Evening star., 1924-09-01

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or against the farm or the factory,
the countryside or the city, the East
! or the West. All our laws must be
| so framed and so applied as to leave
all meE every liberty which is con-
| sistent with the equal liberties of
others. This was founded as the land
| of freedom. We must keep it so.
To Secure Nation Against War.
And in the third place, we must
make the Nation secure against war
! or the threat OF war BY adapting our
political and commercial policies to the
new conditions that exist in the modern
world.
THE key to the door of equal oppor-
tunity is education. Now and again a
misguided voice is raised to suggest
/ that we may become over educated.
The theory seems to be that If we
educate the brain there will be no
one left to do the labor of the hand.
1t is the same 'mud-sill, theory
which Abraham Lincoln denounced.
I'VE must not enter on the fatal
path of a state monopoly of educa-
tion, nor should we load upon
am overburdened Government at
Washington this educational du-
ties which properly belong to the
States and cities and local commun-
tiles. But we must sustain, support
and strengthen in every way our in
dispenSible system of public schools
so that every child may be assured
of an education, and of such an edu-
cation as will fit him not only to
earn a living but also to live. We
must resist every tendency to limit
the education of children of any class
merely to the manufacture of hands
for industry, and every tendency to
produce a standardized American.
1t is the business of the schools to
turn out free citizens of the Repub-
lie and not merely docile human
machines.
Declaration Against Human Greed.
And if we open wide by, education
the door of opportunity to the child
we owe it to him to see that human
greed does not close it again. 1t is
a blot upon our good name that child
labor should be permitted anywhere
in the United States to dwarf the
minds and bodies of the future citi
zens of the Republic. To stunt the
growth of a child in his most critical
years; to rob him of his opportunity
for education, and make of him a
Juvenile drudge for mere purposes of
profit is a crime against the future
of the race.
"Of course, the several States can
and they should prevent this thing;
would not wish that power taken
from them. When Congress had pass
ed, in 1916, it's first child labor law,
however, it became my duty as sollcl-
tor general to argue in its favor be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States. l urged in it's support that
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adopted throughout the United States,
the States that wished to legiSlate
against child labor would be deferred
because of the economic disadvantage
they would suffer in competition with
their less progressive neighbors. l
cali attention to the fact that for IKE
reasons more than one international
conference had been called to bring
about equality among the nations on
similar subjects.
Advises Child Labor Amendment.
1.-The reasons which 1 put forward
in support of the law of 1916 seem
to me still to obtain and lead me now
to favor the ratification OF the pend
ing child labor amendment. Respon-
sibility for decision on that subject
now rests with the States themselves,
but were l a member of State legls-
lature my vote "Oulu De Cast " idtiis
the amendment.
Equality of opportunity, however,
is an empty phrase unless all men
are left free to grasp It. Not only
must laws be just and equal, but we
must see that they do not evade those
natural rights which neither con-
crosses nor legislatures, presidents
and governors, courts nor commls-
sions, may rightfully restrict. free
dom of speech, which means the rlght
to say things that displease as well
as the things that please tnose IN
power: freedom of assembly, freedom
of labor, freedom of the press, free
dom in matters of religious belief and
practice-these are the rights too
sacred to be trif1ed with. There is
no danger in their exercise. 1t Is the
attempt at their suppression that
leads to excess or explosion.
II do not envy the frame OF mlnd
which causes some men to charge
all who disagree with them win
plotting the destruction of the Re-
public. To judge from some recent
utterances, there are those in this
country who see a conspiracy when
ever three workmen meet together,
riot when their numbers grow to 10,
and a revolution If it reaches hun
dred. Around every corner turks
red and nothing but the utmost
vigilance of these self-appointed
saviors will rescue the country from
the destruction he is plotting.
Many Mistaken Ideas AfiOat.
"Of course, in a country so diversl-
fled as ours many mistaken ideas are
set af1oat Wild theories of govern
ment and of society are thrown UP
in q population that contains so many
sorts of men. But I am one OF those
who continue to believe that the best