The Washington times., 1920-10-20
HARDING HITS
us. MISTAKES
Senator Flags Democrats Prod
igaI Waste Before so,
at Jackson Barbecue.
BY GEORGE X. HOLMES
Interaa tlsnai News service.

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JACKSON, Ohio, Oct. 2O.-Speak-
ing this afternoon to q great gath
ering of people at an old-fashioned
barbecue, Senator Warren G. Hard
ing charged the Democratic Admin
istration with "grotesque ineffici-
ency" and 'prodigal waste" in its
conduct of the nations affairs. Ev-
cry one in America, he said, had
been made to pay dearly" for the
Administrations mistakes.
LARGEST AUDIENCE YET.
The audience which Senator Hard
ing found here was one OF the largest
he has faced In the campaign. From
all over Southern Ohio. and parts
OF Indiana. Kentucky, West Virgins
and Pennsylvania people came here
today by special train and motor to
attend the barbecue.
Preliminary estimates of the crowd
ran as high As $4,000.
To feed this great throng fifty beeves
were butchered and cooked.
To feed this great throng nifty
beeves were butchered and cooked in
the open oven trenches. There was
also burgoo''--an ID time kentucky
of meat and vegetables cooked in
huge iron pots. Several carloads of
produce~went into the burgoo pots.
.NICK LoNGwORTH SPEAKS.
Senator Harding arrived at noon on
special train. After lunching on
ba rbecued beef and burgoo, he made
a short speech. Congressman Nick"
Longworth and Frank b. Willis, can
didate for Senator Harding's seat in
the Senate, also spoke
Many of those attending were from
the iron and steel regions of Southern
Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia
and the Senator'S address dealt prin-
cipally with that industry.
Il would like" said the Senator.
Ito see the standards of living among
foreign nations raised up to our stan
dards. ] should like to see them pros
porous as we have been prosperous,
but / do not intend to see our pros
perity and our standards of living in
the iron and steel industry lowered
to meet the competition OF foreign
countries in our markets.
We stand for proper policy OF
American protection, flexible, subject
to readjustments, fair to our con-
sumers and yet protecting American n
Investments and the standard of l.v-
ing of those American laborers who
do their part by giving us 100 per
cent efficiency in their productive ef-
fort.
CRAPS DEMOCRATIC TONGUES
"The truth of the matter is that
with all the progressive tongues and
all the literary ideaIism of our op-
ponents 1t is still the Republican
party, not only as to tariff protec-
tion but as to every other kind of
protection which stands as the safe
guard OF America.
TT is n simple matter to make
phrases: 1t Is more difficult to per-
form, but IL is on their respective
records as phrase makers and per.
formers that the Democratic forces
of this campaign and the Republican
party opposes each other.
81 do not wonder that the present
Administration and those whom IL
has chosen as II its successors, are
trying to divert the attention of the
country from the neglect, the prodi-
gal wastes and the grotesque inef-
ficiency for which they have made us
all pay so dearly
Senator Harding was scheduled to
leave Jackson at 4 o. m. for Column
bus. from whence he Will turn east
ward tonight to Rochester and Buff
falo where he will speak tomorrow.