Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-23
Harding Speech
of Acceptance
A New Keynote
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threatens destruction OF the govern
mmt by force or fiaunts his contempt
FOR lawful authority, ceases to be
loval citizen and forfeits hisorights
to the freedom of the republic.
No party Is Indifferent to the well
fare Of the wage Garner. To us his
good fortune Is Of deepest concern,
and we seek to make that good for
tune permanent. We do not oppose
but approve collective bargaining be-
cause that is an outstanding right,
but we are unalterably insistent that
Its exercise must not destroy the
equally sacred right of the individual,
in his necessary pursuit of livelihood.
Any American has the right to quit
his employment, so has every Amer
lean the right to seek employment.
The group must not endanger the ~
dividual, and we must discourage
groups preying upon one another and
none shall be allowed to forget that
the governments obligations are alike
to all the people.
We are so confident that much OF
the present-day insufficiency and In
efficiency of transportation are due 10
the whitening hand of government OPP
GRAFTON that we emphasize anew our
opposition TO government ownership
We want to expedite the PREPARATION
and make sure the mistake is not re-
peated.
A state Of inadequate transporta-
ton facilities, mainly chargeable TO
the failure of governmental expert
ment, is losing millions to agriculture,
il is hindering industry, 1t is menacing
the American people with q fuel
shortage little less than peril. 1t
emphasizes the present-day problem
and suggests that spirit of encourage
ment and assistance which commits
all America to relieve such an emer-
gency.
Gross expansion of currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
credited the coins of the world. We
inflated in haste, we must debate IN
dellberatiOn. We debased the dollar
In reckless finance, we must restore In
honesty.
In all sincerity we promise the pre-
vention of unreasonable profits, we
challenge profiteering with all the
moral force and the legal powers or
government and people, but 1t is fair,
aye, II 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 If need be, for a nationwide
drive against extravaganza and lux
ury, 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 amaz-
ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development, call for q new and
forward looking program. The Amer
lean farmer had hundred and TWEEN
ty millions to feed in the home mar
ket, and heard the cry of the world
for food and answered IT, though he
faced an appalling task amid handicaps
never encountered before.
Contemplating the denfenselessness
Of the individual farmer TO meet the
mi nf nd
the distributors of the things the farm
er buys, / hold that farmers should
not only be permitted but encouraged
to join in cooperative association to
reap the measure OF reward merited
by their arduous toll.
Our platform Is an earnest pledge
Of renewed concern for this most es-
sential and elemental industry, and In
both appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression in law and
practice. We will hail that co-Opera-
ton which again will make profitable
and desirable the ownership and OPP
Grafton of comparatively small farms
intensively cultivated and which will
facilitate the caring for the products
of farm and orchard without the la
inevitable waste under present condi-
lions.
America would look with anxiety
on the encouragement Of farming ac-
tivity either through the governments
neglect or its paralysis by socialistic
practices. A Republican admlnistra-
ton will be committed to renewed re-
gard for agriculture and seek the par
ticipation of farmers in curing the Ills
Justly complained of and aim to place
the American farm where It ought to
be-highly ranked in American acitivj-
ties and fully sharing the highest good
fortunes of American life.
Becomingly associated with this sub
iect are the policies Of irrigation and
reclamation, so essential to agricul-
tural expansion and the continued de-
velopment Of the great and wonderful
West. II is our purpose to continue
and enlarge federal aid, not in Sec
tional Partially but for the good Of
all America.
I believe the budget system will eff
feet q necessary helpful reformation
and ravaol hucinaea rnathodo IN ooyarp