The New York herald., 1921-02-06

ate themselves with an organization even
against their will.
This is no time for vain repining for that
which has passed but for eager planning
for that which must take its place This is
a great opportunity for a new and a better
civilization which may take the place of that
which has been so sadly shattered.
There Is a job for every one. We will be
1ntoerant only Of those who shirl< respon-
sbility and are not frank with u.s. Every
one must work. We want no idlers, no
social parasites. We cannot exempt men
from work. We cannot exempt them from
the loads which they must carry. They can
only make them light by the spirit in which
they carry them. The unheard of mass of
men who go about their daily tasks try to
be honorable, try to serve the people they
. love and be worthy members of the com
munity in which they live These are the
breath of the nations nostrils these are
the sinews Of her. strength No nation can
long endure If it's foundations are not laid
deep In the material prosperity resulting
from economy and thrift, business enter
prise and great initiative in the fields of
industrial activity. But no nation was ever
truly great that relied on material pros
perity alone
We must develop high morals: we must
strive for nobler ideals. We must have a
cheerful aspect on life. If people are dis
selves. They should speak and act cheer
fully, because they know that cheerfuness
is power and fretfulness a contagious dis
ease.
WastefuIness and Extravagance
Must Be Well Curbed
1t is faith that Is needed to Justly settle
all the social wrongs and inequalities be-
tween men. And 1t Is joy that is needed to
make men build on the foundation of faith
the works which tend to make a happy and
a prosperous people. Religion is a great
source for these virtues. Religion, which
stimulates the productive virtues and dis
courages the waste Of human energy, may
become one of the most powerful factors in
the building of a great nation.
But we must not only endeavor to increase
our productive energy. We must learn to
conserve the results of our labor. We have
been altogether too wasteful and extFrava-
CANT. We must learn to desire the right
things. The character of our wants will de-
termine the character of our industries and
our Government. Let us invest our money
productivity and refrain from consuming II
in luxury For the less luxuries we buy the
less labor will be expended In producing
them. The taking of labor from productive
industries, transferring 1t to luxury pro-
ducers unbalances supply and demand which
will be unable to purchase even the bare
necessities Of life. The well to do owe 1t as
duty therefore to reduce their consumption
Of luxuries, and thereby reduce the demand
on the undermanned industries.
In view OF the present Industrial crisis
there are men who go about preaching that
the only remedy for present day evils is
Socialism, Bolshevism or some other "ism"
But say to you that what we need is the
highest. the purest and the noblest type of
Americanism. Turn deaf ear to those who
would revolutionize the Government de-
stroying private property, the family and
religion, foundations without which no ma
tion could long endure.
Close also your ears to the pernicious
theory OF lessening the birth rate of the
nation. Future America needs men. many
men. Not majority of immigrants but
citizens and native born Americans II is a
duty incumbent upon this generation to rear
a sturdy. patriotic and educated posterity,
fully competent to take hold OF the reigns Of
Government and conduct the affairs OF this
great land Of ours
America must be first in our hearts in
patriotism. duty and devotion. We must
have no partisan leaning toward any foreign
country. Let our object be our country, our
whole country and nothing but country.
Voices have been raised in America which
spoke alien sympathies. which came from
men who loved other countries better than
they loved America, who forget that their
chief and only allegiance is to this great
Government in which they live. The man
who endeavors to trade upon our nationality
is no worthy son of the Stars and Stripes.
He loves not humanity who seeks to divide
humanity into jealous camps. America was