Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-08-09

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II we raise the standard of education,
of physical fitness, Of moral sense, the
generations to come will have no diff
Guilty in coping with the problems of
material economics.
First of all the methods Of the legis
lative branch of the national govern
mcnt. especially in the upper house re-
auircS drastic changes 1t is safe to
say that the procedure of the congress
has progressed less with the times than
any other business body in the c0un-
try. Yet it is upon the congress that
every executive department must wait
Appeals to the house and senate in the
last session fell on apparently deaf
ears
I In the administrative branch also
great changes must take place. The
functions of the departments should be
rcdistribu1ed along cOmmOnSelse lines
/ and methods provided to standardze
and prevent duplication OF effort. Fur
ther, it is high time that government
employment he placed upon proper
level. Under the safeguard of civil
service the salaries must approximate
those paid in private employ. Today
we are faced with the fact that the
ma iority of the most efficient govern
ment employees leave the service when
they are becoming most valuable. The
less useful remain. Many millions of
dollars could be saved to the tax pay
ers by Reconsideration of the service.
by the payment Of adequate cotnpefl-
sation and by the rigid elimination of
those who fail to measure. up to Il high
standard. All of this also has been
called to the attention OF the present
congress without result, and congress
only can authorize the remedy.
1t is Il particular pleasure to know
that il we are sustained by the people
| in the election, the country will have
| rs its chief executive Il man who has
already amply established his rcputa-
ton as Il successful administrator by
the reorganization of the business
methods of Il great state. He is an
pngineer-StatcSman. The task before
The national government can also be
assisted by Il sympathetic cooperation
between the executive and the lrgiSla-
five branches. and in this work par
iiSanship must not enter.
Americas Opportunity.
Americas opportunity is at hand. We
can lead the world by Il great example;
we can prove this nation living.
growing thing. with policies that are
adequate to new conditions. In
thousand ways this is orr hour OF test.
The Democratic program offers
larger life for our country. richer
destiny for our people. 1t is plan
of hope In these chiefly let it be our
aim to build up. not to tear down. Our
opposition is to the things which once
existed, in order that they may never
return. We oppose money in politics,
we oppose the private control ot Ma.
tional finances, we oppose the treat
ing of human beings as commodities
we oppose the saloonbossed city, we
pppose starvation wages, we oppose
rule by groups or cliques. In the
E<ame way we oppose Il mere period or
coma i'm our national life.
The coming years are laden with
significance. and much will depend on
the immediate. decision OF America.
This is the time when men anu women
must determine for themselves wherein
our future lies. l look to II Tor pro
grcss. In the establishment OF sood
will and mutual help among nations.
in tho ending of wars and the miscrieS
that wars bring. in the extension Oh
honorable commerce, in the interla
tional settlement which will make II
unnecessary to send again two million
# our men across the sea. l look 10
orr future for progress in better cil-
izcuship. in less waste, i'll falrrr re-
enumeration for our labor. in more ell
ficent governing. in higher standards
Of living.
To this future dedicate myself
willing. whatever may be the choice OF
The people. to continue to heip as p'S'
as | am able. 1t is the faith whieh
is in me that makes me very certain
thut America will choose the pain Oh
proyress and set aside the doctrines
If despair, the whiSperings of coward
ice the narrow road to yesterday. Ma!
The guiding spirit Of our land keep our
feet on the broad road that leads 10 Il
better tomorrow and give to MS strength
to carry on.
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