The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-03-10

| popular Will of America. In a K
deliberate questioning of a sug- X
gested change of national policy X
where Internationally was to su- X
percede nationality we turned to X
a referendum to the American X
people. There was ample discus X
sion, and there is public man. :.
date in manifest understanding. X
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ton, which would make our defense
impregnable, our triumphs assured.
Then we should have little or no dis
organization of our economic, indus
trial and commercial systems at home !;
no staggering 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 develop
ment, and revolution would be with
out the passion which engenders it a
| regret for the mistakes of yesterday
must not, however, blind us to the
tasks of today. War never left such
an aftermath, and there has been stag
gering loss of life and measureless
wastage of materials. Nations are
still cropping for return to stable ways
DiscOuraging indebtedness copfronts
| us like all the war-tOrn nations, and
these obligations must be provided for
No civilization can survive repuda-
ton.
We can reduce the abnormal ex-
penditures, and we will we can strike
at war taxation, and we must. We
must face the grim necessity, with
| full knowledge that the task is to be
! solved, and we must proceed with a
| full realization that no statute en-
acted can repeal the memorable laws
of nature. Our most dangerous tend
ency is to expect too much of gov
eminent, and at the same time do for
it too little
We contemplate the immediate task
| Of putting our public household in
| order. We need a rigid and yet sane
| economy combined with final justice,
and it must be attended by individual
| prudence and thrift, which are so es-
sential to this trying hour and reas-
surfing for the future.
Reflection of Wars Reaction
The business world reflects the dis
turbance of wars reaction. Herein
| flows the life blood of material exist
| ence. The economic mechanism is in
tricate and its parts interdependent.
and has suffered the shocks and Jars
! incident to abnormal demands. credit
mutations and price upheavals. The
normal balances have been impaired.
The channels of distribution have been
clogged, the relations of labor and
management have been strained. We
must seek the readiustment with care
ana courage. Our people must give
| and take. RriceS must reflect the re-
ceding fever Of war activities. Per
| maps we never shall know the old
levels of wage again, because war in
variably readjusts compensations. and
the necessarieS of life will show their
inseparable relationship, but we must
strive for normalcy to reach stability.
| All the penalties will not be light nor
evenly distributed. There is no way
| of making them So There is no in
| slant steps from disorder to order. We
must face a condition of grim reality.
charge off our losses and start afresh.
| 1t is the oldest lesson of civilization.
l would like government to do all it
can to mitigate, then. in understand
| ing, in mutually of interest, of con-
! Germ for the common good, our tasks
| Will be solved. No altered system
| will work miracle; any wild expert
| ment will only add to the confusion.
Our best assurance lies in efficient
| administration of our present system.
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 turning
| to resume their normal, onward way.
| The call is for productive America to
| go on. l know that Congress and the
| administration will favor every wise
government policy to aid the resump-
| ton and encourage continued progress.
l speak for administrative efficiency,
for lightened tax burdens, for sound
commercial practices, for adequate
| credit facilities, for sympathetic con-
Germ for all agricultural problems, for
| the omission of unnecessary interfer-
ence of government with business, for
| an end to governments experiment In
| business and for more efficient business
In government administration. With
all of this must attend mindfulness
of the human side of all activities, so
that social, industrial and economic
justice will be squared with the pur-
poses Of a righteous people. With
the nationwide induction Of woman
hood into our political life we may
count upon her intuitions, her refine
ments, her intelligence and her in
fluence 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
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