New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Iowa Publisher Declares He
Will Remedy Evils Which
Rural Districts Have Had
TO Bear From Democrats
Awaits Coolidge Speech
Candidate To Be Represent
ed at Vice-Presidentiai
Notification Ceremonies
From q Stor Correspondent

every delegation that comes to his
front porch.
Already he is at work on one in
which he will give full expression to
his ideas on government in relation to
agricultural problems, outlined in his
speech Of acceptance. He refrained
from making any speeches other than
that in connection with the notifica-
ton ceremonies, out of courtesy to
Governor Coolidge. Incidentally, he
will be represented at Northampton,
Mass, tomorrow by Harry M.
Daugherty, of the executive board of
the Republican National Committee.
The nominee gathered a vast fund
of fresh impressions on agricultural
problems yesterday and to-day in con-
ferences with Senator Capper, of Kan
sas, and Henry c. Wallace, of Des
Farmer"
In addition to his publishing ac-
tivities Mr.. Wallace operates a large
farm and is secretary Of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers Association, a
stockmans organization, which is
said to represent more finished live
stock than any other organization Of
the Middle West.
After Senator Harding's conference
with Mr.. Wallace the latter was asked
what they had talked about.
Mr.. Wallace's Statement
Mr.. Wallace said:
THE farmers in the corn belt states
welcome certain things in Senator Har-
ding's speech of acceptance with about
welcome twenty -four hours rain
after July drouth. They had been
greatly pleased with the consideration
given to agriculture in the Republican
platform and the constructive, forward
| looking character of the agricultural
plan.
"The farmer has suffered fearfully
Under the Wilson Administration,
especially the livestock producers. To
count of the war, but an Intelligent
agricultural policy would have very
greatly protected the farmers. The
msfortunes that came to the agricul-
tural community were largely the re
suit of ignorance and of the conccn-
tration OF authority in the hands of
one man, who made it impossible to
Gail jI cApcTtS To- tuclI dUElCc ABOUT
handling the special agricultural prob
lens that grew out of the war
Senator Harding intends to restore
the Department Of Agriculture to its
proper functions and its real useful
ness, and to make certain that it will
resume the relationship to the farming
community that it used to sustain"
One problem of the farmers on which
Senator Harding long has had very def
mite ideas is that of roads He believes
that better highways and increased use
of motor trucks would aid materially
in solution of the transportation diff
fculties. In q letter to f. T. Herbin,
secretary of the National Association
of Motor Truck Statesmen at Chicago,
the nominee wrote:
1.-The obvious tendency to supplement
cur present transportation facilities by
a much more extended use Of improved
highways and powerful motor trucks is
SO apparent that it cannot be doubted
that IN the future we will more and
more rely on this mode of transporta-
ton. 1t is going to mean the necessity
for further great advances toward i'm
proved road construction, and particu-
larly the adequate maintenance of high
ways. Along with this there must be
measures to insure adequate supplies
OF petroleum products for power at
reasonable prices. All this presents
a series of large problems to be handled
IN statesman-like and business-like
way, and the Republican party may be
reiled upon to give them its most earn
est attention.
Oil Supply Needed
IT Is the moro necessary that eff
aecl'Ve measures be employed to in
sure our supplies of mineral oil.
whether produced at home or imported
from other countries. 1t is probable
that many new problems nconstruc
tlon of permanent highways, sub
stantlal enough to support such traffic,
Wall be presented and that the best
engineering and construction talent
Will be required to deal with them.
Il feel that this entire set of prob
lens IS gong to be forced upon the
country's attention with constantly in
creasng insistency, and it must be
dealt with through such measures as
viii best insure the permanent and
expanding use OF improved highways
and motor vehicles to help relieve the
congestion that now presses upon the
country's railroads."
Polands grave situation was dis
cqssed to-day by Senator Harding with
his old friend, c. Herbert DeFosse, Of
New York. Mr.. DeFosse, counselor
spent most of last year in Russia. and
was invited by the nominee to give
his idea of the situation in Europe.
When Mr. DeFosse left the Senator, he
said:
81 find Senator Harding takes what
! regard as very probable view of
American concern with Europe at this
time" said General De Fosse II feel
that it is time to go very slow about
making any commitments in interna-
tional affairs. l was greatly pleased
with his address of acceptance and nv
satisfaction was strengthened by nv
conversation to-day.
81 think that Senator HARDING fully
realizes the immensely of the task that
Will confront his administration and
that he is anxious to equip himself
with the best possible understanding
OF these matters. He has, of course
as member of the Senate COMMITTEES
on Foreign Relations, had occasion to
famiiiarize himself, as few men could
have done, with the affairs regarding
European relationships | feel after
my talk with him that the country
will be fortunate in having these mat
ters under the charge of man so
fully aware of their gravity and so
determined to handle them in such
iashlon as first of all to insure that