The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-26
The presidential candidate begal
speaking at about lll5 o'clock.
Major General Woods Address.

In opening his address, Major General
Wood referred to the unrest all over
the world and pointed out that the boil
shevik movement was sweeping west
ward in Europe and that it was the
duty of America to guard against the
coming of the wave to the United
States. do not listen to any of these
dangerous agitators and superficial
thinkers who think the time has come
for something new" he said. Now is
the time above all others to stand
steady. We believe the world Is in
the end coming out of the war better
than it went into it, but there are no
great new and unknown principles sud
denly springing into life. Those who
discover most that is new are those
who know the least of what has gone
before"
Turning to the high cost of living,
the speaker said. "The first step is for
each and everyone of us to rigidly
economize; to stop spending money
recklessly and needlessly We must in
crease the production of necessities, es
pecially production of food supplies.
The next step is to cut down our ma
i.
tional and governmental high cost OF
living. We must reduce our national
expenditures in every way possible con-
sistent with governmental efficiency;
We must cut them to the quick.
Major General Wood referred to
dangerous leadership" by saying: Il
think to-day the most dangerous men
we have in public life are those men
who are trying to advance themselves
by creating religious, racial or class
prejudice. 1t should be the
effort to-day of every man who claims
to be an American to bring together in
one homogeneous mass the various ra-
cial and religious groups in this coun-
try"
A plea for return TO reverence for the
constitution was made by the speaker.
He said. "We must plant our feet firm
ly and go ahead steadily standing for
those basic principles of government
which are eternal; just as eternal as
the basic principles of morality.
We must get back to a government un-
der the constitution. Those who strive
to lead you away from the constitu-
tion strive TO lead you toward chaos.
Hold onto the constitution as you
would hold onto life itself, for it is
our secure anchor
There il no man more dangerous in
high office than the man who thinks he
knows all: who surrounds himself with
rubber stamp puppets
Economy in national administration
can be brought about by the budget
.-.4n,, sa;J Major EnnaraI Wood sWa
must build up a budget system because
il will tend to great economy in ma
tional expenditures; it will break up
the sometimes too strong control OF
committees; and will be the most sure
means of bringing about general ma
tionsI retrenchment and the cutting off
to great extent of all unnecessary ex
penditures. Our policy must be one OF
rigid retrenchment'."
Our tariff must be so framed as
not to destroy the export trade OF Eu-
rope as this would either directly or in
directly prevent Europe from paying
her debts to us and prevent the re-es-
tablishment of that economic stability
upon which world peace and the re-es-
tablishment of normal conditions so
largely depend" said the speaker.
Major General Woods military ideas
were summarized in the following:
I'VE do not want a large army. We
want a small but. highly efficient one. |
recommend to Congress an army OF
from 100000 TO 225,O00 men. We do
not want militarism in any form We
do want such sane, rational prepara-
tion for the discharge of citizenship
duties. both in war and peace, as will
tend to protect our country against
war: and TO enable us to carry it on
effectively if war is forced upon us.
Major General Wood is in favor of
the league of nations with reserva
tions. On this subject he said For
myself. ! think that we should approve
the league with. reservations which
Thoroughly Americanize it-reserva-
tions which will leave America abso-
lutely free to follow her traditional
policies 60 control without interference
her own internal affairs-in other
words, free to follow the dictates Of
American public opinion as expressed
through the instrumentalities proyid-
ed by the constitution; which should
preserve as far as possible the machin-
ery provided by the league to bring the
representation of the people Of the ma
tions together TO talk things over be-
fore they resort to force.
Major General Wood advocated at
tention to the agricultural life of the
country.
immigration ought TO be watched
carefully, he said. On this subject he
declared:
~We should look into the quality Of
our immigration before II comes on
board ship for America. We should be
a. careful as we are in the issuing Of
passports to those who are coming TO
our country in time Of war We have
in this country at the present time q
large and highly organized force Of
disorder so-calied reds. They ar
dangerous in part because OF their or
ganizatiou and activity. but especially
because Of our own indifference. These
people are systematically trying To ere
ate discomfort and feeling Of oPposi-
tion to our government and they are
openly declaring their determination
10 substitute for ordered government
the Kind OF chaos which rules in soviet
Russia and other countries
On the coming of women into Ameri-
can political life. Major General Wood
said:
american women have entered the
political arena al over the nation. and
thev are going 20 play = very imPor
tant part in 10. They have bcen dream
inr dreams aud seeing visions and hop
inr 10 do certain things. Now they are
going 10 have an opportunity 20 Do
that. Nv advice to them D. that they
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