The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-03-12

Supreme Task Before Nation.
Our supreme task Is the resumptio,
OF our onward. normal way. Recon-
s.ruction. reimbursement. restoration@
all these must follow. | would like -
hasten them. to tighten the spirit ana
add TO the resolution with which W.
take up the task. Let me repeat IN,
our nation, we shall give no peoni.
hold no national prejudice5. we enter
tain no spirit of revenge. We do no,
hate. we do not covet. We dream Of M
conquest nor boast OF armed proves
IT, despite this attitude. war Is again
forced upon us. / earnestly hope a wav
may be found which Will unity our in
dividual and collective strength ana
consecrate all America. materially ana
spiritually. body and soul. to national
defense. There is something Inherent
~ 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 lighting. sacrificing or dying for
national preservation.
regret for the mistakes OF yester-
day must not. however. blind us to ths
tasks of today. War never left such
an aftermath. Discouraging indebted
ness confronts us like all the war
torn nations. and these obligations
must be provided for No civilization
can survive repu rction. 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
eminent. and at the same time do for
IL too little. We need a rigid and yet
sane economy. combined with fiscal
Justice. and II 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
pf ~
nom.C mechanism is intricate and Its
parts interdependent and 4 has suf-
fered the shocks and jars incident to
abnormal demands. credit mutations
and price upheavals We must seek
the readjustment 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
der. No altered system will work a
miracle.
Outlines 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
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 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
hAr Of hA fttD rNrfNsi
performance of the duties of citizenship
to speed the attainment of the highest
state.
RevoIutionists Warned.
II revolution insists upon overturning
established order let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There is no place
for IL in America. When world war
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our lives to its preservation,
and when revolution threatens we unfurl
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation. Ours is a constitutional
freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and minorities are sacredly
protected. Our revisions, reformations
and evolutions reflect a deliberate judg-
ment and an orderly progress. and We
mean to cure our ills. but never destroy
or permit destruction by force.
Tariff REIMBURSEMENT.
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, as never be-
fore, when peoples are 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 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. OPP
q alone
restoration, but for new era in produc-
ton. transportation and trade. We shall
answer II best by meeting the demand
Of surprising home market. by pro-
noting self-reliance in production and by
bidding enterprise, genius and efficiency
to carry our cargoes in American bot
toms to the marts Of the world:
Americas Highest Ideals.
We should not have an America liv-
ing within and for herself alone. but
we would have her self-reliant. inde-
pendent and ever nobler. stronger ana
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
endeavor. Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. 1t ought to be its friendliest
agency. There never can be equality
of rewards or possessions SO long as
and differing degrees of industry ana
thrift, but ours ought to be country
| 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
| lea of homes. illumined with hope ana
happiness. where mothers. freed from
| the necessity for long hours OF toll be-
| yond their own doors. may preside as
| befits the hearthstone Of American citi-
| zenship.
Solemn Pledge to the People.
| Service Is the supreme commitment
| Of life. / would rejoice TO acclaim the
| era Of the Golden Rule and crown II
| 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 upheavai
| has added heavily to our tasks, put
with the realization comes the surge
| of high resolve, and there Is reassur-
| ance in belief in the God given destiny
| of our republic. IL / felt that there
| Is to be sole responsibility In the exec
| utiye for the America of tomorrow.
should shrink from the burden. But
here are a hundred millions. with com
| mon concern and shared responsibility,
| answerable to God and country. Tne
| republic summons them to their DUTY
| and I invite cooperation. "
| accent my part with single mindeo-
ness of purpose and humility OF spiris
| and impiore the favor and guidance OF
| cod in His Heaven. With these / am
unafraid. and confidently face the fu-
ture. -, -
ONCE on that passage OF holy WI" VII.
wherein II is asked: What doth the
| Tnrd raouire of thee but to do Justly,