The Ordway new era., 1920-07-23
Harding's Speech
of Acceptance
Continued from Page u

tied liberties. We must not abrldge
the freedom OF speech. the freedom Of
press, or the freedom Of assembly,
,hecnrse thcre Is no promise In re-
preston. These liberties are as sacred
ns the freedom OF religious belief. as
inviOlable as the rights Of life and the
pursuit of happiness. We hold to the
right to crush sedition, to stifie men
acing contempt for law. to stamp out
peril to the safety Of the republic or
It's people when emergency calls. he
cause security and the majesty OF the
law are the first essentials of liberty.
lie who threatens destruction OF the
government by force or flauats his
contempt for lawful authority ceases
to be a loyal citizen and forfeits his
rights to the freedom Of the republic.
No party is Indifferent to the well
fnre of the waee-earner. 10 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 nn outstanding right. but
we are unnIterably insistent that Its
exercise must not destroy the equally
sacred right OF the individual in hisl
American has the right to quit his enl-
ployInent. so has every American the
right to seek employment. The group
must not endanger the individual and
we must discourage groups preying
upon one another, and none shall be
allowed TO forget that the govern-l
inent's obligations are alike to NIL thei
people.
we are so confident That mucil of
the presrnt-dny insufficiency and in
efficiency OF Transportation are due 10
the whitening hand of government op-
Grafton tliat we emphasize anew our
opposition to government ownership
We want to expedite the reparation
nnd make sure the mistake is not re-
peated.
A state of inadequate transportn-
iion facilities. mainly chargenble to-
ihe failure of governmental expert
Inent. Is losing millions to agriculture;
II is hlndering industry; 1t is mennc-
Ing the American people with II fuel
slIortage litti" less than a peril, 1t
emphasizes the present-dny problem
and suggests TINT spirit Of encourage
ment and assistance which commits all
America TO relieve such an emergency.
Gross expansion OF currency and
credit have deprecnted the dollar just
us expansion and Initiation hnve dis
credited the coins of the world. We
inflated In haste; we must deflate In
leliberatiOn. 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 profitecrlng with all the
moral force and the legal powers of
government and people. but 1t Is fair
aye. 1t Is timely-to give reminder
that law is not the sole corrective of
uur economic Ills.
Let us call to all the people for
thrift and economy. for denial and sac
rifice II need be, for simplicity of liv-
ing to that prudent and normal plan
IF life which is the health of the re-
public.
New conditions which attend amaz-
ing growth and extraordinary indus
trial development call for u new nnd
forwnrd-looking program.
The American farmer had a hun
dred and twenty millions to feed in the
home market, and heard the cry Of the
world for food and answered 1t, 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, l hold that farmers should not
only be permitted hut encouraged to
join in cooperative association to reap
the just measure OF reward merited
by their nrduous 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 corporation