The Crittenden press., 1920-07-23

necessary pursuit Of livelihood. Any
American has the right to quit his en-
ployment, so has every American the |
right to seek employment The group |
must not endangsr the Individual. and |
we must discourage groups preying
upon one another, and none shall be
allowed to forget that the govern. |
ments obligations are alike to all the
people.
We are so confident that much of the
present day insufficiency and inefti.
cheney OF transportation are due to
The withering 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 transportation
facilities, mainly chargeable to the fail.
ure OF governmental experiment, is los
ing millions to agriculture, 1t is him
dering industry, 1t is menacing the
American people with a fuel shortage
little less than a peril. II emphasizes
the present day problem AMI suggests
hat spirit Of encouragement and as.
sistance 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
deiiberatiOn. We debased the dollar In |
reckless finance. We must restore In
honesty.
In all sincerity we promise the pre-
rention OF unreasonable profits, we
challenge protiteering with all the
moral force and the legal powers Of
government and people But II Is fair,
aye, It IL timely, to give reminder that
,aw IL not the sole corrective OF our
economic Ills.
Let us call to all the people for thrift
and economy. for denial and sacrifice
" need be. for nationwide drive
against extravaganza and luxury to a
recommittal to simplicity OF living, to
that prudent and normal plan OF life
which Is the health OF the republic.
New conditions which attend amas
Ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development. call for a new and
forward looking program. fhe Amer
lean farmer had hundred and twenty
millions to feed In the home market,
and heard the cry OF the world for
food and answered II. though he faced
an appalling task amid handicaps never
encountered before.
Contemplating the defenseiessuess
OF the individual farmer to meet the
organized buyers Of his products and
the distributors OF the things the farm
or buys hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged tc
Join In cooperative association to REAP
the Just measure of reward merited by
their arduous toll
Our platform is an earnest pledge
OF renewed concern for this most es
sentlal and elemental industry and In
both appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression In law and
practice. We will hail that co-opera.
tion which again will make profitable
md desirable the ownership and op
Grafton OF comparatively small farms
tntensively cultivated and which win
facilitate the caring for the products
81 farm and orchard without the la.
nentable waste under present condi-
| lions.
America would look with anxiety
On the encouragement OF farming &C.
tivity either through the governments
neglect or its paralysis by socialistio
practices A republican administration
will be committed to renew regard for
agriculture and seek the participation
pf farmers In curing the Ills Justly com.
plained OF and aim to place the Amer.
lean farm where Il ought to be, highly
ranked In American activities and full.
ly sharing the highest good fortunes
| n1 american ire,
Becomingly 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.
II Is our purpose TO continue and en-.
large federal aid. not in sectional par
tiality but for the good OF all America. |
believe the budget system will ef.
:ect necessary helpful reformation
and reveal business methods to gov.
ornment business.
| believe federal departments should
he made more business like and send
back to productive effort thousands Of
federal employees, who are either du.
rlicating work or not essential at all.
| believe In the protective tariff
policy and know we will be calling for
Its saving Americanism again.
believe In a great merchant marine.
! would have this republic the leading
maritime nation Of the world
believe In navy ample TO protect
4 and able to assure us dependable de.
tense.
| believe In a small army but the
best In the world, with u mindfulness
for preparedness which will avoid the
unutterable cost OF our previous neg
iect
| believe In our eminenre In trade