The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-03-10

to the new order. We seek partici-
patton in the worlds exchanges, be-
cause therein lies our way to widened
influence and the triumphs of peace.
We know full well we cannot 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 Of a surpass-
ing home market, by promoting 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.
An America of Homes.
We should not have an America
living within and for herself alone,
but we would have her self-reliant, in
dependent and ever nobler. stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher
standards, reared through constitutions
al liberty and maintained opportunity,
we invite the world to the same
heights. But pride in things wrought
is no reflex Of a completed task. Com
mon welfare Is the goal of our national
endeavOr. Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. 1t ought to be It's ~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
lea of homes, illumined with hope and
happiness. where mothers, freed 1iom
the necessity for long hours Of toll be-
yond their W doors, may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone Of American
citizenship. We want the cradle of
American childhood rocked under con-
ditiOns so wholesome and so hopeful
that no blight may touch it in its de-
velopment, and we van to provide
that no selfish interest, no material
necessity, no lack OF opportunity shall
prevent the gaining 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 n
economic disorders. Blu we are mind
full today as never before of the fric-
ton Of modern ndustrialism and We
must learn its causes and reduce Its
evil consequences by sober and tested
methods. Where genius has made for
great possibilities, justice and happi-
ness must be reflected in a greater
common welfare.
Service the Supreme Commitment.
Service Is the supreme commitment
Of life. l would rejoice to acclaim the
era Of the Golden Rule and crown 1t
with the autOcracy Of service. I
pledge an administration wherein all
the agencies Of government are called
to serve, and ever promote an under
standing 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 u%pheaval
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 desti-
ny Of our republic. If felt that there
is to be sole responsibility in the xec
utive for the America Of tomorrow, I
should shrink from the burden. But
here are a hundred millions, with
common concern and shared RESPONSE
bility, answerable to God and country.
The republic summons them to their
duty and l invite cooperation.
l accept my part with single mined
ness Of purpose and humility Of spirit
and implOre the favor and guidance Of
God In His Heaven. With these l am
unafraid. and confidently face the fu-
ture.
have taken the solemn bath Of Of
fee on that passage Of holy writ
wherein 1t Is asked: what doth the
Lord require of thee but to do justly,
and to love mercy, and to walk hum
bly, with thy God" This I pledge to
God and country.