The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-01
POLITICAL OPIATES

''As evidences multiply of the earnest desircI of the Harding administration to have less gov ernmcnt in business the dcvOtecS of bureau cracy renew their mad drive to put the govern m2nt into all sorts of busincSs,' declares the Republican Publicity Association, through it's President, Hon. .Jonothan Bourne, .Jr. 'Thcrc| iS positive rash of headlines in the public prints declaring that the government must un- dcr&kc this, or become a partner in that. Now ii iS plan in the form of a bill in congress whereby the government shall purchase agri- cultural products in this country and hawk them in the mark"t-pIacrs of Europe, and $lOO, OOOOOO iS asked to start this work Again the government k asked to finance every country in Europe in order that they may trade with u~. Here k particular industry which by govern mcnt legislation k presented with copprI-riv rtcd monopoly on d certain commodity, and there is another industry which it i~ designed to curb by a government license to operate The government k pulled this way and hauled that iammcd into a crevicc to make up deficit, or strapped to a saddle to handicap a so-caIlcd trust, or spiccd to guarantee of profitable return on private capital.
 "Thr foreign observer of Democracy in the making must long ere this have reached the conclusion that this i> government of the gov cImmcnt, by the government and for the gov crnmcnt, and the only way democracy may par ticipatc in the shndig k to become attached to- a government payroll. And in the background are the Plumb planners and their allies sound ing the chorus of government ownership of railroads. mines and practically every other form of industry, melted to their antiphoni"S by the example of those who ought to know bet ter.
 "CerainIy if present tendencies are not re pressed that socialism against which we all haranguc but the tcnets of which so many of us avid to adopt, will eventually cnguIf us Leninc has had his day with that insane idea and Leninr has had enough, if reports are to be credited A standardization of power is fast de veloping in this country which, if not restrain ed, must terminate in despotsm the like of which was never known Even now state lines have become little more than the boundaries of magnficd voting precincts, and it would seem as if no move could be undertaken unless the president was approached to act as arbitcr and to give his sanction or dissent.
 "To Mr. Hardng's eternal credit be it said that he looks at such manifestations of in-I fnmity with extreme disfavor and has more than once expressed his wish that private con
 
 ately concerned. But after nearly decade of dictatorship during which business was neuro- ticlzed by every conceivable political anodyne, It might be somewhat natural that the White House should be looked to as dspensarv where if cure can not be found, q hypodermic may be administered which will afford some temporary relief.
 "Are we to repudiate the teachings of those who founded this nation? Shall we remain deaf to the warnings which find their echo in lunatic Russia? The patriot and the skeptic has each his own answer, and at present the former is counted with the majority For coun- try's sake, and for conscience sake, therefore, let us put an end to- this program for govern mental participation in every private human activity. Let the government attend strictly to growing without distinctiin of class, and let private industry pursue it's course, strictly