Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-03-10

Supreme Task Before NatlOms
Our supreme task Is the resumption
structlon. readJustment, restoration
all these must follow. would ike 70
hasten them. to tighten the spirit and
add to the resolution with which we
take up the task Let me repeat Tor
our nation. we shall give no people
lust cause to make war upon us, we
hold no national pre1udtees we enter.
tain no spirit Of revenge, we do NOT
conquest nor boast OF armed proves.
II despite this attitude, war - again
forced upon u.s. earnestly nope WA9
may be found which viii unity our IN
dividual and collective strength and
consecrate all America, materially and
spiritually. body and soul, to national
defense. There Is something inherent.
ly wrong, something out OF ACCORD
mocracy. when one portion Of our citl-
zenship turns its activities 70 private
gain amid defensive war while another
is fighting, sacrificing or dying Tor
national preservation.
regret for the mistakes OF yester-
day must not. however. blind us 10 the
tasks of today War never left such
an aftermath. Discouraglng lnoepteo-
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, Ano
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 TOT
it too little. We need rigid ana YET
sane economy, combined with nscaf
justice, and 1t must be attended by
are so essential to- this trying hour
and reassuring for the future.
Task of Readjustment.
The business world reflects the dis
a
nomic mechanism is intricate and its
parts interdependent, and It has SUI
fered the shocks and jars Incident 70
abnormal demands, credit limitations
and price upheavals: we must nus seer
age. Perhaps we never shall know the
old levels of wage again, because war
invariably readjusts compensatiohs
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 to or
der. No altered system Will work
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, Tor
adequate credit facilities, for sympa-
thetic concern for all agricultural prob
lens, for the omission of unnecessary
interference of government with busi-
pertinent In business, and for more
efficient business in government ad-
ministration
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nationwide induction of wom-
anhood into our political life we may
count upon her intuitions, her refine
rnent 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 overturning
esta blished 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 lives to its preservation,
and when revolution threatens we unfurl
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours Is a constitutional
freedom where the popular Will is the
law supreme and minorities are Sacredly
protected Our revisions, reformations
and evolutions reflect a deliberate judy
ment and an orderly progress, and we
mean to cure our Ills. but never destroy
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 CT living and opportunity
and hold our industrial eminence in sucn
unequal competition. Today, as never be-
fore when peoples are seeking trade
restoration and expansion, we must adj
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 trlumphs of
peace We know full well 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 1t best by meeting the demand
of a SURPRISING home market, by pro-
noting self-reliance in production and by
To- carry our cargoes in American bot
toms to the marts of the world.
Americas Highest Ideals.
We should not have an America ltv-
we would have her self-reliant, inde-
pendent and ever nobler, stronger and
richer. Believing in our higher stand
ards, reared through constitutional
liberty and maintained opportunity
we invite the world to the same
height. But pride in things wrought
is no reflex of completed, task. Conn
mon welfare is the goal OF our national
endeavor. Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. 1t ought to be its friendliest
-
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 q country
free from great blotches Of distressed
poverty We ought to find a way tC
guard against the perils and penalties
Of unemployment. We want an Amer.
lea Of homes. illumined with hope anc
happiness where mothers, freed from
the necessity for long hours of toll be-
yond their own doors, may preside a.
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 Il
with the autocracy Of service. l 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 presenc'
and be unmindful OF the tremendou
responsibility. The world upheava
with the realization comes the SURG
| OF high resolve, and there Is reassur
ance in belIef.in the God-given destin.
| OF our republic. II felt that ther'
| Is to be sole responsibility In the exec
| utive for the America OF tomorrow.
| should shrink from the burden. Blu
here are o hundred millions, with com
| mon concernfand shared responsibility
| answerable to God and country. Tn
| republic summons them to their dut!
| and / invite cooperation,
accept my part with single MINDED
ness of purpose and humility Of spiri
/ ana lv,npfCra fha fav0P and Guidance q