Show plot NATIONAL A C A biais WRITTEN FOR PARK RECORD BY FRANK P 1 T reports ot of defect defections ioni la in the corn b belt hold it usually a republican stronghold have somewhat heartened toe the various anti administration leaders at washington true it Is that the democrats are not yet overly joyful they have not entirely recovered from the serious setback which they received in 1924 they gre are not yet optimistic perhaps atwould it would be proper to say gio however wever that they are less than they were a lew few weeks ago then the they y were decidedly decil edly despon ident without an issue andi and apparently without indefinite nite leadership true they are still devoid of issues but they are beginning to hope that the situation in the middle west will rebound to their advantage and they expect issues to develop ahen thle time comes 40 aw it will not do however to jump at conclusions the metropolitan news pap arsi have been full of headlines recently about the revolt ot of the farmers but lust just how budh d defection there i really Is nobody knows atas it is to be remembered too that conditions change pretty fast sometimes in the agricultural re gions and the things the profess professional 1 onal frie friends n ds 13 of f the farmers are saying now may seem hopelessly layout out of date within a few months you never can tell 40 aw 40 the chief difficulty of the opposition party navi no is that it has nova ing yet to otter offer by way ot of substitute as an issue on which all factions of the party can unite the leaders of the democratic party do not think aeike on farm relief any more than tulip leaders ot of the republican party do true there is the tariff but even the tariff is no longer as partisan an issue as it used to be protective tariff sentiment is growing in the democratic south by leaps and bounds and the sheep growers the fruit growers and the beet growers of the west do not want tree free trade an aej y more than the new england manufacturer wants it on the other hand there are certain interests in the east usually identified with the republican party who are not now so keen tor for protection as formerly for so that the tariff earitt lines are shifting shit ting and they are shifting shit ting so rapidly that it is doubtful whether the democrats will glinany gai gain nany any ground it if they put on a lower tariff campaign and the leaders know it ar t w the flurry about corn prices too will not take the minds ot of the great bulk of the voters oft off the achievements of the national administration since 1921 they remember liow conditions were then and they know how expenses have been cut and federal taxes reduced since then and the opposition will have to put up a pretty strong case casa to convince them that they have anything better to offer as a substitute maybe they can cam do it but bat it will not be easy in a speech recently senator phipps of colorado said there can be no question that in 1921 there were wage earners out ot of work that agriculture and manu ot of trade and that liberty bonds mee selling gelling at 85 millions 0 of dollars of 0 goods produced where labor was cheaper and vh where ere the american Atner ican stan standard darc dl ot of living did not prevail were coming to our shores to compete with our unprotected industry 1 iii 0 1 10 wil this Is the picture ot of 1921 re publican orators will paint and they tt ill compare mp e it bith present present condl lions when abry get into action SO 30 in spite ot of any dissatisfaction 0 ahert may be id ia some ot of our agri cultural regions the democrats have nood M easy task ahead |