New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Harding Calls
On Wilson to-
Check w aste
(centinued frem paes ene)

that travelling men felt they were en-
books: There was wild yell Of ap-
proval from the men when he said this.
II like to think Of q government
friendly to American business" Sena-
tor Harding said in reply, "and unwill-
ing to indulge itself in mere irritating
suspicion and interference. I look for
ward to government which will have
the sense to keep out Of activities
WHICH good, old American genius and
initiative can do better I look for
ward to government which will gain
more information and have more in
nuence in ANerican business, because
~ 1s she &rlead OF American business"
Foundatiom of Exchanges
The text of Senator Harding's speech
"My Countrymen: Long before
money was dependable means of ex-
change, long before banks and clearing
houses were even thought Of, the bar
terers Of trade were the advance
agents expanding civilization. The
primitive man produced from the soil
Tor his own sustenance, but when he
began turning natures bounty into
surpluses, people undertook their ex-
changes, and the exchange Of products
was attended by an exchange Of ideas
and the world developed and advanced
accordingly. 1t was in these exchanges
that the first travelling men of ali
civilization became the ambassadors of
education and art, the bearers Of ideas
and the surveyors of the widened fields
OF human relationships. The paths of
ccargoes were the highways of exchang-
ing ideas, and the men who bought and
soid, the travelling men of old, were
the foremost exponents of the worlds
commerce and its attending civiliza-
tion.
Ihe travelling men of to-day main
tain their eminent relationship to the
life and progress of our people. Busi-
ness is the life blood Of the nation,
and these business agents are unfail-
ing in their reflex of progressive
thought and the convictions of the
American people. We find them every
where, always alert. always pushing
ahead, always eager to add to the vol
ume Of business which is the barome-
ter of our material good fortune and
the base Of all our boasted attain
ments.
"But l do not mean to address you
especially as mercial travellers, but
rather as Americans first. do not ask
that you, who can carry further than
any other body of men message to the
American people, shall carry any part
of a message which you do not your
selves believe, with full heart and with
calm thinking, is for the good Of the
whole of the American people. l would
not dwell upon criticism of the condi-
tions brought about by nearly eight
years Of mismanagement of the United
StateS If 1t were not necessary to take
some account Of where we now stand
so that we may wisely bring America
again to her main road and restore
prosperity and give promise to the la
borer, who gives us the products of
soil and toll, that We shall not have
in the United States 'no-hour day.'
IL know pretty we'll, from more or
less contact with commercial travellers,
during third of century of business
life, how it is in the heart of each to
further the work which is his task. It
is in this untiring devotion, this never
ending activity, enhanced by other at
tributes, that success is achieved ]
want the commercial travellers of the
one big house-this Republic of ours.
always to be thinking Of America first.
But l know what is in your minds
to-day-your practical thought. You
want stability once more for American
business. You want normal conditions.
You want that confidence and security
which will put an end to anxiety about
production; an end to fear about buy
ing; an end to uncertainty about de-
livery or distribution. No abiding