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Show FARMER RIGHTS i ARE RECOGNIZED W Platform Makers Face to Face fiH With Clear-cut, Business-'. !H like Demands ; 1 By HON. .VRTJIUR CAPPER, , H United States Senator from Knnsns. jH Written Expressly for Universal Sct- jH Copywrlght 1920 by Universal Service. H CHICAGO. Juno 9. For the first I r WM time in the history of national .political jH conventions, agriculture has appoarpd before tho builder of the platform 1 with a definite program and a d'e- tl mand that recognition be glvon to the llH fundamental Industry of the nation.,, Sl It was a sane, 'dear-cut, business- Shl like statement that tho farmers pY.o- nH sentcd lo the committee on resolutions Irl and It was very apparent that the ' ll members were improved. i H John A, McSparren of Lancaster. flH Pa., headed the committee represent- llH ,ing thirty-seven national organizations lH of farmers. The planks he presented jH were drafted at a conference held tin M Chicago Monday, and may be taken. j H I think, as a clear statement of what 1 H the farmers of America are thinking ! H and what they insist upon having. The H same planks will be carried to San H Francisco and offored to the Domp- H crts. Between the two the farmers j H have hcason to hope their needs will 1 H be granted. H .More Important to City I H The Important thing to remember is ijl that the whole agricultural problem ?H Is of greater Importance and more j vital importance to the city than it .is ll to the farmer. The farmer can al- H ways raise enough food for his family. 'H but the city man is absolutely depend- cut upon the farmer. If the farmers j quit, ihc urban population faces a 'H famine. I jH And the farmer annot and will not ! jH continue to feed the rest of us unless H he Is given immediate relief. JH Ir. McSparren made a broad denial 1 of the charge of profiteering so freely 1 jH mado against the farmer by the met- jl given a free market such as other jM lines of business have had, their wheat WH would have brought $5 a' bushel, in- ' TH stead of $2. The wool growers re- H eelved 65 cents for their wool, hut -H the woolen manufacturer rccelvoA $23.50 a pound for it In cloth. 'H The cotton grow-r received 35 cents v for his cotton but that was only four cents out of the To cents which (he iH maufacturer of gingham received. In :H every case but a small portion of the consumer's dollar reached, the farmer. The high cost of living cannot be laid at the farmer's door. . Only Ask Square Deal ' Jj Tho farmers are not asking any HB i special privileges. They aro only seek- ' ing a square deal In order that they may solve the problem that affects the whole people. The continued ex-odus ex-odus of farm people to the city and the shortage of farm labor necessarily means a continued shortage of farm products and consequently higher prices for the farmers who stand by their farms. From a selfish point .of view the farmer might be intorest'ed in this restriction of competition 6l,it . the farmer Is not taking that position. Il He is unselfishly asking that means IH be taken to turn back labor to the IH farm to the end that Idle land be cultivated and food production in- H creased. Tho farmer is thoroughly tired of glittering generalities and vague IH promises, and , I believe the pal'ty lH leaders arc beginning to realize it. The program presented today Is definite IH and moderate and ought to find ready Jl I acceptance. It calls for recognition of agriculture as the fundamental Indus-try Indus-try and asks for Its practical and ade- quato representation in tho govern- IH mcnt. IH What Program Calls For It calls for free, full and unques- H tloncd right of cooperative marketing " IH of products and purchase of supplies; , for effective national control over the Hl packers and all other interstate com- ) ' jH binatlons of capital engaged in Che JH 1 manufacturing and transportation of food. It demands legislation that will I check the growth of farm tenantry; .H I the perpetuation aid strengthening of H tho federal farm loan system; and the inauguration of a system of coopcra- H tivc personal credit that will enable H farmers to socurc short credit on moro H favorable terms' It. asks for the sanro jH consideration in tariff legislation that Is accorded to other interests und for jH the conservation of all national rc- lH sources. It opposes compulsory mill- jH tary training in timo of peace and H demands the repeal of laws restricting the right of free speech, free press and poaccablo assemblage. It opposes unrestricted immigration and asks for a general revision of the present syatom of taxation. jH It Is a big, constructive program IH and whatever tho Chicago convention j jH may think about it, the treatment it receives at the bauds of the repre-sentutlvcs repre-sentutlvcs of the Republican party here assembled will have a telling cf- IH feet upon the result in November. |