Show ne Helea lessed aed by vestern newspaper union ONLY SIX WORDS NEEDED FOR NATIONAL PLATFORM TO THE VAST MAJORITY of the american people democracy our american democracy represents more than a way of life more than a philosophy of government we associate with democracy a system our american profit system of tree free competition when wh en we apply democracy to our selves as aa individuals we more often think of the opportunities offered by that american ety system stem than of the P privileges provided by our form of government and to us they are associated socia soc ted if not synonymous out our democracy our form of government representing th the e privileges w wa e enjoy Is endangered by subversive elements operating in we this country but in even greater danger Is our american system of free competition through which opportunities are provided for each of us who has the energy and ability to grasp and improve them that system Is being seriously undermined and it Is being done in the name of democracy to be sure we might retain our democracy and all the privileges it offers without retaining ane amer lean ican system and the opportunities it provides to lose the opportunities would be as serious as to lose the privileges except that so long as we remain masters of government rather than slaves to government we would be in a position to in time a very long time restore the opportunities port unities I 1 should diketo like to write the platform for both major political parties and could put it all in these six maintain democracy and tho ahe american system 0 GIVE THE FARMER FARBIE it THE HOME MARKET TODAY WE ARE IMPORTING millions of pounds of beef and millions of bushels of corn from argentina we do that with the hope of selling argentina automobiles typewriters sewing machines and many other manufactured products we sacrifice the american farmer in the interest of the american manufacturer fac and to maintain wage wag scales escales in american factories before the present war iri in europe began we were buying millions of pounds of pork products from poland that we might sell to poland the products of american factories at the same time we would not permit shoe manufacturers in czechoslovakia to sell shoes in this country we prevented that by a tariff wall to have permitted the sale would have taken orders away from american shoe factories and employment from people who worked in those factories american farmers could and would have produced the pork products imported from poland if they could have had a protected market and that production would have helped to maintain the living standards in american farm homes instead of giving to the american farmer his home market we make of him a charity subject by paying him tor for not raising food products we can buy elsewhere to do that costs us well over a billion dollars a year the american farmer would prefer to make his own way what he asks Is a fair treatment as Is given other american industries USUALLY THE IV WEATHER EA IS 18 A BIT UNUSUAL FOR YEARS A FRIEND has writ ten me of the glorious climate of california I 1 spent three months in that climate this winter and have listened to his frequent explanations of how very unusual the climate has been more rains than the state had ever known before I 1 have been in florida during a period of unusual weather conditions colder than was ever known before I 1 have been almost suffocated by heat beat in the hottest weather minnesota ever experienced I 1 have been snowbound in the worst bliz bahs zard new york state ever knew yes the weather is always unusual when it Is not ideal or at least so the visitor is told the weather Is much like fishing before beare you arrive the resort keener keeler assures you days of fine sport when you get there something very unusual has happened that never occurred before and the fish are not biting that day if you are staying for only a day or that week if you are to be around that long the philosophy of it all Is to take it as you find it and look happy possibly the conditions are unusual at least the natives like to tell you they are and that Is not true of any ore locality only WHAT TO RAISE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in increased sales for each of americas farms each year would mean a total of idt 1 billion dollars that represents the amount of agricultural products we are now importing from foreign lands which can be and to some extent are raised in this country american farmers would uke like the opp opportunity ity of raising those produce an and d a bit of governmental encouragement to do so would go far toward solving our farm problem |