Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-08

should be interesting to your mother
that the subject of sugar is nothing
new to Mr.. Harding. Before Mr..
Harding took his seat in the United
States senate, he made a trip to the
Hawaiian islands to study at first
hand the production and distribution
of sugar. If he had been president
last year when it was possible for
the United States to buy the Cuban
crop at little over six cents a
pound it is certain he would have
seen to it that the crop was pur-
chased.
"Since Mr.. Harding started at the
bottom of the ladder of life with lit
tie or nothing to assist him, he can
readily understand and appreciate
the troubles and problems which the
laboring men must face. When he
becomes president, he will as he has
in the past, always give careful
thought and attention to the prob
lens and claims of men in every sta
ton of life. The people of almost
every state in the country have heard
Mr.. Harding speak. And he has not
limited himself to a speaking tour OF
certain classes of people. He has
addressed, for instance, wool grow
ers' association, a convention of steel
and iron men, farmers institute,
an association of miners, railroad en-
ployees and groups of laborers from
other branches of industry. 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 I want you to
know of a most remarkable incident
during the recent primary elections
for president, held before the repub-
lican convention gathered at Chi
cago. Every man who runs for
any political office, large or small,
feels highly complimented il he can
receive a large number of votes in
his own home. When the ballots
were counted after the primary cleo
ton, it was found that Senator Hard
ing had received all but two votes in
the town where he spent his boy
hood days and in the city of Marion
all 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 busi-
ness and played the game fair and
square the people know him to be a
real man and voted for him accord
ingly.' To prove what they think of
him I am going to read to you what
the president of one of Marion's
largest manufacturing concerns says
of him. Listen:
TO the older residents of Marion
the life of Senator Harding is an OPP
en- book, showing his development
from young manhood to mature
years; from a position of obscurity
to one of prominence; from compar-
alive poverty to reasonable affluence
and on on page of that book is there
a line that his best friend could
wish obliterated. In later years II
has been my pleasure to serve with
him on various boards of directors.
His counsel and advice have always
been cought and valued, and his
judgment on matters of Importance
has been invariably sound
THAT shows what his neighbors
back home think of him and that is
the way every American citizen will
feel after he has taken his seat in
the white house. His administration
will be an open book and there will
be nothing to wipe out or forget. The
United States today stands in the
same position she did in 1860 and
again in 1896. A strong man. a
man Of vision and poise is needed to
bring this country safely back to
government by the constitutions Ev-