Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

life. We are not to think of rails
alone. but highways from farm to mar. Z.
ket, from railway to farm, arteries OF
life blood to present day life, the quick
ened ways tn communication and ex-
change. the answer Of our people to the
motor age.
Guarantee Of Upkept Highways
We believe In generous federal CO.
operation In construction, linked WIN
assurances of maintenance that VIII put
an end to criminal waste OF public tunds
on the one hand and give a guaranty
OF upkept highways on the other:
Water transportation is inscparablyy
linked with adequacy Of facilities, ana
we favor American cminence on the
seas, the practical development Of in
land waterways. the upbuilding and CO.
ordination of all to make them equal TO
and ready for every call Of developing
and widening American commerce. !
like that recommttal to thoughts OF
America first which pledges the Panama
canal, an American creation, to the
free use of American shipping. II Will
add to the American reawakening.
One cannot speak Of industry and
NoblhiCi't lnP VA
which they are dependent without an
earnest thought Of the abnormal cost
Of living and the problems in its wake
1t Is easy to inveigh, but that, avails
nothing. And it is far too serious to
dismiss with flaming but futile promise.
Eight years ago, in times OF peace
the Democratic party made 1t an issue,
and when clothed with power that party
came near to its accomplishment by
destroying the peoples capacity to buy
But that was a cure worse than the
ailment. It is easy to understand the
real causes, after which the patient
must help to effect his own cure.
Gross expansion of currency ant
credit have deprecated the dollar jus
, as expansion and imitation have dis
credited the coins of the world. W.
inflated in haste, we must debate II
deliberation. We debased the dollar II
reckless finance, we must restore il
honesty.
DeHation on the one hand and restor
alton of the 100-cent dollar on tn
other ought to have begun on the da.
> after the armistice, but plans wer
= lacking or courage failed. The unpre
. paredness for peace was little less costl.
= than unpreparedness for war.
s Defiation Of Currency
We can promise no one remedy whic
will cure an i'll of such wide proper
e tions. but we do pledge that earnest an
q consistent attack which the party plat
d form covenants. We will attempt in
4 telligent and courageous defation, an
II strike at government borrowing whic
enlargcS the evil, and we will attac
- high cost of government with every en-
, crgy and facility which attend Repub
lican capacity.
= attend the halting Of waste and extrava
: gance, and the renewal of the practic
u of public economy. not alone becaus
e 1t will relieve tax burdens but becaus
1t will be an example to stimulate thrii
and economy in private life
l have already alluded to the neces
e sity for the fullncsS of production an
q we need the fullnesS of service whic
y attends the exchange of products. lie
: us speak the irrefutable truth. IIig
= wages and reduced cost of living ar
in utter contradiction unless we hav
n the height of efficiency for wages re
" ceiyed.
n In all sincerity We promise the pre-
8 vention of unreasonable profits. W
,e challenge profiteering with all the mori
II force and the legal powers Of govern
s ment and the people, but it is fail
= aye, it is timely, to give reminder tha
lr law is not the sole corrective of ou
n economic ills.
Calls for Thrift and Economy
Let us call to all the people for thri
lie and economy, for denial and sacrifiC
X IL need be, for nation wide driy
n against extravaganza and luxury, to
,t recommittal to simplicity Of living,
ID that prudent and normal plan of III
Q, which is the health Of the republic
le There hasn't been recovery from Il
waste and abnormalitics OF war sint
II the story of mankind was first write
i, except through work and saving
nt through industry and denial. viii
I'd needless spending and needless extrava
AZ gance have marked every decay In Il
history of nations.
ne Give the assurance of that rugg,
ce simplicity of American life which mari
ed the first century Of amazing devclol
p ment and this generation may under
ce write a second century of surpassir
l. accomplishment.
A. The Republican party was found,
r. by farmers. with the sensitive cor
of science born of their freedom and the
a. simple lives. These founders spraI
Mt from the farms of the then Midd
he west. Our party has never failed
Is it's realization that agriculture
essentially the foundation of our We
of existence, and it has ever been OF
MT policy, purpose and performance to pr,
MT tect and promote that essential indu
e. try.
II; New conditions. which attend ANA
nj ing growth and extraordinary industri
ar development call for new and 70
II ward looking program. The Amer
can farmer had l20 ,0O0, 900 to feed
the home market and heard the g
., of the world for food and answer
ne it, though he faced an appalling ia
~ amid handcaps never encountered b
w. fore.
IIoI In the rise of price levels there ha
lur u,, come increased appraisals to his acr
l.. without adding to their value in ia,
,eGG but which do add to his taxes and @
Il" penses without enhancing his return
~. His helpers have yielded TO the lure
40 n' shop and city until, almost alone.
.od has met and borne the burden of I
Wv onl ~ insistent attempts to force do,
en- prices.
be Would Permit Farmers 10 Unite
az 1t challenges both the wisdom and
justice of artificial drives on prices
m recall that they were effective aim,
"a solely against his products in the har
~ Of the producer and never effect
oS- against the same products in passing
er- the consumer. Contemplating the {
er- fenselessness of the individual farmer
,tle meet the organized buyers of his pro
the ucts and the distributors OF the thir
nat the farmer buys, ] hold that farm
nee should not only be permitted but q
eve couraged to join in co operative ass
al ;otton 10 raan tho met ,,o.....