The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-22

the preselt-day problem and sug-
! gests that spirit Of encouragement
! and assistance which commits all
America 10 relieve such an en1er-
gency.
The one compensation amid az.
tending aaxieties is our new and
needed realization Of the vital part
transportation plays in the COM
piexities Of modern life. We are
not to think Of rails alone, but
highways from farm to market,
| from railway TO farm, arteries OF
| iise-hlocd 10 present-day life, the
quickened ways 10 communication
! and exchange, the answer OF our
people to the motor age. We be-
lieve in generous federal coope.a-
ton in construction, linked with as
sarances Of maintenance that will
pu: an end to criminal waste OF
public funds on the one hand and
| give g guaranty Of upkept high,
wars on the other.
Water transportation is insepa.
I !ab!y linked with adequacy OF
facilities, and we favor American
eHllence on the seas, The pracl.
cal Development Of inland water
ways, the Hp-ballding and coordina.
lion OF all TO make them equal 10
anG ready. Tor every call Of develop
ing ano widening American com
meFce. ike thar reconMittal 70
! thoughts Of America first which
pledges the Panama canal, an
american creation, 10 the Tree use
OF American shipping. II will add
to the American reawake1ing.
One can not SPEAK Of INDUSTRY
and commerce, end the transDor-
talon on which they are dependent
without an earnest thought Of the
abnormal cost OF living and the
problems in its wake. It Is easy 10
inYeigh, but that ayails nothing.
And L Is lar too serious to dismiss
with flaming but futile promise.
light years ago, in Itinles OF
peace. the Democratic party made
It an Issue, end when clothed with
/ power that party came near TO Its
accomplishment by destroying the
peoples capacity TO buy. But that
was q cure worse than the aiimeat.
It is easy to understand the real
causes, after which the patient
must help TO effect his own cure.
Gross expansion Of currency and
credit nave deprecated the dollar
Just as expansion and imitation
nave discTetited the coins OF the
world. We inflated in haste, We
NEST deflate In deliberation. We
! debased the dollar il reckless II.
nance, we must restore in honesty.
Dellation on the one hand and re
storati6a Of the 100.cent dollar on
the other ought to have begun on
the day after the armistice, but
plans were lacking or courage fail
| ed. The ulpreparedness for peace
was little less costly than unpre.
paredness for war.
We can promise no one remedy
which will cure an III Of such wide
proportions, but we do pledge that
earnest and consistent attack
which the party platform cove
nants. We Will attempt intelligent
and courageous deflatiun, and
strike at government borrowing
which enlarges the evil, and we
will attack high cost Of govern
melt With every energy and facil-
lily which attend Republican capac-
lily. We promise that relief which
will attend the hating Of waste and
extravaganza, and the renewal Of
the practice Of public economy, not
alone because It Will relieve tax
burdens but because 1t will be an
example to stimulate thrift and
economy In private life.
| nave already alluded to the ne.
cessity for the f,1llness Of produc.
ton, and we need the fullness Of
service which attends the exchange
Of products, Let US speak the ir-
REPUTABLE truth, high wages and re.
duced cost Of living are In utter
contradiction unless we hare the
height Of efficiency for wages re-
ceived.
In all sincerity We promise the
prevention Of unreasonable profits,
we challenge profiteering with all
the moral force and the legal pow.
,ers Of government and people, but
It's fair, aye, 1t Is timely, to give
! reminder that law is not the sole
corrective Of our economic us.
Let Us call to al the people for
thrift and economy, for denial and
! sacrifice Il need be, for . nation
vide drive agafnSt e1trayagance
I and IuxuTy, 10 q econmittal to sim;
! plicity Of living, TO that prudent
| and normal plan Of lie which IS
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