The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
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
tons everywhere. 1t is in this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all nlankind-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence of a world confused. dis
tracted. she must show herself selfpos-
sessed. self contained, capable of sober
by her action in arms: she must save
il by her action i'm peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself
as she did upon the battlefelds 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.
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 disregard for the
rights of others have no place in the
counsels of free people. We need light
not heat. in these solemn times of self.
examination and saving action.
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 any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
am serenely confident that they viii
readily find themselves. no matter what
tie 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
Sinister Influences at Work.
And / enter another confident hope !
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal com
pulsion, of prosecutions and the sharp
correction of selfish processes; ana these
no doubt are necessary.
But there are other forces that we may
count on besides those resident in the
department of justice. We have just
fully awakened TO what has been going
On and to the influences. many of them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass of our
people.
To have brought it all into the open
will accomplish the greater part of the
result seek.
/ appeal with entire confidence to
our producers. our middlemen and our
merchants to deal fairly with the peo-
pie. 1t is their opportunity to show
that they comprehend, that they in
tend to act Justly. and that they have
the public interest sincerely at heart.
Labor Must Consider.
believe. too. that the ex-
treme leaders of organized labor will
presently yield to a sober second
thought. and like the great mass of
their associates. think and act like
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse
not better-worse for them and for
everybody else.
thing.
thingE-that can be done now is to stop
or interrupt production or to interfere
with the distribution of goods by the
railways and the shipping of the
country.
There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be-
tween capital and labor. in respect
of wages and conditions of labor and
other things even more far-reaching.
anc I. for one. am ready to go into
conference about these matter with
any group of my fellow countrymen
who know what they are talking about
and are willing to remedy existing
conditions by frank counsel rather
than by violent contest
General Interest First.
No remedy is possible while men are
in temper. and there can be no set
Element which does not have its
motive and standard the general in
terest.
Must All Work Together.
Threats and undue insistence upon
the interest of single class. make set
Element impossible. / believe. as
have hitherto had occasion to say to
the congress that the industry and life
of our people and OF the world will
suffer irreparable damage if employers
and workmen are to go on in perpet-
uai contest, antagonists. They
must one plan another, be effec-
lively associated. Have we not stead
mess and self-possession and business
sense enough to work out that result?
In the meantime-now and in thesl
days of REIMBURSEMENT and recuperation
that are ahead of us-let us resort
more and more to frank and intimate
counsel and make ourselves great
and triumphal nation. making our
selves united force in the life of the
world 1t win not then have looked to
US for leadership in vain