The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-10-30


We need no more profound examp-
lie of the result Of these forces than
in the present condition of our trans
portation system During the heavy /,
movement season, there is scarcely |
, part OF the country where the rail-
ways are able to move our total pro-
duction, where our producers are not |
suffering from the immovable gluts
I and where our consumers are not suf-
fering from the shortage in delivery.
IL affects our farmers, our manufact-
urers; it affects our work people.
Our transportation system is not
equal to the movement of the COM
modities that we require If we are to
maintain our standard of living.
We have another problem in this
same category. and that is the water
SUNNY in the west. We have had
some irrigation legislation during the
last session of Congress, particularly
that introduced by Senator Smoot.
But we have got to go further. To
day we are using practically all the
water that we have in the summer
flow upon our farms for irrigation.
| If we would expand the arid area
]
/ and the west we must undertake the
storage of water during the winter
season for use in the summer upon
scale that we have not hitherto
dreamed of. We must find some
method of encouragement by the Fed
eral Government that will bring this
about. 1t is process that we can
not entrust entirely to speculative
capital.
Men will not forget the social re-
yolutions that have followed from the
collapse of government, the dangers
that these revolutions have present
ed and continue to present to our
civilization. They know that every
social student realizes that another
great war will further loosen social
forces that would destroy our civili-
cation and it's foundation in individu-
alism. They will not forget that it
is possible with our modern world
communication and dependency on
commerce to maintain the isolation
Of the United States. They know
that the march of dreadful inven-
tions in the future will make the
next great war war of soldiers
against civilians even to a greater
extent than the latter part of the
past war. They know that the
world has larger offensive arma-
mcnt today than before the war. and
that it is daily endangered by the ir-
responsible men in control of these
forces. They will not forget that
the world, including ourselves, is
groaning today under taxes imposed
by these ornaments and that inter
national association is the only way
out. The principle of an association
OF nations will not down. 1t belongs
to no party and no creed. 1t will be
the critical issue of forward looking
men in all nations until it succeeds
in finally overthrowing militarism
as basis of world relations. /
SENATOR SMOOT.
If we shall have successful gov
eminent, the party in power should
be trusted with responsibility. The
legislative and executive branches of
our government should be of the
same political character. Every
time we get into a situation where
our legislative and our executive
branches of the government are
working at cross purposes, we have
period of no progress whatever.
We have a period where we can at
tach no direct success or responsible
ity 1t is for this reason that there
will be an overwhelming victory for
Senator Harding on election day. 1t
will be national misfortune if that
executive department is faced with
a Democratic Congress or Demo
cratic Senate. Senator Smoot in
himself has other reasons for his
succession than the mere general
question of party government. There
Is no Senator in the United States
Senate who has such an infinite
knowledge of the financial and exec
utive machinery of our government
and who can be of such great i'm
portance in the reorganization of
that machinery as Senator Smoot.
l am for trusting the Republican par
ty with the responsibilities of gov
ernment, not only as to the executive
side but also in the legislative side.
The responsibility must be placed
within the Republican party if we
are to have the association of nations
during the next four year. The Re-
publican party must solve these
great domestic issues. The Demo-
cratic party has lamentably failed in
ooth' i am therefore for trying the
Republican party out on these ques-
tions. The League Of Nations will
no. down. ! will continue ruy fight
inside of that party until the fight
becomes fruitful. The American
people will yet have a League, or an
Association of Nations-I care moth
ing for names-but that League or
Association will have to come at the
hands OF the Republican party. -