Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-01
HARDING APPEALS
 FOR ELIMINATION OF
 CLASS DISTINCTION
Nominee Also Touches on Tax Problem in His Ad-
 dress


 ing speech of his front porch cam paign Senator Harding told delega- tion from Richland county, Ohlo, to- day that the greatest usefulness of the nation demanded a eveing of class and sectional barriers and a relaiza- tion of the "interdependence and nut tuality of interests of our people,"
 The great war, he said, had helped toward such n realization, though there were many ways by which in peace time the rule of "comingling friendship" and equal opportunity could be encouraged. Closer cooper ation in industry and complete assim- ilation of the foreign born he sug- gested as pointing the way to fuller national accord.
 Urging also a readjustment of tax ation, he expressed doubt whether the { war time excess profits levy was in harmony with peace requirements but added he had not yet worked out the details of revised tax system.
 "We ought to make wealth bear it's full share of taxation" he said, land we ever will. Having this thought in mind and also thinking of the excessive cost of living, doubt If the excess profits tax for war pre- cisely accomplishes the end we seek in peace. I would gladly recommend d change, but I am not yet prepared to suggest an equitable substitute. though should have no hesitancy in asking congress to seek the earliest possible solution"
 The league of nations, he did not re- fer to directly, but he declared the nations "highcst duty is to cling to the Fundamentals on which we bufld- ed and hold fast to the nationality which inspired our onward march.
 "I am pleased that you come not only as republicans, but as neighbors and friends. We need to cultivate fricndliness and neighborliness. l sometimes think in this busy, worka- day world we are neglecting those lit tic acts of neighborliness that make ! life sweet and worth while. It is we'll enough for one to strive to get ahead In material sense for, through that ambition human progress is wrought. To acquire and accumulate honestly is most laudable, but we should not for get that life's greatest joys lie in the social concourse of friends and neigh bors. Out of such relations grow mutual respect, mutual sympathy and mutual interest, without which life holds little of real enjoyment.
 Against 'Classes.'
 "The special thought in my mind today is the interdependence and the mutuality of interest of all our peo- plc. One ,could underwrite the good fortunes of mankind if he could guar antce prosperity that fraternity that common intcrest-which is born Of diversity. The Pilgrim fathers laio their eternal foundations of new world liberty in grim necessity, and the same spirit, the same concern, the same mutuality of the word marked pioneering step in the development of the republic.
 "The tendency to class conscious ness is product of developing for tunes, and is both reflex of achieve ment and menace to maintained pro gress. We must caution against class distinction and class conflict at every step.
 "Hcre in the middle west, where farming is free from tenantry and holds to the normal way, and manu- featuring is mainly confined to the ~e kha% ,,,oInrofa a which indexes the surpassing of the Amerl- can industry, we have the touch of the intimacy and that closer understand ing which emphasizes the thought have in mind. We cannot promote az riculture alone, the factory is neces- sary to the making of market. We cannot foster the factory and ignore agriculture, because the farm Is our base of food supply,
 "I can readily recall 40 cent wheat, flayed from the fields of Richland and Morrow. That was before indus try developed the home consumer That was before railways and improv- ed highways opened the way to mar .kets. That was when farming was q fight for subsistence, instead of the present day pursuit of attainment That was before luxury became the bi- product of farm and factory. That was before the age of agricultural machinery, that was when we cradled the wheat and toiled from sunrise to sunset. that was before wealth has been taken from the earth to alter the way of our civilization.
 "I trust no one will misquote me as saving I believe in 40 cent wheat, be- cause I have indulged my memory Sometimes we are unfair in handling the utterances of public men- l re- member. when the senate was discuss ing the war time guarantee on wheat when we ought to have the American farmer that assurance which would encourage seeding to guard against war famine, a western senator was : arrninr that wheat could not be rais- ed for less than $2.50 per bushel. interrupted him to say that well re- called that Ohio, farmers in pre-wai days had rejoiced to get dollar toi their wheat. I was speaking of days prior to the war. You will bear me witness that I spoke fairly and cor rectly. Yet there are those today who seek to convey that, I said dol lar 4 bushel is enough for wheat Q day am not so annoyed at the silly untruth as am distressed at the al