Evening star., 1924-07-05

| control the economic lie or this na-
tion are restrained by the vigorous
| the attempts OF the people to free
| themselves through cooperation will
fail. In their uneven struggle against
! monopoly the people must insist that
the government be their ally rather
than, as at present the active agent
| OF the enemy.
SDuty to Farmerx."
| I'm order permanently to relieve
the farmer and to prevent the recur-
| renee of agricultural distress. as well
| as to benefit the consumer through
eliminating the unjust toll of middle
| men and spectators in food prod
| ucts, it is the duty Of the government
to aid the farmer in the Organization
and development OF national CO.
operating marketing system under
the control of the farmers themselves,
free from interference by the gov
ernment or it's agencies The gov
ernment must recognize that agri
culture is entitled to be placed upon
an equal footing with other indus
tries of the nation.
The progressive movement Is the
| only political medium in our coun-
try today which can provide govern
| ment In the interests of all classes
| or the people. We are unalterably
opposed to any class government,
whether 1t be the existing dictator
snip or plutocracy or the dictatorship
CT the proletariat. Both are essen
Both are destructive Of private in
| itiative and individual liberty.
States Supreme Issue.
with the changing phases of a thir-
ty-year contest, / have been more and
more impressed with the deep under
lying singleness Of the issue.
The supreme issue is not railroad
control 10 hn tnr
or taxation.
These and other questions are but
manifestations Of one great struggle.
The supreme issue, involving all
others. Is the encroachment of the pow
erful few upon the rights of the many.
rms great power has come between
the people and their government. We
must, with craftsmanship and construc-
tive legislation, meet these problems, or
we snail pass them on, with all the pos
sibilities Of violent conflict and chaos,
to our children.
Democracy cannot live side by side
IN any country with the present sys
tenn OF control Of government by pri-
vate monopoly. We must choose, on
the one hand, between representative
government, with its guarantee of peace.
liberty and economic freedom, and pros
perity for all the people, and on the
other, war. tyranny and the impover-
| ishment of the many for the enrich
| ment Of the favored few.
Upon this issue l am ready to en-
, list with you to wage unceasing war
fare until the American people have
been restored to the full enjoyment of
| their political and economic rights.
II am under no illusions as to the
| magnitude Of the task we have marked
out for ourselves. This campaign will
call for sacrifice. courage and unspar-
ing activity from every man and
woman 'engaged on the peoples side.
But so long as the progressives
keep faith with the people and remain
steadfastly true to the principles which
are at stake we can face the vast finan
ments of our opponents with full con-
| fidence of success.
Sees False Accusations.
1--WE start this campaign with the
| tremendous advantage of an old Amer
| lean tradition, deeply fixed in the hearts
| of the people, derived from the declar-
alton of independence that the great
| masses of men and women are en-
titled to an equal chance and that
they possess the right to demand
| equality at the hands of the govern
ment under which they live.
Every great political advance in
America has come from the efforts
| of the common people of this country.
1t was upon them and not upon the
privileged classes of society that JEFF
ferson, Jackson and Lincoln relied.
I'VE shall be falsely accused of
advocating radical and destructive
policies even while we alone are
fighting for the old principles upon
which this government achieved its
greatness. Happily, we can point to
great progressive commonwealthS
like Wisconsin, where prosperity has
been enjoyed by business. agriculture
and labor alike, where honest taxa
tion and efficien. government has
been substituted for graft and cor
ruption, while the reactionaries of
both Republican and Democratic
parties must share responsible ity for
the disastrous economic policies and
shameful corruption which have
marked the last five years of admin
istration of the federal government.
Must Have Aggressive Party.
Popular government cannot long
endure in this country without an
aggressively progressive party.
Il stand fer an honest reallignment
in American politics, confident that
the people in November will take
| such action as will insure the crea-
tion of a new party in which all pro-
gressives may unite.
Il would not, however, accept NOM
ination or an election to the presi-
dency if doing SO meant for pro-
gressive Senators and Representa-
tives and progressive state govern
ments. the defeat which would in
evitably result from the placing of
complete third party tickets in the
field at the peSent time.
Permanent political parties have
been born in this country after, and
not before national campaigns, and
| they have come from the people, not
from the proclamation of individual
leaders.
Organization of Party.
'The organization of a national
party among one hundred. and ten
million people scattered over forty
eight states, is a task of much mag
nitude as to requirements of labor
and the expenditures of large
amounts of money We are con-
fronted with the practical difficulty
that there is not sufficient time before
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