Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-08-05
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SPEECH OF fll0NT
PORCH CAMPAIGN
Declares Greatest Usefulness
Of Nation Demands Level
ing Of Class Spirit and Sec
tional Barriers.

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tional Barriers.
Marion, Ohio, July 31.-ln the
! opening speech Of his front porch
campaign, Senator Harding told q
delegation from Richland county,
(. Ohio, today that the greatest useful
ness OF the nation demanded level
ing Of the class and sectional barriers
i and realization Of the "interdepeno-
ence and mutually Of interests OF all
our people.
~ The great war, he said, had helped
toward such a realization, tho there
were many ways by which In peace
time the rule of "commingling friend
ship', and equal opportunity could be
encouraged. CloBer cooperation IN
industry and complete assimilation
!, of the foreign born he suggested as,
nointine the way to fuller national
accord.
Urging also readjustment OF tax
alton. he expressed doubt whether
the wartime excess profits levy was
In harmony with peace requirements,
and added he had not yet worked out
the details Of revised tax system.
eve ought to make wealth bear Its
full share Of taxation" he said, "and
We VIM. Having this thought IN
mind and also thinking OF the ex-
cessiye cost Of living, doubt II the
excess war profits tax. for war pre-
cisely accomplishes the end we seek
IN neace. I would gladly recommend
a change. but I am not yet prepared
- suggest an adequate substitute
though I should have no hesitancy IN
asking congress to seek the earliest
possible solution"
The League Of Nations he decided
NOT to refer directly but he declared
I, the nations highest duty is to cling
&. - the. fundamentals on which we
huilded, and hold fast to the nation
! alityi which inspired our onward
march. +" -
"It is with keen sense of dellght
that T welcome your, visit today,
said Senator Harding. am pleased
that YOU come not only as republicans
hut as neighbors and friends. we
mood to cultivate friendliness and
neighborliness.
aThe especial thought in my mlnd
tnday is the inter-dependence and the
mutuality Of interests of all OF our
neople. One could underwrite the
good fortunes of mankind if he could
guarantee in prosperity that frater-
nity. that common interest which IS
horn of adversely. The pilgrim
4 fathers laid their eternal foundations
of new world liberty in grim neces-
.sity, and the, same sspiri the same N
concord, the same mutuality follow
ed every pioneering step In the de-
valonment of the republic.
sHThe tendency to class conscious
ness is a product of developing for
tunes and is both a reflex Of achieve
ment and a menace to maintained
progress. We must caution against
class distinction and class conflict at
every step. Is.
farming is. free from tenantry and
holds to the normal way and manu-
featuring is mainly confined to the
plants Of that moderate size which
indexes the surprising fabric Of
American industry, we have the touch
of intimacy and that closer under
standing which emphasizes the thot
I have in mind. We cannot promote
agriculture alone because the fac
tory is necessary to the making OF
market. We cannot foster the fac
tory and ignore agriculture, because
the farm is our base of food supply.
Il can readily recall 40 cent wheat,
fayed from the fields of Richland and
Morrow. That was before luxury be-
came the by-product Of farm and fac
tory. That was before the age of ag-
ricultural machinery, that was when
we Graded the wheat and toiled from
sunrise to sunset, that was before
wealth had been taken from the
earth to alter the way of our civiliza-
ton. S 4, Eg
IT trust no one will misquote me as
saying i believe in 40 cent wheat, be-
cause l have INDUCED my memory.
Pardon the diversion, am recall
ing the old-time low level Of prices
to recall at the same time the peo-
ple,s inability to buy and to remind
you that mounting farm prices,
mounting wages, mounting expendi-
lures, allsare inseparably linked and
y grim mutually will ultimately as
sert itself no matter what we do.
But "a mindfulness Of this mutually
will spare us the fine qualities and.
grievance which come Of forced adj
& iustment. :sss. i iS
1--WE collect more federal taxes In
4 one year than the entire wealth of
y the republics century ago. Only q
little while ago our grievances about
taxes Wereswh oily local becausesa half
century Of repub lican control Of the
federal governme ent held us free from
b direct burdens. Butt the, changed.
policy, the dem ocratic drift to free
dom Of trade which iss information
rat her han national and. mounting