Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-07-30

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must not destroy the equally sacred
right of the individual. In his necessary
pursuit of livelihood. Any American
has the right to quit his employment.
so has every american the right 10
seek employment The group must
not endanger the individual. and we
must discourage groups preying upon
one another and none shall be allowed
to forget that the governments obliga-
tons are alike to all the people.
We are so confident that much OF
the present day insufficiency and in
efficiency of transportation are due to
the whitening hand of government OPP
GRAFTON that we emphasize anew our
oppo sition TO government ownership.
we want To expedite the reparation
and make sure the mistake is not re-
peated.
state OF inadequate transportation
facilities. mainly chargeable To the
failure OF governmental experiment. is
losing millions to agriculture. IL is him
dering industry. II is menacing the
American people with a fuel shortage
little less than peril. II emphasizes
the present day problem and suggests
that spirit of encouragement and as
sistance which commits all America
to relieve such an emergency.
Gross expansion OF currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar Just
as expansion and initiation have dis
credited the coins OF the world We
inflated In haste. We must debate in
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In reckless finance. We must restore
in honesty.
VIII Prevent Unreasonable Profits.
In all sincerity we promise the pre-
vention of unreasonable profits. we
challenge profiteering with all the
moral force and the legal powers OF
government and people. but IL is fair.
aye. IL is timely, TO give reminder that
law Is not the sole corrective OF our
economic Ills.
Let us call to all the people for
thrift and economy. for denial and sac.
rifice II need be, for nationwide
drive against extravaganza and luxury.
TO a recommittal to simplicity of liv-
ing, to that prudent and normal plan
Of life which is the health of the re.
public.
New conditions, which attend amaz-
ng growth and extraordinary indus
trial development, call for n new and
forward looking program. The Ameri-
can farmer had hundred and twenty
millions to feed In the home market.
and heard the cry of the world for
food and answered II. though he faced
an appalling task amid handieaps new
er encountered before
Contemplating the defenselessness OF
the individual farmer to meet the or
ganized buyers of his products and the
distributors of the things the farmer
buys. l hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged to
join in cooperative association to reap
the Just measure of reward merited by
their arduous toll.
Aid to Farmer Pledged.
Our platform is an earnest pledge
OF renewed concern for this most es
sential and elemental industry and In
both appreciation and interest W.
pledge effective expression in law and
practice. We will hail that coopera
ton which again will make profitable
and desirable the ownership and OPP
Grafton of comparatively small farms
intensively cultivated, and which will
facilitate the caring for the products
OF farm and orchard without the la
mentable waste under present condi
tons.
America would look with anxiety OF
the encouragement OF farming actiyit.
either through the governments neg
lect or Its paralysis OF socialistic prac
tees. A Republican administration
viii be committed TO renewed regar,
for agriculture and seek the partici
patton OF farmers in curing the ILL
justly complained of. and aim to plac'
the American farm where II ought 4
be-highly ranked In American actiy
tiles and fully sharing the highest goo'
fortunes of American life.
Becomingly associated with this sub
ject are the policies OF irrigation ant
reclamation, so essential TO agricul
tural expansion. snd the continued de
velopment of the great and wonderful
West II is our purpose to continu
and enlarge federal aid and not In sec
tional Partially. but for the good OF al
America.
Budget System Favored.
believe the budget system will el
feet a necessary. helpful reformation
and reveal business methods to govern
ment business | believe federal d,
partments should be made more bus
ness like and send back TO productiv
effort thousands OF federal employees
who are either duplicating work Q
not essential at all.
believe In the protective tariff pc
icy and know we will be calling IL
its saving Americanism again.
believe In a great merchant marine
would have this republic the leadin
maritime nation of the world | b.
lieve in navy ample to protect II an
able to assure US dependable defens'
believe in a small army. but the bei