Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-07-22

economic system. and TO commit. VS. tc
the colossal tragedy which has de-
stroyed all freedom and made Russia
impotent. This movement is not 20 b.
halted in throtiled liberties We must
not abridge the freedom OF speech. the
freedom of press or the freedom ~
assembly, because there is no ro.liSe
in repression These liberties are as
sacred as the freedom OF religious no
lief, as inviolable Ms the rights Of life
and the pursuit of happiness. We do
hold TO the right TO crush sedition. 20
Stifie menacing contempt for law,
to stamp out peril to the safety
the republic or its people. when eme-
gencv calls, because security and 'he
majesty of the law are the first es
sentias of liberty He who threatens
destruction OF the government by .'s.e
or fiauntS his contempt for lawful
authority, ceases to be loyal ciiizen
and ferfeiis his rights to the freedom
of the republic
No party is Indifferent TO the We fare
OF the wage-earner. RIO us his GOOD
fortune is of deepest concern, AMI we
seek to make that good fortune per-
manent. We do not oppose but
prove collective bargaining, be.
that Is an outstanding right. but we
are unalterably insistent that its exer-
else must not destroy the equally sa-
cred right of the individual, in his nee
essary pursuit OF livelihood. ANY
American has the right to quilt his EN-
pIoyment, so has every American the
right to seek employment. The group
must not endanger the Individual, and
we must discourage groups preylng
upon one another, and none shall be
allowed to forget that the governments
obligations are alike to all the people.
No Strike Against Government.
We are so confident that much of the
present-day insufficiency and inefiicien-
cy of transportation are due to the
whitening hand Of government opera
ton that we emphasize anew our oppo-
sition to government ownership, we
want to expedite the reparatlon and
make sure the mistake is not repeated.
A state of inadequate Transports
ton facilities, mainly chargeable to
the failure OF governmental expert.
ment, Is losing millions to agriculture
It Is hiDdering industry, 1t is menac-
ing the American people with a fuel
shortage little less than peril. 1t EN-
phasizes the present-day problem and
suggests that spirit of encouragement
and assistance which commits ali
America to relieve such an emergency
Gross expansion Of currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
as expansion and imitation have dis
credited the coins of the world. We
inflated In haste, we must debate in
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 protiteering with all the NOR
al force and the legal powers of gov
eminent and people, but 1t is fair, aye,
1t is timely, to give reminder that law
is not the sole corrective of our eco
nomic Ills
Drive Against Extravaganza.
Let us call to all the people for
thrift and economy. for denial and sac
rifice 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-
public.
New conditions. which attend amaz-
ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development, call for new and
forward looking program. The Ameri-
can farmer had hundred and twenty
millions to feed in the home market
aud heard the cry OF the world for
food and answered 1t, though he faced
an appalling task amid handicaps
| never encountered before.
Contemplating the defenseIessness of
the individual farmer to meet the or
ganized buyers OF his products and the
distributors of the things the farmer
buys, / hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged to
join In cooperative association to reap
the inst measure Of reward merted by
their arduous toll