The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-23

mlstice, but plans were lacking or cour.
age failed. The unpreparedness 70;
peace was little less costly than unpre.
pardness for war.
I'VE can promise no one remedy which
will cure an i'll OF such wide proportions
but We do pledge that earnest and COL
sistent attack which the party platform
covenants. We will attempt intelligent
and courageous defation. and strike al
government borrowing which enlarget
the evil. and we will attack high cost oi
government with every energy and faciI-
lty which attend Republican capacity
We promise that relief which will at
tend the haltlng OF waste and extrava
gance. and the renewal of the practice
OF public economy not alone because II
will relieve tax burdens but because it
will be an example TO stimulate thrift
and economy in private life.
have already alluded to the necessity
for the fulness OF production. and we
need the fullnesS OF service which at
tends the exchange OF products Let us
speak the irrefutable truth. high wages
and reduced cost OF living are in utter
contradiction unless we have the height
Of efficiency for wages received.
Profits Must he Curbed.
In all sincerity We promise the pre-
vention OF unreaSona Bile profits, we chal-
lenge prohteering with all the mora!
force and the legal powers OF govern
ment and people. but It is fair. aye, It is
timely. to give reminder that law is not
the sole corrective OF our economic ills
Let us call to all the people for thrift
and economy, for denial and sacrifice, IL
need be, for a nationwide crive against
extravaganza and luxury, TO recon-.
initial to simplicity OF living. to that
prudent and normal plan OF life which
is the health Of the republic. There hasn't
been a recovery from the waste and alb
normalltles OF war since the story Of
mankind was first written except
through work and saving, through in
dustry and denial, while needless spend
ing and needless extravaganCe have
marked every decay in the history OF
nations Give the assurance of that
rugged simplicity Of American life which
marked the irst century of amazing de-
velopment and this generation may un-
derwrite a second century Of surprising
accomplishment
The Republican party was founded
by farmers with the sensitive conscience
born OF their freedom and their simple
lives. These founders sprang from the
farms of the then middle West Our
party has never failed In it's realization
that agriculture is ESSENTIALLY the founda-
tiOn OF our very existence, and it has
ever been our policy. purpose and per-
formanee TO protect and promote that es-
sential industry
New Conditions Faced.
New conditions, which attend amaz-
Ing growth and extraordinary industrial
development. cali for a new and forward
looking programme. The American
farmer had a hundred and twenty mill
ions to feed in the home market. and
heard the cry of the world for food and
II. though he faced an appal-
ling task amid handicaps never encoun-
tered before.
In the rise Of price levels there have
come increased AppralsalR to his acres
without adding to their value in fact, but
which do add to his taxes and expenses
without enhancing his returns. His help
ers have yielded to the lure OF shop and
city until almost alone he has met and
borne the burden Of the only insistent at
tempts to force down prices. 1t chaI-
lenges both the wisdom and the justice
OF artificial drives on prices to recall that
they were effective almost solely against
his products In the hands OF the pro-
ducer and never effective against the
same products in passing to the con-
sumer. Contemplating the defenceless-
ness Of the individual farmer to meet the
organized buyers of his products and the
of the things the farmer
buys, hold the farmers should not only
be permitted but encouraged to Join in
association to reap the Just
Measure Of reward merited by their ar
Juous toll.
LET Us facilitate cooperation TO in
sure against the risks attending agri-
which the urban world SO little
understands, and a like cooperation TO
market their products as directly as pos
sible with the consumer, In the interests
of all. Upon such association and TO-
operation should be laid only such re-
'trictions as will prevent arbitrary con-
rol OF our food supply and the fixing
II extortionate price upon It,
Our platform Is an earnest pledge
" renewed concern for this most essen
lal and elemental industry, and In
10Th appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression in law and
practice. We will hall that cooperation !
which again will make profitable and de- !
iirable the ownership and operation OF |
small farms intensively !
cultivated. and which will facilitate the |
airing for the products of farm and |
richard without the lamentable waste !,
inder present conditions.
America would look, with anxiety on |
he dlscouragement OF farming activity |
ither through the Governments neglect !
n It's paralysis by socialistic practices. I
! Republican administration will be COM
nitted to renewed regard for agricul- !
ure, and seek the participation OF farm
RS in curing the ills justly complained |
4. and aim to place the American farm
where it ought to be-hlghly ranked in /
american activities and fully sharing
he highest good fortunes Of American
lie.
Becomingly associated with this srib-
ect are the policies OF irrigation and
so essential to agricultural
expansion. and the continued Develop
nent OF the great and wonderful West.
t Is our purpose TO continue and en-