The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

finding his best markets; have pro- |
tected him by the establishment OF |
definite standards in the sale OF ms
products, and have put the sc1entlf1c |
knowledge of the world at his disposal
by practical demonstration at the ex- !
penSe of The government upon the
farms themselves. They have eman-
cipated the laborerS of the country
from the unjustified restraints which
the courts had put upon them by mis-
taken applications of old laws to new
circumstances and conditions. They
have released the children of the coun-
try in large part from hurtful labor:
have sought to safeguard the lives ana
the health of our laborers in danger
Gus occupations; and have put agen-
cies of the government itself at the
service of those who seek employ
ment And most of these things nave
been done within the brief limits of
single administration
Great Work Not Finished.
And still the great work is not
finished. 1t can never be rounded off
and concluded so long as circum-
stances change and the fortunes and
relations of men shift and alter. Inc
question you have to decide one week
from next Tuesday is whether 1t snaIi
be prematurely interrupted, perhaps
for a generation to come, and all the
generous forces of the age and OF the
world thrown back upon themselves
in Encouragement and confusion.
The program remaining is as great
as the program accomplished. me
procedure of our courts is ant1quated
and a hindrance, not an aid, IN the
Just administration of the law. we
must simplify and reform it as other
enlightened nations have done, ana
make courts of justice out OF our
courts of law We must seek and find
the means of bringing capital and Ia
Dor to a clear understanding of their
common interests, which are no other
than the interests of the nation 1tseh
as a community. We must release our
great Cndeveloped natural resources
upon some sensible plan of use and
conservation We must recruit the
votes of forward-looking men by the
votes of women so that we may have
fresh insight in all matters of social
reform and move more certainly ana
more promptly in the solution OF the
many new problems of society with
which the law must henceforth deal
We must unite the Americas, North
and South, in a new ympathy and CO.
operation We must seek justice and
the right thru every channel that Of
fers; and we must put America in all
! its force, in all its wealth, alike of
| physical power and spiritual enthusi-
asrn, at the service of the other ma
! lions of the world when peace comes
on the other side of the seas. to make
| that peace permanent by establishing
right, cooperation, equality and jus
tfce These things we must do and all
| else that may serve mankind.
Must "Get Together"
And our motto must be ''Co-opera-
| ton the union, not the hostile riv-
the nation and within the family of
nations The interests of mankind
can never again be served by agrees
| sion; the interest of no nation or group
| of nations can ever again be served
I by aggression. The contests of jeal-
| ousy are as bitter and as dangerous as
! the contests of arms. The world must
| hnceforth seek the means of accom-
mediation, not the means of arreStIng
| quarrels merely. The nation we love
and serve must be among the first and
| foremost of those that rise to the new
| ideals with spirit and well-directed
| force. Our own reforms. our own ac-
tions in the interest of Justice and hu
manity must be the earnest of our spi-
rit and purpose in the affairs of the
world outside our own borders.
Such is the prospect, such is the
! program, my fellow citizens, to which
! we look forward, to which it is our
purpose to move forward with enthu-
siasm and irresistible ardor. We will
not pause in the midst of our task.
We know that we stand at one of the
most critical junctureS in the history
of the world, when all hopes hang in
| the balance we VIII surfer no man,
no body of men. thru timidity or fear
or jealousy. to delay or hinder or en-
| barrass us. Reaction can have no
place of tolerance amongst US when
all the world waits upon those who
plan justice and progress. 1 summon
you, not only to sustain, but to swell
the hosts that have their faces now
set towards the light, their eyes lifted
| to the horizons where the dawn of a
| new age begins to brighten; and I
summon you with confidence. with a
| certain expectation of the part Amer
lea and her great people are to play
when the dawn broadens into day.