Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-09

the inspirations OF equal opportunity.
No one justly may deny the equality
IF opportunity which made us what
we are. We have mistaken unpre-
paredneSs to embrace it to be chaI-
'enge of the reality, and due concern
for making all citizens fit for partici-
patton will give added strength of
citizenship and magnify our achieve
ment, If revolution insists on over
turning established order let other
peoples make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for it in America.
When world war threatened civilian
ton we pledged our resources and our
lives to our preservation, and when
evolution threatens we unfurl the flag
IF law and order and renew our con-
secration. Ours is constitutional
freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and minorities are sa
credly protected. Our revisions, refor-
nations and evolutions reflect DELHI
crate judgment and an orderly prog
ress, and we mean to cure our ills, but
never destroy or permit destruction by
force.
l had rather submit our Industrial
controversies to the conference table
In advance than to settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The earth
Is thirsting for the cup Of good will.
Understanding its fountain source, I
would like to acclaim an era of good
feeling amid dependable prosperity
and all the blessings which attend.
Protection Of industries
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot while throwing our
markets open to the world maintain
American standards Of living and op-
portunity and hold our Industrial emf
hence in such unequal competition.
There is Turing falacy in the theory
Of banished barriers Of trade, but pre-
served American standards require our
higher production costs to be reflected
in our tariffs on imports. Today as
never before, when peoples are seeking
trade restoration and expansion, We
must adjust our tariff to the new or
der. We seek participation in the
worlds exchanges 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 Opportunity is call
ing not alone for the restoration, but
for new era in production, transpor
tation and trade. We shall answer it
best by meeting the demand of sur
passing home market by promoting self
reliance In production and by bidding
enterprise, genius and efficiency to car
ry our cargoes In American bottoms to
the marts of the world.
An America Of Homes
We would not have an America liv-
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have herself reliant, indie
pendent and even nobler, stronger and
richer. Believing In our higher stand
ards, reared through constitutional lib
erty and maintained opportunity, we in
vite the world to the same heights
But pride in things wrought Is no re-
fleX of a completed task Common
welfare Is the goal Of our national en-
deavor. Wealth Is inmical to well
fare; 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
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guard against the perils and penalties
Of unemployment. We want an Ameri-
"a of homes, illumined with hope and
happiness, where mothers, freed from
the nece ssity for long hours of toll be-
yOnd their own doors, may preside as
BELTS the hearthStone OF American cit-
zenship. We want the cradle of Amer
lean childhood rocked under conditions
so whole some and so hopeful that no
blight may touch it In its development,
and we want to provide that no selfish
interest, no material necessary, no lack
of opportunity shall prevent the gain
ing Of that education so essential 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 i'll considered remedies for
social and economic disorders. But we
are mindful today as never before Of
the friction of modern industrialism,
and we must learn its causes and re-
duce its evil consequences by sober and
tested methods. Where genius has
made for great possibilities justice and
happiness must be reflected in a great
er common welfare.
Service the Supreme Commitment
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. l would rejoice to acclaim the
era of tie Golden Rule and crown it
with the autocracy Of service pledge
an administration wherein all the
agencies of government are called to
serve and ever promote an understand
ing Of government purely as an eX-
preston of the popular Will.
One cannot stand in this presence
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