Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-22
No North, No South,
Harding's Wish,
tGist Atlanta Message


of united Americapism. hokiing itself
and making secure the industries OF
the whole nation alike, was bespoken
by President-elect Harding tonight In
a message to the people of the south.
The message, written at the request
of Clark Howell. editor of the Allan
Ia Constitution, and Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Georgia. was
made public on the arrival here of the
train which is taking the president
elect to Florida. 1t follows:
/"Of course, / have no message to
the people of the South that I would
not gladly utter to all the United
States. Perhaps the South would be
interested to know. however. Of one
ambition which I cherish. want to
be the instrumentality in establishing
that complete concord of nuion which
hold to be essential to the American
fulfilIment. Realize howthe political
solidarity of the South followed the
unfortunate days of the Civil War. I
know how that solidarity has been en-
couraged on the one hand, and I think
understand the desire to break 1t on
the other hand.
1T is not specifically a Republican
ambition. 1t is rather to be accredited
to desire to establish complete mu-
tuality of purpose and oneness Of am
bition in America.
There is little left of the old-time
hostility and there is not any occa-
sion for any section of America to
pin its aspirations to the fortunes Of
one party. I think it is fair to assume
that all political parties mean to be
best for our common country. +',
"As a Republican I believe that
many of the Republican policies are
calculated to best serve all of Am
erica. For instance. believe there
is great significance in the coming
tariff congress to be held in Atlanta.
believe most cordially in prospecting
America first. I do not see how we
can retain our home markets. upon
which American good fortune must
be founded and at the same time
maintain American standards of pro-
duction and American standards OF
living unless we make other peoples
with lower standards pay for the
privilege of trading in the American
markets. Ours Is the best market in
the world, because we are largest in
consumption and the ablest to buy.
| The application lies in a perfectly
justifiable ambition to make the
Southland as industrially eminent as
| the states of the North and East.
Theer ought to. be the fame of indus
try here in exceptional significance,
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sources. Your people want precisely
! thes anne things which are found in
the natural ambitions of the North
and West. There isn't the slightest
excuse for a sectional line in America.
We are one people, with one flag. and
it is folly to allow long time preju-
dices to stand in the wa of the full
ness of understanding and utmost
cordiality of relationship.
1.-THE people Of the South are just
as much interested as any other geo.
graphical location in the development
of an American merchant marine.
Out of our abundance of resources,
out OF our greater ability to produce,
| and out of our boosted American eff
ficiency ought to come American en-
inence in world wide trade. We
ought to send cargoes from south
land ports just as numerously as we
] do from Northern and Western ports.
OF course, as a general rule, we can
not sell where we do not but, with
a national economic policy safeguard
ed in protective tariffs we can buy
the things the production Of which
is not essential to our own good for
tune and expand our trade with those
of whom we buy to supply our own
needs which can not be supplied here
at home. $50.
II am sure the incoming admins
tration wishes to see, figuratively
speaking. every Southern port whit
ened by the sails Of commerce and
know that our carriers are taking
messages of good will and amity
along withour cargoes to all the parts
of the EARTH" -..-