The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11


ernments. and it will inaugurate an era
OF good feeling to mark birth OF new
order. Such understanding men Will
strive confidently for the promotion 81
promote the comfy so essential to peace.
Trade Ties Bind Closely
We must understand that ties Of trade
bind nations in closest Intimacy and none
may receive except as he gives. We nave
not strengthened ours in accordance with
our own continent, where galaxy OF
republics reflect the glory Of new world
democracy. but in the new order OF
finance and trade we mean to promote
enlarged activities and seek expanded
confidence
Perhaps we can make no more helpful
contribution by example than prove re-
wreckage Of war. While the worlds em-
Filtered travail did not leave us devastat-
ed lands nor desoiate cities, left no gaping
wounds, no breast with hate. 1t did m
volve us in the delirium OF expenditure.
In expanded currency and credits, in un-
balanced industry, In unspeakable waste
and disturbed relationships. While Il UNI
covered our portion of hateful selhshness
at home, it also revealed the heart Of
America SIS sound and fearless and beat.
ing In confidence unfailing Amid It All
we have riveted the gaze Of all civilization
OF representative democracy where our
freedom has never made offensive war
fare, has never sought territorial ag-
en- mt snrCSgh force never has
reason has been exhausted When the
governments Of the earth shall have es-
tablished q freedom like our own and
as we have practiced it. believe the last
sorrow and the final sacrifice of inter-
national warfare will have been written.
Our supreme task is the resumption OF
our onward, normal way. Reconstruction.
readjustment, restoration--all these must
follow. I would like to hasten them II 1t
VIII tighten the spirit and add to the reso-
iution with which 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 entertain no spirit Of revenge, we do
not hate, we do not covet, we dream of no
conquest nor boast Of armed prowess. If,
despite this attitude. war 10 again forced
upon US earnestly hope way may be
found which will unity our individual and
collective strength and consecrate all
America materially and spiritually, body
and soul, to national defense. can
vision the ideal republic where every man
and woman Is called under the flag for
assignment to duty for whatever service,
military or civic, the individual is best
fitted; where we may call to universal
service every plant. agency or facility,
all In the sublime sacrifice for country,
and not one penny of war profit snail
inure to the benefit Of private Individual,
corporation or combination, but all above
chest of the nation. There is something
inherently wrong, something out of ac-
cord with the ideals of representative
democracy when one portion Of our
citlzenship turns its activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another is
snghting, sacrificing or dying for national
preservation.
Unity Of Spirit and Purpose
Out or such universal service win come
new unity Of spirit and purpose, new
confidence and conservation, which would
make our defense impregnable, our tri-
umphs assured. Then we should have
little or no Reorganization Of our eco
nomic, industrial and commercial systems
at home; no staggering war debts, no
swollen fortunes to flout the sacrifices of
our soldiers, no excuse for sedition, no
pltaDle slackerfsm, no outrage of treason,
envy and jealousy would have no soil
for their menactng development, and
revolution would be without the passion
Wnicn engendors 1t; regret for the misr
takes OF yesterday must not, however,
blind us to the tasks Of today. War never
left such an aftermath. and there has
less wastage Of materials. Nations are
stu grouping for return to stable ways
Iniscorraging Indebtedness confronts us
cations must be provided for. No civiiixa-
tion can survive reputation.
We can reduce the abnormal expendi-
lures, and we will; we can strike at war
the grim necessity, with full knowledge
that the task is to be solved, and we must
proceed with q full realization that no
laws Of nature. Our most dangerous
tendency ID to expect too much Of gov
eminent t and at the same time do for
We contemplate the immediate task Of
putting our double household in order. We
need rigid and yet sane economy COM
attended by Individual prudence and
thrift, which are SO essential to this try
ing hour and reassuring for the future.
Reflection OF Wars Reaction
The business world reflects the dis
turbance Of wars reaction. Herein flows
the life blood of material existence. The
economic mechanism Is intricate and its
parts interdependent. and has suffered
the shocks and Jars incident to abnormM
heavals. The normal balances have been
impaired. The channels of distribution
have been clogged, the relations of labor
must seek the readjustment with care
and courage. Our people must give and
take. Prices must reflect. the receding
fever Of war activities. Perhaps we never
shall know the old levels of wage again,
because war invariably readjusts compen-
sations, and tine necessaries of life win
show their tnseparable relationship, but
We. must strive. for normally to reach
stability. AL the penalties will not be
light nor evenly distributed. There is no
slant steps from disorder to order, We
must face condition of grim reality.
charge of our losses and start afresh.
It is the oldest lesson of civilization I
would like government to do all it can
to mitigate. then, In understanding, in
mutually Of interest. Of concern for the
common good, our tasks. will be solved.
No altered system will work a miracle:
any wild experiment win only add to the
efficient administration Of our present
| system.
| From Destruction to Production
The forward course of the business
| cycle is unmistakable. Peoples are turn
| ing from destruction to production In
| dustry has sensed the changed order, and
our own people are turning to resume
| their normal. onward way. The call is
for productive America to go on know
that Congress and the administration will
favor every wise government policy to
aid the resumption and encourage con-
| tinued progress. $50
/ speak for administrative efficiency. for
! lightened tax burdens. for sound COM
! mercial practices. for adequate credit
| facilities, for sympathetic concern for all
agricultural problems. for the omission of
| unnecessary interference of government
with business and more efficient business