Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-26
HARDING TAKESUP
EASIER STRIDE IN
CAMPAIGN WORK
Has Few Callers and Expects
to Begin Preparation of
Speech.
BY the Associa ted Press.

ny iht h>>p'-1a tea ,ffess
MARION, Ohio, July. Ex-senator
| Harding took an easier stride in his
campaign work today. He had a few
callers on his appointment list, but
most of the day he gave over to cor
respondence and recreation. Within
a day or two he expects to begin
preparation of his speech to be made
here saturday to a delegation from
Mansfield, Ohio.
Talks Over Farmers Needs.
The needs of western farmers were
talked over with Senator Harding
yesterday by Senator Capper of Kan
sas and Henry Wallace of Des Moines.
Iowa. both editors of farm publica-
tons, and in statement afterward
Senator Capper declared the farmers
of the west were fast realizing why
1t is necessary that the republican
ticket be elected
To put the democrats back into pow .
er, the Kansas senator said. would be
10 turn the government over to the
solid south and democratic machines
OF the various TammanyiZed states of
the NORTH go
Messages of copgratulatien on the
speech continued to come in, one of
them being from Gov Frank o. Low
a
candidate for the preside initial nomi-
nation at Chicago. Gov. Lowden tele-
sraphed: ,s..- -.-,-.-
"Heartiest " congratulations upon
your speech of.acceptanee.- 1t is clear,
forcefui and patriotic"
Another which pleased the Harding
managers was from Frank A. Nun
sey of. New York. one of the leaders
in the progressive party in 1912.
congratulate you heartily" Mr..
Munsey wired. ION the splendid re-
ceptlon your speech of acceptance
has had through the entire north"
A delegation from Terre Haute.
Ind. on its way to the knights of
Pythias convention at Cleveland
marched to the Harding lawn during
the afternoon.
CaPper Blames Democrats.
Senator Capper's statement blamed
the democratic administration for
market inequalities favorable to the
cotton and sugar industries, and de.
clared Gov. Cox's nomination for
President by the democrats placed the
party under Q joint obligation to
southern interests and to the bosses"
of the north. Gov. Cox" he said. 'in
the eight years he has dominated
democratic politics in Ohio has built
a machine based on the TammaBy
model" -. - sf:o.--.,e<
During and since the war" the
statement continued. I'VE haye seen
what southern control means. The
southern statesmen were all for rig
idly controlling and limiting the price
of wheat that compelled the farmers
to take far less than they would have
got in an uncontrolled market. Cot
ton went to dizzying prices.
More recently we have seen the
same thing in the case of sugar. I
know no more complete demonstra-
ton of democracy's administrative
incompetency than in the story of
sugar this year.
Held by Spectators.
people are paying up to 80 cents
for sugar, and can't get 1t at that
Yet there is sugar enough in the
country for all. 1t is held by specu-
lators in order to boost the price.
THE notthern and western farm
ers havesb0rne the burden OF restfic-
-tion. while the cotton and sugar.
raisers of the south and the specu-
lators have got away with profits be-
yond calculation"
Another caller during the day was
Constantine c. Moustakis OF Salem.
Mass, who declared the Greeks In
this country were greatly pleased At
Senator .Harding's reference to the
disposition of Thrace in his recent
queries to Gov. Cox regarding for
eign relations.