The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09

IL revolution insists upon overturn.
ing established order, let other PEG.
pies make the tragic experiment
There is no place for It in America
When world war threatened civiliza.
ton 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 a constitutional
freedom, where the popular will is
the law supreme and minorities are
sacredly protected. Our revisions.
reformations and evolutions reflect q
deliberate judgment and an orderly
progress, and we mean to cure our
ills, but never destroy or permit de-
struction by force.
I had rather submit our industrial
controversies 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 source.
| | would like to acclaim an era of good
feeling amid dependable prosperity
|
| Protection of Industries.
It has been proved again and again
that we can not, while throwing our
markets open to the world maintain
American standards of living and op-
portunity, and hold our industrial en-
inence in such unequal competition.
There is a Turing fallacy in the theory
of banished barriers of trade, but
preserved American standards re-
quire our higher production costs to
be reflected in our tariffs on imports.
Today, as never before, when peoples
are seeking trade restoration and ex-
pansiOn, we must adjust our tariffs to
the new order. We seek participation
in the worlds exchanges, because
therein lies our way to widened infiu-
ence and the triumphs of peace. We
know full well we can not sell where
we do not buy, and we can not sell
successfully where we do not carry.
Opportunity is calling not alone for
the restoration, but for new era in
production, transportation and trade.
We shall answer it best by meeting
the demand of a surprising home
market, by promoting self-reliance in
production, and by bidding enterprise,
genius and efficiency to carry our ca"
goes in American bottoms to the
marts of the world.
An America of Homes.
We would not have an America liv-
ing within and for herself alone, but
we would have her self-reliant, indie
pendent, and ever nobler, stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher
standards, reared through constitu-
tional liberty and maintained OppOr-
tunity, we invite the world to the same
heights. But pride in things wrought
is no reflex of a completed task. Com
mon welfare is the goal OF our ma
tional endeavor. Wealth is not inim-
ical to welfare, it ought to be it's
friendliest agency. There never can
be equality of rewards or possessions
SO long as the human plan contains
varied talents and differing degrees
of industry and thrift, and ours ought
to be country free from great
blotches of distressed poverty. We
ought to find way to guard against
the perils and penalties Of unemploy-
ment. We want an America of homes,
illumined with hope and happiness.
where mothers, freed from the neces-
sity for long hours of toll beyond their
own doors. may preside as BELTS the
hearthstone of American citizenship.
we want the cradle of American child
hood rocked under conditions so
wholesome and so hopeful that no
blight may touch it in its develop
ment, and we want tC provide that no
selfish interest, no material necessity,
no lack of opportunity shall prevent
the gaining Of that education so es-
sential to best 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-considered remedies for social and
economic disorders. But we are mind
full today as never before of the fric-
ton of modern industrialism. and we
must learn it's causes and reduce its
evil consequences by sober and tested
methods. Where genius has made for
great possibilities, justice and happi-
ness must be reflected in a greater
common welfare.
Service, the Supreme Commitment.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. l would rejoice to acclaim
the era of the Golden Rule and crown
it with the autocracy of service.
pledge an administration wherein all
the agencies of government are called
to serve, and ever promote an under
standing Of government purely as an
expression of the popular will.
One can not 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-
ance In belief in the God-given des-