Show FARM F A R NO L E A IS BURT BOLT HOUR 11 dyer of indiana and reed of minnesota Minns sota declare for smith RASKOB ADDRESSES FARMERS democratic chairman stresses Stress ss need for program which will bring farm prosperity urges tariff equality g further evidence that sentiment for governor smith Is sweeping the mill mid dle die west Is contained in the announce ment that 3 F reed tor for seven years president of 0 the tha minnesota farm du bu reau federation and john napier dyer of vincennes indiana director in tile the american farm bureau federation will support the democratic candidate tor for president 13 it ile reed e it a and n d dyer have been life alyc J publicans public I 1 c a ans us each has issued a tt fint int setting forth that the tha re publican party has turned a deat deaf ear to american agriculture and that the championship ot of tile the cause ot of the farm er by governor smith now compels true friends of agriculture to enlist to in the democratic forces meanwhile john J raskob chair man of the democratic national committee was asserting the urgent need tor for a national policy giving the farmer prosperity and tariff equality the greatest insurance for our tu fu ture prosperity said mr air raskob will depend on our ability to increase the purchasing power of the farmer that can be done only through giving the farmer tariff protection thus put ting him on an equality with industry and enabling him to pay the high wages tor for farm labor which he Is compelled to pay in competition with industry cycle of prosperity putting our farms on a profitable earning basis mr air raskob pointed out would give the farm population which constitutes 30 per cent of our total population tremendously increased purchasing power now P purchasing ur power means consumption and consumption oaks umilio requires pro d ruction requires laili labor and labor employed again means purchasing power dower and thus the cycle ot of prosperity Is completed fe feeling c ling that the farm bureau federation eruti on should be nonpartisan non partisan mr reed heed has resigned from his big position as president of the Alinne minnesota sots bureau to adopt the course ot of supporting governor smith to which he says he Is compelled by the present issue between the republicans and democrats both the platform and the candidate of 0 the republican party says mr air reed withhold from agriculture any promise ot of an adequate remedy tor for existing conditions confining their agricultural pledge to vague generalities which in no way define nor suggest nor promise the remedy long sought by american agriculture control and orderly marketing ot of crop surpluses with adequate provision tor for the distribution ot of the costs upon don the marketed units ot of the crops benefited honesty compels endorsement the platform ot of the democratic party and the pronouncement of 0 its candidate upon tho the question ot of agricultural equality embraces so definitely and clearly the principles held vital to any adequate farm relief relict plan by myself and the tanners farmers ot of the state generally that candor and honesty compels me to endorse the platform and the candidate ot of the democratic party par ty after reciting the failure of 0 the tha republican party to keep its pledges to agriculture and the repudiation of 0 the farmers cause by herbert hoover mr dyer announces that he Is 13 quitting the re republican party disgusted with its lack of honor in the repudiation of its it solemn pledges to the american farmer and I 1 am aligning myself with the democratic mcra tic party with faith in its da leader e der mr air dyer operator of a thousand acre farm in knox county indiana also states that he la Is a dry and a protestant lie ile is president of the knox county horticultural association and is one of the leading fruit growers of the country |