Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-25 | Page 1 | Brookhart Raps Ex-Gov. Allen as Traitor to West

BROOKHART RAPS G fX-G V I ALLEN AllIN A AS TRAITOR TO WEST Tells Kansas Farmers Why He I Believes They Fail to Get Square Deal DEFENDS OWN STATE Accuses Fonner Former Kansas Executive With Part Partin in Railroad Inflation W WAMEGO A Kan ICan Aug 25 AP AP- AP Colonel Colone Smith W W. Brookhart Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican nominee for the senate from Iowa told a farmers' farmers union picnic audience today that one reason rca rca- son Western farmers cannot get geta a square deal Is because there are springing up constantly statesmen In the West Vest who are traitors to their own communities He charged that former Governor Allen of Hansas Kansas Kansas Kan Han sas seems to have recently joined this cass class An article in a Chicago newspaper representing Mr l Allen as having cited specific Instances to show that Kansas is full of successful and prosperous farmers and quoting quoting quoting ing him as sa saying ing that the present unhappy condition of the Iowa farmer is not the result of poor crops and bad prices but is due to speculation in a busted rea real estate boom for which there is no legislative legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive remedy was made the basis for Colonel Coonel Brookhart's attack r I am eure said Colonel Colone Brookhart Brookhart Brook Brook- hart that Governor Go Allens Allen's statement statement state state- ment of f the condition of ot his own Continued on page S. S 81 BROOKHART RAPS EX ALLEN AS TRAITOR TO WEST Continued from page 1 I 1 state is as unreliable as that in reference to Iowa He lie says the present reaction In Iowa is the re result result re- re sult suit of a giant speculation in real estate There Thare was not 7 per cent of the Iowa land that was ever sold In speculation In 1920 at the top of ot the boom the census value of Iowa land was WiS only an acre on onan onan onan an average for the whole st state te This was the highest basis anybody ever used for figuring cost of production The census of f 1925 reduced the price to an acre and cost of production is being figured by the farmers upon that basis now The same sam wise oracle also says there 1 la 18 3 no legislative remedy for fora a boom However he without without without with with- out doubt supported the transportation tion act which has put nineteen billions billions billions bil bil- bil- bil lions of dollars of ot value Into the railroads when the market value was twelve billion and gave them thema a return of 5 4 3 per cent upon all this value which amounted to more than 9 per cent upon their honest value