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


participation will give added strength
OF citizenship and magnify our
| achievement.
II revolution insists upon overturn-
ing established order, let ether 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 sa-
credly protected. Our revisions, ref
ormations and evolutions reflect q
deliberate judgment and an orderly
progress, and we mean to cure our
Ills, but never destroy or permit de-
struction by force.
I had rather submit our industrial
controversies to the conference table
In advance than to q settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The
earth Is thirsting for the cup of good
Will. Understanding is its fountain
source. 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-
portunity, and hold our Industrial emil
nence in such unequal competition.
There is Turing fallacy In the theory
of banished barriers Of trade, but pre-
served American standards require
our 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-
pansion, we must adjust our tariffs
| to the new order. We seek partici-
patton in the worlds exchanges, be-
cause therein lies our way to widened
influence and the triumphs Of peace.
We know full well we cannot sell
where we do not buy, and we cannot
sell successfully where we do not
carry. Opportunity is calling not
alone for the restoration, but for a
new era in production, transportation
and trade. We shall answer it best
by meeting the demand Of surpass-
Ing home market, by promoting self
reliance In production and by bidding
enterprise, genius and efficiency to
~ in H.
toms to the marts of the world.
An America of Homes.
| We should not have an America
living within and for herself alone,
but we would have her self-reliant, in
dependent and ever nobler, stronger
and richer Believing in our higher
standards. reared through constitutions
al liberty and maintained opportunity,
we invite the world to the same
heights. But pride in things wrought
is no reflex OF completed task. Com
mon welfare is the goal of our national
endeavor. Wealth is not inimical to
| welfare. 1t ought to be its friendliest
agency. There never can be equality
OF rewards or possessions so long az
the human plan contains varied talents
and differing degrees Of industry and
thrift but ours ought to be country
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to find way to
guard against the perils and penalties
of unemployment. We want an Amer
lea of homes, illumined with hope and
happiness, where mothers, freed from
the necessity for long hours of toll be-
You'd their own doors, may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone Of American
citizenship. We want the cradle of
American childhood rocked under con-
ditions so wholesome and so hopeful
that no blight may touch it in its de-
velopment, and we want to provide
that no selfish interest, no material
necessity, no lack of opportunity shall
prevent the gaining Of that education
so essential to best citizenship.
There is no short cut to the making
Of these ideals into glad realities. The
world has witnessed, again and again,
the futility and the mischief of i'll
considered remedies for social and
economic disorders. But we are mind
full today as never before Of the fric-
ton of modern industrialism, and we
must learn its causes and reduce its
evil consequences by sober and tested
methods. Where genius has made for.
great possibilities, justice and happi-
ness must be reflected in a greater
common welfare.
Service the Supreme Commitment.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. I would rejoice to acclaim the
era of the Golden Rule and crown it
with the autocracy of service. I
pledge an administration wherein all
the agencies of government are called
to serve, and ever promote an under
standing Of government purely as an
expression of the popular will.
One cannot stand in this presence
and be unmindful Of the tremendous
responsibility. The world upheaval
has added heavily to our tasks, but
with the realization comes the surge
of high resolve, and there is reassur-
ance in belief in the God-given desti-