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Show HAYS URGES ! PEACETIME PATRIOTISM SPRIXGF1ELD, 111.. Nov. 7 Will H HayBi chairman of the national commit com-mit fe of the Republican party speaking speak-ing before the Republican Editorial Association of Illinois tonight, urged peace time "patriotism which moes ; men to make their country's welfare thejr ow-n business." in obtaining good government and solving present prob lems, which he lermed largely eco noml Exact justice for capital and laboi and elimination of force were asked. "He said in part: "I repeat and shall continually declare de-clare that what we need in this coun-trj coun-trj Is not 'less politics,' but more at-tehtion at-tehtion t,i politics Politics is the science sci-ence of government and what we need Is more attention to the science of government. gov-ernment. "Our difficulties are largely entire The industrial problems in this covin trj which at the moment seem Lo be overwhelming, can be. and 1 hae nq plicit faith, will be solved in the way - -by finding exact justice and enforc ing H It Is simply a matter of Rooee-elt's Rooee-elt's 'square deal' exact justice for labor, exact justice for capital, and e a t justice for the public, the 'hird side of the triangle which must not be Idst sight of To that end we must de velop a reasonable method for honest and efficient labor to acquire an interest in-terest in the business to which labor is expected to gie its best etforts. Pend inK 'his development the equilibrium in production and wages must be es tablished and there must be Justice for all exact justice, the justice of right and of reason, but not of force.' Justice Jus-tice for all and do net forget that the American people still know" what exact justice is. Republicans for Middle Ground. "The Republican party from its Inception In-ception has stood against undue federalization fed-eralization of industries and activities There must be strong federal regulation regula-tion but not federal ownership. We have always endeavored and slid c n-dcaor, n-dcaor, to find the middle ground so well defined as between 'the anarcnies of unregulated individualism and dead ening formulism of inefficient and widespread state ownership' We are against paternalism in government and we are against that form of peda goeic paternalism that has deve'oped r cently in this country. We are against autocracy as vigorously as we are against anarchy. Bolshevism and kaiserism are equally dangerous in industry in-dustry as in goernment. We are against both. "There shall be legislation passed as rapidly as possible, and when the com- ,,U,n nnr.iil-kli.-or rnntr I ntMlUrf fOT full functioning shall have teen i brought about, there shall be legislation legisla-tion executed on all of these things I have mentioned, all moving in the di-j rectlon oi efficiency an.i economy, for, the establishment of business in thel country on B sound, safe and san? ba-Bls; ba-Bls; the solution of the railroad irob lem; legislation for a better relation between labor and capital with justice, for both a law providing for a budget: system for the country's own business.! a method which should have teenl adopted long ago and it is interesting I lo note that in the message of the i chief executive last given to congress ; omitted an mention of a budget Bystem. There shall be legislation for the development of trade, the Improve ment of our diplomatic service, the ; solution of our shipping problem that we may have a merchant marine adequate ade-quate to meet the developmen' of world trade, the development of our position on international relations, and still othei Innumerable problems all i incident to the readjustment which is imminent. 'Let not our great accomplishments in war he marred by our inability to ord r our own affairs Mere agii ition and mere motion are not progress. The vicious circle is not the shortest distance between honest effort and highest reward. Remember that one! man IS only better than another when; he does better. Give every well be-i be-i .1 man his equality of opportunity. I and require from him his full measure! of accountability. Live and let live is I not enough we must live and help live and a ou live and help live, tlnd always exact justice and enforce it." |