Mountain advocate., 1920-08-06

essary pursuit OF livelihood. Any
American has the right to quit his EN-
ployment, so has every American the
right TO seek employment The group
must not endanger the Individual, and
we must discourage groups preying
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 lnsufficiency and ineficien-
cy Of transportation are due to the
withering hand Of government opera.
tion that we emphasize anew our oppo-
sition to government ownership, we
want to expedite the reparation and
make sure the mistake 10 not repeated.
A state Of inadequate transporta.
tion facilities, mainly cbargeable to
the failure OF governmental expert
ment. is losing millions to agriculture.
Il is hindering industry, II Is menac-
ing the American people with a fuel
shortage little less than a peril. 1t en-
phasizes the present-day problem and
suggests thnt spirit of encouragement
and assistance which commits all
America to relieve such an emergency.
Gross expansion OF currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
as expansion und Imitation have dis
credited the coins Of the world. We
inflated In haste, we must deflate 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 prohteerlng with all the NOR.
al force and the legal powers Of gov.
ernment and people. but Il Is fair, aye.
II Is timely, to give reminder that law
Is not the sole corrective of our eco
noinlc Ills.
Drive Against Extravaqancs.
Let us call TO all the people for
thrift and economy. for denial and sac.
rlfice 81 need be. for a nationwide
drive against extravaganza and lux.
ury. to recommlttal 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 a new and
fOrwnrd-l0Oking prngrum. The Amerl.
eau farmer had u hundred and twenty
millions 10 feed In the home market.
nhd heard the cry of the world for
food and answered II, though he faced
an appalling task amid handicaps
never encountered before.
Contemplating the defenselessness 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 bp permitted hut encouraged to
Join In cooperative association TO reap
the just measure OF reward merited by
their arduOuS toll.
Our platform Is IN earnest pledge Of
reneweS concern for this most essen.
tial and elemental industry and 10
both appreciation and interest we
FHF'liNC tNIlItSSlDil III INV anu
practice We will hail that co-opera
tiOn which again will make profitable
and desirable the ownership and Op
GRAFTON Of comparatively smull farms
lntpnsively cultivated. and which will
facilitate the caring for the products
Of farm and orchard without the
lamentable waste under present cond
tiOns.
America would look with anxiety OH
the Encouragement OF farming &C.
uvity either through the governments
neglect or Its paralysis by socIalistic
practices. A Republican administra.
ton will be committed to renewed re-
gard for agriculture, and seek the
participation Of farmers In curing the
Ills justly complained Of. and aim to
place the American farm where II
ought to be-highly ranked In Ameri
can activities and fully sharing the
highest good fortunes Of American
life.
BecOmingly associated with this
subject are the policies of irrigation
and reclamation. so essential to agrl
cultural expansion. and the continued
OF the great and wonder
full West. II Is our purpose to con-
tinue and enlarge federal aid, not In
sectional partiality but for the good
Of all America.
l believe the budget system will ef'
feet a necessary. helpful reformation
and reveal business methods to gov
ernment business.
| believe federal departments should
be made more business-llke and send
back to productive effort thousands
Of federal employees. who are either
work or not essential at
all.
I believe In the protective tarlff |
policy and know We will be calling for
Its saving Amerlcanlsm again.
! believe In a great merchant ma
rine. | would have this republic the |
leading maritime nation of the world |
l believe In a navy ample to pro-
tect IT, and able to assure us depend
able defense.