Taiban Valley news., 1921-03-11

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Supreme Task Before Nation.
our supreme task is the resumption
| OF our onward, normal way. Recon-
struction. readjustment, restoration
hasten them. to tighten the spirit and
add 10 the resolution with which. we
| take up the task Let me repeat for
our nation, we shall give no people
hold no national prejudices. we enter
tam no spirit of revenge, we do not
nate, we do not covet we dream of no
conquest nor boast of armed prowess.
III. despite this attitude, war is again
Iorced upon us. ] earnestly hope way
may be found which will unity our in
dividual and collective strength and
consecrate all America. materially and
defense. There is something inherent
~ wrong, something out OF accord
with the ideals of representative de-
mocracy, when one portion of our citi-
zenship turns its activities to private
gain amid defensive war while another
is fighting, sacrificing or dying for
national preservation.
regret for the mistakes of yester-
day must not, however. blind us to the
tasks of today. War never left such
an aftermath. Discouraging indebted
ness confronts us like all the war
torn nations, and these obligations
must be provided for. No civilization
can survive reputation. We can re-
duce the abnormal expenditures. and
we Will We can strike at war taxa
tion. and we must. Our most dangerous
tendency is to expect too much OF gov
ernment. and at the same time do for
1t too little. We need rigid and yet
sane economy combined with fiscal
Justice, and it must be attended by
individual prudence and thrift. which
are SO essential to this trying hour.
and reassuring for the future.
Task of Readjustment.
The business world reflects the dis
turbance of wars reaction. The eco
nomic mechanism is intricate and its
parts interdependent and it has suf-
abnormal demands. credit infations
and price upheavals. We must seek
the readjustment with care and cour-
age. Perhaps we never shall know the
invariably readjusts compensations
and the necessaries of life will show
their inseparable relationship. but we
must strike for normally to reach
be light, nor evenly distributed There
is no instant step from disorder to or
der. No altered system will work
miracle.
Outlines Party's Program.
The call is for productive America
to go on. / speak for administrative
efficiency. for tightening tax burdens
Tor sound commercial practices, foI
adequate credit facilities. for sympa-
thetic concern for all agricultural prob
lens, for the omission of unnecessary
interference of government with bust.
ness for an end to governments ex-
pertinent in business. and for more
efficient business in government ad-
ministration.
Duty Before Women Voters.
With the nationwide induction of wom-
anhood into our political life we may
ment, her intelligence and her influence
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 attainment of the highest
state.
Revolutionists Warned.
If revolution insists upon overturning |
established order, let other peoples make
the tragic experiment. There is no place |
threatened civilization we pledged our re- |
sources and our lives to its preservation, |
and when revolution threatens we unfurl |
the flag of law and order and renew our |
freedom where the popular will is the |
law supreme and minorities are sacredly |
protected. Our revisions, reformations
and evolutions reflect deliberate judg-
nent and an orderly progress, and we
mean to cure our ills, but never destroy
DR. permit destruction by force.
Tariff Readjustment.
1t has been proved again and again
Sets open to the world. maintain Ameri-
IAN standards of living and opportunity.
md hold our industrial eminence in such
Unequal competition. Today. as never be-
estoration. and expansion, we must ad-
ust. our tariffs to the new order. We
eek participation in the worlds ex-
changes, because therein lies our way to
yidened influence and the triumphs of
,eace. We know full we'll we cannot sell
where we do not buy, and we cannot sell
where we do not carry OPP
,ortunity Is calling not alone for the
estoration, but for new era in produc-
ion, transportation and trade. We shall
nswer it best by meeting the demand
noting self-reIiance in production and by
idding enterprise, genius and efficiency
o carry our cargoes In American bot
oms to. the marts Of the world;
We should not have an America liv-
ng within and for herself alone, but
We would have her self-relant. inde-
endent and ever nobler. stronger ana
rds, reared through constitutional
liberty and maintained opportunity.
We invite the world to the same
eight. But pride in things wrought
non welfare is the goal of our national
ndeavor. Wealth is not inimical to
Welfare. It ought to be its friendliest
gency. There never can be equality
he human plan contains varied talents
nd differing degrees of industry and
hrift but ours ought to be a country
rec from great blotches of distressed
overly. We ought to find a way to
uard against the perils and penalties
unemployment We want an Amer |
"a of homes, illumined with hope and |
appiness, where mothers, freed from
he necessity for long hours of toll be-
ond their own doors, may preside as
efits the hearthstone of American citi-
enship
Solemn Pledge to the People.
Service Is the supreme commitment
f life. l would rejoice to acclaim the
ra of the Golden Rule and crown 1t
nth the autocracy of service. i pledge
n administration wherein all the agen-
les of government are called to serve,
nd ever promote an understanding of ,
overnment purely as an expression of
lie popular will.
One cannot stand in this presence ,
nd he unmindful of the tremendous
,sponsibility. The world upheaval
as added heavily to our tasks, but /
ith the realization comes the surge
high resolve, and there is reassur-
nee in belief in the God-given destiny
our republic. If I felt that there
to be sole responsibility In the exec
tive for the America of tomorrow. ]
1ould shrink from the burden. But {
ere are a hundred millions, with COM =
on concern and shared responsibility,
1swerable to God and country. The +
,public summons them to their duty ,
I'd invite cooperation.
/ accept my part with single minded b
sss of purpose and humility of spirit =