Evening star., 1920-11-18

new south for . score Of Years and
more. It is new in spirit, new in de-
velopment. would like to see 1t new
in realisation. I would like to &C,
claim southland with added good
fortune and greater self-reliance
through diversified agriculture. and I
would like to see southland aname
with industry, with transportation ever
a growing problem. This land of raw
materials ought to manufacture ana
and orchard. There will be no JEALOUSY
in the north. because your greater
glory will be glorious victory.
Here we are today at one or the
great gateways of Latin America.
Somehow l feel that the western hem
isphere is our special field of infiu-
ence and trade. Commerce marks tne
highways Of friendship as well as RI
valry. Our trade routes by sea 10 the
south ought to be as dependaoie as
our railway routes at home, ana tnere
ought to be sufficient and reassuring
comfy and concord among Americans
South. Central and North. BIND our
friendship with the ties of trade and we
shall make it indissoluble.
sees Future In Policies.
We have ships now. we have the
commercial foundations. our future
lies in policies and practices. We
but we need the expanding trade pol
icy, it's efficient agents in statesmen
and credits and the simple, practical
understanding that commerce IS the
life blood of material existence. our
great assurance at home lies in Vir-
lie. intelligent, resolute people in a
land unravaged by war, at enmity
with no people. envying none. coVet-
ing nothing. seeking no territory.
striving for no glories which do not
become a righteous nation. This re-
public cannot, will not. fail. II each
Of US does his part. If we but work
and US, thriftily and seek that un-
derstanding which reveals mutuahty
Of interest no difficulties can long
abide Such a solution cannot come
out Of the greedy thoughts OF the
profiteer or the revolutionary asita-
ton OF those who would destroy.
These are but surface disturbances.
We choose the deep and ever onward
currents of normal America Tor the
course of the republic.
There has been a wild contempla-
tion of earnings. whether in wages
or dividends. in terms of dollars
rather than in terms of purchasing
power We must be more concerned
with the substance of reward for ac-
tivity than in this coin measurement
And our concern must be in de-
pendable prosperity which is right
eously shared. The tide of good for
tune will ever food and ebb. which is
Gods way Of teaching us the chang
ing tides And greed must not ex-
pect to ride exclusive at the mood
and expect contentment to recede
alone.
No Law Can Alter Nature.
mo law can alter nature or change
her varying moods. We haven't yet
learned to combat destructive wealth
er. and the law Of supply and demand
Is eternal. But we may soften their
rigors and minimize their penalties.
We want fortune a common posses
sion in America We want the cot
ton grower of the south to have his
becoming reward with the wool
grower and the wheat farmer Of the
north We want southern factories
to be tuned to the music Of the mills
OF the north. We want your ports
to sepd their cargoes under the
American flag to bear the messages
of peace and good will to all the
marts Of the earth. There Is section
tionalism in righteous American ambi-
tons 1t Is this wonderful and in
which sets our hearts aglow with be-
coming aspirations and patriotic love
the America of the Constitution.
free and confident Of the morrow"
URGED TO AID RIVER.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, November IS
President elect Harding was urged to