The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-03-10
cred our portion Of hateful selhshness at
home, It also revealed the heart Of Amer
lea as sound and fearless and beating in
confidence unfailing.
Supreme Task Before NatlOn

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home, It also revealed the heart Of Amer.
lea as sound and fearless and beating in
confidence unfallng.
Supreme Task Before Nation.
Our supreme task Is the resumption
OF our onward, normal way. Recon-
s:ruction. REIMBURSEMENT, restoration
all these must follow. would like to
hasten them. to tighten the spirit and
add 10 the resolution with which we
take up the task. Let me repeat for
our nation, we shall give no people
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
conquest nor boast Of armed prowess.
II, despite this attitude, war is again
forced upon u.s. I earnestly hope a way
may be found which will unity our In
dividual and collective strength and
consecrate all America. materially and
defense. There Is something inherent
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 fighting, 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
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-
duce the abnormal expenditures, and
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
it too little. We need a rigid and yet
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 Read justment.
The business world reflects the dis
turbance Of wars reaction. The eco
monte mechanism is intricate and its
parts interdependent, and It has SUI
fered the shocks and jars incident to
abnormal 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 viii! 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 nation wide induction Of wom-
anhood into our political life we may
count upon her intutions, 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.
RevoIutionists Warned.
If revolution insists upon overturnlng
established order, let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There is no place
for it in America When world war
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our lives to its reservation,
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 minorities are sacredly
protected. Our revsions, reformations
ment and an orderly progress, and we
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff Reimbursement.
It 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 emnence 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
seek participation in the worlds ex-
changes, because therein lies our way to
widened influence and the triumphs of
peace. We know full we'll we cannot sell
where we do not buy, and 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
answer it best by meeting the demand
of surprising home market, by pro-
noting self-reliance 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 liv-
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have her self-reliant, indie
pendent and ever nobler. stronger aa.s
richer. Believing in our higher stand
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
endeavor. Wealth Is not inimical to
welfare. 1t 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 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-
yond their own doors, may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone OF American citi-
zenship.
Solemn Pledge to the People.
Service Is the supreme commitment
of life. / 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 he 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 Godgiven destiny
Of our republic. II l 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 l invite cooperation.
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 am
unafraid, and confidently face the fu-
ture
have taken the solemn oath Of