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Show HARDINGURGE5 m- farmers; cd-op 1 Producer and Consumer Can I Squeeze Out Profiteer, De- dares Nominee BLjB MARION, O., Sept S. Co-operative HL farmers' associations for distribution j "f farm products wrc advocated by Si n.it. .r Harding in n speech here to- ftS- 'jM do as a necessary If food price arc BH to bo reduced. I ; Speaking to a committee of the Na-I Na-I J tlonal Board of Farm Organisations. BfllH tlie nominee declared he abhorcd any EH Idea of '-la legislation as such, but Hz !Vl knew that unless the producers and Hj 'jH consumers were brought closer toll to-ll gcther by organized effort, "orgfcnjfed profiteering will squeeze in somewhere H" between.'' Ha- Jjt J "With your assent' said Senator fyl H Harding. "I will not welcome you as fImL representatives of farmers' organ Iza- L tlons, and I shall make no appeal cl'h- ' HBW n i r Inter, t trie people of the vVHP country which may be labelled an ap- lAjftt I0:i! 1 hehalf of farmers. Permit SmBm me therefore to welcome you as fel- sEjfll 1" citizens I deplore the appeals 9H of special Interests. I deplore any ? forelpn policy which tends to group PV together those of foreign blood In 1 groups of their nativity. I deplore IHB class appeals at home. I deplorn the WsjJI Id i i and the compromise and V2? oncourapements which we have seen extended to it. Aft sr GET UNITY. "When the responsibility for lead-j jr. -riip iii till- fight was placed upon JSVL ni- I - .id to my self that we must HJ all unite under the slogan 'Amen. . wSV- first. When T say America first I flB mean not only that America maln-i DF t i!n her own independence and shall, wr be first In fulfilling her obligations f jr to the world: but I mean that nt aF ; home any special Interest, any ClSJBS, 'i, any cr.oip of our citizenship that has 5 J arrayed itself against cho interests B of all muil learn thai al home as mkf weii abroadi Amerii 1 first bn a J meaning which is piofound and with W God's ildi everlasting f 'I desire with all by hart to speak; f,.r th consumer when 1 speak rf fv Amerii in agriculture WPh the agn- jflfl c'lltur. ..f the United St'i ten the basic I f' . w- Industry I am deeply concerned 1 we pi must lo 'k our land problem and farming situation squarely in the ''- !EpB4f and act bravely and wisely and i ', AW promptly. in SGBY FOR LAND. tHV "The day of land hunger has come. ) The day when the share of the American Ameri-can farmer Ih whatever Is left of prosperity pros-perity has been overtopped by the Share taken by our industrial prodnc-, tlon, has come. The day when Industry Indus-try outbids agriculture for labor has come. These conditions cull for wise action ac-tion on the part of government. They call for the presence of the American Ameri-can farmer In our government offices, administrative and representative They call for extcntlon of the farm loan principle, not only In the case of the man who already owns a farm but to worthy Americans who want to acquire farms. "I shall soon set forth at greater; length the proposals in mind to reme-j dy these conditions On this occa-j slon, however. 1 lay stress upon one cooperation. I believe that the American people through their gov--ernment and otherwise, not only In behalf of the farmer but in behalf of' their own welfare, and the pocket-j books of the consumers of America.; will encourage, make lawful and stimulate stim-ulate co-operative buying, coopern-i tlve distribution and co-operative selling sell-ing of farm products. FARMERS MiM ORGANIZE. "Industry has been organized, labor has organized. Co-operation within industry and within labor and. Indeed, co-operation between the two. is far advanced I do not contemplate the I organization of the farmers and con-j r umors of this country as a step toward to-ward organization of special interests to obtain special favors. If I did. I would oppose It But I know full well that we must all of us consum-i ers act together to find our way closer clos-er and easier and cheaper to the I sources of our food supply " 1 |