Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-03


 1erlng peoples of the world and the armies upon every front with food and everything else that we had that might serve the common cause. The details of such a story can never be fully ! written, but we carry them in our hearts and thank God that we can say thill we are the kinsmen of such.
 Ana now we are sure of the great i triumph for which every sacrifice was made. It has come, come in it's com pletncss, and with the pride and in- 1 splratlon of these days of achievement quick within us we turn to the tasks i Of peace again-a peace secure against the violence of irresponsible monarchs and ambitious military CO., terles and make ready for a new ord CT, for new foundations of justice and fair dealing
 We are about to give order and or ganlzatlon to this peace not only for ourselves, but for the other peoples of the world as well, so far as they will ! suffer us to serve them. It is interna- tlonal justice that we seek, not domestic safety merely. Our thoughts nave dWelt of late upon Europe, upon Asia, upon the Near and Far East, very little upon the acts of peace and 1 accommodation that wait to be per- formed at our own doors. While we are adjusting our relations with the rest of the world is it not of capital importance that we should clear away all grounds of misunderstaAdilrgss " iisJIa ! our immediate neighbors and give proof of the friendship we really feel. 1 nope that the members of the Sen- ate will permit me to speak once more of the unratified treaty of friendship and adjustment with the republic of Colombia. l very earnestly urge upon them and early and favorable action upon that vital matter. be- lieve that they will feel with me- that the stage of affairs is now set for such action as will Le not onlp just, but generous and in the spirit of the new age upon which we have so , happily entered.
 So far. as our domestic affairs are concerned the problem of our return to peace is a problem of economic and industrial readjustment. That prob lem is less serious for us than it may turn out to be for the nations which have suffered the disarrangements and the losses of war longer than we. Our people, moreover do not wait to be coached and led. They know their own business, are quick and resource full at every readjustment, definite in purpose, and self-reiiant in action. Any leading strings we might seek to put them in would speedily be- , come hopelessly tangled because they would pay no attention to them and their own way. All that we can do as their legislative and executive ser wants is to mediate the process of change here, there and elsewhere as we may. I have heard much counsel as to the plans that should be formed and personally conducted to a happy Ccnsumn,ation but from ac quarter have l seen any general scheme of reconstruction emerge which I i thought it likely we could could force Cur spirited business men and self reliant laborers to accept with due pliancy and obedience.
 ] While the war lasted We set up many agencies by which to direct the industries of the country in the ser l vices it was necessary for them to render, by which to make sure of an . supply u lHc needed, by which to check undertak- i ings that could for cne time be dis pensed with and stimulate those that 1 were most serviceable ill war, bp which to gain for the purchasing de- partments of the government a cer- tain control over the prices of essentials, by which to restrain trade with alien enemies, make the most of the available shipping and systema- tize financial transactions, both pub lie and private, so that there would be no unnecessary conflict or confus- ion--by which, in short, to put every material energy of the country into harness to draw the common load and make of us one team in the accom- plishment of great task. But the moment we knew the armistice to have been signed we took the harness off. Raw materials upon which the government had kept it's hand for fear there should not be enough for the in- dustries that supplied the armies have been released and put into the