The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-16
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR PRES. HARDING
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ised for life well-lived and work
well-done.
with the lifes history OF our la
mented President I am sure you are
was born in the month Of November,
1865, in the State of Ohio, and of how
the greater part of his life was lived
in that commonwealth. Moreover, the
the lie to the statement that this
country no longer holds out an equal
opportunity to the poor boy. Warren
Harding's parents were not wealthy
school and college. His early years
were as full of the struggle for ex-
istence as the early years of other
millions in the land. He had to teach
He bought bankrupt newspaper,
1.-The Marion Star" and was so hard up
financially that all the work of getting
out his paper even the
had personally to do. AS editor he
came to WELD an influence in the poll
tical life of his state, and, running for
office, was passed along successfully
the Senate of the United States; and
finally, at the age of fifty-five years,
to the highest gift that the American
own sons, the office of President of the
United States. You will say, perhaps,
that this is not at all remarkable. All,
but it is. He was one out of hundred
million to be selected for the office
And 1T was industry, work, honest eff
fort. and stearling integrity of charac
ter that carried him on. And whilst
these qualities will not raise everyone
in whom they are exemplified to such
high estate, they will enoble any man
and make his life splendid success.
1t were impossible. my friends. to go
into details here to-day in estimating
| the work that President Harding ac-
| complished during his two and half
years in the White House. I sigma
lize merely few of the achievements
| of administration.
l. When Mr.. Harding took over the
| reins of government we were at war
with the countries of Central Europe.
Though other nations had made their
peace with Germany and Austria. we
had failed to sign any treaty. The re-
| suit was that business was carried on
| with those countries, and communities
comfort. Under Mr.. Harding's regime
a treaty of peace was very promptly
concluded with these nations, in which
whilst we were freed from the provis-
full to us. we reaped all the benefits
which that League might have giver
| to JUS.
2. The greatest step taken in this age
| towards securing the peace of the worlC
was the holding in the city of Wash
| ington Of the Conference on the Limi.
| tation of Armaments. The nation
participated; and the result was an
| agreement between the principal ma
tions of the world that will put an end
| to the race long in progress Of trying
| to outstrip one another in the mad
| craze to build ships Of war
| 3. To keep the labor supply in the
| country constant, and thus preserve
! for the laboring man higher wage
| than would be his if he had to compete
here at home with his cheaper work
ing European neighbor, the President
| secured the passage of the Immigra-
| tion bill, restricting more than evel
| before the influx Of nationals of other
countries to these shores. For this
| the laboring man owes thanks tC
the Presidents memory.
| 4. To keep this country from being
| flooded with goods made cheaply in
Europe, and thus make it possible for
the American laboring man to COM
mand living wage for his work, the
President fostered the flexible tariff
| bill, which places, at his discretion
| from time to time, higher duties on
| imports, when such action is deemed
| necessary to protect home industries
| s. To President Harding this country
| is indebted for the introduction of the
budget system of running the business
of government. Much extravaganza
has been done away with. The in
| tention is that the business of the ma
| ton shall be run. in a manner in
which it has not been the custom to
run it. namely in a business-like wav
prevailed upon the steel industry mag
mates to abolish the twelve hour day
And though he did not live to see his
hope in this regard realized the word