The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-01-14
THE uNiFIcATiok or THE SEC
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Harding. invaded the South On his
campaigning tour and endeavored t9
break its solidarity and have it ride
astride the G. o. P. elephant, he said
that nothing would be more pleasing
to him than to see all sectional lines
and hostile feelings between the
North and the South wiped out. and II
elected to the high offiee Of chief
executive Of the nation he would use
his influence in having inaugurated a
genuine and lasting paclfication and
unification Of the sections.
His one amDltlon would be to see
the solidarity Of the nation.
What are the indications?
In the wiping out of those old ami
mosities ana inauguraring Mr.. Hard
ing's promise Of a genuine and LAST
ing pacification what do we see?
The very first act OF Representa-
tive George Holden Tinkhanl, Of Sos
ton, Mass, is a furious endeayor to
have the South's representatives in
congress cut down. and because his
statements are shown to be spurious
he becomes ugly and others join in
with him and shout the old time
chorus that; 10, the poo. African, !"
| is denied the privilege of voting in the
South, and these malcontents are put
ting forth all sorts of tales Of horror.
fabricated for the sole purpose Of
keeping alive the animosities which
NJ. Harding said were so hurtful to
MS feelings.
Fed on these sort of tales from
their cradles and all through their
liiyes-they are possessed of a diseased
| i'm agitation and easily see mountains
where scarcely molehills exist.
And our good friend, Mr.. :. 9.
Holmes, Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who
IS an easy convert end swallows all
these manufactured tales Of horror,
apparently with deleioasness senls
us the following clipping fran one q
his local newspapers:
The Expensive Army Program
The nature of the increased expendl-
lures for the army was brought OUT
the other day when Congressman
Good spoke on the appropriation Dill.
II has been planned by Secretary
Baker and the general stan OF the
army to abandon many of the posts
now in existence, especially those near
the large cities, and build new GUAR
.ers for the men in the service. The
costs have been estimated at $780,
coo 900. but they would probably run
IN two or three times as much. 1t
may be noted that the major number
OF the posts are to be established in
tn southern states. 1t is one of the
hang-overs of the war when the south
GOT the best Of everything In North
Carolina they had one big camp
granted them by the secretary and his
board and then they demanded an
other and they got it under the threat
that the people OF that state would
not buy Liberty bonds unless few
Eiore millions were poured into that
state. They got the second camp, al
tho the government had no more use
for it than a wagon has for a fifth
Wheel That is the way it went from
one end of the south to the other. The
climatic argument was used to bestow
vast expenditures en- the southern
states, to recoup them, as some boast
ed, for their losses in the civil war.
But sucn rec0upings have gone far |
enough, it would seem, ard the coun-
try should not now and cannot now
enter on other projects for spending
hundreds of millions Of dollars. The
army has posts and quarters enough.
ioTt Des MONIES has been half any,sv
ell the time. AT the present time
every state or community that was
s. Yored With an army camp for the
var II Europe IS arguing hat It's
particular camp should be made into
permanent one- and If all these
EIosecls are carried out the tax pay
81 hllght - we'll throw in the Whole
, ,J'ss VII the tan and so 70 the poor
The truth Of the whole business S
eil$t tie North secured vastly more
1ayors Of government than the sout5
during tire Great World Var yast1y
more.
he Hos Island shipbuliding nlan4
alSne cost more than all the army
eneaEnpments located ii The South
md then consider the vast expendl.
tires st the Creat lakes. ana the
army eaatonaents located in the
North nr.zsi xls,,r -
able climatic conditions.
But if all the encampments, shin
fuilding and other plants had been
located away from the South it was
entirely too patriotic to have complain
ed.
is one thought was directed to
winning the war at any and all costs
and sattening on the spells Of govern
nlenf never once entered into its cal
cuiations.