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Show G. 0. P. NOMINEE STARTS FRONT PORGH CAMPAIGN Visitors Told There Must Be Levelling of Class Barriers. DEMOCRATIC TAXATION MEASURES RAPPED' Senator Harding Declares Nation Na-tion Should Get on More Neighborly Basis. MARION 0 July 31 In the opening open-ing speech of his front porch campaign sr-nator Harding told a delegation) from Richmond county, "hlo. toda I that the greatest usefulness of tlv: nation na-tion demanded a leveling of clas.s and sectional barriers and a realization of the "interdependence and mutuality of interest of all our people. The great war, he wild, had helped toward such a realization. Closer co-d. co-d. .-ration in Industry' -and complete assimilation as-similation of the foreign-born he said, pointed the way to a fuller accord. A readjustment of taxation was necessary nec-essary and he expressed doubt whether the -wartime excess profits levy was In harmony with peace requirements, re-quirements, but added he had not yet .worked out the details of a revised tax system. wHiti t w icii ii "We Intend to make wealth hear its full share of Its taxation." he said, "and we ever Will. Having this thought, In mind and also thinking of the ex-1 cesslve cost of lllng. I doubt If the, excess profits tax for war precisely, accomplishes the end we seek In peace ' ! would gladly recommend a change, but I am not yet prepared to, suggest an equitable substitute, though' I should have no hesitancy in asking congress to seek the earliest solution. , The le.igu.- of natbms he did not j refer to directly, but he declared the; nation's "highest dutiy is to cling to the fundamentals on which wo bullded the world astonishment and hold to I the nationality which inspired our onward on-ward march." "It Is with a keen sense of delight that I welcome the visit today," said Senator Harding. i - i vnciim ill I IM.ss 'We need to cultivate friendliness and neighborllness. I sometimes think In this busy, workday world we are neglecting Ihosc little acts of neigh-1 borlineaa that make life sweet and worth while. 1 feci myself almost a part of Richland county. Our people, early in the last century, settled In a section that was bounded by Klchland and Crawford counties and my earliest recollections are of grists taken to Lexington for grinding I recall dis-tlnctlv dis-tlnctlv the stories of my great grandmother grand-mother who related to me how she had often gono with one bag of wheat on horseback, while the men were busy In the fields and the cries or uw wolves were freii'"nt accompaniment to the wearied homeward Journey. That was In tho days when horses were without fame's acclaim, when a sturdy manhood and womanhood were battling bat-tling with the wilderness. "The especial thought In my mind toda Is the interdependence und the mutuality of interest of all our people. The pilgrim fathers laid their eternal foundations of new world liberty In grim necessity, and the same spirit the s.mio concord, the came mutuality followed every pioneering step in the development of the republic. CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS "The tendency of class consciousness conscious-ness Is a product of developing fortunes for-tunes und is both H reflex of achlevc-I achlevc-I ment and a menace to maintained progress pro-gress W must caution against class I distinction and v lass conflict at every step. "I enn recall forty cent wheat, flayed flay-ed from the fields of Richland and Morrow. That was before industry developed tho home consumer, that was b.fore railways and Improved highways opened the way to markets. That was when farming was a fight for subsistence, instead of the the present day pursuit of attainment "I trust no one will misquote me U saying I believe In 40 cent wheat because I have indulged my memory.. Sometimes we are very unfair, in handling han-dling the utterances of public men. I remember when the senate was discussing dis-cussing the wartime guarantee on Wh if. when we felt wo ought to give, the American farmer that assurance which would encourage a seeding to guard against war famine, a western H senator was arguing that wheat could not be raised for less than $2.50 per bushel. I Interrupted him to say that I well recalled that Ohio farmers, In pre-war days, had rejoiced to got a j dollar for their wheat I was speak- j in of normal days prior to the war You will hear me witness that I spoke j fairly and correctly. Yet there are 1 those today who seek to conve- that j I said a dollar a bushel is enough I , for wheat today. MOl VI l(, miCFS "Pardon the diversion I am re-calling re-calling the old time low level of prices, to recall at the same time the people's j 'inability to buy and to remind you that mounting farm prices, mounting f expenditures, all arc Inseparably link- ji od and a grim mutuality will ultimate- ! I ly assert itself no matter what we I 1 ricrr is no living iuuuy ui uuuvi- row according to the- standards of yes- terday. Every normal being is looking F forward. Only a little while ago our t gri vances about taxes were wholly local because of half century of Republican Re-publican control of the federal govern- ment held us free from direct burdens-But burdens-But the changed policy, the Demo- cratle draft to freedom of trade is International rather than national, and mounting cost of government and finally, fin-ally, war burden, turned federal taxation taxa-tion into a colossal burden. "No one seriously complained while the national crisis hung over us, but I we must ork a readjustment for stabilized and prosperous peace. "It is good that our producing in- i terests are diversified. In that lies our . great tr gth as a nation The manu- 1 l LCturing I ni rs and the food produc- l lng are as complement and supplement I to each other. There Is not and there I I must be no conflict between them H i There is a disposition of some to in-Ive-iKb ngalnst one section or another, 'as selfish interest may suggest, but tho i broad national welfare contemplates no east and no west, no south and no J north PROBLEMS r VII R "T rejoice to recall that when the great mirm vtdii nuiiiniuiii.-u .-'"o h to duty and to death, perhaps, there JH ,was no question about geography. B "By cultivating the spirit of friend-llness. friend-llness. by a recognition of interdepen-elence. interdepen-elence. the problems of life are made H easier for all There is a growing ten- J dency to look to government for all remedl". forgetting there are natural laws that will operate to correct evils. If given a fair chance. Oftentimes well-meaning laws defeat the very ob- ' Ject they are designed to accomplish. 1 our country holds out opportunity ,H to all but on the supreme condition M that those who would avail themselves of the opportunity shall be entirely worthy, and know and accept fully jH the spirit of American institutions." H on H |