Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-03

men of the country have been the 1 moving spirit in the systematic econ- | omies by which our people have vol untarily assisted to supply the suf- | fering 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 written, but we carry them at our hearts and Ihank God that we can say that we are the kinsmen of such.
 And now we are sure of the great triumph for which every sacrifice was made. It has come, come in it's com
 pletenesS; and with the pride and in- spiration of these days of achievement
 quick within us we turn to the tasks
 of peace again-a peace secure against
 the violence of irresponsible monarcbs
 and ambitious military coteries, and
 made ready for a new order. for new
 foundations of justice and fair deal
 ing.
 We are about to give order and or
 ganization 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 in
 ternational justice that we seek, not
 domestic safety merely. Our thoughts
 have dwelt of late upon Europe, upon
 Asia, upon the near and the Far East,
 very little upon the acts of peace and 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 im-
 portance that we should clear away all grounds of misunderstanding with our immediate neighbors and give
 proof of the friendship we really feel? I hope 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. I ~ery earnestly urge p%3n them an early and favorable actIon | upon that vital matter. I believe that i they will feel. with me, that the stage ! of affairs is now set for such action
 as will be not only just but generous
 and in the spirit of the new age upon which we have so happily entered.
 1 So far as our domestic affairs are l concerned, the problem of our return to peace is a problem of economic and | industrial readjustment. That prob l 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 the war longer than we
 Our people, moreover, are quick and reSourceful at every readiustment definite in purpose and self-reliant in action. Any leading strings we might
 seek to put them in would speedily be- come hopelessly tangled because they 1 would pay TO attention to them and | go their own way.
 AZ that we can do as their legisla- tive and executive servants is to medi-
 ate the process of changes here, there
 and elsewhere as we may. have heard
 | nk, L. H.
 should be formed and personally con. , ducted to happy consumation, bu from no quarter have 1 seen any gen
 eral scheme of "reconstr1ctioni r emerge which I thought it likely ", [ could force our spirited business mel { and self-rehant laborers to accept wit I due pliancy and obedience.
 While the war lasted we set LII 7 many agencies by which to direct tn 5 industries of the country ils the ser ] vices it was necessary for them t y render, tlY which to make sure of a :. abundant supply of the material f needed, by which to check undertak I ings that could for the time be dis Q pensed with and stimulate those tha s were most serviceable in war, b t which to gain for the purchasin r departments of the government a cer d tain control over the prices of es
 sential articles and materials by w11ic h to restrain trade with alien enemie n make the most of the available shin e ping and systematize financial trans e actions, both public and private, S 0 that there would be no unnecessar r conflict or confusion-by which. i - short, to put every material energy e the country in harness to draw th - common load and make of us one teal r. in the accomplishment of gres IT task. But the moment we knew tI n armistice to lave been signed, we toe a the harness off. Raw materials upo l. which the government had kept i " hand for fear there should not I y enough for the industries that SUI
 piled the armies have been release le and put into the general market agai y Great industrial plants whose who It output and machinery had been take II over for the use of the governmel Id have been set free to return to tI i'd uses to which they were put befo le war. It has not beer possible Id remove SC readily or so quickly u Id control Of foodstuffs and of sllippi1 sd because the world has stii: to be f, oe from our graharies, and the ships a lg still needed to send supplies to O, 1e men overseas and to bring the me ry back as fast as the disturbed cond D. tions on the other side the water DC B. nit; but even these restraints are b Ae ing relaxed as much as possible al k- more and more as the weeks go [ ;s, Never before have there been age s- cies in existence in this country wfi ,ir know so much of the field of supp tn of labor, and of industry as the w es Industries Board. the War Ira he Board, the Labor Department, t he Food Administration and the Fl ey Administration have known since t e. labors became thoroughly systemati C. ed: and they have not been isolat he agencies; they have been directed es men which represented the permane ifs departments of the government and e. have been the centres of unified a il- cooperative action. It has been t in policy of the executive therefore, sir s- the armastice was assured (which is ed effect complete submission of 1 nd enemy), to put the knewledge of tho It. bodies at the disposal of the br so ness men of the country and to of lat their intelligent mediation at eve nd point and in every matter where
 was desired. It is surprising how f TO- the process Or return to a peace fo ce, ing has moved in the three weeks si1 h. Lthe fighting stopped. It promises on outrun any inquiry that may be ins lc- tuted and any aid that may be offer &C., 1t will not be easy to direct it a pt- better than it will direct itself. I Ich American business man is of qu Is, initiative
 lat The ordinary and normal process cir private initiative will not, alowey oe- provide immediate employment for
 a the men of our returning arm .an Those who are of trained capac
 those who are skilled work1nen tn em who have acquired familiarity "