Complex sentence: As Commsioner, Talmadge used the newspaper of his department to give advice to farmers and talk about his political views, extolling the virtues of a laissez-faire economic policy and individual action to improve the well-being of farmers.
Split into simpler sentences: As Commsioner, Talmadge used the newspaper of his department to give advice to farmers and talk about his political views. Talmadge extolled the virtues of a laissez-faire economic policy and individual action to improve the well-being of farmers.