Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-19

face them with good courage. And
we will win. We may siow up a bit
how and then; we may have to bend
our backs to new burdens. Surely
we are going to be called upon ma
iionally. collectively and individually
to renounce extravasanoes and learn
the old and the new lessons OF thrift
and of. providence. 1t will add to
our power and emphasixe our stabii-
ity if we become q simple living ma
ton once more. 1t will add to the
sum total of our happiness.
The bag thing for all America to
realize now and always is the dignity
of productive labor. No matter how
humble. the producers are the max.
ers of the essentials of civilization
and we must, each and all of US. ac-
cept and discharge our duty Of pro-
ducing for the world or Of minister
ing to the needs of comfort or pro-
gress OF mankind.
There are certain fundamentals
which are everlasting. Neither our
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be worked out through any patent
nostrum. through any miracle OF
craftsmanship. through any govern
ment panaceA. Government il but the
agency to administer the collective,
organized public service. Sanity,
clear thinking. common sense. hon.
esty. cooperation in Official circles,
in executice and legislative depart
ments. will help nightly and bring
US closer together and will promote
our understanding. but government
alone will not effect themselves. 1t
rs for them. under governmental
leadership to meet the great test.
Ours are millions Of broad acres
eager 10 respond to mans cultsvating
touch. We have an empire, and mil
lions more are awaiting Reclamation.
We have not half revealed our mines
nor measured our water power. We
are unmatched in genius and unex-
ceilel in Industry. We are prosfes-
size in education. We are free in re-
lisson and means 10 stay free: and
mean ever TO be free in press espe-
cially. We have more than the begin
ming OF an adequate transport sys-
tenn We are awakened to the poesi-
bilities of inland waterways and tar
diiy alert to the imperative need Of a
merchant marine to widen commerce.
world influence and national safety.
We have been talking about the new
South for q score Of years and more.
1t is new in spirit new in develop
ment I would like to see il new in
realisation. l would like 10 acclaim
q southland with added coed fortune
and greater self-reliance through d.
versiiied agriculture, and would like
to see q southland afame with indus
try. with tran sportatica. ever a grow
ing problem. THE land Of raw ma,
tefials ought to manufacture and To-
cate its factories by mine and farm
and orchard. There would be no jeal-
ousy in the North because your great
er glory will be glorious victory.
Here we are today at one OF the
great gateways of Latin.America
Somehow ! feel that the Western
Hemisphere is cur special field of in
iiueneeand trade Commerce marks
the highways of friendship as well as
rivalry. Our trade routes by sea to
the south ought to be as dependable
as our railway routes At home and
there ought to be sufficient and reas-
surfing comfy and concord among
AmeriCans-So9th. Central and North.
Bind cur friendship with the ties of
trade and we shall make IT indissol-
uble.
We have ships row. we have the
commercial foundations. our future
lies in policies and practices. We
but We need the expanding trade pol
icy. its efffcient agents in statesmen
and credits and the simple. practical
understanding that commerce is the
life blood or material existence. Our
great assurance at home lies in
virile, intelligent resolute people in
land ravaged by war, at enmity with
no people. envying none. covetfng
nothing. seeking no territory. striving
for no glories which do not become a
righteous nation This republic can
rot, will not fail. if each of US does
his part.
IF we. but work and use thrifty
and seek that understanding which
mutually of interest no diff
ficuities can long abide. Such a solu-
ton cannot come out of the greedy
thoughts Of the profiteer or the revo-
lutionary agitation OF those who
would destroy These are but sur
face disturbances We choose the
deep and ever onward currents of
normal America for the course of
the republic.
There has been a wild contempla-
ton OF earnings, whether in wages
or in dividends or in terms of dol
lars rather than in terms of parchas-
ing power. We must he more con-
cerned with the substance of reward
for activity than in this coin meas
urement. And our concern must be
in dependable prosperity which is
rightously shared. The tide OF good
fortune will ever Hood and ebb, which
is Gods way OF teaching us the
changing tides. And greed must not
expect to ride exclusively at the
flood and expect contentment to re-
cede alone.
mo law can alter nature or change
her varying moods. We haven't vet
learned to combat destructive wealth
er. and the Law Of supply and demand
is eternal. Bat we may soften their
rigorr and minimize their penalties.
We want fortune . common posses
sion in America. We want the cot
ton grower q the South to have hi.
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