarantees that
whatever is done to disturb the whole
. world 5 life must first be tested in the
t court of the whole worlds opinion be
fore it is attempted.
Must Treat Defendants Well.
) These are the new foundations tn,
/ world must build for itself, and W.
; must play our part in the reconstruc
: tion, generously and without too muel
e thought of our separate interests. W.
: must make ourselves ready to play i
intelhgently, virogously and well.
=. One Of the contributions we mus
. make to the world g peace is this: W,
= must see to it that the people in ou
g insular possessions are treated in thei
7 own lands as we would treat then
3 here, and make tn rule of the United
States mean the same thing every
where - the same justice, the SAM
E consideration for the essential right
A of men.
t Besides contributing our ungrudinl
4 moral and practical support to the es
, tablishment of peace throughout tn,
i, world we must actively and intelli
gently prepare ourselves to do our full
: service in the trade and industr.
!. which are to sustain and develop th'
/. life of the nations.
= New Commissions Helpful
/ We have already been provident il
9 this great matter and supplied our
4 selves with the instrumentalities o
1 prompt adjustment. We have created
in the federal trade commission,
!. means of inquiry and Of accommoda
1. tion in the field of commerce whicl
;. ought both to coordinate the enter
8 prises of our traders and manufac
r turers and to remove the barriers o
$ Misunderstanding and of too tech
e nical Interpretation of the law. In tn
n new tariff commission we have adde
1 another instrumentality of observatio
n and adjustment which promises to b
G Immediately serviceable. The trad
s commission substitutes counsel an
'. accommodation for the harsher pre-
n cesses of legal restraint, and the tarif
4. commission ought to substitute fact
for prejudices and theories. Our e.
n porters have for some time had tn
e advantage of working in the new ligh
e thrown upon foreign markets and OF
,. portunities of trade by the intelliger
" inquiries and activities of the burea
r. of foreign and domestic commerc
If which the democratic congress 5
N wisely created in 1912. The tarii
d commission completes the machiner
5. by which we shall be enabled to ope
l up our legislative policy to the fac
N as they develop.
IN Must Take Part I'm World