The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-03-12

losses and start afresh 1t Is the old
: est lesson of civilization.
THE forward course of the business
j cycle Is unmistakable People arr
+ turning from destruction to produc
; ton. Industry has sensed the chang
ed order and our own people are turn
ing to resume their normal, onward
way The call is for productive Amer
lea to go on | know that congress
and the administration will favor
J every wise government policy to ait
the resumption and encourage contin
ued progress | speak for administra
tive efficiency. for lightened tax burd
ems, for sound commercial practices
for adequate credit facilities. for sym
pathetic concern for all agricultural
problems. for the omission of unneC
essary interference of government
with business. for an end to govern
ment experiments in business. and for
more efficient business in government
administration.
with the nationwide induction OF
womanhood into our political life. we
may count upon her intuitiOns, her re-
fnements. her intelligence and her in
fluence to exalt the social order
Il wish for an America no less alert
in guarding against dangers from
within than 1t Is watcbful against
enemies from without, Our funda,
mental laws recognize no class. no
group, no section, there must be none
! In legislation or administration The
| supreme inspiration Is the common
wealth. Humanity hungers for inter
national peace and we crave it with
all mankind
MY most reverept prayer for Amer.
lea is for industrial peace, with its re.
wards widely and generally distributed
amid the inspirations of equal oppor-
tunity No one justly may deny the
equality of opportunity which made us
what we are.
IF revolution insists upon overturn-
ing 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 resources and our lives
to its preservation and when revolu-
ton threatens we unfoil the flag OF
law and order and renew our conse
Grafton. Ours is a constitutional free
dom where the popular law is SUI
preme.
ut has been proved again and
again that we cannot while throwing
our markets open to the world, main
tain American standards of living and
hold our industrial eminence in such
unequal competition.
To-day as never before, when peo-
pies are seeking trade restoration and
net a
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 would not have an America |
living within and for herself alone |
but we would have her self reliant
Independent and ever nobler. stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher |
standards reared thru constitutional /
liberty and maintained Opportunity, we I
invite the world to the same heights
But pride in things wrought is no
reflext of completed task. Common
welfare is the goal of our national
endeavor
Wealth is not inimical to welfare;
it ought to be its friendiest agency.
There never can be equality of re
wards or possessions so long as the
human plan contains varied talents
and differing degrees of industry and
thrift but ours ought to be a country
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to find way to
guard against the peris and penal
ties of unemployment
I'VE want the cradle of American
CHILDHOOD rocked under conditions so
and so hopeful that no
blight may touch 1t i'm its develop
nent. and we want to provide that no
selfish interest, no material necessity.
10 lack OF opportunity shall proven
he gaining of that education so es.
,ential to citizenship
There is no shortcut to the making
# these ideals into glad realities. The
World has Witnessed again and agai
re futility and the mischief of ill-co
idered remedies for social and ec9r
mic disorders But we are mindful
oday as never before of the friction
# modern industrialism, and we mus
earn its causes and reduce it's evil
by sober and tested
Methods.
Service is the supreme commit
nent OF life. ! would rejoice to ac
lain the era of the golden rule and ..
rown it with the autocracy of service.
pledge an administration wherein
II the agencies OF government are
allied to serve and ever promote an
of government as pure
Y an expression of popular will.
"One cannot stand in this presence
nd be unmindful of the tremendous I
responsibility. The world upheaval
as added heavily to our tasks. But
nth the realization comes the surge !
t high resolve and there is reassur- J
nee In belief in the God given destiny g
I our republic. If | felt that there r
to be sole responsibility in the ex- c
cutive for the America of tomorrow. n
think | should shrink from the bur
en- But here are a hundred millions.
18th common concern and shared re- il
possibility answerable to God and a
ountry. The republic summons them :
} their duty and | invite cooperation. :
Il accept my part with singlemipd. !,
mess OF purpose and humility of j,
'irit and implore the favor and guild =
nee OF God in His heaven. With
lese | am unafraid, and confidently Z,
ce the future. -
nave taken the solemn oath of =,
lice on that passage OF holy writ !.
herein 1t is asked, what doth the -
Fd require of thee but to do Justly u
I'd to love mercy, and walk humblv Y
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