Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-03-09

confidence unfailing
supreme Task Before Nation.
Our supreme task IS the resumption
OF our onward normal way. Recon-
struction. readiustment restoration
All these must follow. 1 would IKE -
hasten them 10 tighten the spirit ano
add to the resolution with which We
take up the task. Let me repeat TOT
our nation. we shall give no people
lust cause 10 make war upon as. We
hold no national preJudices. we enter
tain no spirit OF revenge. we 10 not
hate. we do not cOvet. We dream OF ~
conquest nor boast Of armed preMeS,s
n despite this attitude. war is again
forced upon as. ] earnestly hope a way
may be found which will unity our IN
dividual and collective Strength ahS
consecrate all America. materially ahe
spiritually body and soul. 10 national
defense There is something inherent
~ wrong. something out OF accoFu
mocracy when one portion OF our CIT
zenship turns its activities 20 private
gain amid defensive war while another
IS aghting. sacrificing OF dying Tor
national preservation.
A regret for the mistakes OF yester-
day must not. however. blind US 10 the
tasks OF today. War never LETT sueh
an aftermath. Discouraging indeoteu
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 10 expect too mueh OF gov ~,
Ia too little. We need rigid and YET
sane economy. combined with nscal
justice and IL must be attended by
individual prudence and THRIFT, WhlCL
are so essential TO this trying hour,
and reassuring for the future.
Task of REIMBURSEMENT.
The business world reflects the ais
turhance OF wars reaction. The eco
nomic mechanism Is intricate ana IL
parts interdependent. and II has SUI
fered the shocks and jars incident 70
and price upheavals. We must seek
the readtustment with care ana cour-
age. Perhaps we never shall know the
old levels of wage again. because war
invariably read1usts compenSatlons
and the necessaries OF life will show
their inseparable relationship. but we
stability. All the penalties will not
be light nor evenly distributed There
is no instant step from disorder 10 or
der. No altered system viii Work
Outlines Party'- Program.
The call is for productive America
TO gO on. / 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 ousi-
ness, for an end TO government eN-
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 intuiuons, her rehne-
10 exalt the social order. We count upon
her exercise Of the fun privileges ana me
performance OF the duties Of citizenship
to speed tile attainment OF the highest
Revolutionists Warned.
II revolution insists upon Overturning
established order. let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There Is no place
threatened civilization We pledged our re-
sources and our lives 10 It's preservation
and when revolution threatens We unfuri
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours Is a constitutional
freedom where the popular VIII Is tne
law supreme and minorities are sacredly
protected. Our revisions, determinations
and evolutious reflect deliberate Judg-
ment and an orderly progress, and we
mean TO cure our ills. but never destroy
or permit destruction By force.
Tariff REIMBURSEMENT.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot while throwing our mar
kets open 10 the world. maintain Ameri-
can standards CT living and opportunity
unequal competition. Today, a. never be
fore. when peoples are seeking trade
restoration and expansion. we must ad-
just our tariffs TO the new order. We
changes. because therein lies our way 70
widened influence and the triumphs Of
peace We know fun well we cannot sell
where we do not BUY. and We cannot sell
successfully where We do not carry. Op-
portunity is calling not alone for the
restoration, but for new era in produc-
ton. transportation and trade We shall
answer IL best by meeting the demand
OF a surprising home market, by pro-
noting self-relance In production and by
bidding enterprise, genius and efficiency
10 carry our cargOes in American bot
toms to the marts OF the world.
Americas Highest Ideals.
We should not have an America liv-
we would have her self-reliant. inde-
pendent and ever nobler. stronger and
richer. Believing In our higher stand
ards. reared through constitutional
nuerty and maintained opportunity.
we invite the world TO the same
height. But pride in things wrought
Is no reflex OF a completed task. Com
endeavOr. Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. II ought to be its friendliest
agency. There never can be equality
OF rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied talents
M Offering degrees OF industry and
thrift. but ours ought TO be a country
free from great blOtches OF distressed
poverty. We ought TO find a way 20
guard against the perils and penalties
OF unemployment. We want an Amer
ica OF homes. illumined with hope and
happiness. where mothers. freed from
the necessity for long hours OF toll be-
yond their own doors. may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone OF American citi-
zenship.
solemn Pledge 20 the People.
Service is the supreme commitment
OF life. I would rejoice 10 acclaim the
era OF the Golden Rule and crown IL
with the autocracy OF service pledge
an administration wherein all the agen-
ctes Of government are called 10 serve.
and ever promote an understanding OF
government purely as an expression OF
the popular will
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 GOd-given destiny
OF our republic. II I felt that there
is TO be sole responsibility In the exec