Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-11

Our supreme task is the resumption
of our onward, normal way. Recon
struction, readjustment, restoration
all these must follow. would like TO
hasten them. to tighten the spirit and
add TO the resolution with when We
take up. the task. Let me repeat r9 7
just cause to make war upon US, we
hold no national prejudices, we enter.
tain no spirit of revenge, we do not
hate, we do not covet, we dream OF no
If, despite this attitude, war is again
forced upon us, 1 earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our IN.
dividual and collective strength and
consecrate all America, materially and
spiritually, body and soul, to nauonal
defense. There is something inherent.
ly wrong, something out OF accord
with the ideals Of representative de-
mocracy, when one portion of our citi-
zenship turns it's activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another
is fighting, sacrificing or dying TOT
national preservation.
A regret for the mistakes OF yester-
day must not, however. blind us to the
tasks of today. War never ieIt sucn
an aftermath. Discouraging indebted
ness confronts us like all the war
torn nations. and these obligations
must be provided for. No civilization
can survive reputation. We can re-
we will. We can strike at war taxa
ton. and we must Our most dangerous
tendency is to expect too much of gov
eminent, and at the same time do for
sane economy, combined with, fiscal
Justice and it must be attended by
individual prudence and thrift, which
are so essential to this trying hour,
and reassuring for the future.
Task of Reimbursement.
The business world reflects the dis
turbance Of wars reaction. the eco
neme Is intricate na and
fered the shocks and jars incident TO
abnormal demands, credit mutations
and price upheavals. We must seek
the readjustment with care and cour-
old levels of wage again, because war
invariably readjusts compensations
and the necessaries of life will show
their inseparable relationship, but we
stability. All the penalties will not
be light, nor evenly distributed There
is no instant step from disorder to or
der. No altered system will work a
miracle.
Outlines Party's Program.
The call is for productive America
to go on. l speak for administrative
efficiency, for Tightening tax burdens,
for sound commercial practices. for
adequate credit facilities, for sympa-
thetic concern for all agricultural prob
lens, for the omission of unnecessary
interference of government with bust
ness, for an end to governments ex-
pertinent in business and for more
efficient business in government ad-
ministration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nationwide induction of worn
anhood into our political life we may
count upon her intuitions, her refine
ment, her intelligence and her influence
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 attainment of the highest
state.
Revolutionists Warned.
If revolution insists upon overturning
esta blished order, let other peoples make
threatened civilization we pledged our. re-
sources and our lives to its preservation,
and when revolution threatens We unfurl
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is constitutional
freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and minoriteS are Sacredly
protected. Our revisions, reformations
and evolutions reflect a deliberate judg-
ment and an orderly progress, and we
mean to cure our ills, but never destroy
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff Readjustment.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot, while throwing our mar
kets open to the world, maintain Amerl-
can standards of living and opportunity,
and hold our industrial eminence in such
unequal competition. Today, as never be-
fore, when peoples are seeking trade
restoration and expansion, we must ad-
just our tariffs to the new order We
changes, because therein lies our way to
widened influence and the triumphs of
peace We know full we'll we cannot sell
successfully where we do not carry, OPP
portunity is calling not alone for the
restoration, but for new era in produc-
ton, transportation and trade. We shall
hnCt
of a surprising home market, by pro-
noting self-relance in production and by
bidding enterprise, genius and efficiency
to carry our cargoes in American bot
toms to the marts of the world
Americas Highest Ideals.
We should not have an America Nv
ing within and for herself alone. but
pendent and ever nobler, stronger alaa
richer. Believing in our higher stand
ards, reared through constitutional
liberty and maintained opportunity,
we invite the world to the same
height. But pride in things wrought
is no reflex of completed task. Com
mon welfare is the goal of our national
welfare. It ought to be it's friendliest
agency. There never can be equality
of rewards or possessions so long as
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 a 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
bef1ts the hearthstone of American citi-
zensbip.
Solemn Pledge to the People.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life I would rejoice to acclaim the
era of the Golden Rule and crown 1T
with the autocracy of service. pledge
an administration wherein all the agen-
cies of government are called to serve.
and ever promote an understanding OF
government purely as an expression of
the popular will.
One cannot stand in this presence
and be unmindful Of the tremendous
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 destiny
of our republic. If / felt that there
is to be sole responsibility in the exec
utive for the America of tomorrow,
should shrink from the burden. But
here are a hundred millions, with COM
mon concern and shared responsibility,
answerable to God and country. The
republic summons them to their duty
and / invite cooperation.
I accept my part with single minded
ness of purpose and humility of spirit
and implore the favor and guidance of
God in His Heaven. With these 1 am
unafraid, and confidently face the fu-
ture.
1 have taken the solemn oath of
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