Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-04
Inaugural Address In Full

charge off our losses and star
afresh. 1t is the oldest les son o,
civilization. would ike overn
ment to do all it can % mitigate
them. In understanding in NUT.
uaHty of interest, in concern fol
the common good, our tasks will
be solved.
mo altered system will work
a miracle. Any wild experiment
will only add to the confusion
our best assurance lies in efficient
administration of our proven sys-
tenn.
Prom Destruction To Production
THE forward course of the
business cycle is unmistakable
Peoples are turning from destruc-
ton. Industry has sensed the
changed order and our own people
are turning to resume their nor
NAL onward way. The call is
for productive America to go on.
/ know that congress and the ad-
ministration will favor wise gov
ernment policy to aid the resump-
ton and encourage continued pro-
gress.
II speak for administrative eff
ficiency. for lightened tax burdens
for sound commercial practices,
for adequate credit facnitles. for
sympathetic concern for all agri-
culture problems, for the omission
of unnecessary interference OF
government with business. for an
end to governments experiment
in business and for more efficient
business in government administra
ton. With all of this must at
tend a mindfulness of the human
Side of all activities SO that social,
Industrial and economic justice
will be squared with the purpose
of a righteous people.
with the nation wide induction
of womanhood into our political
life, we may count upon her in
tuitions, her refinement, her intel
ligence 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 attain
ment of the highest state.
prayer For Industrial Peace
I wish for an America no less
alert in guarding against dangers
from within; than it is watchful
against enemies from without.
Our fundamental law recognizes
no class. no group, no section,
There must be none in legislation
or administration. The supreme
inspiration is the common veal.
Humanity hungers for information
al peace and we crave it with all
mankind. My. most reverent pray
er for America is for industrial
peace with it's rewards. widely
and generally distributed among
the insp rations of equal opportun-
ity.
mo one justly may deny the
equality of opportunity which
made us what we are. We have
mistaken unpreparedness to en-
brace. it to be a challenge of the
reality; and due concern for MAX
ing all citizens fit for participa-
ton will give added strength of
citizenship and magnify our
ach evements.
"If revolution insists upon over
turning established order, let other
peoples make the tragic expert
ment. There is no place for it IN
America. When world war threat
ened civilization we pledged our
resources and our lives to its pre-
and when revolution
threatens we unfurl the flag of law
and order and renew our conse-
Grafton. Ours is a constitutional
freedom, where the popular VIII
is the law supreme and minorities
are sacredly protected. Our revis-
ions, reformations and evolutions
reflect OStIDtId Idtc JHNS
an orderly progress. and we mean
to cure our ills. but never destroy
or permit destruction by force.
"I had rather admit our in
dustriaI controversies to the con-
ference tables in advance than to
a settlement table after conflict
and suffering. The earth is thirst
ing for the cup of good Will. I'm
derstanding is its fountain source
I would like to acclaim an era OF
good feeling. amid dependable
prosperity and all the blessings
which attend.
~ProtectiO1 Of Industries
'Tt has been proved again and
again that we cannot while thro~
ing our markets open to the world
maintain American standards OF
living and oppOri unity and held
our industrial eminence in such
IneouaI competition. There IS a
Iuriag faIlacy In the theory OF
bansshed barriers OF trade. but
American standards require our
higher prOductioa costs 10 De re-