Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-08

the usual production of manufactured
goods on the other side of the Atlantic
can Europe return TO the former eCndi-
tons; and il was upon the former con-
ditions, not the present, that our eco.
nomic relations with Europe were built
up. We must face the fact that unless
we help Europe to get back to her nor
NAL life and production, enaos will
ensue there which VIII inevitably be
communicated to this county. For the
present, ii is manifest, VIC mast quick.
en-, not slacken our own production and
we, almost alone, now hold the world
steady. Upon our steadfastncss ant.
self possession depend the affairs of ma
tions everywhere. II is in this supreme
erisis-this criis for all manknd--that
America NUT prove her mcttlc. In the
presence Of world confused distrc4
ed, she must show herself self possessed,
self-containod, capable of sober and eff.
fectivc action. She saved Europe by
her actions 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 war.
And, if only in our own interest we
must help the people overseas. Europe
is our biggest customer. We must keen
her going ofsthodsahds Of our shops and
scores of our mines must close. There
is no such thing as letting her 20 to
ruin without ourselves sharing in the
disaster.
In such circumstances, face to face
with such tests, passion must be dis.
earded. Passion and disregard for
the right Of others have no place in the
eounsels of FIRE people. We need
light, not heat, in these solemn times of
self examination and saving action.
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 lust dc.
stroyed the arbitrary force Of mill
tary iunta. II will live under no other
All that is arbitrary and coerolve is in
the discard Those who seek to emplov
It only prepare their own destruction.
We cannot hastily and overnight rev.
olutiohize all the processes of our eco.
nomic life. We shall not attempt 10 do
so. These are days of deep extremes
and Of cxirGyagant speech But with
us these are things Of the surface. Ev-
cry one who is in real touch with the ST.
lence masses of our great people knows
that the old strong fibre and steady
self control are still there, firm against
violence or with any diatemper action
that would overthrow affairs into con.
fusion. ] am serely confident that lhey
they viii readily find themselves. ne
matter what the circumstances and that
they will address themselves to the
tasks of peace with the same devotion
and the same stalwart preference for
what right they displayed to the admir-.
alton of the whole world in the midst
Of war.
And ! entertain another confident
hope. ] have spoken today chiefly Of
measures Of imperative regulation and
legal eompulsion, Of prosecutions and
the sharp correction Of selfish process.
es; aud these no doubt, are necessary.
But there arc other forces that we NAV
count on besides those resident in the
department Of justice. We have lust
fully awakened to what has been going
on and to the influences, many Of them
very selfish ard sinister. that have been
producing higher prices and imposing
al intolGrable burden Oh the mass Of
our people. To have brought Il all into
the open will accomplish the greater
part Of the result we seek. / appeal
with entire confidence to our producers,
our middlemen and our merchants to
deal fairly with the people. Il is their
opportunity to show that they compre-
hend that they intend to act justly and
that they have the public interest sin
cercly at heart And / have no doubt
that housekeepers all over the country
and every one who buys the things he
daily stands in ned Of win presently
exercise a greater vigilance, a more
thoughtful economic, more disCnmi.
mating care asto the market IN which he
bays, or the merchants with Rhom he
trades than he has hitherto exercised
! believe that the moro extreme lead
ers Of organized labor vii presently
yield to a sober second tlought and
like the great mas Of their associates,
think and aet like true Americans.
They viii see that strikes Undertaken
at this critical time a-e certain 70
make matters worse, not better-worse