The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-03-11

at war taxation and we must. We must
face the grim necessity, with full
knowledge that the task is to be
solved and we must proceed with a
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
ernment and at the same time do for
it too little.
We contemplate the immediate
task of putting our public household
in order. We need a rigid and yet
sane economy, combined with fiscal
justice and ii 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 its parts interdependent
and has suffered the shocks and Jars
incident to abnormal demands, credit
Invitations 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 off 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
miracle. Any wild experiment will only
add to the confusion. Our best as
surances lies in efficient admmstra-
ton of our proven system
Destruction to Production.
The forward course of the business
cycle is unmistakabe. Peoples are
turning from destruction to produc-
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
loo I
and the administration will favor
every wise government policy to aid
the resumption and encourage con-
tinued progress.
l speak for administrative eff
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
experiment in business and for more
efficient business in government adj
ministration. With all of this must
attend a mindfulness of the human
side of all activities so that social,
industrial and economic justice will be
squared with the purposes Of righte-
GUS people.
With the nationwide induction of
womanhood into our political life, we
may count upon her intuitions, her re-
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
tainment of the highest state.
Prayer for Industrial Peace.
1 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 |
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 a challenge |
of the reality and due concern for
making all citizens fit for participa- |
ton will give added strength of citi-
zenship and magnify our achieve
ments.
If revolution insists upon overturn- |
ing established order let other peoples |
make the tragic experiment There !
is no place for it in America When |
world war threatened 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 constitutional freedom. |
where the popular will is the law SUI
preme and ininorities are sacredly pro- |
tected. Our revisions, refOrmations |
and evolutions reflect a deliberate |
judgment and an orderly progress and !
we mean to cure our ills, but never de- |
stroy or permit destruction by force.
| had rather submit our industrial |
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 is its fountain |
1 would like to acclaim an era |