The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-12

of citizenship and magnify oul
achievement.
If revolution insists upon overturn-
ing established order. let other peo-
nles 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 its preservation, and when
revolution threatens we unfurl the
flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is constitutional
freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and minOrities are sa-
credly protected. Our revisions. ref
carnations and evolutions reflect
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. l would like to acclaim an
era of good feeling amid dependable
prosperity and all the blessings whlch
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 OPP
pOrtunity. and hold our industrial emil
nence in such unequal competition.
There is Turing fallacy in the theory
of banished barriers Of trade, but pre-
served American standards require
our higher production costs to be re-
Elected in our tariffs on imports. To
day. as never before, when peoples
are seeking trade restoration and ex-
pansion, we must adjust our tariHs
TO the new order. We seek parucl-
nation In the worlds exchanges, be-
cause therein lies our way to widened
influence and the triumphS of peace.
We know full well 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
t toms to the marts of the world.
: An America of Homes.
+ We should not have an Americs
: living within and for herself alone
but we would have her self-reliant, In
dependent and ever nObler, strongel
: and richer. Believing in our highe
n standards, reared through constitution
: al liberty and maintained opportunity
e we invite the world to the sam
+ heights. But pride in things wrough
d is no reflex of a completed task. Com
: mon welfare is the goal of our nationa
: endeavor. Wealth is not inimical {
A. welfare. 1t ought TO be its friendlies
N agency. There never can be equalit
n of rewards or possessions so long a
N the human plan contains varied talent
= and differing degrees of industry an
o. thrift. but ours ought to be countr
st free from great blotches of distresse
= poverty. We ought to find way
~, guard against the perils and penalue
30 of unemployment. We want an Anne
q lea of homes, illumined with hope an
an happiness. where mothers, freed frOl
n the necessity for long hours of toll b
r TNrnCiHn
an BELTS the hearthstone of America
a citizenship. We want the cradle
American childhood rocked under co
ditions so wholesome and so hopef
=, that no blight may touch it in its d
mr. velopment. and we want to provi'
- that no selfish interest. no materi
necessity, no lack of opportunity shs
prevent the gaining of that educate
so essential to best citizenship.
There is no short cut to the raakil
of these ideals into glad realities. Il
-, world has witnessed. again and agai
the futility and the mischief OF
-, considered remedies for social a.
w economic disorders. But we are mir
ful today as never before of the fr
IS9 ton of modern industrialism, and
must learn it's causes and reduce
a'u evil consequences by sober and test
-in methods. Where genius has made
i great possibilities. justice and hap
ia ness must be reflected in grea
common welfare.
~ Service the Supreme Commitment
'ui Service is the supreme commitm'
"a of life. l would rejoice to acclaim
rn- era of the Golden Rule and crown
oF- with the autOcracy of service.
anu pledge an administration wherein
TN the agencies of government are cal
ms to serve. and ever promote an uno
hu- standing of government purely as
So expression Of the popular will.
uce One cannot stand in this prese
OF and be unmindful of the tremend
responsibility. The world uphea
OF has added heavily to our tasks,
we with the realization comes the su
re- of high resolve. and there is reass
in ance in belief in the God-given de
we nv of our republic. If l felt that tn
Iull Is to be sole responsibility in the e.
the ,,t,,o for tho America of tomorrow
at should shrink from the burden.
here are a hundred millions.
common concern and shared .respo
llert biIity, answerable to God and coun
With The republic summons them to Z