The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-15
Uncle Ted Continues His Story of
Senator Harding.

Harding" pleaded Ruth as her uncle
was trying to take few minutes 10
read the evening paper.
ANY uncle of yours has a fine
| chance TO get a minutes resti" an
| swered Uncle Ted. Il did promise 10
go on with the story of the life and
work of our netx president, and ]
guess tonight is a good time
When you stopped last week -
spoke up Jack, you were telling US
about Senator HardinE's newspaper"
The story of that newspaper is too
| long for tonight, Jack. / am going
TO tell you something of Mr. Hard
ing as a business man, his travels. and
the beginning of his political career
Since he became the publisher of the
Star. Marion, o., has grown from a
small country town TO a real city of
about 10000 inhabitants Senator
Harding has been responsible TO a
large extent for the growth of indus
try in this fourishing manufacturing
city. Whenever a new industry has
located there he has been one of the
first men to boost ii and to purchase
as much stock as he could TO help it
along. For two years or mo.e he was
on the board of directors of the Cham
b,er OF Commerce, and because of his
business ability he has been asked to
serve on the board of directors of
most of the business concerns that
have made Marion their home. AT
the present time he is a director of
bank, director of several of the larg-
est manufacturing concerns and a
trustee of the Trinity Baptist church
Being a member of this church. he al
ways attends its services whenever he
is in the city.
ANY man. kiddies. who expects 10
be president of the United States must
know as much as possible about the
other countries of the world. Senator
Harding is well fitted in this respect
having made three trips to Europe in
the past 10 years-not for pleasure.
but to study the different kinds of gov
ernment and their problems But
one thing is certain. he always re
turned with a greater love for his own
roun:~~ and the firm belief that our
form of government is the best ever
devised in the history of the world.
At time when we are paying more
than twice as much for sugar than is
| necessary, because of the stupid way
n which the sugar situation has been
| handled by Mr.. Wilson and Attorney
| General Palmer, it should be interest
| ing to YOUR mother that the subject of
sugar is nothing new 70 Mr.. Harding.
Before Mr.. Harding took his seat IN
| the United States Senate. he made a
| trip to the Hawaiian Islands to study
~ first hand the production and dis
I tribution of sugar. Il he had been
| president last year when II was posi-.
BILE for the United States to buy the
| Cuban crop at a little over cents a
| pound. it is certain he would have
seen to it that the crop was pur.
chased
'Since Mr.. Harding has started at
the bottom Of the ladder of life with
little or nothing 70 assist him. he can
readily understand and appreciate the
| troubles and problems which the la.
| boring man must face. When he be
! comes president he will, as he has in
| the past. always give careful thought
and attention to the problems and
claims Of men in every station of life.
| The people of almost every state in
| the country have heard Mr. Harding
| speak. And he has not limited him
| self to speaking tour of certain
| classes of people. He has addressed
| for instance, wool growers associa.
| ton, convention of steel and iron
men. farmers institute, an associa,
ton OF miners. railroad employees and
| groups Of laborers from other branch
es findustry. In this way he has
made himself familiar with the needs
of every section of the country.
| Before / start telling you of his
| actual political career. want you 10
know of a most remarkable incident
| during the recent primary e.ections
for president, held before the Repub-
| Bcan convention gathered at Chicago
Every man who runs for any political
| Office. large or small. feels highly com.
| plimented if he can receive a large
! number Of votes in his own home
When the ballots were counted after
the primary election, it was found tIat
| Senator Harding had received all but
TWO votes in the town where he spent
his boyhood days, and in the city Il
| Marion al but 165 votes, and in the
county all but 23s votes. So you see
that where he has grown up since boy
hood, where he has gone into business
and played the game fair and square
the people know him to be REAL
MAN, and voted for him accordingly
To prove what they think OF him,
am going to read to you what the pres