The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-27
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law, but the forces Of the government
Ican and must AFFORD considerable
Iremedy.
1.-THE most obvious place to begin
retrenchment is by eliminating the
extravaganza of the government it
self. The extravagant standards bred
of recent years must be eliminated.
This should show Immediately in re-
duced taxation. That great breeder
of public and private extravaganza,
the excess profits tax should be re-
vised and recourse had to customs
taxes on imports, one of the most
wholesome of all means of raising
revenue.
| There has been profiteering. 1t
should be punished because it is
wrong. But it is idle to look to such
action for relief.
| "As everyone knows now, the diff
,culty is caused by scarcity of ma
iterial, an absence of money and IN
sufficient production. The govern
ment must reduce the amount of
money as fast as it can without cur
failing necessary credits. Production
must be increased.
"One of the chief hindrances to nro-
duction is lack of adequate rai.wsy
facilities, Transportation must be
reestablished. A few glazing Instances
i'm the past of improper mana cement,
Joined with an improper pubic alti-
ltude thereby created, wrought great
harm to our railroads Goyalnme IT
Operation left them disintegrated, dis
organized and demoralisetl. They
capital and given the power to serve
hn 4 n
with the great importance os the
service they render.
There must be a different public
attitude toward industry, larger
comprehension Of the iuter-oe pend
ence Of capital, management and
labor, and better facilities for the
prompt and reasonable adjustment CT
industrial disputes. The farmers
need an enlarged power of organiza-
ton whereby the original producer
may profit to a larger degree by the
high prices paid for his products by
| the ultimate consumer and at the
same time decrease the cost of food
The economic strength of country
rests on the farm.
| I'm all things a return to peace
basis does not mean the basis Of 1914
That day is gone. 1t is peace basis
iof the present, higher, nobler, be-
cause of the sacrifices made and the
duties assumed. 1t is not retreat,
lit is a new summons to advance.
"Our resources warn us of the
necessity of conservation. The pub
lie domain is the property of the
public. 1t is held in trust for present
and future generations The material
resources of our country are very
great. but they are not inexhaustib1a
Whenever in the future this nation
undertakes to assess its strength ana
resources, the largest item will be
the roll of those who served her in
every patriotic capacity in the world
war. The presence of the living
sample of the dead will ever stand
guaranty of the stability of our re-
public. Duty compels that those
promises, SO freely made, be speedily
redeemed. Care OF dependents, relief
from distress. restoration for fnfirm-
ity. provision for education, honor
able preferment in the public service,
a helping hand everywhere are theirs.
not as favor but by right
Ample opportunity for education
at public expense, reasonable hours
Of employment. always under sanitary
conditions. fair and always living
wage for faithful work, healthful liv-
ing conditions, childhood and mother
hood, cherished, honored, rescued
from the grasp of all selfishness and
rededicated to the MODEST aspiration
of the race, these are not socialist
but the mark Of an advanc.
ing American civilization, revealed in
larger social, Justice, tempered with
an Astounding mercy.
There is especially due to the col
ored race a more general recognition
OF their constitutional rights Surely
they hold the double title of citizen
ship, by birth and by conquest, to be
relieved from all imposition. to be de-
Tended from lynching, and to be free.
ly granted equal opportunities.
Equal suffrage for which / have
always voted, is coming. The party
stands pledged to use it's endeavors
to hasten ratification.
THE foreign relations of our coun-
try ought not to be partisan, but
American. ..
"'The country cannot be securely
restored to peace basis in anything, |
until peace is first made with those |
with whom we have been at war. |
Our party stands pledged to make an !
peace as soon as it is |
given power by the people.
THE proposed league of nations, /
without reservations, as submitted by |
the president to the senate met with !
deserved opposition from the republi- |
can senators.
1--WE shall search in vain, in legis- /
lative halls, executive mansions and !
chamber of Judiciary for the great. (
ness Of the government Of our coun.
try. .. i
I'VE shall behold there but a re- |
lection, not a reality; successful in !
to accuracy. In a free re- |.
public great government is the pro-
duct Of great people. The destiny.
he greatness of America lies around ,,
he hearthstone. If thrift and indus |,
Try are taught there and the example
Of self-sacrifce oft appears, if honor
abide there, and high ideals, if there 4
he building Of fortune be subordinate !.
% the building of character, America