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Show SHIPPING BOARD IS HELD FIASCO Harding Promises Stronger Policy for America If Elected MARION; O, Sept. J- Again at-' at-' Hcklng ihe record of the DaoiSoeratli ladiiunist ration and "one man government," govern-ment," Senator Harding tn'.cl a ie,e- I gallop of West Virginians that in his opinion the most conspicuous failure of Democratic rule has been it" coiv tinual fiasco of the shipping Ixiard " "tno nt tin- great problems of the Incoming tdnilnistration." he Jll. "Will be In appoint Io ptactii.il u- for America the great merchant m:i-rlne m:i-rlne bulli sun e tht war. The record of the shipping board was one continual con-tinual fiasco from beginning Io ui'l when the wui ended) tve should have been In a position to establish Bhip-iiing Bhip-iiing iim s in everi pari 6f the world, "I promise ypi) that one of the first I acts, of the Incoming adiiilulKi r.ulon will be t. unfurl the flag again on all the seus of the vvol'ld." Tb( aenatoi also charged the administration ad-ministration with 'Mjungljng" in busl-iicsv busl-iicsv uffalrs and with extravagance laud iiilsiii.'tiagemcat m Its conduct of the govcrnmont. Ihe uunies thus pre-sentedi pre-sentedi he declared, a'e "loo bin to be obscured by a vaudeville performance on the part of any one" Conceding that no specific remedy coultl be Invented now to lower the cost of living, the Republican nominee suggested that much would be accomplished accom-plished i" that direction b a protective protec-tive tariff policy, by refusil of the puhl'c to pay excessive costs, by In-dlVldual In-dlVldual efficiency in production. rr |