Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-15
HOUSTON
0PP0SESFARMER
Speaker at Republican Head
quarters Backs Up Agri- j..
cultural Conference.

Backing up the charges made at the
agricultural conference, in session
there, that the administration of the
Treasury Department is adverse to the
interests of the farmers of the United
Estates, Prof. Willis L. Moore, formerly
assistant secretary of agriculture and
lchief of the weather bureau. in a
ispeech at republican headquarters last
might declared that Secretary Hous-
items sympathies never have been with
1.-THE farmer. His record as Secretary
lof the Treasury is in consonance with
Ibis work as Secretary of Agriculture
IFrof. Moore stated.
The meeting addressed by Prof
Moore was the last of the series OF
Estate rallies which have been held for
1.-THE purpose of explaining the regis
Itratlon and voting laws of the various
Estates and to make the many issues
Iof the campaign plain to the resident
voters IN Washington. Last nights
rally was held under the auspices OF
the voters of North Carolina, West
virginia, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
lChapln Brown. former republican ma
ltional committeeman for the District
presided.
Quotes From Speech.
Prof. Moore quoted from a speech
made by DR.. w. j. Spillman, former
l VI Tic olhCt VI manage
meht of the Department of Agricul-
ture. before the National Board OF
Farm Organizations. February Ii
1919, during which he charged Secre-
tary Houston with making a deliber-
ately false statement in a letter to
the United States Senate relative tc
the cost Of producing farm crops. and
| with saying that the farmer is not
| entitled to any information on the
| cost of production"
According to Prof. Moore, Secretary
| Houston is known to have held that
the farmers business is to produce
that the only use ever made of cost
information is for agitators to go out
, and stir the farmer up"
! George c. Hazelton. former member
| of Congress from Wisconsin and for
| mer corporation counsel for the Dis
election of Harding and Coolidge and
the complete rejection of the league
of nations. He declared that this ma
! ton is now passing through the Sec
ond great crisis of it's Independent
| existence because of the autocratic
| rule ia which it has been subjected
during <he Wilson administration.
He said this country's future safety
depended upon the voters on Novem-
Der and issued the warning that the
| standards of American freedom would
| soon fall into oblivion in the event
of Gov. Cox's election and with the
! adoption of the Wilson league of
nations.
Gives Sketch Of Harding.
John Paul Earnest. formerly presi-
dent of the Sons of the Revolution
and chairman of the committee on
admissions to the local bar. gave the
! audience what was termed as IAN
intimate sketch of the man Harding"
Mr.. Earnest and the presidential can
didate have been close friends for a
number of years.
James Newton Stacy, who cast his
| first vote for Abraham Lincoln and
who served in the Idaho state senate,
! made speech attacking the league
| of nations, and what he termed in
| efficiency of the present administra-
ton.
[ In opening the rally Chairman
Brown called attention to the sue
| cessful manner in which the local
campaign is being conducted and
praised the men and women who have
volunteered in this work.