The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-05

petitions Of nations in preparation TO,
more war. Unable to bear up under
the burdens of the last war the world
Is insanely at work today getting ready
with greater armies and greater ma
vies for the next war. And If such a
war can come or must come, we car
assure ourselves that it will be &C
devastating as to quite destroy oul
civilization. To win sanity In this
competition is most necessary.
Many Problems ut Home
"Then at home we have still more
and as great problems, difficult prob
lens which are going to be painfully
slow in finding adequate remedies
We have a job of reconstruction on
our hands rivaling any after-war Pc
Rod, a job made the more difficult by
reason of the manner in which selfish
interests have entrenched themselves
and woven their greedy interests into
our economic fabric. More than that,
having delayed SO long the applica-
ton of honest and helpful remedies to
a SICK and crumbling economic struc-
ture, the nation now has a structure
so twisted and tangled that salvage
is made doubly difficult. There Is
suffering, restitution and hardship on
every hand to be met. There are
problems of taxation and economy to
be dealt with in no uncertain way.
But I look forward to these years
with some little anticipation after all
for there are good results in the
offing. There Is great and worth
while work to be done; great ma
tional emergency must be met: there
is call for willing hands; there is de-
mand for determined minds. minds
set to meet and solve these problems
before they get beyond solution and
before our country is wrecked and
by it's own folly.
while the odds against solution
of our grave problems may often ap-
pear as great as stone walls, remem-
bering the splendid endorsement and
favor have enjoyed at the hands Of
the people of North Dakota, I cannot
do other than gladly undertake
share Of the responsibilities with
firm resolve that truth shall prevail,
that America will be brought to her
senses, and that fair play will once
again become the dominating influ-
ence in government.
Determination Is Key
Truth will let us undertake our
national job with such determination
as prevailed when We undertook to
overcome impossible obstacles during
the war. How impossible it Is to con-
clude that there Is nothing to be done
except to sweat out this depression.
How foolish to insist that we are de-
stroyed economically and are beyond
repair: how foolish seems a conclu-
sion that we can do nothing to save
the lives and the property that are
threatened today when we know how
nothing was permitted to stand In
our way during the war to accomplish
victory. If we could rally every neces-
sary resource and spirit to destroy
lives and property to win that war,
most assuredly we are able to rally
the necessary degree Of spirit and
resource to save lives and property In
time Of peace.
Through these years Of greatest
economic encouragement the Ameri-
can people have shown q greater pa
thence than can be boosted by any
previous civilization. But let us not
fool ourselves into believing that
America is beyond the reach of revo-
luton. Indeed, there are evidences OF
such revolution on every hand today.
The wrongs against which Americans
of '76 protested and the order against
which they revolted are rather slight
by comparison with the wrongs and
abuses burdening Americans Of today.
Let us hope and work for that open
ing of eyes that will give America
new leadership. and new paths which
will restore opportunity and happiness
and stamp out the sufferings and fail
ures which are such cruel evidences
and results of leadership and paths
which have been followed in more re-
cont yaarSc