The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-03-10
rnsk Before NatIon.

cred our portion of hateful sellshness at
home, it also revealed the heart of Amer
lea as sound and fearless and beating in
confidence unfailing,
supreme Task Before Nation.
our supremPktask is the resumption
of our onward. normal way Recon-
struction, readjustmGrt restoration
all these must follow. | would like to
add 10 the resolution with waich 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.
IT, despite this attitude. war is again
forced upon us | earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our In
diVidual and collective strength and
consecrate all America, materially and
spiritually body and soul, 20 national
defense There is something Inherent
~ wrong, something out OF accord
with the Ideals of representative de-
mocracy when one portion of our cti-
1enShlp turns its activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another
is lighting, 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
II too little. We need a rigid and yet
sane economy, combined with fiscal
justice, and IL must be attended by
individual prudence and thrift, which
are so essential to this trying hour
ana reassuring for the future.
Task of Rcndiustmcnt
The business world reflects the dis
tuTbance of wars reaction. The eco
nAnc mechanism is intricate and its
parts interdependcnt, and II has sui
fered the shocks and jars incident to
abnormal demands credit mutations
and price upheavals, We must seek
the Reimbursement with care and cour-
age. Perhaps we never shall know the
old levels of wage again, because war
invariably readjusts compensations
and the nccessaries Of life Will show
their inseparahle 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 10 or
der. No altered system will work
miracle.
Outlines Party's Program.
The call is for productive America
TO go on. / speak for administr9tly
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 busl-
ness. for an end to governments eN-
pertinent i'm business and for more
efficient business in government ad-
mnistration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
with the nationwide induction Of wom-
anhoOd into our political life we may
count upon her ntuitiOns, her refine
ment. her intelligence and her influence
to eXalt the social order, We count upon
her exercise of the fun privileges and the
performance Of the duties of citizenship
to speed the attainment of the highest
state.
ReVoIutionists Warned.
If revolution insists upon overturning
established order, let other peoples make
the tragic experiment. There is no place
for il in America When world war
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our lives to its preservation,
and when revolution threatens we unfur
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation Ours is constitutional
freedom where the popular Will is the
law supreme and minOrtieS are saCredlY
protected. Our revisions, reformation1
and evolutions reflect a deliberate judg-
ment and an orderly progress, and we
mean to cure our ills, but never destroy
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff Rsadjustment.
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 eminence 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 tTlumphs Qt
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 produce
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, inde-
pendent and ever nObler, stronger a:s+%
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 a completed task Com
mon welfare is the goal of our national
endeayOr. Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. 1t ought to be its 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 q country
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to find a way to
guard against the perils and penalties
of unemployment, We want an Amer
happiness. where mothers, freed from
the necessity for long hours of toll be-
yond their own doors, may preside as
behts the hearthstone of American citl-
Zenship.
solemn Pledge 10 the People.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life | would rejoice to acclaim the
era of the Golden Rule and crown IT
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 viii.
one cannot stand in this presence
and be 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. If | 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 / invite cooperation.
| accept my part with single minded
ness Of purpose and humility OF spirit
and implore the favor and guidance Of
God i'm His Heaven. With these | am
unafraid and confidently face the flu
ture.
have taken the solemn oath of
office on that passage Of holy writ
wherein It is asked: What doth the
Lord require of thee but to do justly,