The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-09
GREED IN j. s.
DENOUNCED IN
N. E. FINDINGS
Country Has Suffered Terrific
Slump From Spirit Which
Ennobled it In Great Efforts
of War.
DENOUNCE RADICALISM

"A oIIouS appear " oil american
citizens to remedy the problems which
are uppermost in the minds of every
citizen at the present time were set
forth in the most important report of
the North Indiana conference, made
Friday morning by DR.. George r.
Grose, president of DePauw univers-
ity and chairman of the committee on
the state of the country. The report
was unanimously approved by the gen.
eral conference. DIR. Grose said:
To all patriotic American citizens,
the state of the country after a year
and half of nominal peace Is a mat
ter of grave concern
I'm spite of seeming prosperity
there is widespread discomfort man.
ifesting itself in industrial strife, in
appeal to the forces of disorder, In
disregard Of the honorable traditions
sof the nation. and in open defiance ot
the institutions Of society. At no time
since that fateful August dar
has the situation in our country been
more periless than at the present
hour.
ldeaIism Is Lost
The splendid idealism which sent
the youth of the nation into the world
war is being obscured, If not lost, in
the tragic failure of peaceful CAV
eminent to realize the worthy aims
of the war.
THE revival of commercial greed.
the clamor of partisan interests, the
selfish struggle of class against class,
the furious competition and con-
scienceless profiteering in trade, the
senseless extravaganza and the mad
rush for exciting pleasures, call for
unsparing denunciation,
I'VE deplore the failure of the nat
1onal government to meet our respon-
sibility as a nation in completing a
just and honorable peace pact which
would at the same time safeguard
every national right and interest and
help to restore order and rebuild the
wasted nations of Europe.
I'VE rejoice in the progress Of the
universal franchise movement which
| promises soon to grant to the women
of the nation their ipalienable rights
as citizens. s-@
Rejoice In "Dry" Wave
I'VE rejoice in the nationwide abo-
lition of the liquor traffic, thus liber-
ating the nation from a bondage ten
fold more accursed in it's destructive
ness than human slavery ever was.
AT the same time, we call upo2
all who have reverence for law and
| order and who would make perma-
nent the victories of righteousness al
ready won, to be earnestly vigilant
| in enforcing the law, in upholding
the courts of justice and in creating
! and maintaining a sound, enlightened
public sentiment. which alone will
keep the nation clean and sober.
THE fight now being waged by the
vets OF the country to defeat the
enforcement of federal laws, to COR
rupt public officers, and to debauch
the nation, is more determined and
vicious than at any previous times in
the history of the temperance re-
| form.
| Lessons Of War Lost.
| I'VE deplore the fact that the lesson
of the war concerning the need of CO.
operation of capital and labor seems to
be lost. Already workmen and their
employers are forgetting that their
united effort in mutual trust, which
mobilized the nations strength in
war, is now necessary for the greater
tasks of the world, in durable peace
'We denounce as immoral, un-
christian and dangerous the extreme
radicals or extreme conservatism in
either capital or labor, which refuse to
recognize the inalienable rights of
free speech. holding property, living
wage, decent condition of physical life
and reasonable and equal opportunity
for education and the pursuit of happi-
ness for all alike.
I'VE call upon all good men and wo-
men to meet the excitement and peril
of the times with a sober sense of
personal responsibility in promoting
honest industry. practising frugality.
penalizing profiteering, and fostering
justice and goodwill everywhere
1--WE call upon all patriots to resist
the 1nsidious invasion of Bolshevism
and anarchy in the nation, by educat-
ing the youth of the country in Ameri-
can ideals and traditions. in firm and
} vigorous enforcement of the law
against violence and disloyalty to the
flag, and in building the business and
politics of the land on the foundation
of good morals, sound learning and
true religion"
Delegates to the general conference,
which meets in May, have been elected
from the North Indiana conference as
follows: Raymond ]. Wade of Elkhart
Ind, Fred B. Disher of New York City,
w. w. Martin of Fort Wayne, George
r. Grose of Greencastle. F. A. Hall of
Kokomo, w. B. Freeland of Wa
bash, and A. G. Neal of Fort Wayne
The reserve delegates are William T
|, Arnold of Kokomo, w. w. Want of
Newcastle, and Thomas NJ. Guild OF
Huntington.