The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-30

that is an outstanding right, but we
are unalterably insistent that its exer-
Else must not destroy the equally sac
red right of the individual in his
necessary pursuit Of livelihood: ANY
American has the right to quit his
employment, SO has every American
The right to seek employment. The
group must not endanger the individu-
al, and we must discourage groups
preying upon one another and none
shall be allowed to forget hat the
J governments obligations are alike TO
all the people.
I'VE are so confident that much OF
the present day insufficiency and In
efficiency Of transportation are due
to the whitening hand Of government
ownership that we want to expedite
the reparation and make sure the
mistake is not repeated. A state OF
inadequate transportation facilities
mainly c~hargeable to the failure of
governmental experiment is losing
millions to agriculture, 1t Is hindering
industry, 1t Is menacing the American
people with a fuel shortage little less
han a peril. 1t emphasizes the pres
ent-day problem and suggests that
spirit of encouragement and assistance
which commits all America to relieve
such an emergency.
Gross expansion Of currency and
credit have deprecated the dollar just
as expension and initiation have dis
credited the coins of the world. We
inflated in haste. we must debate in
deliberation. We 'debased the dollar
in reckless finance. we must restore
in honesty. In all sincerity we prom
Use the prevention Of unreasonable
profits. we challenge p~rofiteering with
all the moral force and the legal
powers Of government and people but
it is fair. aye, II 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 sacrifice
IL peed be for a nationwide drive
against extravaganza and luxury tc
a recommittal to simplicity Of living
to that prudent and normal plan OF
life which is the health OF the republic
New conditions, which attend amazing
growth and extraordinary industrial
development call for a new and for
ward looking program. The American
farmer had a hundred and twenty
millions to feed in the home market
and heard the cry Of the world fol
food and answered it, though he faced
an appalling task amid handicap,
never encountered before. Contem
plating the defenselessness Of the in
dividual farmer to meet the organized
buyers of his products and the dis
tributors Of the things the farmer
buys, l hold that farmers should no
only be permitted but encouraged tt
join in cooperative association tt
reap the just measure Of reward
merited by their arduous toll. Our
platform is an earnest pledge Of re
newed concern for this most essen
ltial and elemental industry and il
both appreciation and interest we
pledge effective expression in law ant
practice. We will hail that co-opera
tion which again will make profitable
and desirable the ownership and op
Grafton of comparatively small farms
intensively cultivated, and which viii
facilitate the caring of the product.
of farm and orchard without the la
inevitable waste under present condi
lions.
America would look with anxiety
on the encouragement OF farming
activity either through the govern
ment's neglect or it's paralysis by so
cialistic practices. A Republican ad
ministration will be committed to re
new regard for agriculture, and seeF
the participation of farmers In cur
ing the ills justly complained OF, and
aim to place the American farm where
1t ought to be, highly ranked in Ameri
can activities and fully sharing the
highest good fortunes Of American
life.
"Becomingly associated with this
subject are the policies of irrigation
and reclamation, so essential to agri
cultural expansion, and the continued
development Of the great and wonder
full west. 1t is our purpose to con
finue and enlarge federal aid, not il.
sectional Partially, but for the good
of all America. / believe the budget
system will effect a necessary, help
full reformation and reveal business
methods to government business.
II believe the federal departments
should be made more business like
and send back to productive effort
thousands Of federal employees, who
are either duplicating work Or mol
essential at all.
Il believe In the protective tariff
policy aud know we will be calling
for Its saving Americanism again.
II believe In q great merchant
marine. I would have this republic
leading the maritime nations of the
world.
Il believe In a navy ample to protect
1t and be able to assure Is dependable
defense.
81 helieve In a small army hut the