Evening star., 1924-12-04

thought to wheat and hogs and corn
to their transportation and to their
prices. and not enough thought to
the men and women who are engaged
In agriculture, to their welfare and
to their prosperity.
I'VE must look beyond the quota
tions of the market place and see what
price we are proposing to pay. what
rewards We are proposing to confer
In exchange for the hard working
lives of our open country. Do you
wish to maintain system which will
contribute both to their welfare and
to your own. or to permit, even un-
Intentionally, methods of doing bust :
| ness under which their want and
| distress will ultimately result in the
| allure of your own success and pros
perity? You people Of commerce,
you people of the city, are an inte-
| grail part of the life of agriculture,
OF the life OF the country.
World in Single Boat.
This same principle applies to the
relationship among the different ma
tions. We cannot expect, in the long
course of events. to maintain our
country on a permanent level OF gen
eral well-being far above that of
other peoples. Even IL we could
hope to accomplish II, II would bring
perity must be gained and held at
the cost Of suffering OF others. In
the long course of affairs, and In
a world which has become little more
than great neighborhood, our com
mon sense must tell US, IL our self
interest did not, that our prosperity,
our advancement, our portion of good
fortune. must largely depend upon
the share that shall be allotted to
our neighbors. At the last, those of
US who are partners in the supreme
service of building and bettering our
civilization must go up or go down,
| must succeed or fail together, In our
one common enterprise.
Il would not have you mistake my
meaning. ! should never advocate
| the sacrifice Of any part of our pros
perity because of the vague hope
that in following indiscriminate i'm
pulses of kindliness we might help
some who are in worse condition
ice our Independence and freedom
of action. l do not believe that we
are strong enough, or that any people
ever was strong enough. to accom-
plish any permanent good IN the world
through the fndiscriminations OF
mere, unorganized, undirected gen
erosity. We can only help those
who will help themselves. In any
other rule, / am convinced would lie
fortune for those whom we might
seek TO serve.
Must Be Ready to Help.
"On the other hand, am profound
ly impressed with the fact that the
structure of modern society is essen
TALLY a unity, destined to stand or 10
fall as such. 1t is our fortune and our
privilege that in the present exigency
we are in a position to take a part OF
great helpfulness and leadership, and
we shall best serve ourselves and
help others II we direct our efforts
to raising, in the broadest way, the
standards OF human welfare every
where. We must seek to find and TO
play a part whereby, without destroy
ing ourselves. we may help others.
we cannot hope indefinitely to
maintain our country as specially
favored community, an isle of content
ment lifted above the general level of
the average OF the standards of hui
manity. I know there was a time
when many among US believed this
was possible. But who, now, can con-
tinue clinging to such faith, in
view of the lesson which the war
involvement in a war whose causes
were foreign, and whose issues were
chiefly alien to US because we had
settled them for ourselves long ago.
how can we hope to avoid our full
share of responsibility in connection
with other world problems which, II
they are ever to be solved, must be
solved in an atmosphere of peace and
good will? We must be constantly
ready to help both at home and
abroad where our help is desired and
will be effective.
Wishes to Help Europe.
We have been a peculiarly fa-
vored people For that we owe a
debt that is real and concrete, which
we cannot repudiate. It is our wish
to live in a world which shall be at
peace. But we can no more assure
permanent and stable peace without
cooperation among the nations than
we could assure victory in war with
out allies among them. We know
that the way to assured and perma-
nent peace is slow and difficult. We
know that no nation can travel that
way alone. We tried, and we failed.
1t is a way that can only be travelled
in company with others equally zeal
Gus for the same goal. Among these
fellows of the road there must be
mutual understanding and mutual
faith and confidence. 1t is only when
these understanding have been
reached and the necessary assurances
of that faith and confidence have been
given and received that mankind will
be ready more effectively to consider
it's eternal problems of social and eco