New Ulm review., 1921-03-09

which made us what we are. Due.
concern for making all citizens fit for
participation will give added strength
of citizenship and magnify our.
achievement
& IT revolution insists upon overturn-
ing established order, let other peo-
Pies 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 it's preservation, and when
revolution threatens we unfurl the
nag OF law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is constitutional
freedom l' where the popular will is the
law supreme and minorities are sa-
credly protected. Our revisions, ref
ormations and evolutions reflect a
deliberate judgment and an orderly
progress, and we mean to cure our
ills, but never destroy or permit de-
struction by force.
had rather submit our industrial
controversies to the conference table
in advance than to settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The
earth is thirsting for the cup of good
will. Understanding is its fountain
source. would like to acclaim an
era OF good feeling amid dependable
prosperity and all the blessings which
attend
Protection of Industries.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot, while throwing our
markets open to the world, maintain
American standards Of living and op-
portunity, and hold our Industrial emf
nence in such unequal competition.
There is a Turing fallacy in the theory
OF banished barriers of trade, but pre-
served American standards require
our higher production costs to be re-
flected in our tariffs on imports. To
day, as never before, when peoples
are seeking trade restoration and ex-
pansion, we must adjust our tariffs
to the new order. We seek paStici-
patton in the worlds exchanges, be.
cause 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 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 tc
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-reIiant, in.
dependent and ever nobler, stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher
standards, reared through constitution
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 nationa
endeavor. Wealth is not inilnical te
welfare. 1t ought to be its friendlies1
agency. There never can be equality
of rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied talents
and differing degrees of industry an(
thrift, but ours ought to be country
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to find way tt
guard against the perils and penalties
of unemployment. We want an Amer
lea of homes, illumined with hope ant
happiness, where mothers, freed from
the necessity for long hours Of toll be
yond their own doors, may preside a:
BELTS the hearthstones of American
citizenship. We want the cradle o
American childhood rocked under con
ditions SO wholesome and so hopeful
that no blight may touch it in its de
yelopment, and we want to provide
that no selfish interest no materia
necessity, no lack of opportunity shal
prevent the gaining Of that education
so essential to best citizenship.
There is no short cut to the rsakins
of these ideals into glad realities The
world has witnessed, again and again
the fHtility and the mischief of il
considered remedies for social an(
economic disorders. But we are mind
rul today as never before of the fric
tion of modern industrialism, and we
must learn it's causes and reduce its
evil consequences by sober and tested
methods. Where genius has made fol
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. would rejoice to acclaim the
era of the Golden Rule and crown it
with the autocracy of service.
pledge an administration wherein all
the agencies of government are called
to serve, and ever promote an under.
standing of government purely as an
I 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.
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