The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1920-07-24

fare of the wage-earner. To us his
good fortune IL 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 It's
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 en-
ployment; so has every American the
right To seek employment. The group
must not endnnger the individual and
we must discourage groups preying
upon one another, and none sllnll he
allowed to forget that the govern
ment's obligations are alike to all the
people.
We are 80 confident that much of
the present-day insufficlency 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 reparation
and make sure the mistake is not re-
peated.
A stnte of inadequate transporta-
ton facilities, mainly chargenble TO
the failure Of governmental expert
nent, Is losing millions TO agriculture
ir is hlndering industry: IL Is menac-
ing the American people with fuel
shortage little less than a peril. Ii
emphasizes the present-day problem
anu suggests that spirit of encourage
ment and assistance which commits all
America to relieve such IN emergency.
Gross expansion of currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
ltafl Ion. l,nx al
credited the coins of the world. We
inflated in haste; we must deflate In
elaboration. 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 of
government and people, but II is fair
aye. il 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 sac
rifice If need be, for simplicity of liv-
ing to that prudent and normal plan
of life which is the health of tlle re-
public.
New conditions which attend amnz-
ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development call for II new and
forward-looking program.
The American farmer had hun
dred and twenty millions to feed in the
home market, and heard the cry of the
world for food and answered it. though
he faced an appalling task amid handi-
caps never encountered before.
Contemplating the defenselessness
of the individual farmer to meet the
organized buyers of his products and
the distributors or the things the farmer
buys, / hold that farmers should not
only be permitted but encouraged to
join in cooperative association TO reap
the just 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 ana
practice. We will hail that cooperation
which again will make profitable and
desirable the ownership and operation
of comparatively small farms inten-
sively cultivated and which will facili-
tate the caring for the products OF
farm and orchard without the lament
able waste under present. conditions.
America would look with anxiety on
the encouragement of farming act
iyity either through the governments
neglect or its paralysis by Socialistic
practices. A Republican administra-
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 1t ought to
he. highly ranked in American activi-
ties and fully sharing the highest good
fortunes of American life.
Becomingly associated with this sub
ject are the policies of irrigation ana
reclamation so essential to agricultural
expansion and the continued develop
ment of the great and wonderful west
1t Is our purpose to continue and en-
large federal aid not in sectional par
TALLY but for the good of all America.
believe the budget system will eff
feet necessary helpful reformation
and reveal business methods to govern
ment business.
/ believe Federal Departments
should be made more business-like and
send back to productive effort thou
sands of federal employees who are
either duplicating work or not essen
tial Mt all.
/ believe in the protective tariff
policy and know we will be calling for
it's saving Americanism again.
L believe In a great Merchant Mar
inc. / would have this republic the
leading maritime nation of the world.
/ believe in navy ample to protect
ii and able to assure us dependable de-
fonse I helieye in small army, but