South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-09

WASHINGTON. Dec. s.-tBv O.
F-)-Pres't Harding. in his legisia-
tive message o. congress today. SAID
N part
Members or the congress
so many problems are calling for
pollution that a recital OF ali OF chem.
In the face OF the known limitations
90 short session or congress would
seem 70 lack sincerity of purpose
II is four wears since ;he World wat
ended, but the inevitable readlu>t-
ment OF the social and economic o.
der is NOT more than barely begun
There is no acceptance % pre-w,ir
conditions anywhere in the world
I'm very general way humaritl ha.-
hors individual wishes 90 so on with
wartime compensation FOR rroduc-
zion, with prc-War requirements u
speaking broadl.. Graves readlust-
mea. Tor everybody EXCEPT himself
while there can be no just ami
pc m1Den, rea ljustment except,
when all pa -ric.uate.
The civilization which measured
is strength II genius and the power
of science and the resources OF in-
dustries. ir addition 10 testing the
limits Of manpower and the en-
dUrance and heroism OF men AMI
women - that same ciVilizat ton -
brought 10 It's severest test in restor-
ing a tranquil order and committius
humanity 20 the stable ways Of
peace
Preserve Civilization.
"If the sober and deliberate APP
praisal Of pre-war civilization makes
il seem a worthwhile inheritauCe.
then with patience and good courage
Il viii be preserved. There never
again Will be precisely the old or
der; indeed. I know of no one who
thinks il to be desirable. For out
OF the old order came the war
itself. and the new order, established
and made secure, never viii permit
its recurrence.
1t is no figure of speech 10 say
we have come 70 the test OF ouf
civilization The world has been
pasSing-ls today passing-througA
a great crisis. The conduct Of war
itself is not more difficult than the
solution Of the problems which
necessarily follow. / am not speak
ing at this moment OF the problems
in its wider aspect of world rehabil.-
tation or OF international relation
ships. The preference is 10 our own
social. financial and economic pro-
.blems at home These things ere
not TO be considered solely as pro-
blems apart from all international
relationship, but every nation must
be able 10 carry on for itself, else
its international relationship VIII
have ecant importance.
Had We escaped the coal and rail-
way strikes which had no excuse for
their beginning and less Justification
for the delayed settlement. we SHOULD
have done infinitely better. But Ia
Dor was insistent on holding TO the
war heights and needless forces o.
reaction sought tho pre-war levels
and both were wrong.
The railway strike accentuated
the difficulty Of the American farm
er. The first distress Of readJust-
ment came 10 the farmer. and il Will
not be a readjustment fit TO abide
until he is relieved. The distress
brought 10 the farmer does not af-
feet him alone. Agricultural III
fortune is a national III fortune.
That one-fourth of our population
which produces the food OF the re-
public and adds 50 largely TO our
export commerce must participate
in the good fortunes Of the nation
else there is none worth retaining.
Agriculture is a vital activity in
our national life. In it we had our
beginning. and its westward march
with the star Of the empire has re-
Elected the growth of the republic.
The farm loan bureau, which al
ready has proven its usefulness
through the federal land banks,
may well have It's powers enlarged
to provide ample farm production
credits az well as enlarged land
credits. Il is entirely practical 20
create a division in the federal land
banks 10 deal with production cred
its. with the limitations OF time so
adjusted 10 the farmer turnover as
the federal reserve system provides
for the turnover in the manufactur-
ing and mercantile world. Special
provision must be made for live
stock production credits and the