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Readjustment of Tariff System If
Neceeeary; Recognition and Relief
of Soldlera of World War.
Washington.—General recommenda
tions on legislation to combat the
cost o* living, labor unrest, radical
ism and readjustment of nation to
peace time bpels were the features
of President Wilson's annual mes
sage to congress.
The peace treaty, the President told
congress, will be discussed in a sep
arate message later, as will the rall
ro*4 question.
For the second time only, since
the President established the practice
of addressing congress In person, his
message was read by the clerks.
"The establishment of the principles
regarding labor, laid down in the cov
enant of the league of nations," said
the message, "offers us the waV to in
dustrial peace and conciliation. No
other road lies open to Un. * * * Gov
ernments must recognize the right of
men to bargain collectively tor hu
mane objects. • • • Labor must no
longer be treated as a commodity."
"The right of individuals to strike is
Inviolable," continued the message,
"and ought not to be Interferred with
by any process of government, but
there Is a predominant right and that
is the right of the government to pro
tect all of Its people and to assert its
power and majesty against the chal
lenge of any class."
The President was referring to the
government's recent injunction against
the coal strike.
The message closed with a pointed
reference to radicalism and red doc
trines, and referred to "Russia today
with Its blood and terror" as a "pain
ful object lesson of the power of ml
noritiee."
"There are those In this cpuntry,"
said the message, "who threaten direct
action to force their will upon a ma
jority. * * • It makes little difference
what minority It Is; whether capital
or labor, or any other class; no sort
of privilege will ever be permitted to
dominate this country."
Orderly processes, the message de
clared, were the only ones by which
relief and reform should be obtained.
"Those who would propose any
other method of reform are enemies
of this country," the message said,
e • • "Let them bew.are who take the
shorter road of disorder and revolu
tion."
The text of the President's message
follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen
tatives:
I sincerely regret that I cannot be
present at the opening of this session
of the congress. I am thus prevented
from presenting in ae direct a way as
I could wish the many questions that
Sfe .pressing for solution at this time.
Happily, I have had the advantage of
the advice of the heads of the several
executive departments, who have kept
in close touch with affairs In their de
tail and whose thoughtful recommen
dations I earnestly second.
In the matter of the railroads and
the readjustment of their affairs grow
ing out of federal control, I shall take
the liberty at a later date of address
ing you. i
I hope that congress will bring to a
conclusion at this session legislation
looking to the establishment of a
budget system. That there should be
one single authority responsible for
the making ot all appropriations and
that appropriations should be made
not Independently ot each other, but
with reference to one elngle compre
hensive plan ot expenditure properly
related to the nation's Income, there
can be no doubt. I believe the bur
den ot preparing the budget must. In
the nature ot the case, If the work Is
to be properly done and responsibil
ity concentrated Instead of divided,
rest upon the executive. The budget
eo prepared should be submitted to
Ud approved or amended by a sin
gle committee of each house of con
gress and no single appropriation
shoo)d be made by the congress, ex
cept such as may have been included
In the budget prepared by the execu
tive or added by the particular com
mittee of congress charged with the
budget legislation.
Another and not less Important as
pect of the problem Is the ascertain
ment of the economy and efficiency
with which the moneys appropriated
are espended. Under existing law the
onljL audit Is for the purpose of ascer
whether expenditures have
lawfully made under the appro
priatlons No one le authorised or
to aecertain whether the
money has been epent wisely, eco
nomically and effectively. The au
ditors sbonld be highly trained offi
cials with permanent tenure In the,,
treasury department, free from obll
gatioaa to or motivee of consideration
tor thla or subsequent administration,
and aathorlxed aad empowered to ex
amine Into aad make report upon the
SMtbods employed and the reiulte oh
*tf*fd by the executive departments
1 °» U»e government. Their reports
, ahould be made to the congrees and
•• the secretary of the treasury.
I trust that the congress will give its
immediate consideration to the prob
lem of future taxation. Simplification
of tho income and profits taxes be
come aa immediate aeceselty. These
tsxas performed indispensable eervice
during the war. They must, however,
be simplified, not only to save the tax
fayar inconvenience apd expense, bat,
certain and definite.
•With reference to the details of the
revenue law, the secretary of the
treasury and the commissioner of in
ternal revenue will Jay before you for
your consideration certain amend
ments necessary or desirable in con
nection with the administration of the
lew—recommendations which have my
approval and support. It- is of the ut
most Importance that In dealing with
this matter the present law should
not be disturbed so far as-regards
taxes for the calendar year 1920, pay
able In the calendar year 1921. The
congress might well consider whether
the higher fates of Income and profits
can in peace times be effectively pro
ductive of revenue and whether they
may not, on (,he contrary, be destruc
tive of business activity and produc
tive of waste And Inefficiency. There
is a point at which in peaoe times,
high rates of income and profit taxes
discourage energy, remove the Incen
tive to new enterprises, encourage
extravagant expenditures and produce
Industrial stagnation with consequent
unemployment and other attendant
evils.
The problem Is not an eaßy one. A
fundamental change has taken place
wltlr reference to tho position ot
America In the world's affairs. The
prejudice and passions ongendered de
cades of controversy between two
schools of political and economic
thought—the one believers in protec
tion ot American industries, the other
believers In tariff for revenue only
must be subordinated to the single'
consideration of the public Interest In
the light of utterly changed condi
tions.
Before the war America was heavily,
the debtor of the rest of the world
and the interest payments she had to
make to foreign countries of American
securities held abroad, the expendi
tures of American travelers abroad,
and the ocean freight ctyirges she had
to pay to others, about balanced the
value of her pre-war favorable balan
oe of trade. During the war Ameri
ca's exports have been greatly stimu
lated, and Increased prices have in
creased their value. On the other
hand, she has purchased a large pro
portion of the American securities
previously held abroad, loaned some
$9,000,000,000 to foreign governments,
and has built her own ships. Our fa-,
vorable balance of trade has thus
been greatly increased, Europe has
been deprived of the means for meet
ing it, heretofore existing. Europe
can only have three ways of meelthg
the favorablo balance of trade in
peace times: By Imports Into this
country of gold or of goods, or by es
tablishing new credits. Europe is in
no position at the present time
gold to us, nor could we contemplate
large further Importß of gold into this
country without concern. The time
has nearly passed for International
governmental loans, and it will take
time to develop In this country'a mar
ket for foreign securities. Anything,
therefore, which would tend to pre
vent foreign countries from settling
for our exports by shipments of goods
into this country could only have the
effect of preventing them from pay
ing for our exports from being made.
The productivity of the country great
ly stimulated by the war must find an
outlet by exports to foreign countries,
and any measure taken to prevent im
ports will Inevitably curtail exports,
force curtailment of production, load
the banking machinery of our country
with credits to carry unsold products
and produce Industrial stagnation and
unemployment. If we want to sell we
must bis prepared to buy. Whatever,
therefore, may have been our views
during the period of growth of Amer
ican business concerning tariff legisla
tion, we must now adjust out* own
economic lives to a changed condition
growing out of the fact that Ameri
can business is full grown nncl that
America is the greatest capitalist in
the world.
No policy of isolation will satisfy the
growing needs and opportunities of
America. The provincial standards
and policies of the past, which have
held American business as if In a
straight jacket, must yield and give
way to the needs and exigencies of
the new day in which we live, a day
full of hope and promise for American
business. If we will but take advan
tage of the opportunities that are
for the asking. The recent war has
ended our great Isolation and thrown
upon us a great duty and "responsibil
ity. The United States must share the
expanding world market. The United
States desires for Itself only equal
opportunity with the other nations of
the world, and that through the pro
cess of friendly co-operation and fair
competition the legitimate Interests
of the nations concerned may be suc
cessfully and equitably adjusted.
There are other matters of Impor
tance upon which I urged action at
the last session of congress which are
still pressing for solution. I am sure
It Is net necessary for me again to re
mind you that there Is one Immediate
and very practicable question result
ing from the war which we should
meet !si tte most liberal spirit. It Is a
matter of recognlt'on and relief to our
soldiers. I esn ill no tetter than ta
quota from tay last meisage urging
this vary action:
"We must soe to it that our re
turning soldiers are assisted in every
practicable way to find the places for
Which they are fitted in the dally work
of the country. This can be done by
developing and maintaining upon an
adequate scale the admirable organi
sation created by the department of
labor for placing men seeking work;
and K can also be doi.e, In at least
one very great field, by ' reatlng new
opportunities for Individual enterprise.
The secretary of the interior has
pointed out the was by which re
turning soldiers may be helped to
And and take up land lb the hitherto
undeveloped regions of the country
which the federal government has al
ready prepared or can readily prepare
for cultivation and also on many ot
the cutover or neglected areas wblch
lis within the limits of the older
statiss; and I once more take the lib
erty of racommending very urgently
that his.plans shall receive the imme
diate and substantial support of the
•sagrsas." i;
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1919
In the matter ot tariff legislation,
I beg to call your attention to the
statements contained In my last mae
tata urging legislation with reference
to the establishment of the chemical
and dyestuffs industry In America.
"Among the lndustrlee to which spe
clal consideration should be given Is
that ot the manufacture ot dyestuffs
and related chemicals. Our complete
dependence upon German supplies be
fore the war made the Interruption ot
trade a cause of exceptional economic
disturbance. The close relation be
tween the manufacture of dyestuffs, on
the one hand, and of explosives and
poisonous gases, on the other, more
over, has given the industry an ex
ceptional significance and value. Al
though the United States will gladly
and unhesitstlngly join in the program
of international disarmament, It will,
nevertheless be a policy of obvloue
prudence to make certain of the suc
cessful maintenance ot many strong
and well-equipped chemical plants.
The German chemical Industry, with
which we will be brought Into compe
tition, was and may well be again, a
thoroughly knit monopoly capable ot
exercising a competition of a pecu
liarly Insidious and dangerous kind."
During the war the farmer perform
ed vital and willing service to the
nation. By materially Increasing the
production of his land, he supplied
America and the allies with tho in
creased amounts of food necessary to
keep their Immense armies in the
field. He indispensably helped to win
the war. But there Is now scarcely
less need of Increasing the production
In food and the necessaries of life. I
ask consider means of
enprfuraglng efforts along these lines.
,Tne importance of doing everything
possible to promote the production
along economical lines, to Improve
marketing and to make rural life more
attractive and healthful, Is obvious.
I would urge approval ot the plans al
ready proposed to the congress by the
secretary of agriculture to secure the
essential facts required for the proper
study of this question, through the
proposed enlarged programs for farm
management studies and crop esti
mates. I would urge also the contin
uance ot federal participation In the
building of good roads, under the
terms of existing laws and under the
direction of present agencies; the need
of further action op the part of the
states and the federal government to
preserve and develop our forest re
sources, especially through the prac
tice of better forestry methods on pri
vate holdings and the extension of the
publicly owned forests; better support
for country schools and the more
definite direction of their courses of
study along lines related to rural
problems; and fuller provision for
sanitation in rural districts and the
building up of needed hospital and
medical facilities in these localities.
Perhaps the way qflght be cleared
for many of these desirable reforms
by a fresh comprehensive survey
made of rural conditions by a confer
ence composed of representatives of
the farmers and of the agricultural
agencies responsible for leadership.
I would call your attention to the
widespread condition of political rest
lessness in our body pontic. The
causes of this unrest, while various
and complicated, are superficial rath
er than deep-seated. Broadly, they
arise from or are connected with the
failure on the part of our government
to arrive speedily at a Just and per
manent peace permitting return to
normal conditions, from tIW transfu
sion ot radical theories from seeth
ing European centers pending such
delay, from heartless profiteering re
sulting In the Increase of the cost of
living and lastly, from the machlnn
tlons of passionate and malevolent
agitators. With the return to normal
conditions, the unrest will rapidly dis
appear. In the meantime It does
much evil. It seems ,to me that In
dealing, with this situation £ongros*
should not be Impatient or drastic,
but should seek rather to remove the
causes. It should endeavor to bring
our country back speedily to a peace
basis, with ameliorated living condi
tions under the minimum of restric
tions upon personal liberty that Is
consistent with our reconstruction
problems. And it should arm the fed
eral government with power to deal
In its criminal courts with those per
sons who, by violent methods would
abrogate our time-tested Institutions.
With the free expression of opinion
and with the advocacy of orderly po-
Uclcal change, however fundamental,
there must be no Interference, but to
wards passion and malevolence tend
ing to Incite crime and Insurrection
under guise of political evolution
there should be no leniency. Legis
lation to this end has been vecon>
mended by the attorney general and
should be enacted. In this direct con
nection; I would call your attention
to my recommendations on August t
pointing out legislative measures
which would be effective In controll
ing and bringing down the present
cost of living, which contributes so
largely to this unrest. On only one
of these recommendations has the
congress acted. If the government's
campsign Is to be effective It Is nec
essary that the other steps suggested
should.be acted on at once.
I renew and strongly urge the ne
cessity of the extension of the present
food control act as to the period of
time In which It shall remain in oper
ation. The attorney general has sub
| mltted a bill providing for an exten
sion of this act for a period of si*
! months. As It now stands It Is 11m
i Ited In operation to the period of the
war and becomes inoperative upon the
I formal proclamation of peace. It Is
I Imperative that It should be extended
at once. The department of Justice
has built up extensive machinery for
, the purpose of enforcing Its provls
j Ions; all of which must be abandoned
i upon the conclusion of peace unless
I the provisions ot this act are ex
! tended.
i During this period the congress will
I have an opportunity to make similar,
permanent provisions and regulations
to sll goods destined for interstate
commerce and to exclude them from
Interstate shipment. If the requlre-
I menu of the law are sot complied
with. Some' such regulation Is Im
peratively necessary. The abuses that
have grown up (n the manipulation of
prices by the withholding of foodstuffs
and other necessariee ot life cannot
.otherwise be effectively prevented.
There can be no doubt ot either the
necsslty or the legitimacy ot' such
measuros. •
As I pointed out in my last mes
sage, publicity can accomplish a great
deal In thla campaign. The alma ot
the government must be clearly
brought to the attention of the con
suming public, clvks organisations aad
state officials who are In a position to
lend their assistance to our efforts.
You have made available funds with
which to carry on this campaign, bnt
there is no provision in the law au
thorising their expenditure tor ths
purpose of making the public fully In
formed about the efforts ot the gov
ernment. Specific recommendation
lias been made by the attorney gen
eral In this regard. I would, strongly
urge upon you Its Immediate adoption,
as it. constitutes one ot the prelimi
nary steps to this campaign.
I also renew my recommendation
that the congress past a law regulat
ing cold storage as It is regulated, for
example, by the laws ot the state at
New Jersey, which limit the time dur
ing which goods may be kept la ator>
age, prescribe the method of dlsposlag
ot them It kept beyond the period per
mitted, and require that goods releaa
ed for storage shall In all casea bear
the date of their receipt. It would ma
terially add to (he serviceability of
the law, for the purpose we now have
In view, It It were also prescribed that
all goods released from storage far
Interstate shipment should have plain
ly marked upon each package ths sell
ing or market price at which they
went into storage. By this meane the
purchase would always be able to
learn whir profits stood between him
and the producer or the wholesale
dealer.
I would also renew my recommen
dation that all goods destined for In
terstate commerce should In every
case, where their form or package
makes It possible, be plainly marked
with the price at which they lett ths
hands of the producer.
We should formulste a law requir
ing a federal license ot all corpora
tions engaged In, interstate commerce
committee and embodying In the 11-
cense, or In the conditions under
which it Is to be Issued, specific reg
ulations designed to secure competi
tive selling end prevent unconscion
able profits In the method of market
ing. Such a law would affor# a wel
come opportunity to effect other much
needed reforms In the business of in
terstate shipment and In methods of
corporations which are engaged in It;
but for the moment I confine my rec
ommendations to the object imme
diately in hand, which Is to lower the
cost of living.
No one who has observed the march
ot events in the last year can tall to
note the absolute need of a definite
program to bring about an Improve
ment In the conditions of labor. There
can be no settled conditions leading to
Increased production and a reduction
In the cost ot livt.lg If labor and cap
ital are to be antagonists Instead of
partners. Sound thinking and an hon
est desire to serve the Interests of
the whole nation, as distinguished
from the 'interests of a class, must
be applied to tho solution of this
great and pressing problem. The fail
ure of other nations to consider this
matter In a vigorous wsy has pro
duced bitterness and Jealousies and
antagonisms, the food of radicalism.
The only way to keep men from agi
tating against grievances le to re
movo tho grievances. An unwilling
ness even to discuss these matters
produces only dissatisfaction and
gives comfort to the extreme ele
ments In our country which endeavor
to stir up disturbances In order to
provoke governments to embark upon
a course of retaliation and repression.
The seed of revolution Is repression, j
Tho remedy for these things must not
be negative In character. It must be
eonstiuetlve. It must comprehend the
treneral Interest. The real antldst* for
the unrest which manifests Itself Is
not suppression, but a deep consider
atlon of the wrongs that beset our a*
tional life and the application of S
remedy,
Congress has already shown its
willingness to desl with these Indus
trial wrongs by establlahlng the elght
bour day as the standard In every field
of labor. It has sought to find a wsy
to prevent child labor. It haa served
the whole country by lending the way
In developing the means of preserving
and safeguarding llvee and health In
dangerous Industries. It must now
help In the difficult taak ot flading a
method that will bring about a gen
uine democratization of Industry,
based upon the full recognition of the
right of those who work. In whatever
rank, to participate la some organic
way in every decision which directly
effects their welfare. U la with this
purpose In mind that 1 called a con
fsrence to meet in Washington on De
cember, to conelder theee problems
in ail their broad aspects, with the
Idea of bringing about a better under
standing between these two Interests.
The great unrest throughout the
world, out of which has emerged a
for an Immedlete considera
tion of the dlfferencee between capital
and labor, bids us to put our own
house In order. Frankly, there can be
no permanent and lasting settle
ments between capital and labor
which do not recognise the funda
mental concepts for wblch febor hae
bees straggling through tbe years.
The whole world gave Ite recognition
and endorsement to theee fundamen
tal purposes In tbe league of nations.
The statesmen gathered at Ver
sailles recognised tbe fact that world
stability could not be bed by reverting
to ladustrisl standards aad conditions
against which tbe average working
maa of the world ha 4 revolted. It is,
therefore, tbe task of the stateemen
ot this new day of change and read
justment to recognise world conditions
and to seek to bring about, through
legislation, conditions that will mean
the ending of age-long antagonleme
between capital and labor aad that
will hopefully lead to the .building up
of ~e comradahip which will reealt set'
only in greater con ten tas eat smnng
the mass ot workmen bat else Mac
shout s greater production sad s
greater prosperity to business itself.
To analyse the particulars In the
demands of labor Is to admit the Jus
tice of their complaint ia maay mat
tore that lie at their baste. The work
in aa dssssnds an adeqasts wage, suffi
cient to permit him to live in comfort,
unhampered by the fear ot poverty and
want la hie old age. He demands the
right to live and the right to work
amidst sanitary surroundinge, both la
heme sad in the workehep, surround-,
lags that develop and do not retard '
his own health and well-being; and
the right to provide for his children's
wants In the matter of health and edu- •
cation. In other words, It Is his de
slre to make the conditions of hie life
aad the llvee ot thoee dear to him
tolerable aad easy to bear.
The eetebllehment of the priaciplee
regardlag labor laid down ia the cove
nant ot the league of nations otters |
us the war to Industrial peace and ;
eeaclllatloa * No other road lies open
to us. Not to pursue this one is long
er to Invito enemltles, bitterness aad
antagonisms which in the' end only ;
lead to industrial and social dlsastsr. |
The unwilling workman Is not a profl-!
table servant An employee whoee life
la hedged about by hard aad unjust
eoadltloas, which he did not create
aad over which he hae no control,
lacks that flae spirit of enthusiasm
and volunteer effort which are tho
aeceseary ingredients ot greater pro-1
due lag entity. Lot ae be frank about
this solemn matter. The evidences
of world-wide unrest which manltsst
themselves In violence throughout i
the world bid uo pause and consider i
tho means to be found to stop the {
spread of thla contagions thing before '
It saps the very vitality of the nation I
Itself. Do we gain etrength by with
holding the remedy* Or Is it ndt tho
business of etateamen to treat these
manifestations of unrest which meet
us on every hand ss evidences of an
economic dleorder and to apply con-'
structlve remedies wherever necee-»
sary, belag euro that la the applica-1
tion ot the remedy we touch not the
vital Ussuss ot our Industrial and eco
nomic llfeT There can be no recession
ot the tide ot unreet until construc
tive lnstrumentalltlee are set up to
stem that tide.
Government must recognise the
light ot men collectively to bargain
for humane objects that have at their
base the mutual protection and wel
fare of thoee engeged In all Industries.
Labor must not longer be treated aa
a commodity. It must be regarded
as the activity of human beings pos
sessed of deep yesrnlngs and deslroe.
The business man gives his best
thought to the repair and replenish
ment of his machinery, eo that its use
fulness will not be impaired and its
power to produce may always bo at
Its height and kept In full vigor and
motion. No less regard ought to bo
paKTto the human machine, which
after all propele the machinery ot the
world and Is the great dynamic force
that lies bsck of all Industry and
progrees. Return to the old standards
of wage and Industry In employment
Is unthinkable. The terrible trsgedy
of wer which has Just ended sad which
lyu brought the world to the verge ot
choae aad disaster would be In vain
it there should ensue a return to the
The Farmer's 1
Bank Account
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With both labor and capital falsely branding the food
producer as the high-cost-of-living profiteer, our farm
ers must fight together under strong leaders if they
are to continue to get a living wage for their labor. In
our own county this bank will always stand for your
prosperity. Nationally—internationally—the strong
voice that is speaking for the American farmer today is
lße COUNTRY GENTLEMAN J
The farmer is not a profiteer, you will get in the next 52 big
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The National Bank of Alamance |
Capital $50,000 J. L. SCOTT, JR., Phogc 530
President
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Cha*. A. ScOtt (J) Here - imy( j o ii„ J**"*
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National Bank
of Alamance (Mr Addreaa) J
Graham, N. C. ■ ~ _ -Ml
(City) (State) 1
I conditions of the peat,. Europe Itaelf,
whence has come the unrest which |
now holds the world at bay. Is an ex
ample of standpatlsm In these vital
human matte re whleh America might
well aceeyt aa an example, not to be
tolloared bat studiously to be avoided,
tturoye mule labor the differential,
%
and the price of it all is enmity anA
antagonism aad prostrated industry.
The right of labor to live In peace and
comfort must be recognised by gov
ernments and America should be the
first to ley the foundation stones upon
which Industrial peace shall be built.
I Labor not only la entitled to an ade
quate wage, but capital ahould receive
n reasonable return "upon Its invest
i ment and is entitled to protection at
the handa of the government In every
emergency. No government worthy
of the name can "play" these ele
ments against each other, tor there
le a mutuality ot Interest between
them which the government must seek
to express and safeguard at all costs.
I The right of the individual to strike
! Is Inviolate and ought not to be inter
t fered with I>y any process ot govern
ment, but there is a predominant
right aad that is the right of the gov
j ernment to protect all of Its people
! and to assart Its power and majesty
egalnst the the challenge ot any claaa.
The government, when it aaserta that
I right, seeks not to antagonise a class
but simply to defend the right ot a
whole people against Irreparable
harm and injury that might be done
by the attempt by any class to usurp
| a power that only government Itself
has a right to exercise as protection
to all.
. In the matter ot International dls
' putes which have led to war, states
{ men have sought to set up as a rem
| edy arbitration' for w«r. Does this
j not point the wny for the settlement
of Industrial disputes, by the estab
lishment ot a tribunal, fair and Just
silks to all, which will settle indue
trial disputes which In the past have
led to war and disaster? America,
witnessing the evil consequences
which have followed out of such dls
' putes between these contending forces
' must not admit Itaelf Impotent to deal
with these matters by means of peace
ful processeeilurely, there must be
some method of bringing together In
a council of peace and amity these two
great Interests out ot which will come
' a happier day of peace and cooper*,
tlon, a day that will make men more
hopeful and enthusiastic In their vari
ous tasks, that will make for more com
fort and happiness in living and a more
tolerable condition among all claeees
of men. Certainly human Intelligence
can devise some acceptable tribunal
fqr adjusting the differences between
capital and labor.
This Is the hour of test and triad for
America. By her prowess and strength,
aad the indomitable courtge of her
soldiers, she demonstrated her power
to vindicate on foreign battlefields her
conceptions of liberty end justice. Let
not her Influence as a mediator be
tween capital and labor be weakened
and her own fnllure to settle matters
of purely domestic concern be pro
claimed to the world. There are those
In this country who threaten direct ac
tion to force their will upon a major
ity. Russia today with Its blood and
terror, Is a painful object leeson of the
power of minorities. It makes llttls
difference what minority it Is; wfaeth-
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•r capital or lalbor, or any other
no sort of privilege will ever
ted to dominate this country. We oH
a partnership or nothing that Is worUjQH
while. We are a democracy; wffere tkwH
majority are the masters, or all
bopes and purposes of the men wtosl
founded this government have been jSgl
feated and forgotten. In America that* J
Is but one way by which great reformat
can be accomplished and the relM j
sought by claaaes obtained, and that la '
through the orderly processes of rep>
resentatlre government. Those who
would propose any other method of're.
form are enemies of tbis oountryt
America will not be daunted by threats
nor lose her composure or calmness ia
these distressing times. We can afford, c
in the midst of this day of passion and
unrest, to be self-contained and sure.
The Instrument of all reform in Aimer*
lea Is the ballot. The road to economic " '
and social reform in America is the
straight road of justice to all classes
and conditions of men. (Men hare but
to follow this road to realise the full
fruition of their objects and purpose#.
Let those beware who would take the
shorter road of disorder and revolution.
The right road Is the road of justice, i
and orderly process.
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GRAHAM DRUG COMPAVY,.
OHAHAM, Ki C.
For Sale.
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One good work horse, cheap. ■ ''"A
ply to
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Graham, V. C. f