Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-23
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SENATOR HARDING's STAND


country and offering a stimulating
r,rorram for readjusting the differ
3ncss disturbing the Industrial aud
8cononic structure Of the country
Senator Harding in his speech of
acceptance at Marion yesterday
sounded his declaration of princi-
lies upon, Which he proposes to go
before the people in his campaign
4or the presidency.
While we cannot agree with the
z.~andidate IN his stand on the
League Of Nations, in which he
lakes occasion to follow out the
Republican policy of registering
hatred to anything Wilsonian, in
khe main his ideas and pledges are
Bound and in%vigorating.
In outlining his foreign policy
AR. Harding would welcome an I'M
Aerstsndins which would make US
willing participant in the conse-
kration Of nations to commit the
znoral forces of the world, America
Included. to peace and information
81 Justice, still leaving America free
but Offering friendship to all.
II the league covenant, he makes
appear, were anything but VIII
5onian, his u~tterances concerning
bur foreign policy would perhaps be
more Straightforward and less eva
hive. But following out Senator
Hodges attack on the President, he
feiterates irreconcilable differences
INA doubts over the league stand
faken by President Wilson.
It is due to the fact that there
are other big problems confronting
ahe country besides the League of
Nations that Senator Harding shows
his soundness Of judgment. Cover
Ing a wide range of subjects, he left
hsfe-At1le unsaid regarding the
problems that have been crying for
! sane settlement. In his declara-
lions regarding the gross expansion
be currency and credit, which, to
use his W words, has deprecated
the dollar just as expansion and in
nation have discredited coins of the
world" he offers a b~usinesslike
Suggestion in pledging that steps
viii be taken to debate in deliber-
alton where we inflated in haste"
We must restore in honest the dol
lar we debased in reckless finance,
he says, and in this pledges the re-
turn Of the 100 cent dollar, gone
but not forgotten in these days Of
high living costs.
He calls for economy and thrift
both personal and governmental.
His pledge for relief from the con-
tinuation of waste and extravaganza
and the renewal Of public economy,
will, if carried out, do much what
he claims it will: Tend to relieve
this tax burdens because it will tend
10 stimulate thrift and economy;
will tend to stimulate clear thinking
and forward looking Americans.
In pleading for "obliteration of
sectional and class conflict and de-
cIaring for industrial peace, not
forced, but inspired by the common
veal" Mr.. Harding strikes another
keynote that radiates soundness.
He declares he wants the employ
er and wage Garner to understand
their relations with each other, but
also In regard to the people and the
republic. Out of this understanding
he feels will come the unanimous
committai to economic justice and
in that social justice which is the
highest essential to human happi-
ness
He makes another worthy appea
for cooperation in governmental at
fairs when he reiterates that thu
vice president should nave a par
II the affairs OF the chief execu
tIve's family. He follows this will
q plea for a more cordial under
standing and co-ordinated activitie
between the President and con
eress. He also believes in a cabi
net OF the highest capacity.
Prohteering in for a shar
OF his attention when he promise
action TO force a solution to remed
4ris evil. "Prohteering," he dc
<,sxes. us a crime Of commission
under-production a crime Of omi'
uon He adds to this an appe;
10 the sons and daughters of tn
republic TO join hand in hand !
production. I'VE must work OF
hest he claims. "else the destru:
tive reaction viii come"
In giving passing notice to II
eighteenth amendment he declare
that there must be no evasion
fhe enforcement Of prohibition, b
adds that 4~modiaeation or repeal
the right OF free peoples"
Regarding Mexico. his stand