Evening star., 1923-06-25

under the republican practice Of her
nit isolation no serious efforts have
been made to cooperate. financially
and economically, with European and
other customers in order to maintain
stable and more or less sound
reciprocal trade relations as Canada
has done. American farmers now
realize from practical experience that
there would be different story to
tell from every standpoint had the
democratic foreign policies, which
included practical cooperation, not
only to prevent future wars but to
maintain a steady and even flow of
commerce back and forth between
this and other countries, been put
into effect in substance and essence.
Tie farmers, from disastrous eX-
perience, can now behold the meal
culable and irreparable losses that
have befallen America and the world
as result of the course of dominant
republican leaders in playing vicious,
selfish politics with our foreign af-
fairs during 1919 and 1920. with the
result that the present administration
/ thus far has been wholly unable to
formulate any definite or comprehen-
sive- program with respect to either
domestic or foreign affairs.
Argument for Labor.
why should the American laborer
be enamored of the Harding adminls-
tration in the light of the fact that
the high cost of living. created chiefly
by the monstrous Fordney- -McCumber
high tariff, prevents labor. or any
other class OF persons. except the
favored special interests. from laying
by any savings; and of the fact that
the administration is hopelessly doml-
mated by this group of special pr1vi-
lege, which is most unfriendly to the
cause of labor, and most selfish in
gobbling up for themselves every spe-
cial benefit the government is able to
bestow: and of the fact that whenever
there is conflict between the rights,
those of special privilege, the present
administration invariably sides with
the latter.
why should the average business
man feel any friendship or gratitude
toward the Harding administration in
| the light of his condition after two
and one-half years of "normalcy,
compared, for example, with the years
1919 and 1920 under democratic rule;
when his business is confronted with
hopeless uncertainty as to the future
and he is utterly unable to plan
ahead on account of the operation of
wholly unsound domestic and foreign
economic policies to the extent that
the present administration has any
economic policies; and when he knows
that under wise and efficient federal
administration the country should be
blessed with sound. stable, perma-
nent business conditions?
why should those American pro-
ducers and manufacturers, subject to
no competitive imports and deriving
no benefits from the existing nigh
other four years an administration
whose every economic policy Is seri-
ously hanGicapping the sound deVel-
opment of our international COM
merce. on which alone their own busi-
ness expansion and prosperity in the
future depend?
Cause of Depression.
Each Of these vast group of voters
now know that the Harding administra-
tion has constituted the greatest stumb-
ling block to the business and economic
readjustment of America and the world.
and not only delayed sound business and
economic recovery, but is responsible
for a long and unprecedented business
depression.
THE American people are now
anxious to restore to power a party with
leadership that will lead and with a
program that will embrace practical in
ternational cooperation, not only to
prevent war but greatly to promote our
own economic and social welfare. pro-
gram that will embrace a vigorous
policy of rigid enconomy. federal. state,
county and municipal-and correspond
ing equitable tax reduction program
embracing. in short, all such other sub
jectS as lower freight rates. better farm
CO-0pefatlOn IN LTdHSpOntdliOH anu ulS-
tribution. local self government, the
substitution of honest for dishonest civil
service. consolidation and coordination
of all transportation facilities. work
able immigration law, the divorce of
the groups of special privilege now prey
ing on the people from the government.
modernized and humane methods for
the maintenance of just and peaceful
relations between capital and labor.
policies that will prevent or settle
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coal strikes, honesty in public and poit-
ical affairs instead of corruption and
political immortality, i comprehensive
domestic and foreign policy instead of
the very partial patchwork Of the pres
ent Observation-Disclosures are some of
the issues which will claim the atten-
tion of the voters and candidates next
year"