Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-03-11

I peoples make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for it in America.
When world war threatened civiliza-
| ton We pledged our resources and
our lives to its preservation and
when revolution threatens we I'M
furl the flag of law and order and
INV oar conservation. Ours is a
/ constitutional freedom where the
oDular Will is the law supreme and
the minorities are sacredly protected.
OR revislons, refOrmations and evo-
H. ons reflect a deliberate judg-
as ut and an orderly progress, and
/ ne mean to cure our ills, but never
destroy or permit destruction by
force.
| | had rather submit our Industrial
controversies to the conference table
in advance than to a settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The
earth is thirsting for the Gun of
good will, understanding is its foun-
tain source. would like to acclaim
an era OF good feeling amid dependa-
Bile prosperity and all the blessings
which attend
1t has been proved again and
again that We cannot, while throw
ing our markets open to the world,
maintain American standards of liy-
ing and opportunity and hold our in
dustrial eminence in such UNEQUAL
competition. There is a Turing fall
lacy in the theory Of banished bar.
riers Of trade, but preserved Ameri-
can standards require our higher pro-
ductiOn 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 tariffs to the new
order. 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 success
fully where we do not carry Oppor-
tunity is calling not alone for the re-
storatiOn, but for a new era in pro-
ductiOn. transportation and trade.
We shall answer 1t best by meeting
the demand Of SURPRISING home
market. by promoting self reliance
in production, and by bidding enter
prise. genius and efficiency to carry
our cargoes In American bottoms to
the marts of the world.
We would not have an America
living within and for herself alone,
but we would have her self-reliant,
Independent and ever nobler. strong
er and richer. Believing in our high
er standards, reared through consti-
titional liberty and maintained op-
portunity. we invite the world to the
same heights. But pride in things
wrought Is no reflex Of q completed
task. Common welfare is the goal of
our national endeavor. Wealth is
not inimical to welfare; 1t ought to
be its friendliest agency. There never
can be equality of rewards or pos
sessions so long as the human plan
contains varied talents and differing
degrees of industry and thrift but
ours ought to be country free from
great blotches Of distressed poverty.
We ought o find way to guard
against the perils and penalties of
unemployment. We want an America
of homes, illumined with hopes and
happiness, where mothers, freed
from the necessity for long hours of
toll beyond their own doors, may
preside as BELTS the herathstone of
American citizenship. We want the
cradle of American childhood rocked
under conditions so wholesome and
SO hopeful that no blight may touch
1t In its development, and we want
to provide that no selfish interest,
no material necessity, no lack OF op-
portunity shall prevent the gaining
OF that education so essential to best
citizenship.
There is no short cut to the maxi
Ing Of these ideals into glad realities.
The world has witnessed, again and
again. the futility and the mischief
of ill-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 it's cause and re-
duce its evil consequences by sober
and tested methods. Where genius
has made for great possibilities, JUS
tice and happiness must be reflect
ed in greater common welfare.
Service, the Supreme Commitment.
Service is the supreme commit
ment Of life, would rejoice to ac-