Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-06
A BUSINESS PRESIDENT.

With the United States facing ma
tional debt of more than S-7,uuV,Yp'
600, the result OF this country par
in the late world war, il Is incumorL
llpon the thinking people Of this coln-
try that they choose a man OF kerI.
business acumen for President
Ii is almost a foregone conclusion
that the nominee of the Republican,
party at the June convention III thi'
cage will be the next President oil
the United States and for the SAKE Oh
the cCuntry's future prospeTit, the Re
uublicans should nominate the right
man
Illinois offers the nation a taVOrlt b
son as candidate who. We believe, l.
elected will have the full confidence
of the people, will work out bust
nesslike government, and me conse.
uuent reduction OF the enormous bur
den OF taxes.
This man is Governor Frank O.
Lowden, and he is receiving wide al.
tention and encouragement in his
campaign for delegates to the national
convention.
During the three years Of his state
administration he has demonstrated
effectively what can be done by bGsi-
ness management He began by aDOl-
ishing the l25 boards and commits
sons which divided executive author
ity. and establishing in their stead
nine departments, each having con
troll Of one division Of the government
The cumbersome state board Of equal
iation, consis ing OF twenty
members elected politically, has been
abolished and a state tax commission
OF three experts has taken its place.
The haphazard method OF making ap
preparations by the legislature. with
each institution and department ask
ing for what /: thought it could get
and the legislature appropriating
what it pleased, has been done away
with and a satisfactory budget system
is now used in making all appropria-
lions.
AS a result Of these reforms, the
state tax rate of Illinois has been re-
duced about 30 per cent in the past
Two years, in the face OF war condi'
tons.
In addition to this governmental re-
form, Governor L0Wden has worked
out great program Of internal i'm
prOVements. These include stat
highway system which will proyid,
paved roads through every county in
the state and touching every city OF
1000 population of more. to be con
struCted entirely out OF the earning
Of automobile license fees and with
out any expense to the general tax
payers A waterway system giving
Chicago an outlet to the Gulf OF Mex.
leo has been adop.ed and the govern
ment engineers have approved it.
constitutional convention, the
calling Of which Governor Lowden ia,
V0red, is now in session redrafting
the tifty-year-Old constitution in the
light Of modern conditions.
A farm commission has been Great
Cd TO submit TO the legisla are pro
posed laws designed to curb the
growing tenancy evil on the farm y
number of laws have been enacted &c
protect workers and to encourage the
growth Of Industries
This remarkable record of achieve
ments made BY Governor Lowden 0,
Illinois is pointed to by his supporters
as the best possible indication of what
he could do for the nation if elected
to the presidency. They submit tina,
he is just the type OF man the nation
needs i'll this particular crisis.
Blu Governor lOwdens availability
does not depend entirely upon his rec
ord as governor. remarkable as thaI
record is. He began life in the mos
humble circumstances and forged
ahead by his own personal efforts He
has learned by hard knocks the eX
pericnces Of life. He has partci
pated actively in business all his life
and for many years has been engaged
in practical farming. He has served
with distinction in Congress.
In short he has had the well-round
ed career which its him to undertake
he solution of the tyng Questions
which will confront the next Presi
dent.
During the last few weeks Govern
or I.oWden's candidacy has been gain
ing impetus throughout the country
and present indications are that he
mas an excellent chance to be nomi
mated, lie ought to be the choice OF
Illinois Republicans SO long as there
Is chance OF his being selected.
Since the second nomination O,
Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois has not pre
scented a candidate whose chances
were anywhere nearly as good as Gov.
ernor l.owden's appear to be 1t /,
believed that Illinois voters. on Apri
-. will express their appreciation OF
Governor Lowden's enyiable record a.
chief executive Of Illinois. and their
desire to have him as their candidate
, for President by giving him an over
whelming majority of he votes cast
in the presidential primary