Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-08-22

Went INTO storage Dy inns Hhe@AAH s
purchaser would always be able 20 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 ana
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 the other side Of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi'
tons: and It 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 chaos will ensus
there which will inevitably be commune
Gated to this country. For the present Il
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 ossebSlOn uepellu lAS dLdhS VI ia
lions everywhere 1t is in this supreme
crisis-this crisis for all manklnd-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence Of world confused dis
tracted, she must show herself self-pos-
sessed, self-eontained capable Of sober
and effective action. She saved Europe
by her action in arms, she must now save
it by her action in peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself,
as she did upon the battlefields Of the
war The calmness and capacity with
which She deals with and masters the
problems Of peace win be the final test
and proof Of her place among the peoples
of the world.
And, if 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 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
| emR2 intelligent counsel, and let the best
reasons win, not the strongest brute
force. The world has just destroyed the
arbitrary force of a military junta- II
will live under no other. All that Is ar
bitrary and coercive Is in the discard
Those who seek to employ 1t 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 DC
so, These are days OF deep excitement
and Of extravagant speech, but with VI
these are things of the surface.
Everyone who is in real touch with thu
silent masses of our great people know!
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there, firm against vic
lence or any distempered action tina
would throw their affairs into confusion
| am serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves no matter wha
the circumstances, and that they will ad
dress themselves to the tasks of peac
with the same devotion and the sam
stalwart preference for what is right tina
they displayed to the admiration of tn
whole world in the midst of war,
Sinister influences at Work.
And enter another confident hope
have spoken today chiefly of measure
of imperative regulation and legal com
pulsion, of prosecutions and the shar
correction of selfish processes; and thes
no doubt are necessary.
But there are other forces that we ma
count on besides those resident In tn
department of justice. We have JUS
fully awakened to what has been goin
on and to the influences, many OF thei
very selfish and sinister, that have bee
producing high prices and imposing a
intolerable burden on the mass OF on
people.
TO have brought It all into the ope
will accomplish the greater part OF tn
result we seek.
l appeal with entire confidence t
our producers, our middlemen ana on
merchants to deal fairly with the pee
+. pie. 1t is their opportunity to sho'
that they comprehend, that they II
tend to act Justly, and that they hay
, the public interest sincerely at heart
! And | have no doubt that house
keepers all over the country, and eN
eryone who buys the things he dali
| STANDS III He6u VI WILL ~ CSOhIAJ SfAS'
else greater vigilance, a MOI
: thoughtful economy, more discrlm
mating care as to the market in whio
he buys or the merchant with who
he traded than he has hitherto excl
8 cised.
!. Labor Must Consider.
! believe, too, that the more e.
- 10 hpr WI
= presently weld to a sober secor
n thought, and like the great mass
. their associates, think and act iii
n true Americans. They will see th
+ strikes undertaken at this critical tin
. are certain to make matters wors
: not better-worse for them and 4
= everybody else.
v The worst thing, the most fat
! tbing-that can be done now is to ST.
: or interrupt production. or to interfe
q with the distribution Of goods by Z
IS railways and the shipping OF q
country. :,
v we are all involved in the al
n tressing results OF the high cost
living and we must unite, not divit
g to correct it,
r There are many things that Dug
lie to be corrected in the relations b
ID tween capital and labor, in respe
of wages and conditions of labor a.
1t other things even more far-reachir
ID and l. for one, am ready to go In
lie conference about these matter wi
N any group of my fellow countrym
1t who know what they are talking abo
and are willing to remedy existi
be conditions by frank counsel rath
50 than by violent contest.