Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-03-12

.yrJ. is uumi-takablo People are
turning from destruction to prOduc-
ton. Industry has sensed the chang
cd order and our own pcopts are turn
ing 10 resume their nOrIdS1 onward
way The call is for productive Amer
. lea 10 20 on. | know that congress
and the administration Will favor
every wise government policy 10 aid
/ the resumption and encourage contin-
ned progress | speak for administra-
/ tive efficiency. for Iightened tax burd-
ems. for sound commercial practices.
/ for adequate credit facilities. for sym
pathetic concern for all agricultural
problems. for the omission Of unnec-
! essary Interference of government
with business, for an end to govern
ment experiments in business, and for
more efficient business in government
administration.
with the nationwide induction of
womanhood into our political life, we
may count upon her tntuitiOns, her re-
/ finements, her intelligence and her in
( fmenCe to eXalt the social order.
Il wish for an America no less alert
/ in guarding against dangers from
/ Aitttl IMAM u - " at ifi "a R5ctttfTt
enemies from without Our funda-
mental laws recognize no class, no
group. no section, there must be none
/ in legislation or administration. The
supreme inspiration is the common
wealth Humanity hungers for inter
national peace and we crave II with
all mankind.
My most Teverent prayer for Amer
! lea is for industrial peace, with its re
wards widely and generally distributed
amid the Inspirations of equal OppOr
unity no one justly may deny the
I quality of opportunity which made Us
hat We are.
If revolution insists upon overturn-
~ established order. let other peoples
make the tragic experiment. There is
no place for it in America. When
world var threatened civilization We
pledged our resources and our lives
to its preservation and when revolu
ton threatens We unfOil the flag of
law and order and renew our cOnSe-
Grafton. Ours is a constitutional free
dom where the popular law is su
preme.
IT has been proved again AMI
again that we cannot. while throwing
our markets open to- the world, main
tain American .,endards OF living and
hold our .dustrial eminenCe in such
II quai competition.
To-day as never before, when peO-
pies are seeking trade restoration and
expansion, We must adjust our tariffs
to the new order. We seek partici
-. ba hn
cause therein lies our way to widened
influence and the triumphs of peace
I'VE would not have an America
living within and for herself alone
but we would have her self reliant
IiQdspalasnf d-as.sz- aable rp---Ss>ser
anu rIVser. BeiieYdg" Ia our higher
/ standards reared thru constitutional
/ liberty and maintained opportunity, we
! invite the world to the same heights.
/ But pride in things wrought is no
refleXt of completed task. Common
welfare is the goal of our national
endeavOr.
Wealth is not inimical to welfare:
it ought to be its friendliest agency.
/ There never can be equality of re-
w&rds or possessions so long as the
human plan contains varied talents
h al differing degrees of industry and
thrift but ours ought to be a country
! free from great blOt"hes of distressed
poverty. We ought to find a way to
guard against the periis and penal
ties of unemployment
I'VE want the cradle of American
CHILDHOOD rocked under conditions so
wholesome and so hopeful that nc
blight may touch it in its develop
ment, and we want to provide that no
selfish interest, no material necessity.
no lack of opportunity shall prevent
the gaining of that education so es-
sential TO citizenship.
There is no shortcut to the making
of these ideals into glad realities. The
world has Witnessed, again and again
the futility and the mischief of ill-con.
sidered remedies for social and econ.
omic disorders. But we are mindful
today as never before of the friction
of modern industrialism, and We must
learn its causes and reduce it's evil
consequences by sober and tested
methods
Service is the supreme commit
meut of life. ! would rejoice to ac
claim the era of the golden rule and
crown it with the autOcracy of service
II pledge an administration wherein
, all the agencies OF government are
called to serve and ever promote ar
understanding Of government as pure
; y an expression OF popular will.
"One cannot stand in this presence
ana BE- UlmluQIul of the trpmpYd6ul