The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31
Harding SAYS Excess Profits
Levy Should Be Changed.
,G. O. P. Nominee Makes First
Front Porch Speech Today.
BIG CROWD GOES TO MARION
Cautions Against Glass Distinc-
ti0n in United States.
Denies Story That He Urged
Dollar Wheat in Senate.

Marion. o.. July s1.-The excess
profits tax fixed during the war should
be modified at an early date. Warren
G. Harding. Republican candidate. de-
clared in speech to delegation of
old friends and supporters from two
nearby Ohio counties today.
Harding said he would gladly rec
ommend change, but is not yet pre-
pared to suggest an equitable substi-
tute.
Must Not ParaIyze Production.
Wealth. he continued. must bear its
full share of tax burdens, but Ameri-
can production must not be paralyzed
by taxation at home or destructive
competition from abroad.
| His speech today was the first since
| he accepted the nomination a week
ago. He dealt entirely with domestic
| issues today.
E. b. Cappeller, Mansfield publish
er, was spokesman for the delegation.
! THE special Thought in my mind to-
day is the inter-dependenee and the
mutually of interest of all our peo-
Pile" Harding continued.
I'VE must caution against class dis
| tinction and class conflict at livery
step. We cannot promote Agriculture
alone because the factory is necessary
to the making of a market We can
not foster the factory and ignore agri-
| culture, as the farm is our base of food
supply Harding recalled the days of
forty cent wheat and took occasion to
deny a charge which has circulated
during the campaign to the effect that
he urged dollar wheat in the senate
when the wheat guaranty was UP.
Il was speaking of normal days
prior to the war" he said. yet there
are those today who hope to convey 1
said a dollar a bushel is enough for
wheat today. 1 am not so annoyed at
| the silly diversion as 1 am distressed
at the affront to ordinary intelli-
! gence."
1 Must Look Forward.
Mounting farm prices, mounting
wages and increased expenditures are
inseparabIy linked, Harding went on.
There is no living today or tomor--
row, according to the standards of
Every normal being is looking for
ward"
There is a growing tendency. he
warned, to look to the government for
ali remedies instead of allowing nat
ural laws to operate-to correct evils.
There is oppertunity4fo for all who are
worthy and accept the spirit of Amer
lean institutions, Harding asserted
Big Crowds Arrive.
Altho the principal event of the
days program, Senator Harding'S ad-
dress, was withheld until late this
afternoon, the RlcnlanQ county people
began to come in early by train, mo-
tor and airplanes. Many of them did
not await the hour set for the formal
call at the Harding residence but went
there at once and kept the senator
busy shaking hands and renewing ac-
quaintance. After a serenade on the
Harding lawn the program included
an address of greeting by Z. b Ca
peller preceding Senator Harding:
kspeech. The candidate had prepared
beforehand his response, to be deliv-
cred from the porch selected as hi:
principal forum in the campaign.
l. The porch, which thus becomes one
of the landmarks of American politica
history. has a capacious stretch alons
the south and east sides of the resi-
dence. The picture as a whole, with
white pillars and rails set off agains
the dark green body of the house
gives the impression of a comforta BIZ
everyday dwelling, but the jutting al
cove at the corner, facing an opeI
stretch of lawn. provides a striking
vantage point as speakers stand.
The porch is declared by many
Ohioansi to be similar in physical re
spects to that at Canton, where a stal
at home speaking campaign was con
Quoted in 1895 by Mckinley.