The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-03-17


Cur supreme task is the resumption
Of our onward, normal way. Recon-
ali these must follow would like 70
hasten them, to tighten the spirit and
add 10 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 prejudfces. we enter
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. I earnestly hope q way
may be found which viii unity our in
dividual and collective strength and
conseerate all America. materially ana
spiritually. body and soul, to national
defense. There is something inherent
" wrong. something out of accord
mocracy, when one portion OF our citi-
zenship turns its activities to private
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. Discouraging Indebted
ness confronts Us like all the war
torn nations. and these obligations
must be provided for No civilization
can survive population We can re-
duce the abnormal expenditures and
we will We can strike at war taxa
ton. and We must Our most dangerous
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
turoance of wars reaction The eco
nOmic mechanism is intricate and its
parts fnterdependent, and it has suf-
fered the shocks and jars incident to
and price upheavaIs we must seek
the readjustment with care and cour-
age Perhaps we never shan 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 Eormalcy to reach
be light, nor evenly distributed There
is no instant step from disorder to or
der. No altered system will work
Outlines Party's Program
The call is for productive America
to go on L speak for administrative
efficiency, for tightening tax burdens.
Tor sound commercial practices Tor
adequate credit facilities. for sympa-
thetic concern for all agricultural prob
lens, for the omission OF unnecessary
interference of government with bust
pertinent in business and for more
efficient business in government ad-
miniStration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nationwide induction of wom-
count upon her intuitions, her refine
ment her Intelligence and her influence
to exaIt 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
established order. let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There is no place
threatened civilization we pledged our re-
sources and our lives to its preservation,
the flag of law and order and renew our
conservation Ours is a constitutional
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
Tariff Readjustment.
It 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
portunity is calling not alone for the
restoration, but for new era in produc-
ton, transportation and trade; We shall
answer it best by meeting the demand
of a 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;
We should not have an America Iiv-
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have her self-reliant- indie
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
mon welfare is the goal of our national
endeavor Wealth is not inimical to
welfare. It ought to be its friendliest
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
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to ind way to
guard against the perils and penalties
of unemployment We want an Amer
lea of homes. nlumined with hope and
happiness where mothers freed from
the necessity for long hours of toll be-
yond their own doors. may preside as
BELTS the hearthstone of American citi-
zenship.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. I would rejoice to acclaim the
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 unmindfu1 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-given destiny
of republic If I felt that there
is to be sole responsibility in the exec
utiVe for the America of tomorrow, ]
should shrink from the burden. But
here are a hundred millions. with COM
mon concern and shared response biIity,
answerable to God and country The
republic summons them to their duty
and I invite cooperation
I accept my part with single minded
ness of purpose and humility of spirit
and imp1Ore the favor and guidance OF
God in His Heaven. With these I am
unafraid, and confidently face the flu
ture-
have taken the solemn oath of
Office on that passage of holy writ
wherein 1t is asked: What doth the
| Lord require of thee but to do justly,
and to love mercy. and to walk hum
bly, with thy Cod This 1 pledge to
| God and country.
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