The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
Harding for Repeal
Excess Profits Tax
Republican Nominee in Opening Front Porch
Campaign, Makes No Reference to League
OF NatiOns-Urges Leveling of Class
and Sectional Barriers.
Ohio Senator Would Have Wealth Bear Full Share of
Tax Burden-Upholds Ideal Of America safe for
Americans and Loftiest Example Of
nAmocracv - 'seR
Democracy.'

Marion. Ohio, July si.--In the open
Ing speech OF his Tront porch cam
paign Senator Harding told a delega
tlon from Rlchland county, Ohio, toda,
that the greatest usefulness Of IN,
nation demanded levelinK OF clRs
and sectional barriers and a realiza
tion Of the "interdependence and mu
tuality OF interest OF all our people,
The great war. he said. had helped TO
ward such realization, Closer co
operation In industry and complete as
similation OF the foreign born, no .sug
gested, as pointing the way TO u fulle
national accord.
Urging also q readjustment OF taxa
tion. he expressed doubt whether tn
wartime excess prohts levy was II
harmony with peace requirements. bu
added he had not yet worked out tn,
details OF revised tax ayatem,
objects Eseesa Profits Tax.
I'VE ought to make wealth bear II,
full share "a q TAXATION" he said, ''anS
mind, and also thinking OF the exees.
sive cost Of living, doubt II the ex-
cess profits tax Tor war precisely ac-
cOmpllshes the end we seek In peace.
r would gladly recommend n change,
but 1 am not yet prepared 20 suggest
have no hesitancy IN asking congress-
10 seek the earliest possible solution"
The league ot nations he did not
refer 10 directly, but he declared
the nation's "hlahest duty 10 70
cling 70 the fundamentals on which
s,.,sSIS ;l:.s'I,Ss whIsS 'S's'r'd our s'waFd
kesr sense o. Delight N
ut Is with a koen sense OF delight
that welcome your visit today, haid
Senator Harding. y am pleased that
as nelEhbors and friends. We need TO
cultivate friendllness and neighborli-
ness. sometimes think In this busy.
workaday world we are neglecting those
little acts OF neIghborilness that make
life sweet and worth while We should
in The social concourse Of friends and
"afhs special thought M my mind
today ls the interdhppndence. and
the mutuali,y Of interest q 81 our
pcUp Ths nascas nrcaS, g q esss SGn
fortunes, !. and is both a reflex OF
and menace 10 main-
tnined proNreHa. We must caution
against class diatInction and class con-
'Si .ifsre N tko mldle west, whore farm-
inE il free from tonantry and holds tol
tho normal way, and manufacturing "
mainly confined to the plants OF thht
moderate niKo which Indexes tho SUR
pnpainG fabric OF American industry, we
cioner understanding which emphasizes
tho thought ! have in mind. We cannot
promote agriculture alone, because tho
factory IL necessary to the making 81 =
meykst. WI cannot foster the factory
and igncre ,asrieul.nre, because me
Necails 4elcent Wheat.
~ can rnfnik readily Aoscenf wheat.
rhat was before industry deveIopNd the
home consumer that was before faW.
ways and improved highway onsnnsa s.,nss
farming was q fight for subsiHtence i'm
stead iof the present-day pursuit OF at,
II trust no one will misauote me as
snyinE l believe In a0-uent wheat be-
cause have wo induced ssn NY ,,ngsIr Ts%org X
handling the utterancea OF public men,
I remember when tho senate was dis
cuaaihg the wartime guarantee on
wheat when we fnlt we ought 20 give
the American farmer that assurance
guard against war famine, a western
was arguing that wheat could
not DO raised for less than $3.50 per
huAhei. I interrupted him 10 say that
| we'll recalled that Ohio farmers. In
ar eg Tor their wheat. / was speaking Of
normal days prior 10 the war. You
will bear mo Witness that ! spoke fairly
md correctly. Vet there are those to.
lay who seek Go convey that ] aaid n
dollar n buahei iH enough for wheat to-
lay. | am not 40 annoyed Mt the silly
intruth aa am distressed nj the mffront
o ordinary intelligence.
pardon tho divergence. I am re-
'alllnE the old time low level Of prices
o recall NJ the same time the peoples
inability 70 buy, ana to remind you
hat mounting farm prices, mounting
wages, mounting expenditurem--ail arc !
naenarahiv iinked and a grim n1ti-