Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-15

ed permanently. ! want to see the dol
lar OF the farmer always purchase as
much as any other dollar.
wise, skilled, and unselfish leader
ship can do more than anything else
to rescue agriculture. The farmer
needs leaders who will stay with him,
who have the tact and the courage
necessary for management, and who
have the fidelity TO refuse political
preferment and business opportunity
There are such leaders. In the sacri-
fees they make to serve the farmer
lies the greatest hope for his saliva
ton.
Must Resist Extravaganes
Those who toll have always profted
from Republican control of Govern
ment. Under the policy of protection
ana restrictive immigration no defia-
ton OF wages has occurred. While the
cost or living has gone down, wages
nave advanced. The l2-hour day and
the 4-day week have practically been
abolished. The uninterrupted opera
ton OF public utilities with mutually
satisfactory and legally established
methods of adjusting labor questions
have been sought. Collective bargain
ing and voluntary arbitration have
been encouraged. Republican rule has
raised the wage Garner to a higher
standard than he ever occupied before
anywhere in the world
The war left US with many evils.
one result was the tremendous vast
! age or wealth, The people of this
country were required to re-create
| very. nearly one-fifth of our national
| resources. All of this stupendous sum
has to be earned. When so largo a
part OF the work of 500 years is swept
away, 1t is not easily recovered. 1t
| takes all the tremendous energy of
men, OF enterprise, of the vast proper
ties represented by invested capital,
ana OF material, working through
years, 10 repair the damage and re-
place the values destroyed by war.
The only method by which we can
make up this loss is by saving a part
or what We produce each day 1t will
make little difference how much we
raise on the farm. or how much We
turn out in the mill, if it is all used
up or all the proceeds are expended.
We can only be relieved of our present
private and public burdens by refrain
ing from private and public extrava-
gance. We must resist private and
puplic OUTLAWS for which there is no
commensurate return. This is econo-
| say. there is no other method by>which
the people can rid themselves of their
tremendous financial burdens.
1t Is for that reason that the present
administration has made every possi-
pie EFFORT to cut down the expenses of
government. The country needs every
ounce OF its energy to restore itself.
The costs of the Government are all
assessed on the people. This means
That the farmer is doomed to provide
certain amount Of money out of the
sale of his produce, no matter how
low the price, to pay his taxes. The
manufacturer, the professional man,
and the clerk must do the same from
thelr income. The wage Garner often
at higher rate when compared with
MS earnings, makes his contribution,
perhaps not directly, but indirectly. in
the advanced cost of everything he
| buys. The expenses of the Govern
i ment reach everybody. Taxes take
from everyone a part Of his earnings,
and force everyone to work for GER
tain part of his time for the Govern
ment
When We come to realize that the
! yearly expenses of all the governments
IN this country have reached the STU
pendous sum of about $500, O0o, 600.
we get some idea of what this means.
Or this amount about $4,000, 900, 900 is
needed by the National Government,
and the remainder by local govern
ments Such sum is difficult to COM
prehend. 1t represents all the pay of
100000 wage earners receiving SIS a
day, working 800 days in the year. If
| the Government should add on $780,
100000 OF expense, It would represent
four days more work of these wage
earners. These are some of the rea-
sons why ! want to cut down public
expense.
Work LEGS for Government More for
Selves
want the people of America to be
able to work less for the Government
and more for themselves. I want them
to have the rewards of their own in
dustry. That is the chief meaning of
freedom. Until we can reestablish a
condition under which the earnings of
the people can be kept by the people.
we are bound to suffer a very distinct
curtailment of our liberty.
These results are not fanciful, they
are not imaginary; they are grimly
actual and real, reaching into every
household in the land. They take from
each home annually an average OF over
$500. And taxes must be paid. They
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