Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-04
Text of Mr.. Harding's
Inauguration Message

m administration Win ali OF
this must attend a 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 womanhood into our political life,
we may count upon her intuitions,
her refinement. her intelligence and
her influence 10 exalt the social or
der. We count upon her exercise of
the full privileges and the perform
ance of the duties of citizenship to
speed the attainment of the highest
state.
Prayer for Industrial Peace
Il wish for an American no less
alert in guarding against dangers
from within than 1t is watchful
against enemies from without. Our
fundamental law recognizes no class.
no group, no section. There must be
none in legislation or administration.
The supreme inspiration is the COM
mon weal. Humanity hungers for
international peace and we crave 1t
with all mankind. My most reverent
prayer for America is for Industrial
peace with its rewards, widely and
generally distributed amid the in
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mo one may justly deny the
equality of opportunity which made
us what we are. We have mistaken
unpreparedness TO embrace it to be
a challenge of the reality. and due
concern for making all citizens fit
for participation will give added
strength of citizenship and magnify
u achievement.
IF revolution insists upon over
turning established order. let other
peoples make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for it in America.
When world war threatened civiliza-
ton we pledged our resources and
our lives to its preservation, and
when revolution threatens we unfurl
the flag of law and order and renew
conservation. Ours Is a consti-
tutional freedom where the popular
will is the law supreme and minori-
ties are sacredly protected. Our re-
visions. Eeformations and evolutions
reflect a deliberate judgment and an
orderly progress, n we mean to
cure our ills, but never destroy or
permit destruction by force.
II had rather submit our indus
trial controversies to the conference
table in advance than to a settle
ment table after conflict and suffer-
ing. The earth is thirsting for the
cup of good will. Understanding is
its fountain source l would like to
acclaim an era of good feeling and
dependable prosperity and all the
blessings which attend.
Protection of Industries
1T has been proved again and
again hat we cannot. while throw
ing our markets open to the world,
maintain American standards of
living and opportunity and hold our
industrial eminence in such unequal
competition. There is a Turing fall
lacy in the theory of banished bar
riers Of trade. but preserved Ameri-
can standards require our higher
production costs to be reflected in
u tariffs on imports. Today as
never before. when peoples are
seeking trade. restoration and ex-
pansion, we must adjust our tariffs
to the new order. We seek partici-
patton in the worlds exchanges, be-
cause therein lies u way to widen
ed influence and the triumphs of
peace. We know full we'll we can
not sell where we do not buy and
we cannot sell successfully where
we do not carry.
Opportunity is calling not alone
for the restoration, but for a new
era in production, transportation
and trade. We shall answer it best
by meeting the demand by a sur
passing home market. by promoting
self reliance in production and by
bidding enterprise, genius and eff
cheney to carry our cargoes in
American bottoms to the marts Of
the world.
An America of Homes
I'VE would not have an America
IiytpC within and for haraa1f alamo
but we would have her self reliant,
Independent and ever nobler, strong
err and richer. Believing in our
higher standards, reared through
constitutional liberty and maintain
ed opportunity. we invite the world
to the same heights. But pride IN
things wrought is no reflex of a
completed task. Common welfare
is the goal OF our national ~endeavor.
Wealth is not inimical to welfare, it
ought TO be its friendliest agency.
There never can be equality of
rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied tai
ents and differing degrees of indus
try and thrift but ours ought to be
a country free from great blotches
of distressed poverty. We ought to
find a way to guard against the
perils and penalties OF unemploy-
ment. We want an America of
homes. illumined with hope and
happiness, where mothers. freed
from the necessity for long hours of
toll beyond their own doors, may
preside as BELTS the hearthstone of
American citizenship. We want the
cradle of American childhood rock
ed under conditions so wholesome
and so hopeful that no blight may
touch it in its development and we
want to provide hat no selfish in
terest, no material necessity, no
lack of opportunity shall prevent the
gaining of that education so essen
tial to best citizenship.
There Is no short cut to the
making of these ideals into glad
realities. The world has witnessed,
again and again, the futility and the
mischief of ill-conSidered remedies
for social and economic. disorders.
But we are mindful today as never
before of the friction OF modern in
dustrialism and we must learn its
causes and reduce its evil conse-
quences by sober and tested meth
DDS. Where genius has made for
great possibilities, justice and hap
piness must be reflected in a greater
common welfare.
Service, the Supreme Commitmen
Service is the supreme commit
ment of life. j would rejoice to ac-
claim the era OF the golden rule and
crown 1t with the ~autocracy of serv-
ice. / pledge an administration
wherein all the agencies of govern
ment are called to serve and ever
promote an understanding of gov
eminent purely rs an expression OF
the popular will.
zone cannot stand in this pres
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