The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-10
ton OF grim reality. charge of our
losses and start afresh. It Is the old
est lesson Of civilization.

ton Of grim reality, charge OH our
losses and start afresh. 1t Is the old
est lesson Of civilization.
. From Destruction to Production.
The forward course Of the business
cycle Is ~unmistakable. Peoples are
: turning from destruction to produc-
ton. Industry has sensed the changed
order and u own people are turn
ing to resume their normal, onward
way. The call is for productive Amer
lea to go on. know that congress
and the administration will favor
every wise government policy to aid
the resumption and encourage cOntin-
ued progress. 4 speak for admins
trative efficiency, for tightening tax
tees. FOR adequate credit facilities, for
symapthetic concern for all agricul-
tural problems, for the omission OF
unnecessary interference of govern
ment with business, for az end to gov
ernment's experiment in business, and
for more efficient business in govern
ment administration. With all of this
must attend a mindfulness Of the hui
man side of all activities, so that so
cial. industrial and economic justice
q righteous people.
With the nationwide induction Of
w%omanhood into our political life we
may count upon her intuitions, her re-
inements, her intelligence and her in
tluence to exalt the social order. We
count upon her exercise Of the full
privileges and the performance Of the
duties Of citizenship to speed the at
tainment of the highest state.
Prayer for Industrial Peace.
l wish for an America no less alert
In guarding against dangers from with
In than it Is watchful against enemies
from without. Our fundamental law
recognizes no class, no group, no Sec
ton; there must be none in legisla-
ton or administration. The supreme
inspiration Is the common veal. HUI
mainly hungers for international
peace, and we crave it with all man
III VA DiOot "
America is for industrial peace, with
its rewards widely and generally dis
tributed, amid the inspirations Of
equal opportunity. No one justly may
deny the equality Of opportunity
which made us what we are. Due
concern for making all citizens fit for
participation will give added strength
Of citizenship and magnify u
achievement.
ing established order, let other peO-
pies make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for it in America.
When World war threatened ciViliza-
ton we pledged our resources and our
lives to its preservation, and when
revolution threatens we unfurl the
flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is a constitutional
freedom where the popular will Is the
law supreme and minOrities are Sd
credly protected. Our revisions, ref
OrmatiOns and evOlutiOns reflect a
deliberate judgment and an orderly
progress, and we mean to cure our
Ills. but never destroy or permit de-
structiOn by force.
l had rather submit our industrial
controversies to the conference table
In advance than to a settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The
earth Is thirsting for the cup OF good
will. Understanding is its fountain
source. l would like to acclaim an
era Of good feeling amid dependable
prosperity and all the blessings which
attend.
Protection of Industries.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot, while throwing our
markets open to the world, maintain
American standards Of living and op.
p%Ortunity, and hold our Industrial emf.
in such unequal competition
There Is a Turing fallacy In the theory
Of banished barriers Of trade, but pre-.
served American standards require
u higher production costs to be re
Elected in our tariffs on imports. To
day, as never before, when peoples
are seeking trade restoration and ex
p%ansiOn. we must adjust our tariffs