New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

preserves fair competition and acts e9-
9eef1ve}y to check pTofatBestng and dis
courage wasteful methods OF market
ing and distribution. But I like to
think Of government friendly to
American business and unwilling to in
duige itself in mere irritating sus-
picaon and interference. look for
ward to a government which will have
the sense. to keep out Of activitias
initiative can do better. 4 look for
ward TO o government which will gain
more information and have more in
nuence in American business because
It is the friend Of American business.
LOOK forward to q government which
VIII invite American business to give
1t confidence and its condolences. / do
not want to see American government
engaging in American. business, but
40 want to see American government
friend and partner Of American
business. want to see the govern
ment partner Of American business
in the development of overseas trade
and In the full protection Of Americans
abroad. 1 want to see the government
the partner Of American business, and
OF the American business man, and Of
sne American laborer, in the protection
oy >tarlT, whenever the need occurs, Of
American business and American
standards Of living at home.
| -, ~ look forward to another phase of
this partnership. want to see Ameri-
| can business, it's methods and its ef-
nciency in American government.
look forward to such 8 cessation Of
waste and extravaganza in Washing
ton as will allow us to cut down taxa
tion, as, for instance, the excess profits
tax, without requiring any other tax
demand on the people Of this country.
look forward to q working budget
system to disclose the leaks and in
efficiency. We need organization Of de-
partments to stop overlapping Of func-
tions and the expenditure Of useless
energies and funds. I have often said,
and I say again, that we owe it to the
people Of the United States to put our
postal department back upon bust
business service.
Faithful Service To BE Rewarded
1--WE must learn to pay enough to
keep in the service Of the government
useful, faithful and loyal employees,
and to promote them upon their merits,
just as we must take off the pay roll of
the government useless employees who
are needed in productivity occupations.
1t is this expression, my country
men. addressed to all Americans, which
go-you who are the pioneers Of
Americas high standard of living, and
should ceaselessly make possible the
distribution Of the fruits Of science, of
genius and Of the sweat and toll of
labor.
II desire with all my heart that YOU
shall tell the American people that l,
as all true Americans, believe as firmly
in the idealism Of doing we'll the tasks
which are set before US as disbelieve
in idealism whose only results are dis
ment. All who love America the best
will believe in the idealism which is
mot too proud to work.
I'VE Americans turn our faces to-
ward an idealism which conceives that
the rights of citizenship are founded
only upon the obligations of citizen
ship; that the rights to enjoy are
founded only upon the obligations to
produce. We believe in an idealism
based upon such sense that it does not
treat the nations business with sus-
idealism which sees in Americas bust
ness the everyday tasks of the Ameri-
can people, which sees in it the labor
of nation, which sees in it the hope
Of high standards of living, which sees
in it the preservation of equal oppor-
tunity for every man, woman and child,
which sees American business to be
the great fabric Of our activity, woven
by threads Of every human beings
effort. This fabric cannot be treated
with contempt; it is one of the great
est offerings that a united people can
make to Cod" -