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Show SAYS FARMERS i NEED HOOVER ... :? MTARIFF Ccnf:33man Dickinson Warns Against Past Records of Democrats. PLATFORM IS EVASIVE Iowa Leader Declares Hoover Knew How to Handle Agrlcutural Problems. WOODSTOCK. la. Herbert Hoover Hoo-ver and a protective tariff was tlio specific recommended for the curing of farm Ills by Congressman L. J. Dickinson of Algoua, la., a leader of -.. the farm bloo In the House, In an ad dress here this afternoon at the farm ere' meeting and Republican rally , "The record of the Democratic party has always been for a tariff for , revenue only," Congressman Dlckln son said, "and they have never boon converted to a tariff for protective r purposes. "Herbert Hoover, in his acceptance speech, declared 'an adequate tariff Is the foundation of farm relief.' He further fur-ther declared that 'the domestic mar- ' AT' HON. L. J. DICKINSON ket must be protected. I will use my office and influence to give the farmer the full benefit of our historic tariff policy.' "Protection of dairy commodities has greatly increased under the pro- tective tariff policies as carried cut under the present Republican admin-Istj-atlon. Vf increased, by executive Vrder the tariff on dairy products from eight to twelve cents a pound. This domestic market can be preserved for Jthe American producer under the Republican Re-publican policies, and it can be lost under the policy outlined by the Democratic Demo-cratic platform. "Apparently, to satisfy a cerialn group of farmers, a cleverly devised sentence was written into the Democratic Demo-cratic platform whereby the party pledges that an honest endeavor will be ' made to formulate a legislative plan whereby the losses in the control con-trol of surplus crops will be charged back against the unit of the product. This Is a faint effort to describe the equalization fee. After the adoption of this platform, Governor Smith was ' quoted in the newspapers as saying that he was opposed to the fee, but that he pledged that the mechanics would be devised through conferences with the friends of agriculture to formulate for-mulate a legislative program to carry out his platform pledges. This is the same problem over which a dispute has been raging for eight years. The .Democratic platform simply adds more confusion to an already confused con-fused situation. 'The pledge of Herbert Hoover is definitely certain. He knows In advance ad-vance how this problem can be handled. han-dled. "Any conference he calls will be merely for the purpose of arranging arrang-ing specific details. His pledge creates cre-ates t'i3 e?:reriiuental stage of such a picsrara. He believes agriculture can be organized to where it will be self-sustaining, self-sustaining, and by reason of his knowledge r.nd experience, he Is lu a position v.iicre'he can nead that or-gsnisrUion." |