Milford chronicle., 1920-07-23

, deliberation. We debased the dollar
In reckless finance, we must restore in
honesty.
In all sincerity we promise the pre-
, vention OF unreasonable profits, we
challenge profteering with all the NOR
al force and the legal powers Of gov.
ernment and people, but it is fair, aye
1t is timely, 10 give reminder that law
Is not the sole corrective Of our eco
nomic ills.
Drive Against Extravaganee.
Let US call to all the people for
thrift and economy, for denial and sac
rifce II need be, for a nationwide
drive against extravaganza and lux
ury, to a recommittal to simplicity of
living, TO that prudent and normal plan
Of life which is the health Of the re-
I public.
New conditions, which attend amaz-
I ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development. call for new and
/ forward-looking program. The Ameri-
car farmer had hundred and twenty
millions TO feed in the home market,
aud heard the cry of the world for
food and answered II, though he faced
an appalling task amid handlcaps
never 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, I hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged 10
join in cooperative association TO reap
the just measure OF reward merited by
their arduouS toll
Our platform is an earnest pledge Of
renewed concern for this most essen
tial and elemental industry and in
both appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression in law and
practice. We will hail that co-opera-
ton which again will make profitable
and desirable the ownership and op-
GRAFTON Of comparatively small farms
intensively cultivated, and which will
facilitate the caring for the products
Of farm and orchard without the
lamentable waste under present condi-
tlons.
America would look with anxiety on
the encouragement Of farming nc.
tivity either through the governments
neglect or its paralysis by socialistic
practices. A Republican administra-
tion will be committed to renewed re-
gard for agriculture, and seek the
participation Of farmers in curing the
an. s,,e4T.- oo,,,vlof,aT 90 ord ofr, o,
place the American farm where it
ought TO be-highly ranked in Ameri-
can activities and fully sharing the
highest good fortunes Of American
life.
Becomingly associated with this
subject are the policies of irrigation
and reclamation, so essential to agri- /
cultural expansion. and the continued /
Of the great and wonder (
full West It is our purpose TO con /
tinue and enlarge federal aid, not in I
sectional partiality, but for the good 1
of all America.
I believe the budget system will eff I
feet necessary. helpful reformation,
and reveal business methods to gov 1
ernment business.
I believe federal departments should .
be made more business-like and send /.
back to productive effort thousands .
Of federal employees, who are either
work or not essential al
all.
1 believe in the protective tariff
policy and know we will be calling for
its saving Americanism again.
1 believe in a great merchant ma
rine. would have this republic the
leading maritime nation Of the world.
believe in a navy ample to pro
tect it, and able to assure us depend
able defense.
I believe in a small army but the
best in the world, with mindfulness
FOR preparedness which will avoid the
cost Of our previous neg
ect.
1 believe in our eminence in trade
abroad, which the government should
lid in expanding, both in revealing
markets and speeding cargOes.
/ believe in establishing standards
or immigration, which are concerned
With the future citizenship of the re-
,ublic, not with mere man-pOwer in in
lustry.
! believe that every man who dOns
he garb of American citizenship and
walks in the light of American oppOr-
unity, must become American in
eart and soul.
believe in holding fast to every S
onward step in unshackllng child la Z
or and elevatng conditions of won. ]
MS employment. I
l believe the federal government l
hOuld stamp out lynching and re-
love that stain from the fair name Of
merica.
l believe the federal government
lOuld give its effective aid in solvine
le problem of ample and becomin, I
ousing Of its citizenship.
believe this government shoul,
lake its Liberty and Victory bone :
orth all that its patriotic citizen. i;
aid in purchasing them. II
Taxes Must Be Reduced. II
believe the tax burdens impose
II the war emergency must be r,
sed to the needs of peace, and in rh II
terest of equity in distribution Of Ill
irden. II
I believe the negro citizens Of Ame'
a should be guaranteed the enjo.
ent Of all their rights, that they hav
rned the full measure Of citizenshi,
that their sacrifices in bloc
the battlefelds Of the republic hav
TITLED them to all of freedom and OF