The Monte Vista journal., 1920-07-31

"'P""'f'Hh HH.l'Fr tuN pass its
".''nfn'i"n f"r q Republican .S.cu.
i've 10 sign
" !, better tu be ihr free aud ai.in.
'"trstrd ssvnt "f International jus,ie.
ana advancing civilization with the
covenant OF conscience. Than he shack.
ssa b' written compact which sur
f~hd~fs our freedom OF action and
gives To u military alilnnc. IN. right
!" Proclaim Americas duty 80 the
world, No surrender OF rlshf. tu
world council or II. military alliance.
no assumed mandatory however ap.
prnilne, ever shall summon the son.
OF this republic to war Their .upr-m.
sacf'flcv shall uuiy b- asked for Amer.
len aud lis cnll of honor There 4. q
sshctity IN that right W. will not del.
cxNt-.
Disposed ~ We ARE. the way IL very
simple, Let the failure attending a.
sumption. "hstinacy. impracticabiiity
and delas l.. t.,o.nlE-i aud let Us find
ihc bls, practical. uus.ifish WaS tn 4.
our part. neither yu,-tou. h,,1,u.r OF
ambition nor h-silnnt through fear, hut
ready io serve ourselves humanity and
'"'l With u Senate advising ~. the
constitution contemplated. would
hopefully approach the nntiou- ~ iu
r"t" and "f III" earth. proposing that
understanding which makes u- a will
Ing participant In the conservation of
nations To new relationship tu COIN
nit the moral forces of IL. world,
Ainrrlcn Included, tu peace aud inter,
national Justice, Stiii leaving Nn,-ri,n
Tree. independent and self reliant, hut
offering friendship to all the world
" Il folly To- close our eye, To out.
standing facts Humanity II r-s,iy..
much "f the world j. IN revolution, the
agents "f dis"ord and destruction have
wrought their pg"jy IN pathetic Rus
sia. have lighted tucir torches among
other peoples. and hop. tu see America
rs part "f III" great rcd cnuflngru.
tion. Ours j. the temple uf liberty IN.
der the law. and I, Is ours 4" cull TIA.
sons " opportunity To- ". defense.
.\mericn iuu>t not only ,r,. herself,
hut ours must lee the appealing voice
To sober The world.
II must he understood that toll alone
make. for accomplishment aud al.
vanccmcnt, and righteous posscs>ion Is
the reward of toll and its incentive.
There is me- progress except In the
stimulus of conI.iliiun.
The chief trouble today is that the
World War wrought the destruction of
healthful competition. left our store
houses empty. and H. 20 i u minimum
production when our III, ID j. maximum.
Maximums. not miniIuun>. Is the cull
OF America. II isn't u new story, b-
cause wHr never falls Ia leave depict
ed storehouses and always inpairs the
efficiency uf production. War also IS.
tablishcs its higher standards Tor
wages. and they abide. wish the
higher wage 10 abide. on one explicit
con,lition--that the wage Garner will
give full return for the wages re-
ccived.
! want, somehow. To appeal to the
sons aud daughters Of the republic, TO
every producer. Ia iuin hand and brain
IN production. n"r, production, honest
production, patriot production. be-
cause patriotic pa, hl-tion Is no less
a defense of our best civilization than
that OF armed force. profirc.ring Is u
crime OF commission, under production
Is II crime of omission. We must work
our most and best. else the destructive
reaction will come.
w P''|
ent day is not chargeable wholly to the
unsettled and chaotic conditions caused
By the war The manifest weakness IN
popular government lies IN the tempia-
ton to appeal to grouped citizenship
for political advantage. II would be
the blindness Of folly to ignore To the
activities In our own country which
are aimed to destroy our economic sys-
....lt 4..l
tragedy which has destroyed all free
dom and made Russia impotent. This
movement is not to be halted In throt-
| tied liberties. We must not abridxe
the freedom Of speech, the freedom of
press, or the freedom OF assembly.
because there Is no promise in re-
preston. These liberties are as sacred
US the freedom of religious belief, ns
fnvioiublc as the rights Of life and the
pursuit of happiness. We hold 10 the
right to crush sedltion, to stifls men
ncing contempt for law, to stamp out
peril to the safety OF the republic or
It's people when emergency calls, be-
cause security and the majesty Of the
law are the first essentials OF liberty.
he who threntens destruction of the
government by force or flHunts his
contempt for lawful authority csaseS
10 be II loyal citizen and forfeits his
rights to the freedom OF the republic.
No party is indifferent to the vel
fare OF the wnge.eurner. 10 us his
good fortune is Of deepest concern
and we seek to make that good i"r-
tune permanent We do not oppose
but approve. collective bargaining. be-
cause that Is an outstanding right, but
we are unalterably insistent that iiS
exercise must not destroy the equal!
acred rlaht of tie Individual In MS