Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-05

Mt COOLIDGE ''-@s
turning from destruction TO production.
der and our own people are turning to
resume their normal onward way. The
call is for productive America to go on.
! know that Congress- and the admin
ment policy to aid the resumption and
encourage. continued progress
l speak for administrative efficiency.
for lightened tax burdens, for sound
I commercial practices. for adequate
Germ for all agricultural problems, for
the omission of unnecessary interfer-
ence OF government with business. for
an end to governments experiment In
business and for more efficient BUSH
ness in government administration.
With all of this must attend mind
fulness of the human side of all activi-
! ties. so that social. industrial and econ
cmic justice will be SQUARED with the
purposes of a righteous people.
With the nationwide induction of
womanhood into our political life, we
may count upon her intuition, her re-
tnement. her intelligence and her in
fiuence 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
PRAYER FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE
wish for AN America no less alert
! In guarding against dangers from with
in than i is watchful against enemies
; from without. Our fundamental law
recognizes no class. no group. no sec
! ton. There must be none in legisla-
ton or administration. The, supreme
inspiration Iifa is the common veal Hu;
peace and we crave It with all man
kind. My most reverent prayer for
! America is for Industrial peace, with
! tribu.ed amid the inspirations Of equal
opportunity. y ~.
]. No one may justly deny the equal
ity Of opportunity which make us what
We are. We have mistaken unpre-
paredness to embrace il to be a chal-
! lenge of the reality, and due concern
for making all citizens MT FOR parrici-
patton will. give added strength of citi-
zenship and magnify our achievement.
If revolution insists upon, overturn-
! ing established order. let other peoples
, make the tragic experiment. There is
no place for 1t in America. When
World War threatened civilization !, we
pledged our resources and our tfyes to
its preservation, and when revolution
threatens We unfurl the flag Of law and
order and renew Our consecrat ton.
{ Ours is a constitutional freedom where
the popular. will is the law supreme
| and minorities are sacrediy protected.
! Our revisions, -reformations and evolu-
tiohs reflect a deliberate Judgment and
, an orderly progress. and we mean to
cure our ills. but never destroy or per-
NIT destruction by force.
| II had rather submit our industrial
| controversies to the conference table
( in advance than to a settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The earth
is thirstfng for the cup of good will.
| understanding is its fountain source.
I-would like to acclaim an era of good
! feeling amid dependable prosperity and
J all, the blessings which attend.
nm TNy
1t has been proved again and again
markets open to the, world. maintain
( American standards of living and OPP
portunity and hold our industrial erni-
! hence in such unequal competition.
There is a Turing fallacy IN the theory
! of banished barriers of trade, but pre-
! served American standards require our
higher production costs to be reflected
III our tariffs on imports. Today as
i never before; when peoples are seek
/ ing trade. restoration and expansion.
! we must adjust our tariffs to the new
order We seek participation in the
/ worlds exchanges, because therein lies
our way to widened influence and the
triumphs of peace. We know fuii well we
cannot sell where we 90 not buy and
We cannot sell successfully where we
do not carry. 49,
! the restoration, but for new era in
production, transportation and trade.
! We shall answer it best by meeting the
demand of surprising home market,
: by promoting, self reliance in produc-
ton and by bidding eqterpr,se, genius
! and efficiency to carry our cargoes in
American bottoms to the marts., of the
| world. -
! We would not have an America liv-
ing within and for herself alone but
we would have her self reliant, indie
pendent and ever .nobler, stronger and
ards. reared through constitutionaflib lib
erty and maintained opportunity, we
invite the world to the same heights.
But pride in things wrought is no re-
=, hex of. completed task. Common
welfare is the goal of our national en-
deayor Wealth is not inimical to well
fare it ought to, be its friendhest
agency. tE.
| wards 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 blotehes q distressed
guard against the perils. and penalties
/ Of unemployment. We want an Amer
lea of homes. illuminated with hope
| from the necessity for long hours Of
/ toll beyond their own doors, may pre-
side as BELTS. the hearthstone of Amer
| lean citizenship. We want the cradle
] OF American cnlNHOOQ rocked unQer
conditions 50 wholesome and 50 hope
/ full that no blight may touch it in its
| Development and we want to provide
! that no selfish interest, no material
prevent the gaining 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 III
! considered remedies for social and
economic Disorders. But we are mind
! ton of modern industriafism and we
I must learn its causes and reduce its
/ evil consequences by sober and tested
great possibilities. justice ana lappi-
| nesss must be reflected in a greater
common wehare. .
SERVICE THE SUPREME sCoMMTT-
1 Service is the supreme commitment
I Of life. Iswould rejoice to acclaim the