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AUGUST, 1019
"TthTproMSses of distribution.
Vu for granted that that is our
1 tflJ and our duty. Nothing less
'SPSlSwS need not hesitate to
undo a national question in a na;
b,, way Wo should go beyond
irmersures I Have suggested. We
JuS formulate a law requiring a
Xral license of all corporator
indeed in interstate commerce and
fbodying in the license, or in the
ondtions under which, it is to bo
Sued, specific regulations designed
o secure competitive soiling and
nrevent unconscionablo profits in tho
methods of marketing. Such a law
would afford a welcomo opportunity
-.... fi,ar innnh Tififirlerl reforms
in tho business of interstate ship
ment and in the methods of corpora
tions which are ongaged in it J but
for tho moment I confine my recom
mendations to the object immediately
In hand, which is to lower tho cost
of living.
May I not add that there, is a bill
now pending before the congress
which, if passed, would do much to
stop speculation and to prevent the
fraudulent methods of promotion by
which our people are 'annually
fleeced of many millions of, hard
earned money. I refer to the mea
euro proposed by the capital issues
committee for the control of secur
ity issues. It is a measure formu
lated by men who know the actual
conditions of business, and its adop
tion would serve a great and bene
ficent purpose.
PROCEED WITH CONFIDENCE
We are dealing, gentlemen of tlie
congress, I need hardly say, with
very critical and very difficult mat
ters. We should go forward with
confidence along the road we see,
but we should also seek to compre
hencMhe whole of the scene amidst
which we act. There is no 'ground
for some of the fearful forecasts- r
hear uttered about me, but the con
dition of the world is unquestionably
very grave, and we should face it
coinprehendingly. The situation of
our own country is exceptionally
fortunate. We, of all peoples, can
afford to keep our heads and to de
termine upon moderate and sensible
courses of action which will insure
us against the passions and distem
pers which are working such deep
unhappiness for some of the dis
tressed nations on the other side' of
the sea. But we may be. involved in
hjir distresses unless we help, and
help with energy and intelligence. '
The world must pay for the ap
palling destruction wrought by the
great war and we are part of the
world. We must pay our share. For
nve years now the industry or all
Europe has been slack and dis-
-ut'reu. The normal crops have
ILm produced; the normal
quantity of manufactured goods has
not been turned out. Not until, there
mL, "sual crovs and th0 usual
Production of manufactured goods on
eLI r.8ide of the Atlantic can
bu ope return to the former condi-
cSfitind il was upon thG raer
onomf!!8' the pre8Gnt' that our
bunt n lations with Europe were
unless we he p Europe to get back j
10 let" normal ifo .i J. - -
vitahiv lllvensue tuere which will in
country communicated to this
MUST QUICKEN PRODUCTION
ttSrm!EvPre8ent' U fs manifest, we
ProductekenWnot 8laclc ur own
alone in ' x and we almost
Cn S?w h.old, th0 world steady.
PouLiinn ,steadfastnesB and - self-
5Dend the affaira tif na-
PremoeVcer787gllore-;" l8. in tWs su
mankind wtWs CT!flIs a
mettle" XA4?orIca mu8t rove
". in the presence of ,a
The Commoner
world confused distracted, she must
Show Jinfanlf ort1 i " mUBl
f 1 w --tfo8ea, soir-con-
talned, capable of sober and effective
action, It saved Europe by its action
in arms; it must now save it by its
action in peace. In saving Europe it
w i 8naf?, it8e1, as lfc dld UP the
battlefields of tho war. The calmness
and capacity with which it deals with
and masters the problems of peaco
will be the final test and proof of
its placo among the peoples of the
world.
And, if only in our own interest,
we muBt help the people overseas.
Europe is our biggest custqmor. We
must keep it going or thousands of
our shops and scores of our mines
must close. There is no such thing
as letting it go to ruin without our
selves Bharing in tho disaster.
In such circumstances, face to face
with such test3, passion must be dis
carded. Passion and a disregard for
the rights of others havo no placo in
the counsels, of a free people. We
need light, not heat, in these solemn
times of self-determination and sav
ing action. There must bo no
threats. There be only intelli
gent counsel and lot the best reasons
win, not the strongest brute force.
The world has just destroyed tho
arbitary force of a military junta,
It 'will live under no other. All that
is arbitrary and coercive is in the
discard.. Those who seek to employ
it only prepare their own destruc
tion. SELF-CONTROL PRESENT
We cannot hastily and overnight
revolutionize all the processes of our
economic life, We shall not attempt
to do so. These are days of deep
excitement and of extravagant
speech, but with us these are things
of the surface. Everyone who is in
real touch with the silent masses of
our' great people knows that" the old
strong fiber and steady self-control
are still there, firm against violence
!or any distempered action that would
throw their affairs into confusion.
I am serenely confident that they
will readily find themselves no mat
tor what the circumstances, and that
they will address themselves to the
tasks of peace with the same . devo
tion and the same stalwart prefer
ence for what is right that they dis
played to the administration of the
whole world in the midst of the war.
-And I enter another confident
of measures of Imperative regulation
and the sharn correction of selfish
processes; and these, no doubt, arc
necessary. But there are other forces
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hope. I have spoken today chiefly tnejr associates, think and act iike are to go on In a perpatual contest,
nf winodiu'oo rC ImnoMtivo rppnilnflnn . .- mi.., ,,t11 ann that'nu tin it rrnnlai a fliv muni nn nnn
true Americans. They will see that as antagonists. They muat, on one
Ul lUtiUbUira ui uuiJcittii vc lusuwuuu trUO Americans. lliey WJJl SOU umijun umafcuiustn, iiivy muii, un uub
and legal compulsion, of prosecutions strikes undertaken at this critical 'plane or another, be effectively awo-
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itmn. nm nnrfflin to mate mauersiciaieu. iiuvu wo noi tuvaumum nu
worse, not better worse for them 'self-possession and buainog genno
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iiuueaauiy. dui mcie io uvuci 1U1I'W anil lor everyuuuy viov. x wj nwiov,w..uuei. v .,.. wv. ..Mw ..v.
that we may count on besides those' thjng the most fatal thing that can jUndoubtedly wo have, and we shall
resident in the Department of Jus- be donG now is to stop or interrupt i work it out. In thjs meantime now
tice. We have just fully awakened production or to interfere with theiand In tho days of readjustment and
to what has been going on and to distribution of goods by the railways recuperation that aro-ahoad of us
the charges, many of them very sel- ana the shipping of tho country. We, let us resort more and more to frac
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duclng high prices and imposing an suits of tho high cost of living and , selves a great and triumphant nation.
InfoleraTiln htirden on the mass of
our people. To have brought it all
Into the open will accomplish the
greater part of the result we seek.
I appeal with entire confidence to
our producers, our middle men and
our merchants to deal fairly with the
people. It is their . opportunity to
ahnw that thev comnrehend, that
they intend to act justly, and that
they have the public interest sincere
ly at heart. And I have no doubt
that housekeepers all over the coun
try and every one who buys me
things he daily stands in need of will
presently exercise a greater vjjjii
ance, a more thoughful economy, a
mn.a Hflprimftiatincr care as to the
market in which he buys or the mer-
ohn-nt -with whom he traaes man no
has hitherto exercised.
t i.ni4n-a tnn. that the more ex
treme leaders of organized labor will
presently yield to a sooer secouu
thought and like the great, mass of
we must unite, not divide, to correct
it. There are many things rnat ougni
in' h pnrrfirtted in the relations be
tween capital and labor, in respect
of wages and conditions of labor and
other things even more far-reaching,
and I, for one, am reaay to go imo
conference about these matters with
any group of my fellow countrymen
.i, irnnw what tney are laiiwuB
about and are willing to remedy ex
isting conditions by frank counsel
rather than by violent contest. No
-,,! t nnRsible while men are in
n temper and mere can uo uu bcuo-
ment which floes noi imvo .
and standard the general in
terest Threats and undue insistence
upon the interest of a single class
make settlement impossible. I be
.!!. t have hitherto had occa
sion to say to congress, that the in
dustry and lire 01 our peujjj uu w
l. . -rrrnrlfl -Will bUUU " kuojoujm
damage if employers and workmen
both making ourselves a united force
in the life of tho worJil. It will' not
then have looked "To us for leader
ship in vain.
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Treo that Completely Cured me of a ter
rible attack of muscular an1 Inflamm
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everything elso I tried had failed me. X
have given It to many suffcrcra who be
'leved their cases hopelescr, yet they found
rcjici "ww "j ouwiii uy lilKinir
these simple hcrbfi. It also relieves Sci
atica promptly aa well as Neuralgia, and
Is a wonderful blood purifler. You are
most welcomo to this Herb KeeJpe If yon
will send for It at once. I believo you will
consider it a God-Send after you have put
it to the test. There is nothings Injurious
contained in IL and yoa can see for your
self exactly what you are taking: I will
gladly end this Hecipe absolutely fred
to any sufferer who will send name and
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