Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-03-10

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patton viii give added strength Of
citizenship and magnify our achieve.
ment. If revolution Insists on over
turning established order let other
peoples make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for IL In America.
When world war threatened ciylllza-
ton we pledged our resources and our
lives TO our preservation. and when
revolution threatens we unfurl the flag
OF law and order and renew our con.
| secration. Ours is a constitutional
/ freedom where the popular will is the
law supreme and minorities are sa-
/ credly protected. Our revisiOns. refOr-
nations and evolutions reflect a DELHI
crate judgment and an orderly prog.
ress, and we mean TO cure our ills, but
never destroy or permit destruction by
! force
had rather submit our Industrial
| controversies to the conference table
in advance than to a settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The earth
is thirsting for the cup of good will
Understanding it's fountain source, J
would like to acclaim an era of good
feeling amid dependable prosperity
and all the blessings which attend.
Protection Of Industries
It has been proved again and again
that we cannot while throwing our
markets open to the world maintain
American standards of living and OPP
portunity and hold our Industrial emf
hence in such unequal competition.
There is Turing fallacy in the theory
of banished barriers of trade, but pre-
served American standards require our
higher production costs to be reflected
in our tariffs on imports. Today as
never before, when peoples are seeking
trade restoration and expansion, we
must adjust our tariff to the new or
der. We seek participation in the
worlds exchanges 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. Opportunity is call
ing not alone for the restoration, but
for a new era in production, transpor-
tation and trade. We shall answer it
best by meeting the demand of a sur
passing home market by promoting self
reliance in production and by bidding
enterprise, genius and efficiency to car
ry our cargoes in American bottoms to
the marts of the world.
An America Of Homes
We would not have an America liv-
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have herself reliant, indie
pendent and even nobler stronger and
richer. Believing in our higher stand
ards, reared through constitutional lib
erty and maintained opportunity, we in
vite the world to the same heights. |
But pride in things wrought is no re-
fiex of a completed task. Common
welfare Is the goal Of our national en-
deavor. Wealth is inimical to well
fare; 1t ought to be It's 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 a country |
free from great blotches Of distressed |
We ought to find a way to
guard against the perils and penalties
of unemployment. We want an Ameri-
ca of homes, illumined 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-
We want the cradle of Amer
lean childhood rocked under conditions
so wholesome and so hopeful that no
blight may touch 1t in its development,
and we want to provide that no selfish
interest, no material necessary, no lack
Of opportunity shall prevent the gain
ing of that education so essential to
best citizenship. There is no short cut
TO the making Of these ideals into glad
realities. The world has witnessed
again and again the futility and the
mischief of i'll considered remedies for
social and economic disorders. But we
are mindful today as fever before Of
the friction of modern industrialism,
and we must learn It's causes and re-
iuce it's evil consequences by sober and
tested methods. Where genius has
made for great possibilities justice and
happiness must ne reflected in a great.
er common welfare.
Service che Supreme Commitment
Service is the supreme commitment
IF life. l would rejoice to acclaim the
era of tie Golden Rule and crown II
With the autocracy Of service. pledge
In administration wherein all the
agencies of government are called to
serve and ever promote an understand
ng of government purely as an ex-
preston of the popular will.
One cannot stand in this presence
md be unmlndful Of the tremendous
The worlds upheaval
has been added heavily to our tasks,
lut with the realization comes the
surge of high resolve, and there is re-
In belief In the God given
lestiny Of our republic. If felt that
here Is to be sole responsibility In the
,yacutiya for tho Ampricn of tomorrow