, 1919-08-14

age for interstate shipment should have
plainly marked upon each package the
selling or market price at which they
went into storage. By this means the
purchaser would always be able to learn
what profits stood between him and the
producer or the wholesale dealer.
The world must pay for the appalling
destruction wrought by the great war.
and we are part of the world. We must
pay our share. For FIVE years now the in
dustry of all Europe has been slack and
disordered. The normal crops have not
been produced; the normal quantity of
manufactured goods has not been turned
out.
Not until there are the usual crops
and the usual production of manufactured
goods on che other side of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi-
tons: and 1t was upon the former condi-
tons. not the present, that our economic
relations with Europe were built up.
We must face the fact that unless we
help Europe to get back to her normal
life and production a chaos will ensue
there which will inevitably be
Gated to this country. For the present. 1t
is manifest. we must quicken. not slacken,
our own production.
U. S. Must Hold World Steady.
We, and we almost alone. now hold the
world steady. Upon our steadfastness and
self-possession depend the affairs of ma
lions everywhere. 1t Is in this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all mankind-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence of a world confused. dis
tracted. she must show herself self-pos-
sessed. self-contained, capable OF sober
and effective action. She saved Europe
by her action in arms; she must now save
1t by her action in peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself,
as she did upon the battleields of the
war. The calmness and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems of peace will be the final test
and proof of her place among the peoples
of the world.
And. IL only in our own interest, we
must help the people overseas. Europe is
our biggest customer. We must keep her
going or thousands of our shops and
scores of our mines must close. There is
no such thing as letting her go to ruin
without ourselves sharing in the disaster.
In such circumstances. face to face
with such tests, passion must be discard
ed. Passion and a disregard for the
rights of others have no place in the
counsels of a free people. We need light,
not heat. in these solemn times of self
examination and saving action.
Must Be No Threats.
There must be no threats. Let there be
only intelligent counsel, and let the best
reasons win. not the strongest brute
force. The world has just destroyed the
80 aAAAo -
will live under no other. All that Is ar
bitrary and coercive is in the discard.
Those who seek to employ it only prepare
their own destruction.
We cannot hastily and overnight revo-
lutionize all the processes of our eco
nomic life. We shall not attempt to do
so. These are days of deep excitement
and of extravagant speech. but with us
these are things of the surface.
Everyone who is in real touch with the
silent masses of our great people knows
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there, firm against vio-
lence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
1 am serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves, no matter what
the circumstances. and that they will adj
dress themselves to the tasks of peace
with the same devotion and the same
stalwart preference for what is right that
they displayed to the admiration of the
whole world in the midst of war.