Show WHAT A CHANGE AT washington WOULD MEAN TO THE FARMER I 1 to lit begin gin with the farmer isis ien t a wen weather ther cane he fie finds out whit is ie wise wic and good and he sticks to it what makes him a fu aces a ful fernn r belau because e he deci decides es upon a plan of firming that is definite profitable find and right and he adopts it permanently hes not to be turned aside ly pass ing fancies or unproved theories ile ho looks at the bread and butter side of things and if the brend is sweet the but ter is rich and thick he is not pining for a change thel practically in every par part t of the couert farmers are now rejoicing i over bumper crops j j nature has hag been mighty good to them this year their granaries grana nei are fat their bins distended but bat that alone their chief cause for rejoicing I 1 big ropa crops enormous yields at arc simply wuting wilting to be c cached ached ste and its the caching that intire interests al the farmer I 1 that s where he is doubly blessed this year for the values of farm product products are up arid and soaring think of the astonishing farm wealth prod pro duclion nearly nine billion dollars for conservatively estimated by the he U S agricultural deportment then remember hack back in 1900 when the total figures wele gom something ething over four billion and note please tint that this percentage of increase creage in is vast in excess of the increased acreage brought under cultivation cult nation during that period la Is it any wonder that the farmer is ig sitting tight find and content pd and is it akel likely that he ha will cong ric b h hoo bount ot f turning his bick back upon I 1 plenty and taking a step in thu the dark I 1 land values have doubled within the last ten years intelligent government assistance representing an enormous investment of on uncle sams sama part has led to better u ue ire e of soil sail but most of all the farmer ha has made more money mone on his crop because of a thriving home market right at his door Y yu anu u know that commercial and agricultural prosperity penty link clo cloo cloe e together when tho the smoke is coming from every factory chimney when enri en ri wheel is turning turn int when labor troubles leA are reduced to a minimum aher contented workmen in mills from maine to the pacific coast are bringing home well filled par envelo envelopes pee every saturday night the farmer is a going to get his big bie liberal share we have people enough with appetites p en er rough oien and money vilou ith to consume practically every bushel of pram grain or vegetable Retable vc product and every pound of beef pork or mutton matton the farmer fanner produce ss and tho the demand iq ii at hand band its a short haul baa every mile contained consumed to 10 shipping farm brodu to ta from rota one country to another means that much delay and that much money lose IOB to the producer but the export problem sends no cloud cload across thu the farmers horizon these days figures figurea are dull but there ia a mighty keen edge to these that how bow the actual exports of the three lending leading grain crops acce to the I 1 latest test available figures they are official in the last year out of the total production of corn com in americal Ameri caa little over 2 per cent was shipped hipped abro adof oats oata lear les than I 1 per cent of wheat 4 per cent just remember that when For colenne nerine quotes to you the bit of democratic doctrine taken from the bartvs 1912 platform which reads the farmer sells largely in the free market meaning the foreign markets of the world arid lets ret get back to the cause of this I 1 A mighty large per cent of it iq due to thu the uise and consistent tariff policies of Pren president ident taft the republican party has stood first la last and all the time for the home market mr tafts broad kuae roli cleg cio menu mean the protection and il 1 of the national home market his pine judicial arn tt idi have inspires industrial confidence dence it was known that whatever wh vr taft did would be calm for the best ghou anoa of the entire population that it would build up tedi overthrow men at the head of things while they realize that tatt taft ig an enemy anem to monopoly that he ha has forty five indictments against trusts trust to his c credit e dit in attree earsom ears of c compared f v ith twenty five indictments during the ferit and second terms of his hia predecessor still recognize in him and his policies the tab real safet and continued pro senty of the country that is to a great extent wha wh all the mills a factories are running f ull full time wages are high bihy III the farberg far meri home market today awaitha his most moat bountiful croos mr air taft is an exponent epo nent of simple gimple americanism not a sensation sensationalist aligi of stage acting it ethoda not an impractical dreamer with his head in the clouds taft did a heretofore uni unheard eard of jiing I 1 when he appoint appointed Ld a non partisan tariff board when he fought three years fur for the permanent establishment of this commission when he be absolutely refused to play politics puli ties but chose the earn com men to make this extensive investigation vesti gation and sot set them antwork at home and abroad to find out what conditions were to glean the absolute facts on which an equitable tariff re ision could bo be founded one that would be just alike to the producer the manufacturer and the consumer and remember that this re continued from page 4 washington WOUL MEAN TO THE FAR ER continued from page e 1 the first and only move e to regulate the tariff on A truly be scientific basis laft ha his r this record of per performance performs forma nee othir candidates have none his hia actions are more eloquent than the worda of his opponents he stood firmly against the debi 0 cratic wool h ball it was notoriously in vital ard its sage was wag utter utterly tho the tariff hoards report was wag in and the long lurked for doat downward ovard revision of nf that b hesed ased upon facts instead of theories theoner vaa aa of offered ferell ti the republicans ind voted down hy by democrats who bd ard made tin no effort to ii in what darri demage age athly were inflicting upon i firmer wool combers and manufacturers manufacturer fl under the ad vilo reum mi thod of levying the dufils provided the democrats importers would have nc de frat foel the and amen cin sheep owners would hive b ive failed to relieve thu protection ea CA tended the republican bill eliminated all excess protection reformed the entire schedule on the scientific basis of beying a specific duty upon the scoured pound f wool and would hove have corrected the admitted evils of the schedule without killing the patient the president therefore fore awaits pati tenly the judgement jud gement of nf the american people as aa to his hie action another case was the free sugar bill if mr taft had supported lup ported this thib bill it would have spelled certain trouble for the thousands of farmers raising sugar beets in the central urd western states and to the raisers of sugar ane in the president pre ident taft opposed it and these import important int home industries were protected and preserved that 18 the real taft an optimist a worker a just judge A man who pi plis I 1 s the game fa fair it who puts right above abode po politic litle and the peoples prosperity above Fers personal onal lory glory under his big administration times have grown abrown better and better the outlook is IB for baill brighter chinga we dont believe that theres a single thinking firmer reader of this piper abu when he gives real consid aeration to the men ard t the bisques isques will ote bote to bring about a i hinie ICAN nar L COMMITTEE charles D iviller chairman ba irman jie B reynolda Rev nolda secretario Secre Secreta tari rj |