The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17

at war taxation and we must. We mus
face the grim necessity. with full
knowledge that the task Is to be
solved and we must proceed with y
full realization that no statute enacted
by man can repeal the 'eXinorciable
laws of nature. Our most dangerous
tendency Is to expect too much of gov
eminent and at the same time do for
it too little.
We contemplate the immediate
task of putting our public household
in order. We need rigid and yer
sane economy, combined with fiscal
justice and it must be attended by in
dividual prudence and thrift which
are so essential to this trying hour
and reassuring for the future.
~ Reflection of Wars Reaction.
The business world reflects the dis
turbance of wars reaction. Herein
flows the likelihood of material exis-
tence. The economic mechanism is in
tricate and it's parts interdependent
and has suffered the shocks and jars
incident to abnormal demands, credit
mutations and price upheavals. The
normal balances have been impaired,
the channels of distribution have been
clogged, the relations of labor and
management have been strained.
We must seek the REIMBURSEMENT
with care and courage. Our people
must give and take. Prices must re-
fleet the receding fever Of war activi-
ties. Perhaps we never shall know the
old level of wage again, because war
invariably readjusts compensations
and the necessaries of life will show
their inseparable relationship, but we.
must strive, for normally to reacn
stability. All the penalties will not be
light nor evenly distributed.
There is no way of making them
so. There is no instant step from dis
order to order. We must face a con-
dition of grim reality, charge of our
losses and start afresh. 1t is the dolest
lesson of civilization. would like gov
eminent to do all it can to mitigate
them. In understanding, in mutually
of interest, in concern for the COM
mon good our tasks will be solved.
No altered system will work a
miracle. Any wild experiment will only
add to the confusion. Our best as
surances lies in efficient admlnistra-
ton of our proven system
Destruction to Production.
The forward course of the business
cycle is unmistakable. Peoples are
t,,r tn Cf,.,,n Tn
ton. Industry has sensed the changed
order and our own people are turn.
ing to resume their normal onward
way. The call is for productive Amer,
lea to 60 on. I know that congress
and the administration will favor
every wise government policy to aid
the resumption and encourage con-
tinued progress.
l speak for administrative eft.
ficiency, for lightened tax burdens,
for sound commercial practices, for
adequate credit facilities, for SYM
pathetic concern for all agricultural
problems, for the omission of unnec-
essary interference of government with
business for an end to governments
efficient business in government ad-
ministration. With all Of this must
attend mindfulness Of the human
side of all activities so that social,
industrial and economic justice will be
squared with the purposes Of a righte-
GUS people.
With the nationwide induction OF
int
may count upon her intuitiOns, her re-
finement, her intelligence and her in
fluence 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 at.
tainmeAt of the highest state.
Prayer for Industrial Peace.
l wish for an America no less
alert in guarding against dangers from
within than it is watchful against
enemies from without. Our funda.
mental law recognizes no class, no
group, no section. There must be none
in legislation nor administration. The
supreme inspiration is the common
veal. My most reverent prayer for
America is for industrial peace, with
its rewards widely and generally dis
tributed amid the inspirations OF
equal opportunity.
No one justly may deny the equality
of opportunity which made us what
we are. We have mistaken unprepar
edness to embrace it to be challenge
of the reality and due concern for
making all citizens fit for participa-
ton will give added strength of c4ti-
zenship and magnify our achieve
ments..
If revolution insists upon overturn-
ing established order let other peoples
make the tragic experiment. 1nere
is no place for it in America. When
world war threatened civilization we
pledged our resources and our lives to
it's preservation, and when revolution
threatens we unfurl the flag of law
and order and renew our, conservation.
Ours is constitutional freedom
where the popular will is the law su-
preme and minorities are sacredly pro-
tected. Our revisions, reformatiOns
and evolutions reflect deliberate
judgment and an orderly progress and
we mean to cure our ills, but never de-
stroy or permit destruction by force.
I had rather submit our industrial
controversies to the conference table
in advance than to settlement table
after conflict and suffering, The