Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-09
DAVIS ACCEPTS
NOMINATION ON
G. 0. P. TICKET
Continued from Page One.

from the mass of words that en-
shrouds it, declares for a tariff
which. and I am quoting it's langu-
age, will not destroy or seriously
linjure any industry economically
profitable They promise no as
sistance, they hold out no hope OF
aid, they offer nothing affirma-
tive. They merely say to the wool
grower and to the other producers
of this state, If you can profitably
carry on your business without a
tariff, competing with all the rest
of the world on an equal basis, sc
ahead and we will do nothing to
hurt you, but, on the other hand
you look for no help from us The
people Of New Mexico and of the
entire United States have had pain
full experience with that theory OF
matchmaking, and they have re-
pudiated it whenever offered &c
them. Let us admit frankly that
no tariff bill perfect in all its
thousands Of schedules was ever
drawn or ever will be, but let us at
| the same time remember that nc
tariff bill not based on the pro-
tective principle was ever enacted
without bringing with it economic
| disaster.
Period OF Turmoil.
an our own country today we are
! in d period of turmoil, unrest, Of
THE widest divergence Of opinion
political, economic, and even as tC
human rights which we have be-
come accustomed to regard as UNI
Questioned. Most dangerous to oul
national life is the growing disre'
gard for law, the increasing idea
that combinations of capital OF
groups Of individuals may at then
will follow standards of conduct
contrary to those decreed by the
majority. an unwillingness that
rules applicable to their neighborS
shall apply to themselves, inconsis'
tencies in thought and in action
We find this in the conduct of the
man who smilingly violates the pro
hibition laws under the excuse tha'
prohibition offends his sense OF
personal liberty. We find 1t in the
suggestion occasionally made tha'
wages may be fixed and their ac
ceptance compelled, forgetful tina
the basic ideals of economic LID
erty declare that man may worl
or not work when and where an'
for whom he pleases, may accept o.
reject any rate of wages, may Oh
tain wage agreements individuall!
or through organization and co..
lective bargaining, and may qul
whenever the conditions OF EN-
ment are for any reason unaccept
able to him. We find it in the at
titude of men who, unwilling u
work themselves, would proven
others from taking the employment
which they abandoned, forgetting
that their own right to decline EN-
ployment is only equal to and NJ
better than the right of others u
accept It.
1--WE find a similar Inconsistency
though in a lesser degree, in Tn
clamor for decreased expenditure
and lessened appropriations, TO IN
end that there may be n r2dtctto'
in a tax burden rapidly bGcomini
intolerable, while at the same tim
there is the demand that govern
ment enter a dozen new fields o
activity all requiring additional eN
penditures, the funds for which ca
be obtained only by further taxa
ton.
Wonderful progress has bee
made by this administration, large
ly through the budget system, i
pruning from the financial tree tn
growth Of waste and extravaganza
left by it's predecessor and som
relief from tax burdens may >.
obtained in this way. But tn
great ultimate remedy for the ia
burden will finally be foun
through wider distribution of
from the creation of new wealth !
the development of our own re
sources, such as the drainage o
the Rio Grande. the further con
struction of irrigation works o
the Pecos river. and the develop
ment Of the wonderful resources Q
San Juan county.
81 have suggested but n few o
the problems which we must face
and this is not the time to discus
at any length either troubles o
their remedies. 1t may be that 70
some of them there is no legisla
tive solution, and they can b
cured only by the enlightene
judgment which comes from tim
and experience. But we can safel
say that their solution must final
be consistent with respect for an
obedience to law, however distaste
full, with equal opportunity of eli
fort for every individual bur equa
subsection 10 the will o. the ma
inritY an inSiStoncn nnnn our nW