The spectator., 1921-03-11

l confidence unfailng
 Supreme Task Before Nation. Our supreme task is the resumption | of our onward, normal way. Recon | struction, readjustment, restoration- all these must follow. I would like to hasten them. to tighten the spirit and take up the task Let me repeat for our nation, we shall give no people | just cause to make war upon us, we hold no national prejudices, we enter | tain no spirit of revenge. we do not hate, we do not covet we dream of nc conquest nor boast of armed prowess. If. despite this attitude, war is again forced upon us, 1 earnestly hope way may be found which will unify our in dividual and collective strength and consecrate all America materially and | spiritually. body and soul. to national defense. There is something inherent ly wrong. something out of accord with the ideals of representative de-
 mocracy. when one portion of our citi- zenship turns it's activities to private gain amid defensive war while another is fighting, sacrificing or dying for national preservation.
 A regret for the mistakes of yester- | day must not, however. blind us to the tasks of today. War never left such | an aftermath. Discouraging indebted ness confronts us like ali the war | torn nations. and these obligations must be provided for. No civilization
 can survive. repudiation. We can re,
 duce the abnormal expenditures. and we will We can strike at war taxa ton, and we must. Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of gov | ernment. and at the same time do for | 1t too little. We need rigid and yet sane economy. combined with fiscal | justice, and it must be attended by | individual prudence and thrift, which are so essential to this trying hour. and reassuring for the future.
 Task of Readjustment. The business world reflects the dis turbance Of wars reaction. The eco homie mechanism is intricate and its l parts interdependent. and it has suf- | fered the shocks and jars incident to and price upheavals. We must seek the readjustment with care and cour- age. Perhaps we never shall know the 1 old levels of wage again. because war invariably readjusts compensations and the necessaries of life will snow their inseparable relationship. but we
 must strike for normalcy to reach stability. All the penalties will not | be ligbt. nor evenly distributed There is no instant step from disorder to. or der. No altered system will work | miracle.
 Outlines Party's Program. The call is for productive America | to go on. I speak for administrative | efficiency. for Tightening tax burdens. for sound commercial practices. for 1 adequate credit facilities. for sympa- | thetic concern for all agricultural prob | lens. for the omission of unnecessary | interference of government with busi- ness. for an end to governments eX- | pertinent in business and for more | efficient business in government ad- | ministration.
 Duty Before Women Voters.
 With the nation wide induction of wom- anhood ipto our political life we may l count upon her munitions, her refne-
 ment, her intelligence and her influence l to exalt the social order. We count upon 1 her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship l to speed the attainment of the highest state.
 RevoIutionists Warned. If revolution insists upon overturning l established order. let other peoples make
 the tragic experiment. There Is no place
 fS it in peaSed our re 1 sources and our lives to it's preservation,
 and when revolution threatens we unfurl
 the flag of law and order and renew our 1 consecraton. Ours Is constitutional l freedom where the popular will is the law supreme and minoriues are sacrediy
 protected. Our revisions reformations 1 and evolutions reflect d deliberate judg-
 ment and orderly progress, and we
 mean to cure our ills, but never destroy Tariff Readjustment.
 It has been proved again and again l that We cannot, while throwing our mar
 kets open to the world, maintain Ameri- l can standards of living and opportunity, | and hold our industrial eminence in such l unequal competition. Today, never be- i fore, when peoples are seeking trade | restoration and expansion. we must ad- l just our tariffs to the new order We 1 seek participation in the worlds eX l changes. because 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 Op- | portunity is calling not alone for the | restoration, but for new era in produc-
 ton. transportation and trade. We shall l answer il best by meeting the demand
 of surpassing home market by pro
 noting self-reliance ia production and by | bidding enterprise. genius and efficiency
 to carry our cargoes in American bot America's Highest Ideals. We should not have America liv- | ing within and for herself alone. but | we would have her selt-reliant. inde- l pendent and ever nobler, stronger a2.s | richer Believing in our higher stand ards. reared through constitutional | liberty and maintained opportunity.
 We invite the world to the same | height But pride in things wrought
 Is no reflex of completed task. Com l mon welfare is the goal of our national 1 endeavor Wealth Is not inimtcal to
 welfare. It ought to be its friendliest l agency. There never can be equality | of rewards or possessions so long as | the human plan contains varied talents | and differing degrees of industry and | thrift. but ours ought to be country l free from great blotches of distressed poverty. We ought to find way to
 guard against the perils and penalties | of unemployment. We want an Amer ica of homes. illumined with hope and 1 happiness, where mothers, freed from ] the necessity for long hours of toll be- 1 yond their own doors. may preside as 1 befits the hearthstone of American citi- zenship
 | Solemn Pledge to fhe People. | Service is the supreme com mmitment l of life l would rejoice to acclaim the
 era of the Golden Rule and crown if | with the autocracy of service. pledge
 an administration wherein all the agen- | cies of government are called to serve, | and ever promote an understanding of | government purely as an expression of | the popular will.
 One cannot stand in this presence
 and he 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-
 ance in belief in the God d-given destiny l of our republic If I felt that there
 is to be sole responsibility In the exec | utive for the America of tomorrow, l
 should shrink from the burden. But
 here are a hundred millions. with com l mon concern and shared responsibility. l answarahle God and CoMntry The