Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07

not been negligent of education. In the
past seven years the attendance in high
schools has increased by 81 per cent,
and in institutions of higher learning
by 40 per cent Your moral and spir-
itual foundations have been strength
enad.
I know that the people of the South
will agree with me that these results
could never have been attained but for
helpful cooperation and sound policies
in the National Government, and that
change of these policies can bring only
distress and disaster.
| The South possesses vast resources of
raw materials and electrical power, easy
access to the sea- great reserve Of
labor, wealth Of soil, a moderate CHI
mate Most of these factors have been
! here always. Such resources exist In
| many other countries, bit if they are
not accompanied by fine leadership, By
| intellect and character as well as sound
policies of government. there could be
| no such development as we have wit
messed in the South during this last
seven years That leadership has not
been by immigration from the North
It has been the product of Southern
men and women. The South has again
proved to have in her blood that strain
! Of leadership and fortitude which con-
| tributed so much to found our Repub-
lie and so much to build our own West.
realize that come here as the can
didate Of a political party with whose
policies many of you within my sight
and many within the sound of my voice
have often differed. I respect your
views regarding that difference Yet so
urn1Iod in p0le1Y1oY1 i1ternct orn
the pressing issues of our Nation today
that it should be no longer unusual for
citizen of any region to vote for a
President who represents the princi-
pes which correspond with his conyic-
tions.
Calls for Fair Play.
Our national officials are chosen in
order that they may protect the politi-
cal and economic health of the An1eri-
can people In contest such as this
there is no place for personal bitter
ness. A great attribute of our political
life has been the spirit of fair play
with which our presidential contests
have been weged In former years and
the sportsrnanlike spirit in which we
have accepted the result We prove
ourselves worthy of self government
and worthy of confidence as officials
in proportion as we keep these contests
free from abuse, free from misrepre-
Sentation and free from words and acts
which carry regret. Whatever the re-
suit, we remain fellow countrymen.
No better illustration of true sports
nanship in American politics can be
found than in the historic contest
waged In this State between two bril-
liant brothers, one of whom honors US
with his presence at this nesting, the
beloved Alfred Taylor of Tennessee. In
the annals of chivalry no chapter por-
trays human nature to better advan-
tage than your own war of the Roses"
IN which Alfred Taylor, the Republican,
and Robert Taylor, the Democrat, en-
gagged in fierce political combat, at
tracted the attention of the whole
Nation and stirred this whole State
from center to circumference. Yet In
the neat of strife they kept in mind
the advice of that good mother who
had adTnoniShed her two stslwart sons
never to forget the tie of brotherhood.
1t is in that spirit I wish TO discuss
the problems that concern cur country
and the methods believe necessary to
obtain their solution.
Entirely New Era.
Our country has entered upon an
entirely new era For IA years cur at
tention in public life has been mainly
given to the Great War and reconstruc-
ton from it. These ID years have wit
messed a revolution In our world rela-
tions. in many phases of our economic
life, and our relations of government
to them. Due to the Ingenuity and
hard work Of our people and the sound
policies. in government We have come
since the war to be the greatest reser-
voir of the worlds wealth. We have
transformed ourselves from a country
borrowing capital from abroad to the
foremost lender of capital to foreign
countries. Our people, growing in eff1-
cheney and productive power, are press
ing for expansion of world markets
Competition for these markets grows
keener each year. Our increasing for
eign trade has penetrated into every
country in the world. Political dis
eases arising from the war misery of
foreign countries have at times dis
turbed us by their infection of certain
of our people. The poverty of Europe
presses huge immigration toward us
We still have unsettled debts due to us
our international relations have vastly
increased. BY our growth o. wealth
and power we have a. great burden of
responsibility for the peace of the world.
Abolition OF the liquor traffic has be-
come a part Of our fundamental law
and great problems of enforcement and
obedience to law, have arisen from it.
From the violence of the war we have
inherited increase in crime Techni-
caltties of court procedure have been
used to defeat justice and TO aid law
violators. The invention of the gas
engine has brought the automobile and
the aeropiane. It has shortened dis
tances, but 1t has brought new prob
lens in roads and traflc. Discoveries
IN electricity have meant an immense
expansion III power and commun cation
which bring also their problems of regll-
latlon to protect public rights. The War
has vastly increased the expenditures
OF TIE Government. The assessment of
taxes and expenditures of public monies
have come to bear a vital part in bust
ness stability During these years we
have adopted measure of Federal con-
troll OF credit. Errors in that delicate
adjustment can cause us fabulous
losses. The war has dislocated our
transportation relations both within our
country and with foreign countries.
development Of inland waterways. of
merchant marine and consolidation of
railways are forced upon us. More
acute than all are the establishments in
the worlds producing and consuming
power. Great expansion of agricultural
production in Canada and the South
ern Hemisphere, combined with incrcas-
ing efficiency and larger production by
our own farmers. have rendered un-
| stable those branches Of our agr;cul-
tllre which are dependent upon foreign
markets. These circumstances have
brought a long train of difficulties to
the American farmer With fewer men
needed upon the farm and with more
needed In other Lines of production our
great cities have, within this IA years.
a littls less than 6n,1alnd a., ,ao.a..Ia -.