Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

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/ ton, which would make our defense
impregnable, our trumphs assured.
I Then we should have little or no dis
/ organization of our economic, indus
! trial and commercial systems ut home :;
no staggering war debts, no swollen
! fortunes to tlout the sacrifices of eur
soldiers, no excuse for sedition, no
ptiable slaekerlsm no outrage Of
treason, envy and jealousy would have
no soil for Il cir menaclng develop
mcnt, and revolution would be with
out the passion which engenders IT. n
regret for the mistakes of yesterday
must not, however, blind us to the
tasks of today. War never left such
an aftermath, and there has been stag
gering loss of life ami measurcless
wnstage Of materials. Nations are
still cropping 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 repudla-
tion.
We can reduce the abnormal eX-
pendtures, and we will we can strike
ut 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 a
full realization that no statute en-
acted can repeal the ineNOrable laws
Of nature Our most dangerous tend
ency Is to expect too much Of gov
eminent, and at the same time do for
1t too little.
We contemplate the immediate task
of putting our public household in
order. We need II rigid and yet sane
economy combined with final justice,
and 1t must he attended by individual
prudence and thrift, which are so es-
scntlal to this trying hour and rcas.
surfing 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 its parts interdependent,
and has suffered the shocks and Jars
incident 10 abnormal demands. credit
mutations and price upheavals. The
normal balances have been impaired.
The channels of distribution have been
Glogged, the relations of labor and
management have been strained. We
must seek the REIMBURSEMENT with care
and courage. our people must give
and take. Prices must reflect the re.
ceding fever of war activities. Per.
haps we never shall know the old
levels of wage again, because war In.
variably readjusts compensations, and
the necessaries of life will show their
inseparabe relationship, but we must
strive for normalcy to reach stability.
All the penalties will not be light nor
evenly distributed. There is no way
of making rfem so. There is no IN.
slant steps from disorder to order We
must face a condition of grim reality,
charge off our losses and start afresh.
II Is the Oldest lesson Of civilization.
| would like government to do all ii
can TO mitigate, then, In understand
ing, in mutually of interest, of con
Germ for the common good. our tasks
will be solved. No altered system
will work miracle; any wild expert
ment will only add to the confusion
Our best assurance lies in efficient
administration of our present system.
From Destruction to Production
The forward course of the business
cycle is unmistakable. Peoples are
turning from destruction to produe-
tlon. Industry has sensed the changed
order, and our own people are turning
to resume their normal, onward way
The call is for productive America to
20 on. 81 snow that Congress and the
administration will favor every wise
government policy to aid the resump-
ton and encourage continued progress
speak for administrative efficiency
for lightened tax burdens, for sound
commercials practices, for adequate
credit facilities, for sympathetic con-
Germ for all agricultural problems, for
the omission of unnecessary interior
ence of government with business, for
an end to governments experiment in
business and for more efficient business
I'm government administration. With
all of this must attend mindfulness
OF the human side Of all activities, so
that social, industrial and economic
justice will be squared with the pur-
poses of righteous people. With
the nationwide induction of woman
hood into our political life we may
count upon her intuitions, her refine
ments, 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
tainment of the highest state.
Prayer for Industrial Peace
| wish for an America no less alert
in guarding against dangers from with,
In than Il is watchful against enemies
from without. Our fundamental law
recognizes no class, no group, no sec
ton. There must be none In leglsla,
ton or administration. The supreme
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