The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-12

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The forward course Of the business
cycle is unmistakable. People are
turning from destruction 10 produc
ton. Industry has sensed the chang
ed order and our own people are Turn
ing TO resume their normal onward
way. The call is for productive Amer
lea to 90 on. ! know that congress
and the administration viii favor
every wise government policy 10 aid
the resumption and encourage cOCtlI
ued progress. ! speak for admInlS'ra-
tive efficiency. for lightened tax burG-
/ ems. for sound commercial practices
! for adequate credit facilities, for sym
pathetic concern for all agricultural.
problems. for the omission OF unne"
essary interference OF government
with business. tOr an end 70 govern
ment experiments il business. and for
more efficient business il government
administration.
/ with the nationwide induction o+
womanhood into our political liz, W
may count upon her intuilions, her re
! finemenIs. her intelligence and he in
! fluence TO exalt the social order,
I i wish for an America no less ale"t
/ IN guarding against dangers from
! within than il is watclful against
enemies from without. Our fa1da-
mental laws recognize no class. no
/ group. no section, there mast be none
/ in legislation or administration The
supreme inspiration is the common
wealth Humanity hungers for inter
national peace and we crave II with
all mankind,
My most reverent prayer for Amer,
/ ica is for industrial peace. with its re
wards widely and generally distributed
amid the inspirations Of equal oppor-
tunity. No one justly may deny the
equality of opportunity which made Us
what We are.
If revolution insists upon overturn-
ing esta bIshed order, let other peoples
make the tragic experiment. There IS
no place for il in America. When
world war threatened civilization We
pledged our resources and our lives
to its preservation and when revolu-
ton threatens We unfoil the flag OF
law and order and renew our conse-
Grafton. Ours is constitutional free
dom where the popular law 10 su-
preme.
IL l4cS Uc-H plOf tO cAcH444 an
again that we cannot, while throwing
our markets open 10 the world, main
tain American standards OF living and
hold our industrial eminence in such
unequal competition.
To-day as never before. when peo-
pies are seeking trade restoration and
expansion, We must adjust our tariffs
10 the new order We seek partici-
patton in the world exchanges. be
cause therein lies our way 10 widened
influence and the triumphs of peace
We would not have an America
living within and for herself alone
but We would have her self reliant
independent and ever nObler, stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher
standards reared thru constitutional
liberty and maintained opportunity, We
invite the world to the same heights
But pride in things wrought is 10
reflext of completed task. Common
welfare is the goal of our national
endeavor.
Wealth is not inimical to welfare:
it ought to be its friendliest agency.
There never can be equality Of re-
wards or possessions so long as the
| human plan contains varied talents
and differing degrees Of industry and
thrift but ours ought to be country
free from great blotches of distressed
poverty. We ought to find a way TO
guard against the perils and penal
ties of unemployment.
I'VE want the cradle of American
childhood rocked under conditions so
wholesome and so hopeful that no
blight may touch it in its develop
ment, and we want to provide that no
selfish interest, no material necessity,
no lack of opportunity shall prevent
the gaining of that education so es-
sential to citizenship.
There is no shortcut to the making
of these ideals into glad realities. The
world has witnessed, again and again,
the futility and the mischief of ill-con-
sidered remedies for social and econ
omic disorders. But we are mindful
today as never before of the friction
of modern industrialism, and We must
learn its causes and reduce its evil
consequences by sober and tested
methods.
Service is the supreme commit
| ment of life. l would rejoice to ac-
claim the era of the golden rule and
crown it with the autocracy of service.
| l pledge an administration wherein
all the agencies of government are
called to serve and ever promote an
understanding of government as pure
! ly an expression of popular will
"One cannot stand in this presence
and be unmindful of the tremendous
responsibility. The world upheaval
has added heavily to our tasks. But
with the realization comes the surge
of high resolve and there is reassur-