The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-28
HARDING TAKES.
BATTLE ON TO.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Republican Nominee Carries
Campaign into Another
Political Border State with
Strenuous Schedule.
MAKES SHORT STOPS

ON BOARD SENATOR HARDING'S
SPECIAL TRAIN, Sept. 2S.-Carrying
his campaign into another of the
political border states, Senator Hard
ing began today a strenuous schedule
of addresses which will take him to
most of the larger cities of West
Virginia before he returns to Marion
tomorrow night.
The only set speech on today's
schedule was to be at an evening meet
ing at Wheeling, but the special train
made numerous short stops at other
points where crowds greeted the Re-
publican nominee and asked him to
address them
Reaches Wheeling Early.
The train which left Baltimore last
night after a meeting at the Fifth
Regiment armory, was due at Wheel
ing early in the afternoon. During
most of the time between his arrival
and the evening address the candidate
planned to rest. The exceptional heat
has made his trip unusually trying,
and his voice showed the strain OF
last nights speech to the tumultuous
gathering in the Baltimore auditorium.
Holds Conferences.
AS he travelled westward today
Senator Harding took up various i'm
portant features of his campaign in
conference with several of his closest
advisors. On his train were Harry
M. Daugherty, the nominees pre-con-
vention manager; Charles d. Hilles,
former Republican national chairman
and former Senator George Suther-
land. of Utah, who is on the Harding
- Mo- iC
understood that among other things
they talked over final plans for the
speaking trip to be made by the Sen
ator late next month to New York and
New England.
A merchant marine policy, insuring
accessibility to all the markets of the
world, linked with a protective tariff
system to foster production at home,
were promised by Senator Harding in
his speech at Baltimore last night.
The nominee praised the merchant
marine bill enacted at the last session
of congress and assailed the Demo
cratic administration for "unprepared-
ness for peace" in it's policy toward
American shipping and other factors
of financial and industrial rehabilita-
ton.
Proposes Activity.
With a new shipping act framed by
Republicans now on the statute books,
he said, a new Republican administra-
ton proposed to so administer 1t as to
give the nation it's proper place as
sea carrier.
Senator Harding also replied to
charges that the Republican platform
and policies are "reactionary,' declar-
ing that it was true that his party de-
sires to "react" from an era of
executive rsurpation and re-establlsh
orderly, constitutional government,
under forward looking, progressive"
policies.
For Trade Development
"A well-equipped merchant marine
is a prime essential of successful COM
merce; it is the best agency of trade
development. Nothing else will sup
ply the same enterprises in the search
for new markets, nor contribute the
same energy in the opening up OF new
trade routes, nor offer the same en-
couragement for the investment
abroad of our surplus capital. Over
seas transportation in American bot
toms is of the root and essence of
American commercial expansion.
How urgent is the need will ap-
pear if we consider the new position
of our country in the world trade. In
five years we have changed from a
debtor nation, owing the world be-
tween four and five billion dollars
with a varying trade balance, some
times against us, to creditor nation.
to whom the world is in debt on capi-
tai account some twelve billion dol
lars. and to whom is due an annual
credit balance certainly as great,
probably much greater, than our prior
debit balance"