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

trary control of our food supply and
the fixing Of extortionate price upon II.
Our platform is an earnest pledge Of
renewed concern for this most essential
and elemental industry. and In both ap-
probation and interest we pledge effec-
tive expression in law and practice. We
will hail that co operation which again
will make profitable and desirable the
ownership and operation of comp8ra-
cd. and which will facilitate the caring
for the products OF farm and orchard
without the lamentable waste under
present conditions.
America would look with anxiety on
the encouragement Of farming activity
either through the governments neglect
or its paralysis by socialistic practices.
! A Republican administration will be
committed to renewed regard for agri-
culture, and seek the participation OF
farmers in curing the ills justly com
planned of and aim to place the Ameri-
can farm where IL ought to be--highly
ranked in American activities and fully
sharing the highest good fortunes of
American life.
Irrigation and Reclamation
Becomingly associated with this sub.
ject are the policies of irrigation and
reclamation. so essential to agricultur-
al expansion and the continued develop
ment of the great and wonderful West.
it is our purpose to continue and en-
large federal aid. not in sectional par
tiality. but for the good Of all America.
We hold to that harmony of relation
ship between conservation and develop
ment which fittingiy appraises our
natural resources and makes them
available to developing America OF to-
day. and still holds to the conserving
thought for the America Of the morrow.
The federal governments relation 10
reclamation and development Is too i'm :
portant to admit of ample discussion to-
day. Alaska, alone. Is rich in re.
sources beyond all imagination. and
needs only closer linking. through the
lines Of transportation and govern L.
mental policy that both safeguards and
encourages development, to speed 1t 10
n foremost position as commonwealth,
rugged in citizenship and rich in ma :
terialized resources.
These things I can only mention.
Within becoming limits one cannot say
more. Indeed. for the present many
questions of vast Importance must bt
hastily passed. roserving fuller dis
cussion to suitable occasion as the cam
paign advances.
believe the budget system will effect
necessary. helpful reformation. ant
reveal business methods to government
business.
| believe federal departments should
be made more busincsslike and send bacl
to productive effort thousands of fed
eral employees, who are either duplicat
ing work or not essential at all.
Believes in Protective Tariff
believe in the protective tarif
policy and know we will be calling fol
its saving Americanism again.
] believe in great merchant marine
i would have this republic the leading
maritime nation Of the world.
/ believe in q navy ample to protec
, it. and able to assure US dependable de
fense.
: l believe in a small army. but the bes
in the world, with a mindfulness fo
preparedness which will avoid the un
utterable cost of our previous neglect.
I believe in our eminence in trad
, abroad, which the government shoul'
MD in expanding, both in revealing
: markets and speeding cargoes.
, ! believe in establishing standards 70
1 immigration which are concerned wit
? the future citizenship of the republic
( not with mere manpower in industry.
: I believe that every man who don
the garb of American citizenship an
walks in the light of American oppor
! tunity must become American in hear
and soul.
| believe in holding fast to every for
: ward step in unshackling child labo
:. and elevating conditions of woman
employment.
/ believe the federal government
=, should stamp out lynching and remov
! that stain from the fair name o
=. : America.
= believe the federal governmen
!, y should give its effective aid in solvin
q the problem of ample and becoming
=. housing Of its citizenship.
believe this government should max
it's Liberty and Victory Bonds wortl
all that its patriotic citizens paid IL
! purchasing them.
:. Relief From Tax Burdens
), believe the tax burdens imposed TO
/ the war emergency must be revised {
r the needs of peace and in the intcres
of equity in distribution of the bur
den.
). I believe the negro citizens Of Amer
I lea should be guaranteed the enjoymen
e Of all their rights that they have earne
Q the full measure Of citizenship bestowed
q that their sacrifices in blood on tn
Q battlefelds Of the republic have entitle
. them to all Of freedom and opportunity
:. = all of sympathy and aid that the Amer
e lean spirit of fairness and justice de
o mands.
!, believe there is an easy and ope
e path to righteous relationship wit
Mexico. 1t has seemed to me that ou
e undeveloped, uncertain and inhrm polio
has made us culpablc party to tn
Il governmental misfortuncs in that lanc
- Our relations ought to be both friendl
:. and sympathetic; we would like to &C
: claim a stable government there, an
10 offer a neighborly hand in pointing th
% way to greater progress.
ID 1t will he simple to have a plai
j. and neighborly understanding, morel
ir an understanding about respecting OF
II borders, about protecting the lives an
le possessions of American citizens law
in fully within the Mexican dominion
is There must be that understanding, els
y there can be no recognition, and the
II the understanding must be faithful
J. kept.
s. Many of these declarations deserve
fuller expression, with some suggeS
g. tons of plans to emphasize the faitl
al Such expression will follow, in due tim
r / promise you.
J., Must Enforce Dry Laws
ry | believe in law enforcement.
al elected ] mean to be a constitution
* President, and it is impossible to igno
D. the constitution, unthinkable to eva
the law, when our every committal is
20 orderly government. People ever W
es differ about the wisdom of the enac