Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-01

Editor The Times-The above telegram
was received by me this morning. to
which 1 replied as follows:
Mr.. Fred w. Upham, treasurer:
You cannot depend on me for $500 to
help elect Harding and Coolidge for the
following reasons:
AZ AS a business man, being both n
manufacturer and a farmer, I feel that
my interests, as well as those OF every
business man, would be best conserved
by the adoption Of the League of Ma
lions, as soon as possible, which will
come by the election OF Cox Roose-
velt.
so. we can arrange the rate Of ex-
change so some value can be again put
into foreign money-the pound sterling,
the French franc and the German mark
As II is today, we are robbing all these
people. It looks to me that we are kick
ing them when they are down and ont.
instead of trying to help them up and
put them on their feet again.
'3. The seven years under Woodrow
Wilson have been the most glorious in
the history Of our country, from busi-
ness point Of view. The business man
and laborer have made more money than
ever before Is this not true7 Mr.. Hard
Ing dwells long upon the great extrava-
gauge OF the Administration during the
war. Leaving out Of the question the
hurry and expedition and extravaganza
which brought the war to a sudden close,
let me ask you who got all this money!
Was 1t not the business man and the
laborer7 Is It not all in this country
now? We have the big end Of all the
gold on the earth today. as you know.
az What is the cause Of this sudden
hn
dropped out Of wheat, corn and cotton,
our chief products, and factories are
closing down and men are being laid of
by the thousands, and there is a general
slowing up In all kinds of business.
What is the cause7 Mr.. Cox has stated
the cause Because OF our failure TO go
into tho League Of Nations and establish
4 credit for our fallen allies and enemies,
so they can buy our goods. A laborer
called at my factory the other day for
! work. He asked me a question and an
swered it himself why are the factories
| laying of men by the thousands while
at the same time they are expending mill
lions In enlarging their plantsl I'll tell
| you why he said. They are pulling on
/ the same old stunt Mark Hanna pulled
off in 1885, Mr.. Upham, is this true ,
4 You know. Mr.. Coolidge, your candidate,
I said he had not purchased suit Of
| clothes or a pair OF shoes in two years,
| and advised every one to do likewise.
1 do not believe in this kind of bust
ness philosophy. If everybody followed
/ this advice, the business men would go
bankrupt. No doubt it has helped on
the slump in business. 1t Is not the
proper way to get at the profteer It is
too expensive. and the legitimate bust
ness man and the laborer are mnde TO
suffer. The last Congress was asked by
President Wilson to pass laws so he
could reach the profteer. Congress re-
fused, because Wilson asked it. SO we
are all made to suffer. The coal situation
now brings 1t home to all of us. Leaving
out any question Of our moral obligation
to go into the leagu l feel. from a busi-
ness point Of view. that we should go in,
and to do so, we must elect Cox and
Roosevelt.
yours truly,
(Signed) CHARLES NJ COOPER"