Bisbee daily review., 1921-05-24

| every confidence that will cope sue cessfully with the problems that lie ahead
 1 Presidents Address
 The presidents address follows in | part:
 Our duty to the world is press | ing, but we will equip ourselves best to perform helpfully if we are unwav- eringly loyal to ourselves. The most | important thing to America is our con- stitutional system. Inseparabie from the foundation of a more perfect un- .ion the constitution sought to estab- i fish justice.
 True, we have not attained the perfection of our ideals, nor has any other human society done so. Justice, i like charity, must begin at home. We must be just to ourselves and to our own, first of all This is not selfish. | for selfishness seeks more than a fair
 share; we seek only that which is rightfully our own, and then to pre- 1 serve that to ourselves and our pos
 terity.
 Keep Farming in Mind "We will do well to keep in mind the fundamental importance of agri-
 culture, and in every possible way in-
 sure justice to it. The farmer is en- titled to all the help the government can give without injustice to others, | because it is of the utmost impor- tanee that the agricultural community be contented and prosperous. This
 must be accomplished not at the eX- pense of any other section, but by
 processes which will insure real jus
 tice among all elements.
 Turning to industry, our policy
 must be to give it every. facility pos
 sible, but to keep government outside
 of participation in business on it's
 own account. It is not necessary for
 the government to intrude itself in
 the business activities which are bet
 ter conducted through private instru-
 mentalities, merely in order to demon
 strate that the government is more
 powerful that anything else.
 The governments part in business
 should be no more than to insure ad-
 herence to the principles of common
 honesty, and to establish regions that l will enable it to sail safe course.
 There has been some tendency to re- gard bigness in business as a crime. But almost all business today is con-
 ducted on a scale which, though we
 have come to regard it as common | nfa l, thers gasp; and I prefer to assume it is honest until proven dishonest. So . speak for the least possible measure , of government interference with busi- ness, but for the largest cooperation with properly conducted business and . the most effective measures to insure that, whether it be big or little, busi- : ness shall be honest and fair In our effort at establishing indus trial justice, we must see that the l wage earner is placed in an econom- ically sound position. His lowest : wage must be enough for comfort, enough to make his house home,
 enough to insure that the struggles , for existence shall not crowd out the things truly worth extending for !, There must be provisions for educa' tion, for recreation and a margin for savings. There must be such freedom of action as will insure full play to
 the individuals abilities. On the oth
 CT side, the wage earner must do jus
 tice to society. He must render ser
 vices fully equal in value to the com
 pensation he is paid. And finally both employer and employe owe tc
 the public such efficiency as will in
 spire that cost of service or produc tion shall not be higher than the pub lie can fairly pay.
 Must Have Confidence Assuming that these thing may be
 laid down as fundamentals, 1t IS TOT
 HIS all to get back to work. That is what made our country great 1t ls
 what will put the whole world back
 on the right track. We must have, the
 world must have, confidence thai
 things will come out right. We have r dealt with the greatest problem thai , humanity ever confronted. in carrying
 on the war. Ne will have no prob
 lem hereafter greater or m6re diff u cult. Therefore. We are entitled t' J. every confidence that we will cope r successfully with the problems whici l. lie ahead.
 Our position in the world ba' l greatly changed as result or th' J.. war We have become credlto n rather than debtor: The eXigencie' t of war compelled the government t' q take, by taxation, much wealth iron 1T our people. to be loaned to our allies L This is the basis of their obligation tt
 us and it is not good form in whicl O to hold the obligations of one people C to another It is altogether to b' l. hoped that in a reasonable period VI c may change the form of these obliga al