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Show HOOVER MEETS FARMPROBLEM nes Expenditure of Hundreds 0I Millions on a Workable ; Program i FAV0RS HIGHER TARIFF WALL . Mutt Control nd Admlnli t Candidate. ' ""OVER ON FARM RELIEF: ; An dqu Urlff U tho fou,,tU' . of fsrm relief. : working out agricultural relief : i,th. most Imporunt obligation of ' ,h, next Administration. Th object of or pollclei Is to ; ' uDllth for our farmers an Incomo ! Lil to those of other occupation!. V Firming "d must continue an individualistic business of small v .nit, and Independent ownership. " If the farmers' position la to be ."v proved by larger operatlona It must be done not on the farm, but t. , the field of distribution. Our platform lay a solid basis upon which we can build. It offers : , iffirmatlve program. - future haa endowed us with a re,t ,yttem of Inland waterways. :i' Their modernization will comprise l tubstantial contribution to mid- ttt farm relief and development a"! 20 Interior states. There Is no ,or vital method of farm relief. I PALO ALTO. Calif. Herbert Hoc-.a" Hoc-.a" nr net the farm Queatloa fairly and r-ire'T In his Address of Acceptance j?" .e Stadium of Stanford University Nearly one-third ot his address was JeTOteJ to this sublet, which Hoover i td "the most urgent economic iroilea In oar nation today." He do Jx-ed b'.untly that firm relief must " wt be delayed by any monetary con ilJe.itlcu, urging that "a nation filch It spending ninety bullous a -7., jm well afford an expenditure ot i !e hundred millions for a workable i-T prasnai that will Eire to one third of utoil prosperity." s; Tie candidate pledged himself to a i; 3 (tjiJ plan In which farmers shall liesseires control and administer the frieral financial assistance which he j:cjosej to put Into effect. " Tie moat urgent economic problem ' bou nation today Is In agriculture," is sail "It must be solved If we are u bring prosperity and contentment t Z toone-tilrd of our people directly and !o ail ot our people Indirectly. We hie pledged ourselves to a solution. V'.-r "la my mind most agricultural dls ; - Kisiana go wrong because of two -z Uia premises. The first Is that agii-nltare agii-nltare Is one Industry. It la a doien iljlnct Industries Incapable of the iie organization. The second false 15 premise Is that rehabilitation will be tczjlete when It has reached a point tEjarab'.e with pre-war. Agriculture i u not upon a satisfactory basis be- " lore the war. The abandoned farms of tie northeast bear their own testl-tiny. testl-tiny. Generally there was but little ( j profit In midwest agriculture for many jesri except that derived, from the : ilo Increases in farm land values. ETen of more Importance Is the great 1 France In standards of living ot ail , occupations since the war. Some branches of agriculture have greatly fr- recovered, but taken as a whole It Is tot keeping pace with the onward iii'. march In other Industries. Cause and Effect There are many causes for failure of agriculture to win Us full share of .i national prosperity. The after-war de-' de-' ; tatlon of prices not only brought great t :;fi direct losses to the fanner, but he rti?. Ta otcn left Indebted In inflated dol-i dol-i ' lira to be paid in deflated dollars. Prices are often demoralized through flats In our markets during the har-I har-I L il' ,6St !eason- Local taxes have been in- QfJ'J. oeased to provide the improved roads 'cd schools. The tariff on some prod-jcu prod-jcu Is proving inadequate to protect J from imports from abroad. The creases in transportation rates since ar has greatly affected the price Ta e receives for hla products. s O'er six million farmers in times of arplus engage in destructive competing competi-ng ll0B with one another In sale of their cSj: Product, often depressing prices below ji se leTela that could be malntalned. 's' h"7118 wboIe tendency of our clvlliza- ieC: i durIng the last 50 years haa been a & Ti an Increase In the size of the rsS5'' f0lt ot Production In ordor to secure ' er coats and a more orderly ad-. ad-. ment ot the flow o commodities 'Ks:' 109 demand. But the organization ot agriculture into larger units must il k be by enlarsel farms. The farmer ll L' h 'h0Wa he 0411 'ncrease the skill of . 'nduatry without large operations. .C "6 ' lday producing 20 per cent 'S jj0r6 than eight years ago with about ' Urae acreage and personnel. Je? fi!S la and must continue to be t? lndlTllualIstlc business ot small fT and Independent ownership. The "f j t"tt la more than a business; it is a Tg 6 ot "TlnB- We do not wish It con-1 con-1 T' til lnt0 a 111483 Production ma-rt ma-rt Uo i Theretore. the farmers' posi-t posi-t Hon i 10 be lmDr0Tel by larger opera- iC but i mUSt be done not on the farm y c f Ia the field of distribution. Agrl- ji dlrpM? ha" partlaI'y advanced in this lP Bool throuSh co-operatives and I fty w l But the tradRional co-operative 5 I0 Bo' a complete solution. vpOt J Terences of opinion as to both ,: -; ' and remedy have retarded the 1 reii a 0t a constructive program " u u .our plaIn duty to aearc ; ,rar Krin""1 '" - Tariff and Waterways ..f"fan ll:'Tr'lM'1" 11,0 ''"'l'lli. M r , , ' ,,r I"ut,.h m. I . "", l'"r ,ro''-'--. Tho ,1a ; avu.,t iiiiiat l.o protoct.Hl. Kc- K , ' T lV r,,'"0d ,,,,ll"r 1w" t tinlur.1- of llvl,,K Bro l0l, co )((t . ' ur l,on, nmrkots. I Wl)hl uho ollla. iuul lntn.o.u'o to Kivo tho armor t ,0 ful, llolluIU of ow lilt Ifl pulU'y. "A lm-Ku portion ot the spivnd bo woo.. wlmt ti10 riu.,110r rooulvi,8 for hla product a wUat tho ultlnmto cosu,llt.r pays U duo to l.-ro.so,l tnv.mpoitatlou chargoa. lnorouso in itillwny latos has boon on0 of tl.o pun alllos of the war. Those incroasos lutvo boon added to tl.o cost to the f.irmor ot roacliii.s soul.oard and for t'lKii nuukola mul rosuU tl.oroforo in roduotloi, ot l.U prices. Tho fanners of foreluu countries have Uiua been lu directly nUlod 1.. their compolltloi. with the American farmer. Nature has endowed us with a great system of inland waterways. Their modern-Uatlou modern-Uatlou will comprise a most substau-tlal substau-tlal contribution to midwest farm ro lief and to the development of twenty of our interior stutes. This uioclorniza atlon Includes not only tho great Mis slsslppl system, with its Joining of the Croat Lakes and of tho heart of mid west agriculture to the Gulf, but also a shlpway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Those improvements would mean so largo au Increment In farm era' prices as to warrant tholr con sirucuon many times over. Thoro is no mora vital method of farm relief. 'Hut we must not stop here. "An outstanding proposal of the Par ty program Is the whole-hearted pledge to undertake the reorganization of the marketing system upon sounder and more economical lines. We have already contributed greatly to this purpose by the acta supporting farm co-operatives, the establishment ot intermediate in-termediate credit banks, the regulation regula-tion of stockyards, public exchanges and the expansion of the Department , of Agriculture. The platform proposes REPUBLICAN RECORD Our problems of the past seven yeara have been problems of re-construction; re-construction; our problems of the future are problems of construction. They are problems of progress. During these years our population popula-tion has Increased eight percent. Yet our national Income has Increased In-creased 45 percent. The number of families haa Increased 2,300,000 and we have built 3,500,000 new and better homea. We have equipped 9.000,000 more homea with electricity, and through It drudgery haa been lifted from the livea of women. The barriera of time and distance have been swept away and lifo made freer and larger by the Installation of 6,000,-000 6,000,-000 more telephones, 7,000,000 radio aeta and the service of an additional 14,000,000 automobiles. By rlgoroua economy, federal expenses ex-penses have been reduced two bll-liona bll-liona annually. The national debt has been reduced alx and a half billions. Taxea have been reduced four successive times. We have doubled savings deposits and nearly near-ly doubled life Insurance. President Coolldge haa not only given a memorablo administration, he haa left an Imprint of rectitude and atateamanshlp on our country. to go much farther. It pledges the creation of a Federal Farm Board of representative farmers to be clothed with authority and resources with which not only to still further aid farmers' co-operatives and pools and to assist generally in solution of farm problems but especially to build up with federal finance, farmer-owned and farmer-controlled stabilization corporations cor-porations to protect the farmer from the depressions and demoralization of seasonal gluts and periodical sur-pluses. sur-pluses. Will Cost Money Objection has been made that this program, as laid down by the Party Platform, may require that several hundred millions of dollars of capital be advanced by the Federal Govern. ment without obligation upon tie in-dividual in-dividual farmer. With that objection I have little patience. A nation which s spend ng ninety billions a year can we 1 ' afford an expenditure of a few hundred millions for a workable P o-gram o-gram that will give to . one-th trd of Us EH&0f 'VhrsVoSradaptsltseiftotheva-rlable 'VhrsVoSradaptsltseiftotheva-rlable problems of agriculture not only be'D ?f?S.a wTtae in so vast and questions that wm a complicated l an indusy o of years. The mm these aD t g ve it authority and purposes and to 6 pledgea resources. These a Re. and they will beTtt.u'1'11deefiQite plan of oration "A f tlons to put it lBtomoar3Ce-Secretary of During my term ,lv endeavored Commerce I have teadl t0 build up a sy bPugllleas. 'uror, dlHlrlliulor, worltor, and con-"inner con-"inner liavo been ci.11,.,1 h. council to-Kothor, to-Kothor, nt for a hIh(;1o occasion, but for continuous work. TIuiho efforts have beeu succeiinful boyond any expectation, ex-pectation, 'rimy i,aV0 houu iiccom-pllHl.od iiccom-pllHl.od without liiUii-roroiico or rexu-'aliou rexu-'aliou by tho Kovornnient. Thi.y hava locuied p.oKi-emi lu tho IndustrUm, remedy for alniHOH, elimination ot waste, roduotloi. of coHt In production and (llMli-lhutlgii, lowor prices to tlia ooiimimor, and mora Htalilu employment employ-ment and prom. W'liilo the problem POINTS FROM HOOVER SPEECH It shall be an honest campaign; every penny will be publicly accounted ac-counted for. Having earned my living with my own hands I cannot have other than the areatest sympathy with the aspirations of those who toll. Our purpose Is to build In this nation a human aoclety, not an economic aystem. Appointive office, both North, South, East and West, must be based solely on merit, character, and reputation In tho community In which the appointee Is to serve. Participation of women In politics poli-tics means higher standards. Our workers can buy two and often three tlmea more bread and butter than any wage earner In Europe. By blood and conviction I atand for religious tolerance both In act and In spirit. Our foreign policy has one primary pri-mary object, and that Is peace. Government should not engage In business In competition with Its citizens. I varies with every different commodity and with every different part of our great country, I should wish to apply the same method to agriculture so that the leaders of every phase of each group can advise and organize on policies poli-cies and constructive measures. I am convinced this form of action, as it has done lu other industries, can benefit farmer, distributor and consumer. con-sumer. Greater Opportunities "The working out of agricultural relief re-lief coustltutes the most important obligation ob-ligation of the next Administration. I stand pledged to these proposals. The object f our policies Is to establish for our farmers an Income equal to those of other occupations; for the farmer's wife the same comforts In her home as women in other groups; for the farm boys and girls the same opportunities in life as other boys and girls. So far as my own abilities may be of service, I dedicate them to help secure prosperity and contentment in that industry where I and my forefathers fore-fathers were born and nearly all my family still obtain their livelihood. "The Republican Party has ever been the exponent of protection to all our people from competition with lower standards of living abroad. We have always fought for tariffs designed to establish this protection from imported import-ed goods. We also have enacted restrictions re-strictions upon immigration for the protection of labor from the inflow ot workers faster than we can absorb them without breaking down our wage levels. "The Republican principle of an effective ef-fective control of Imported goods and of Immigration has contributed greatly to the prosperity ot our country. There Isno selfishness in this defense of our standards of living. Other countries gain nothipg if the high standards ot America are sunk and if we are prevented pre-vented from building a civilization which sets the level of hope for the , entire world. A general reduction In the tariff would admit a flood of goods from abroad. It would Injure every ! home. It would fill our streets with Idle workers. It would destroy the returns to our dairymen, our fruit, ' flax, and livestock growers, and our ! other farmers." Prohibition On the subject ot prohibition, Mr. Hoover repeated his recent declara- tion: "I do not favor repeal of the ISth Amendment. I stand for efficient ' enforcement of law's enacted thereunder thereun-der Our country has deliberately un-dertaken un-dertaken a great social and economio experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching far-reaching in purpose. It must be worked out constructively." And he added the following comment: "Common sense compels us to realize re-alize that grave abuses have occurred abuses which must be remedied. Investigation In-vestigation can alone determine the wise method of correcting them. Crime and disobedience of law cannot be permitted to break down the Constitution Con-stitution and laws of the United St"Modlfication of the enforcement laws which would permit that which the Constitution forbids is nullification nullifica-tion This the American people will not 'countenance. Change in the Constitution Con-stitution can and must be brought about only by the straightforward methods provided in the Constitution Itself There are those who do not believe in the purposes of several pro-Wsions pro-Wsions of the Constitution. No one denies their right to seek to amend ft! They are not subject to criticism or Asserting that right. But the Re-publican Re-publican Party does deny the right M anyone to seek to destroy the pur-poses pur-poses of the Constitution hy indirec- U.nwhoever is elected President takes an oath not only to faithfully execute Ue office of the President, but that oath Provides still further that he will to the best of his ability, pre-rerve pre-rerve Protect and defend the Con- fnet-tettra! I S."; to my cat. of office, ! were I to declare otherwise. |