The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-19
PLAIN LIVING
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sure TO be rcverscs. There will be cn"-
| America will face them with good c"ui :
| age And we will WIN. We may blow
! up bit now and then: we may have 10
! bend our backs To new burdens. Surrey
we are going to be called upon natlOn-
sally. collectively and individually t. re-
nOunCc extravaganza and learn the old
and the new lessons of thrift ana ~
providence. 1t viii add to our power
and emphasize our StnDilily If We he
| come 4 simple LIVING nation once molv.
1t Will add to the sum total OF our hap
Praises Nations workers.
THE big thing fer all America 70
realize now and always is the dignity
humble. the producers are they are
makers of the essentials of Ciyilizarsrn,
and We must each and all OF US accept
, and discharge cur duty of producing
for the world or Of n!uIStcriug to the
needs Of comfort or Progress Of man
kind.
There are certain fundamentals
which are everlasting. Neither our own
nor the worlds salvation Is TO be worn
Ell out through any patent nostrom,
through any miracle OF craftsmanship,
through any government panacci. Gov
eminent Is but the agency To .dminiSter
the collective, organized public sc-..cc
SANITY, Cicar-thinkInS, common sense
honesty cooperation in official circles,
III executive and Legislative DEPARTMENTS
Will help nightly and bring us closer
together and Will promote our under
standing, but government alone Will II, ,
effect the whole solution. The greater
task Is that OF the American pcup,r
themselves. 1t is for them, under gov
ernmcntal leadership, TO meet the great
test.
Ours Ire millions Of broad acres eager
10 respond TO mans cultirating touch
We have an cmpir" and millions more
are awaiting reclamation. We have nor
half revealed our mines nor measured
our water power. We are unmatched in
genius and unrXccllcd in industry. We
are prOErc SsiNe in education. We are
free In religion and mean to stay free.
We have more than the beginning of an
adequate transport system We are
awakened TO the possibilities of inland
waterways and Iarlily alert To the i'm
perutiVe need Of 4 merchant marine to
widen commerce, world influence and ma
tiunal safety.
A New South In Realization
! I'VE have been talking about the new
south for 4 score OF years and more. IL
is new in spirit new IN development. l
would lik" to s"c II new in realization.
I would like To acclaim 4 southland with
, added good fortune and greater Sclf-rc-
lance through diversified agriculture.
and I would like To see n southland
afiamc with industry. with tranSpOrta-
, ti0n ever IL growing problem. This land
of raw materials ought 10 manufacture
and locate its factories by min" and or
chard. There will be no jealousy in the
north bcCauS" your greater glory will
be gloriuS victory.
Here we arc nj one Of the great gate
ways Of Latin America. Somehow | feel
that the western hemisphere is our Spc-
cial field of influence and trade. Com
mcrCc marks the highways of friend
III IN rivalry tr.,, In
routes by sea to tho south ought to be
as dependable aS our railway routes AT
home and there ought 10 be sufficient
and reaSSurinE comfy and concord
among AmcriranS-South. Central and
North. Bind our friendship with the
ties of trade and We shall make II indis-
soluble"
1--WE have ships now, We have the
commercial foundations. our future lies
in policies and practices. We must buy
as well rs sell to he sure. but We nccu
the expanding trade policy, its cfIiCirn,
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 n virilc, intelligent. resell
ute people in land, unravishea by
war at cnmity with no people, cnNyinS
none. corcting nothing. seeking no ter
ritory, striving for no ElorleS which 40
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republic cannot. will not fail. If eacn
of us does his part If We hut work
and use thriftily and seek that under
standing which reveals mutually of IN
tcrcst no difficulties can long a3ine.
Such n solution cannot come out of the
greedy thoughts Of the profiteer or tho
revolutionary agitation OF those who
would destroy. These are but sursaCc
disturbances. We choose the deep ana
ever onward currents of normal Amer
f,r hn nf
Dependable prosperity IE Necessary.
There has been wild contemplation
Of earnings. whether IN wages or dlNi-
dcnls in terms of dollars rather IVAN
be more concerned with the substance
of reward for activity than in this coin
measurement. And our concern must &c
in q dependable prosperity which IL
fortune will ever flood and cbb, which
is Gods way OF teaching US the ccanE-
ing tides. And greed must not expect
to ride exclusive AT The Hood and eX-
A Free and Confident America.
NO law can altar nature "r C:tanEe
her varying moods. We haven't yet
learned to combat destructive weather
and the law of supply and demand Is
eternal But We may soften rigors nnu
minimize the penalties. We want for
tune common possession IN Amerlcu
We want the cotton grower of the
south To have his becoming reward with
the wool grower and the wheat rarmI1
of the north We want southern fac
tories to be tuned to the music OF the
mills of the north. We want your ror,s
TO send their Cargoes under the Amer
lean flag 10 bear the messages OF peace
and good will to all the parts of the
earth There is no SCCtiunalis1n in
righteous American ambitions. II 10
this wonderful and incomparahl" United
states Of America which sets hcart-
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patriotic lovn---ihr America OF the con-
stitutiom. free and confldcnt Of the
morrow