Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-03-17

confidence unfaiHng.
Supreme Task Before Nation.
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 which we
take up the task Let me repeat for
our nation, we shall give 40 people
Just cause to make war upon w, we
hold no national prejudices. we enter
tain no spirit of revenge, we do not
hate. we do not covet we dream of no
conquest nor boast OF armed prowess.
H. despite this attitude, war Is again
forced upon us. l earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our in
divdual and collective strength and
consecrate all America, materially and
spiritually. body. and soul. to national
ly wrong, something out OF accord
with the ideals OF representative de-
mocracy. when one portion Of our citi-
zenship turns Its activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another
is lighting. sacrificing or dying for
national preservation
A regret for the mistakes OF yester-
day must not. however, blind US to the
tasks OF today. War never left such
ness confronts us like all the war
torn nations, and these obi gations
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 or gov
eminent, and at the same time do for
IL too little We need a rigid and yet
sane economy, combined with fiscal
justice, and II 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
nomic mechanism is intricate and its
fered the shocks and jars incident to
abnormsl demands, credit mutations
and price upheavals. We must seek
the readjustment with care and cour-
age. Perhaps we never shall know the
old levels of wage again, because war
invariably readJusts compensations
and the necessaries OF life will show
their inseparable relationship but we
must strike for normally to reach
stability, All the penalties will not
be light. nor evenly distributed There
is no instant step from disorder II or
der No altered system Will work
miracle.
Outlines Party's Program.
The call Is for productive America
to 20 on. / 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 BUSH
ness for an end to governments ex-
pertinent in business. and for more
efficient business in government ad-
mtntstration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nation wide induction of wom-
anhood into our political life we may
count upon her intuituns, her refine
ment. her intelligence and her influence
to exalt the social order We count upon
her exercise of the fLA privileges and tina
performance OF the duties of citizenship
to speed the attainment of the highest
state.
RevoIutionsts Warned.
II revolution insists spon overturning
established order. let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There is no place
for 1t In America When world war
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our YES 10 It's preservation;
the flag Of law and renew our
fns where arspoprlar viii is the
law supreme and Yninofltiee are sacredly
protected, Our revisons reformations
and evoutions reflect a deliberate judg-
ment and an orderly progress. and we
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff REIMBURSEMENT.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot, while throwing our mar
kets open TO the world. maintain Ameri-
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 az
just our tariffs to the new order. We
seek participation in the worlds ex-
changes, because therein lies our way to
widened influence and the uiumphs OF
peace We know full well We cannot sell
where we do not buy. ard we cannot SEN
successfully where we do not carry. OPP
portunty is calling not alone for the
res Grafton, but for new era In produc-
ton transportation and trade We shall .
answer it best by meeting the demand
of a surprising home market, by pro- ,
Noting self-reliance In production and by
bidding enterprise, genus and efficiency
10 carry our cargoes In American bot |
toms to the marts of the world.
Americas Highest Ideals.
We should not have an America Nv I
ing within and for herself alone, but |
we would have her self-reliant. indie /
pendent and ever nobler, stronger and |
richer Believing in our higher stand |
ards, reared through constitutional |
liberty and maintained opportunity. !
height. But pride in things wrought
Is no reflex of completed task Com
mon welfare is the goal of our national
endeavor. Wealth Is not inimfeal to
welfare. II ought to be its friendliest
agency. There never can be equality
of rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied talents
~ 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 pertis and penalties
OF unemployment. We want an Amer
lca of homes illnmined with hope and
happiness. where mothers, freed from
the necessity for long hours Of toll be-
yond their own doors. may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone of American citl-
zenship.
solemn Pledge to the People.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. l would rejoice to acclaim the
era of the Golden Rule and crown IL
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 he unmindful of the tremendous