New-York tribune., 1920-09-12

! the will TO create and produce, whether
that will is the will Of the big corpora
! tion, the small corporation or of the
individual.
eve must uproot from our national
government the yearning to undertake
enterprises and experiments which
we're never intended as the work of
our government, and which have proved
Ineffective to point which sickens US
all, and that our government is incapa-
BILE Of performing without wreckage or
chaos. Of necessity, the machinery of
government expands as we grow in
numbers as a people, but before the
control of business it's sponsors ought
first demonstrate capacity to con-
duct the business of the government
When government itself has budget
of more than three billions q year, in
times of peace, it has a business of its
own to look after-and it needs look
ing after-without seeking new fields
to conquer until it has proven capacity
for the tasks it must perform.
I'VE must. instead of such expert
ments, establish a closer understand
ing between American government and
American business, so that one may
and seek cooperation.
1--WE must give government coopera-
tlon to business, we must protect Amer
ican business at home, and we must
aid and protect it abroad by the up
building Of our merchant marine and
restoration of our self-respecting
measure of American protection to her
citizens wherever they may 60 upon
righteous errands.
eve must build our economic life
into new strength. and we must do it
so that our prosperity shall not be the
! prosperity Of profiteers nor of special
privilege.
1--WE must do it so that abroad we
are known not AS q nation strutting
under plumage of fine words, but as
one that knits friendly and peaceful
relations by the shuttle of honorable
deeds.
1--WE must do it so that at home our
economic life yields opportunity to
every man not to have that which he
has. not earned, whether he be the
capitalist or the most humble laborer,
but to have share in prosperity based
upon his own merit, capacity and worth
under the eternal spirit of America
| First
| american business has suffered
from staggering blows because of too
| much ineffective me6dlng by govern
ment, and it is equally true that good
government has almost been allowed
to die on our hands because it has
net utilized the first sound principles
OF American business.
Government Machinery Degenerate
''The government of the United
states, OF this nation of ours, which
should be an example of Americon good
sense and sound organization, has been
! allowed to degenerate into an made
quate piece Of administrative machin-
cry. While we have heard preaching
to all the nations of the earth, which,
: to put 1T mildly, has been adequate in
deed. the back Of our leadership has
been turned on the bad example we
have set before the world in the con-
duct Of our own affairs. | refer unly to
the deplorable impairment which has
been given our time tested democratic
| institutions by lobbing our representa-
tive government Of it's place in our Re-
public in order to fatten administrative
authority and replace the will of the
people by the will of the willful. I re-
Ter not only to the conspiracy of per
feet accord by which it is nopcd to
perpetuate these powe,s. ! am referring
now to the fact that not only has the
| government been twisted out of -hape,
been dictatorial and meddling. and has
been extending it's activity to cxpe1i
meAts beyond it's powers, but also to
the fact that it has blundcred in every.
| direction.
People Pay for Waste
1T has engaged in prodigal waste.
, The American people pay It has kept
it's ovcrstuffed bureaus and depart-
ments, many of which are doing over
larplng work, in prime condition of
reckless lnefiiciency. The American
people pay. 1t has record in the ap-
polnt@cnt of campaign contributor dip.
, lonats who have been without previous
experience in foreign affairs. The
Americal' people pay. 1t has engaged
IN all k:rds Of costly bungling expert
ments nt government manage mont and
ownership of enterprises which other
management could 60 better. The
American people pay. 1t has allowed
worthy Federal employees, particularly
th"se who are skilled, such as chemists
and agricultural experts. to go so
! BADLY rhlo by the government that they
have left the service. The American
f! people Rave to bear the cost. 1t has
pcured forth our national treasure ;r.o
tar ynwning emptiness of unprepared-
ness, for war and unpreparedness for
peace. 1t has spent our money ard
failed to do business, while the prodi-
gal f'ow went on. The American pc ,plc
have paid, and are paying. With re-
| turn to sanity we now have another
t"sk before US in making the admins
tlative part of our government one in
which people, proud OF their abilities
IN business, can take pride
/ we must not let our administra-
f'.'' "ov"?"rrnt ack rnder the load
of its new burdens or those that our
future may place upon it. 1t has been
cracking badly, sometimes neglected
during absence, and sometime exploited
at home by those who, now in perfect
accord desire to pcrpetuate their
| power. To repair it is the busines, of
every American~-not only because of
pride, but also because he or she pays
for 1t and is entitled to good govern
ment without waste.
Declares for New System
we have declared for a system of
planning our expenditures so that over