Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-07-08
SENATOR HARDING
AS BUSINESS MAN

iOOdl oSildtOl l1di dliiS, PiSet0-
ed Ruth as her Uncle was try
ing to take few minutes to read
the evening paper
ANY uncle of yours has
fine chance to get a minutes
restl" answered Uncle Ted. II
did promise to go on with the
story of the life and work of
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT and
| guess tonight is a good time"
When you stopped last week."
spoke up Jack, "you were tell
ing us about Senator Harding's
newspaper"
" The story of that news
paper is too long for tonight,
Jack. | am going to tell you
something of Mr.. Harding as a
business man, his travels and
the beginning of his political
career. SINCE he became the
publisher of 1.-THE STAR, Marion
Ohio, has grown from small
county town to a real city of
about thirty thousand inhabit-
ants. Senator Harding has
been responsible to a large ex-
tent for the growth of industry
/ in this flourishing manufacturing
/ city. Whenever a new industry
/ has been located there he has
been one Of the first men to
boost it and to purchase as
mcuh stock as he could to help
it along. For two years or more
he was on the Board of Direc-
tors of the Chamber of CONNER
ce and because of his business
ability he has been asked to
serve on the Board of Directors
of the business concerns that
have made Marion their home.
| At the present time he is a di-
rector of a bank, a director OF
the largest manufacturing con-
Germs and trustee of the Trim
ity Baptist Church. Being a
member Of this church he al
ways attends it's services when
ever he is in the city.
"Any man, kiddies, who ex-
poets to be President of the
United States must know as
much as possible about the other
countries of the world. Senator
Harding is well fitted in this
respect, having made three trips
to Europe in the past ten years
not for pleasure but to study the
different kinds of government
and their problems. But one
thing is certain, he always re
turned with a greater live for
his country and the firm belief
that our form of government is
the best devised in the history
Of the world.
At a time when we are paying
more than twice as much for
sugar than is necessary because
of the stupid way in which the
sugar situatian has been handl-
ed by Mr.. Wilson and Attorney
General Palmer, it should be in
teresting by your mother that
the subject Of sugar is nothing
new to Mr.. Harding. Before
Mr.. Harding took his seat in the
United States Senate, he made
trip to the Hawaiian Islands
to study at first hand the pro-
duction and distribution of
sugar. If he had been Presi-
dent last year when it was i'm
possible for the United States
to buy the Cuban crops at a
little over six cents pound it
is certain he would have seen to
it that the crop was purchased.
"Since Mr.. Harding started
at the bottom of the ladder of
life with little or nothing to as
sist him, he can readily under
stand and appreciate the troub-
les and problems which the lab
oring man must face. When
he becomes President he will,
as he has in the past, always
give careful thought and atten-
ton to the problems and claims
of men in every station of life.
The people of almost every state
in the country have heard Mr..
Harding speak And he has
not limited himself to a speak
ing tour of certain classes of
people. He has addressed, for
| instance, a wool growers as
ISOLATION, a convention of steel
and iron men, a farmers insti-
tute, an ASSOCIATION of miners,
railroad employees and groups
of laborers from other branches
of industry. In this way he has
made himself familiar with the
| needs of every section of the