The Delta independent., 1920-07-30

rare OF I0o W68e-edIueT. Az u hA"
good fortune is of deepest concern.
and we seek TO make that good for
tune permanent We do not>Oppose,
! but approve. collective bargaining, be-
/ cause that is an outstanding right. bui
we are unalterably insstent that its
| exercise must not destroy the equaily
/ sacred right of the individual in his
necessary pursuit of livelihood. Any
American has the right to quit his eni-
ployment; so has every American the
right to seek employment. The group
must not endanger the individual ana
we must discourage groups prey1n2
upon one another, and none shall De
allowed to forget that the govern
\ meIrt's obligations are alike TO all tne
people.
We are so confident that much OF
the present-day insufficiency and in
efficiency of transportation are due TO
the whitening hand of government op-
Grafton that we emphasize anew our
opposition to government ownership
| We want to expedite the reparation
| and make sure the mistake is not re-
peated.
A state of inadequate transporta-
| ton facilities. mainly chargeable to
| the failure of governmental eXperl-
ment, is losing millions to agriculture
it is hindering industry; it is menac-
| ing the American people with fuel
shortage little less than peril. 1t
emphasizes the present-day problem
and suggests that spirit of encourage
ment and assistance which commits all
America TO relieve such an emergency.
Gross expansion of currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
as expansion and initiation have dis
credited the coins of the world. We
| inflated in haste; we must deflate in
| deliberation. We debased the dollar
! in reckless finhhee, We must restore
In honesty.
In all sincerity we promise the pre-
vention of unreasonable profits; we
challenge profiteering with all the
moral force and the legal powers OF
government and people, but ii Is fair
aye. 1t is timely-tO give reminder
that law is not the sole corrective OF
our economic ills.
Let US call to all the people for
thrift and economy, for denial and sac
rifice If need be, for simplicity of liv-
ing to that prudent and normal plan
\ OF life which In the health of the re-
public IL
New conditions which attend amaz-
| ing growth and extraordinary indus
| Trial 0eNelDrfneHt cdii loI Il nv" on"
I forward looking program.
/ The American farmer had nun
dred and twenty millions to feed in the
| home market, and heard the cry of the
world for food and answered it, though
I he faced an appalling task amid handi-
| caps never encountered before.
! Contemplating the defenselessness
of the Individual farmer To meet the
organized buyers OF his products and
! the distributors of the things The farmer
I buys, / hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged to
Join in cooperative association to reap
the just measure OF reward mer'ten
by their arduous toll.
Our platform is an earnest pledge
of renewed concern for this most es-
sential and elemental industry and in
both appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression in law and
practice. We will hail that cooperation
| which again will make profitable and
desirable the ownership and operation
of comparatively small farms inten-
sively cultivated and which Will facili.
tate the caring for the products OF
farm and orchard without the lament
able waste under present conditions
America would look with anxiety on
the discouragement of farming act
ivity 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 par
ticipation of farmers in curing the Ills
Justly complained Of and aim to place
the American farm where II ought to
he, highly ranked in American activi-
ties and fully sharing the highest good
fortunes of American life.
Z. Becomngly associated with this sub
ject are the policies of irrigation and
reclamation so essential TO agricultural
expansion and the continued develop
ment of the great and wonderful west.
1t is our purpose to continue and en-
large federal aid not in sectional par
TALLY but for the good of all America.
l believe the budget system will eff
feet necessary helpful reformation
and reveal business methods to govern
ment business.
believe Federal Departments
should be made more business-like and
send back to productive effort thou
sands of federal employees who are
either duplicating work or not essen
tial at all
believe In the protective tariff
policy and know. we will be calling for
its saving Amerlcanism again.
believe in a great Merchant Mar
inc. would have this republic the
leading maritime nation of the world.
I believe in navy ample to protect
1t and able to assure us dependable de,
fense. l believe in small army. but
the best in the world. worth mind
fulness for preparedness which Will
avoid the unutterab'e cost Of our pre-
vious neglect.
L believe In our eminence in trade
abroad, which the government should
aid in expanding both in revealing