Omaha daily bee., 1920-09-09
Minnesota
Fair Host
ToHardiIlg
G.. 0. P. Nominee Outlines Az.
ricultural Program Design
ed to Improve Farm Con.
ditions, in Speech.
Must Determine Policy
by The Associated Press.

Minnesota State Fair Grounds.
eept. S.-An agricultural program
designed to keep the nation self
sustaining and to improve the con-
dition Of the farmer was outlined by
Senator Harding. republican nom-
nee for the presidency, i'll a speech
today at the. Minnesota state fair.
In specific terms the candidate
set forth his policy as contemplating
the following steps:
Larger representation for farmers
ein governmental affairs, particularly
with regard to trace and finance.
Establishment OF a system OF CO.
operative associations for marketing
farm products.
Study World Market.
A scientific study OF the world
market for farm products with a
view to stabilization of prices.
Curtailment of unnecessary price
fixing and of "ill-considered efforts,
arbitrarily to reduce farm product
prices"
Administration of the farm loan
act so as to decrease tenancy, pro-
mote diversified farming and pro-
vide long-tern credits.
Restoration OF railway facilities
TO state of high efficiency.
4 Revision OF the tariff to protect
American agriculture from unfair
competition.
Houa T,uo prosArfr
Both reclamation and intensive
farming, the nominee said. would
have their places in development
of the nations agricultural resources
to a capacity which would insure
10 posterity all abundance OF domes
tic food products He stressed the
need for diversified crops and also
declared it essential that there be
normal balance between grain and
liv. stock production.
Deploring the drift of population
from country to city Senator Hard
ing advocated all Improvement III
the social life of the farm and such
an administration of economic laws
as would insure "a fair balance be-
tween our. urban and rural indus
tries" He praised the part played
by the farmers during the war, de-
c!aring that 1T never will be Under
stood or fully appreciated by our
\ people"
Can Feed Everyone.
Y The candidate described his con-
ception of the future of American
farming as contemplating a "sys-
tenn of agriculture which will enable
us to feed our people abundantly.
with some to spare for export in
years of plenty, aud at prices which
will insure to the farmer and his
family both financial rewards and
educational. social and religious liv-
ing conditions fairly comparable 10
those offered by cities"
Price control might be necessary
md wise in time of national crisis.
he senator said, but prices in the
long run must rest rather on ma
,ural laws than on arbitrary enact
nents.
Drive on Prices Useless.
Government drives against food
prices such as we. have experienced
Turing the past two years are equal
y vain and useless" he continued.
The ostensible purpose of such
lrives is to reduce the price the con-
umer pays for food. The actual
'esult is unjustly to depress for a
i,ne the prices the farmer receives
or his grains and live stock, but
with no appreciable reduction in the
price the consumer pays. Such
arives simply give the speculatQr
ind the proGteer additional oppof-
unities to add to their eNactlcns.'
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