The Holbrook news., 1921-03-11
Unity of Spirit and Purpose.

Out of such universal service will
 come new unity of spirit and pur-
 pose, new confidence and cOnSecra- | ton, which would make our defense | impregnable, our triumph assured.
 Then we should have little or no dis
 organization of our economic, indus | trial and commercial systems at home,
 no staggering war debts, no swollen | fortunes to flout the sacrifices of our
 soldiers, no excuse for seditiOn, no
 pltiable slackeriSm, no outrage of
 treason. Envy and jealousy would l have no soil for their menacing devel-
 opment and revolution would be with
 out the passion which engenders it.
 A regret for the mistakes of yester-
 day must not, however. blind us to the
 tasks of today. War never left such
 an aftermath. There has been stag
 gering loss of life, and measureless
 wastage of materials. Nations are still grOping for return to stable ways.
 DiscOuraging indebtedness confrOnts
 us, like all the war torn nations, and | these obligations must be provided for.
 No civilization can survive repudia- ton. We can reduce the abnormal eX- penditures and we will. We can strike at war taxation, and we must. We
 must face the grim necessity with full
 knowledge that the task is to be solved and we must proceed with full
 realization that no statute enacted by
 man can repeal the memorable laws of
 nature. Our most dangerous tendency
 is to expect too much of government,
 and at the same time do for it to lit tie.
 We contemplate the immediate task
 of putting our public household in or
 der. We need a rigid and yet sane economy, combined with fiscal justice
 and it must be attended by individual prudence and thrift, which are so es- sential to this trying hour and reas- suring for the future.
 Reflection of Wars Reaction.
 The business world reflects the dis turbance of wars reaction. Herein flows the life blood of material exist ence. The economic mechanism is in tricate and it's parts interdependent and has suffered the shocks and jars incident to abnormal demands, credit inflations and price upheavals. The normal balances have been impaired, the channels of distribution have been clOgged, the relations of labor and management have been strained. We must seek the readjustment with care and courage. Our people must give and take. Prices must reflect the re- ceding fever of war activities.
 Perhaps we never shall know the old levels of wage again, because war invariably readjuStS cOmpensations and the necessaries of life will show their inseparable relationship, but we must strive for nOrmalcy to reach sta bility. All the penalties will not be light, nor evenly distributed. There is no way of making them so. There is no instant step from disorder to order. We must face condition of grim real ity, charge off our losses and start afresh. It is the oldest lesson of civ ilization. I would like government to do all it can to mitigate them, in un- derstanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good our tasks will be solved. No altered sys- tenn will work a miracle Any wild experiment will only add to the con fusion. Our best assurance lies in eff ficient administration of our proven system.
 From Destruction to Production.
 The forward course of the business cycle is unmistakable. Peoples are turning from destruction to produc- tion. Industry has sensed the changed order and our own people are turning to resume their normal, onward way. The call is aer productive America to go on. know that Congress and the will favor every wise government policy to aid the resump- tiOn and encourage continued progress
 I speak for administrative efficien- cy, for frightened tax burdens, for f.I f1,. quate credit facilities, for sympathetic concern for all agricultural problems, for the omission of unnecessary inter- ference of government with business, for an end to governments experiment in business, and for more efficient bus mess in government administration. With all of this must attend a mind | fitness of the human side of all activ- | ities, so that social, industrial and eco- homie justice will be squared with the | purposes of righteous people.
 With the nationwide induction of | into our political life, we may count upon her munitions, her re- her intelligence and her in- fluence to exalt the social order. We | count upon her exercise of the full | privileges and the performance of the | duties of citizenship to speed the at- l tainment of the highest state.
 Prayer for Industrial Peace.
 I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from within than it is watchful against enemies from without. Our law recognizes no class, no group, no section, there must be none in legislation or administration. The supreme inspiration is the veal. Humanity hungers for peace, and we crave it with all mankind. My most reverent prayer for America is for industrial peace, with it's rewards, widely and generally distributed amid the inspir- ations of equal opportunity. No one justly may deny the equality of op- Dortunity which made us what we are. We have mistaken unprepared- ness to embrace it to be a challenge of the reality, and due concern for making all citizens fit for participa- ion will give added strength of citi- zenship and magnify our achieve nent.
 If revolution insists upon over turning established order, let other peoples make the tragic experiment. There is no place for it in America. When world war threatened civiliza- ion we pledged our resources and )ur lives to it's preservation, and when revolution threatens we unfurl he flag of law and order and renew ,ur consecration. Ours is consti- fraedom where the nOpular