Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-03-11
declares Nation Has Spoken.

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to referendum of the American people
There was ample discussion, ana there Is
a republic mandate in manifest UNDER
standing.
initiate anxious to participate In any
seemly program likely to lessen the PROB
ability of war and promote That brother-
hood of mankind which must De Goa
highest conception of human relationship:
We aspire to high place in the moral
leadership of civilization; and we hoid
maintained America. the proven repuonc,
the mistaken temple of representative
democracy, to be not only an Inspiration
and example. but the highest agency or
strengthening good Will and promouhg
accord on both continents.
Mankind needs a worldwide benedctIon
Of understanding. 1t is needed among IN
diyjduals among peoples among govern
nents and IT will inaugurate an era or
good feeling to mark the birth or a new
United States as an Object Lesson.
We must understand the ties of trade
bind nations in closest intimacy. and none
NAV receive except as he gives. In the
new order of finance and trade We mean
to promote enlarged activities ana seek
expanded confidence.
Perhaps we can make no more helpfu
combination by example than republics
capacitv to emerge from the Wreckage OF
war While the worlds en1blttered traVall
did not leave US devastated lands nor des-
plated cities, left no gaping wounds no
breast filled with hate, II did involve us
in the deirium of expenditures, in ex-
banded currency and circuits, III unoai
anced industry, in unspeakahie waste ana
disturbed relationships. While it uncov-
cred our portion of hateful selnshness a
home it also revealed the heart of Amer
lea as sound and fearless and beating il
confidence unfailing.
Supreme Task Before Nation.
Our supreme task is the resumption
of our onward, normal way. Recon
struction, readjustment, restoration
all these must follow. | would like to
hasten them to tighten the spirit and
add to the resolution with which we
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 spirit of revenge, we do not
hate, we do not covet. we dream Of no
conquest nor boast OF armed prowess
II. despite this attitude, war Is again
forced upon us. ] earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our in
dividual and collective strength ana
.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 its activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another
is fighting, sacrificing or dying for
national preservation.
regret for the mistakes of yester-
day must not however. blind us to the
tasks OF today. War never left such
an aftermath Discoura ging indebted
ness confronts us like all the war
torn nations and these obligations
must be provided for. No civilization
can survive reputation. We can re,
duce the abnormal expenditures and
will. We can strike at war taxa
ton. and we must. Our most dangerous
tendency is to expect too much of gov
eminent, and at the same time do for
it too little. We need rigid ana YET
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justice. and it must be attended by
individual prudence and thrift. which
so essential to this trying hour.
and reassuring for the future
Task of REIMBURSEMENT.
The business world reflects the dis
turbance of wars reaction. The eco
nomic mechanism is intricate and its
parts interdependent and it has suf-
fered the shocks and jars incident to
abnormal demands, credit mutations
and price upheavals. We must seek
the reimbursement with care and cour-
age. 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 strike for normally to reach
stability. All the penalties will not
be light, nor evenly distributed. There
is no instant step from disorder to or
der. No altered system will work
miracle.
Outline. Party's Program.
The call is for productive America
to go on. / speak for administrative
efficiency, for tightening tax burdens.
for sound commercial practices, for
adequate credit facilities. for sympa-
thetic concern for all agricultural prob
lens. for the omission of unnecessary
interference of government with bust
ness, for an end to governments ex-
pertinent in business. and for more
efficient business in government ad~
minstration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nationwide induction of wom-
anhood into our political life We may
count upon her intuitiOns. her refine
ment, her intelligence and her influence
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 attainment of the highest
state.
RevoIutionists Warned.
If revolution insists upon overturning
esta blshed order, let other peoples make
the tragic experiment. There is no place
for 1t in America. When world war
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our lives to its preservation,
and when revolution threatens we unfuri
the flag Of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is a constitutional
freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and mnorities are sacredly
protected. Our reyisions, reformations
and evolutions reflect a deliberate Judg-
ment and an orderly progress, and we
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff Readjustment.
1t has been proved again and again
that we cannot, while throwing our mar
kets open to the world maintain Ameri-
can standards OF living and opportunity,
and hold our Industrial eminence in such
unequal competition. Today, never be-
fore, when peoples seeking trade
restoration and expansion, we must ad-
just our tariffs to the new order. We
seek participation In the worlds ex-
changes, because therein lies way to
peace. We know full well VS. cannot sell
where we do not buy, and we cannot sell
successfully where we do not carry. OPP
pQrtGnity is calling not alone for the
restoration, but for q new era in produc-
tion, transporta ton and trade. We shall
answer It best by meeting the demand
Of surprising home market, by pro-
mQting self-reliance in production and by
bidding enterprise. genius and efficiency
- carry our cargoes in American bot
toms TO the marts of the world.
Americas Hixhest Ideals.
We should not have an America liv
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have her selfreliant, indie
pendent and ever nObler. stronger and
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 a completed task. Com
mon welfare is the goal of our national
endeayor. Wealth liz not inimical to
welfare 1t ought to be its frienGliest