Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-03-10

called under the flag, for assignment
TO duty, for whatever service, military
or civic, the individual is best fitted;
where we may call to universal serv-
Ice every plant, agency or facility; all
IN the sublime Sacrifice for country,
ana not one penny of war profit shall
inure to the benefit of private indi-
vidual, corporation or combination, but
all above the normal shall flow into
the defense chest of the nation. There
Is something Inherently wrong, some
thing out Of accord with the ideals Of
representative democracy, when one
portion Of our citizenship turns its
activities to private gain amid defen-
sive war while another Is fighting, sa-
crificing or dying for national preser-
walton.
Unity Of Spirit and Purpose.
| Out of such universal service will
come new unity of spirit and pur-
pose, new confidence and consecra-
ton, which would make our defense
impregnable, our triumph assured. Then
we should have little or no disorgani-
commercial systems at home, no stag
gering war debts, no swollen fortunes
to fiout the sacrifices of our soldiers,
no excuse for sedition, no pitiable
slackerism, no outrage Of treason.
Envy and jealousy would have no soil
for their menacing development, and
revolution would be without the pas
sion which engenders it.
A regret for the mistakes of yester-
day must not, however, blind us to
the tasks Of today. War never left
such an aftermath. There has been
staggering loss Of life, and measure
less wasteage Of materials. Nations
are still cropping for return to stable
ways. Discouragng Indebtedness con-
fronts us like all the war-torn ma
| lions, and these obligations must be
| provided for. No civilization can sur
| vlve reputation. We can reduce the
abnormal expenditures, and we will.
We can strike at war taxation, and
we must. We must face the grim ne
cessity, with full knowledge that the
task is to be solved, and we must pro-
coed with a full eralization that no
statute enacted by man can repeal the
| inexorable laws Of nature. Our most
dangerous tendency is to expect too
much Of government, and at the same
time do for it too little We con-
| template the immediate task Of put
ting our public household in order.
We need rigid and yet sane economy,
combined with fiscal justice, and 1T
must be attended by individual pru-
dence and thrift, which are so essen
tial to this trying hour, and reassur-
ing for the future
Reflection Of Wars Reaction.
The business world reflects the dis
| turbance Of wars reaction. Herein
flows the life blood Of material ex-
istence. The economic mechanism is
intricate and its parts interdependent,
and 1t has suffered the shocks and
| jars incident to abnormal demands,
credit mutations and price upheavals.
| The normal balances have been i'm
paired, the channels of distribution
have been clogged, the relations of la
Dor and management have been
strained. We must seek the readjust-
ment with care and courage Our peo-
pie must give and take. Prices must
reflect the receding fever of war ac-
ttvities. Perhaps we never shall know
the old levels Of wage again, because
war invariably readjusts compensa-
lions and the necessaries Of life will
show their inseparable relationship,
but we must strive for normally to
reach stability. All the penalties will
moi be light, nor evenly distributed
There is no way Of making them so.
There is no instant step from disor-
der to order. We must face q condi-
ton of grim reality, charge off 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 our own people are turn
ing to resume their normal, onward
way. The call is for productive Amer
lea to go on. I know that congress
and the administration will favor
every wise government policy to aid
the resumption and encourage contin-
ned progress. I speak for admins
trative efficiency, for Tightening tax
burdens, for sound commercial prac-
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 an end to gov
ernment's experiment in business, and
for more efficient business in govern
ment administration. With all of this
must attend mindfulness of the hu-
man side of all activities, so that so
cial, industrial and economic justice
will be squared with the purposes Of
a righteous people.
With the nationwide induction Of
womanhood into our political life we
may count upon her intuitions, her re-
finements, her intelligence and her in
fluence to exalt the social order. We