The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-04
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parts interdependent and has suffered the
shocks and jars incident to abnormal de-
hearais. TIE normal balances have been
impaired, the channels of distribution have
! been clogged, the relations of labor and
seek the readjustment with care and cour-
! age. Our people must give and take.
Prices must reflect the receding fever OF
perhaps we never shall know the old
levels of wage again, because war fnyari-
cessaries Of life will show their INSOFAR
able relationship, but we must strive for
norma1cy to reach stability. All the pen
alties will not be light, nor evenly dis
! tributed. There is no way of making them
so. There is no instant step from dis
order to order. We must race r e ,onsns
and start afresh. It is the oldest lesson OF
| civilization. I would like government to
standing, in mutuaiity Of interest. in CON
Germ for the common good our tasks Will
be m i9se No Md viii oD
add to the confusion. Our best assurance
lies in efficient administration of our
proven system.
From Destruction to Production.
"The forward course Of the business
cycle is unmistakable. People are turning
from destruction to production. Industry
has sensed the changed order and our
own people are turning, to resume their
normal, onward way. The call is for pro.
duetive America lea to 60 en W
every wise government policy to aid the re-
| sumption and encourage continued pro-
II speak for administrative efficiency,
for lightened tax burdens, for SOUND COM
mercial practices, for adequate credit "a,
cilities. for sympathetic concern Tor az
agricultural problems, for the omission OF
unnecessary Interference OF government
in i0b @ and for
efficient business in government admins
tration. With all of this must attend
| h,xrrN Sid nj a
tivities, so that social and economic justice
will be squared with the purposes OF a
righteous people with the nati nd,iticae
life, we may count upon her intuitions,
her refinements, her Intelligence and her
influence to exalt the social order. We
privileges and the performance. of the
duties Of citizenship to speed the attain
Prayer for Industrial Peace.
ST wish for an America no less alert
in guarding against dangers from within
than it is watchful against enemies from
no class, no group, no section, there must
be none in legislation or administration.
The insbPraSn is the
peace and we crave it with all mankind.
My most reverent prayer for America is
widely and generally distributed amid the
inspirations of equal opportunity No one
justly may deny the equality of opp9r-
have mistaken unpreparedness to embrace
it to be challenge of the reality, and
due concern for making all citizens fit
for participation will give added strength
and citizenship and magnify our achieve
ment.
IF revolution insists on overturning
established order, let other peoples make
the tragic experiment There is no place
for it in America. When world war threat
ened civilization 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 a constitutional freedom where
/ the popular will is the law supreme and
minorities are sacredly protected. Our re-
visions, reformations and evolutions reflect
a deliberate Judgment and orderly pro-
| gress and we mean to cure our ills, but
never destroy or permit destruction By
| force.
| 81 had rather submit our industrial con-
| troversies to the conference table in ad-
| vance than to settlement table after q
| ing for the cup of good will, understanding
| is the fountain source. / would like to &C.
| claim an era of good feeling amid dependa
| bic prosperity and all the blessings which
| attend.
Protection of Industries.
at has been proved again and again that
! we cannot. while throwing our markets
| open to the world, maintain American
| standards of living and opportunity and
| hold our industrial eminence in such I'M
| equal competition. There is a Turing fall
| lacy in the theory of banished barriers of
| trade, but preserved American standards
| require our higher production costs to be
! reflected in our tariffs on imports. To-