The Republican journal., 1920-10-07
'@FNhTOR HARDING
GI|ARANTEES FAIR
EAL FOR farmer
o.,Iares Definite National Agri.
cultural Policy Is Vital to
Country's Welfare.
uoIlLD PUT END TO PRICE
FIXING Of FARM PRODUCTS
Address Before Minnesota State
ri, Republican Nominee Shows
Profound Understanding of
tanning and Its Problems.

5rofound Understanding of
tanning and Its Problems.
,rresapolts, (SpeciaD.-"The time
=. .9r- 3 hen, as a nation, we must
',.s,oae upon a definite agricultural
.y We must decide whether we
t-a undertake to make of the United
s-,,ss Fl seif-sustaining nation-which
gan. t.at We shall grow within our
,- boundaries all of the staple food
,.,1--, needed to maintain the high
=. tyna II Ciyilization-Or whether
=. saU continue 70 exploit our agri-
-5.r~aI resources for the benefit of
,r.rlg.r1.al and commercial life, and
=, lave TO posrerity the task Of finding
ha5 enough. y strong-arm methods,
n -stt,sary to support the coming
I'M reds if millions.
d. believe in the self sustaining, in
+r.r3s7t. self reliant nation, agricuI-
rs4 .odJstriaIIy and politically.
H. .- . lie guarantors Of our own
-. uf are equal to the task"
81 De AIRED Senator Harding in a
-,,a. dress before the Minnesota
r ere in which he revealed
los. profound understanding of
-.ss1lt19I,1s ovI re pO1o
.--f uei and the consumer in
fl. -- This speech has been de-
.s t.a greatest speech on agri-
witch las ever been made by
,F.-.r candidate.
ether lhings he said:
i aur years ago a Chinese
RI r.- uttered a profound truth
said The well-being of
'.g trce; agriculture is its
III .-..eure and commerce are
+. md its life; if the root
. .al leaves fall, the branches
n G. 'he tree dies
Cause for Concern.
r nay seem strange to many good
# ~ his particular time any
ae quote this saying of a wise
|al ..l- Never in all our history
~ farm products ruled
red in dollars, as during
0- f years. Farm land in the
reducing states has ad-
lrheard of prices, with
ge. ..uoa that, but for the tight
1r.Hns, it would go still
Apparently the farmers of the
lying Unprecedented pros
p NE then, even by implica-
that something may be
WI. 500. oGr agriculture, and that
-a may he communicated to
.0a-nrPs and commerce? PEG
L. -ieS are disposed to think
IS anything wrong it is
H - where food is selling at
4 and not in the cOun-
4 .a food is produced. But
Try students of national
$50. +" the present agricul-
t0n certain conditions
use for real concern to
T u' his country"
a n"red in q most interest
-'e development of the
vest and sketched briefly
Of the great central val
lows:
he homestead law the
-lve a farm of the richest
world tn every man who
Railroads were built, the
&c "a p1aWcd up, and almost
sr - '.a agricultural production
l."d States increased by
@ Grains were produced
IF he bare cost of utilizing
-'> -1 The farmers of the older
S.N 10 I'll. east were smothered by
| heap grain. The only
a u4 GOULD be done with this
Of food was to build
UT -- IT, And great cities we
.nr only in the United
al. .4f across the seas"
uf tie hard conditions
eae luon the farmers of the
Nesr $ q result of their over
'a and then Of the gradual
'H-- which began about 1905,
-s Increased population in the
." catch up with farm pro-
-''l oll how this increased de-
for food was accelerated by the
5s5 World War.
2'a5.0s u the part played by the
''--. 31rrg the war, he said:
Splendid Part of Farmers.
-17 splendid part played by the
n.. ,y 9L the nation during the war
t.''9i never will be understood or
#. appreciated by our people. More
~ @a. 80 per cent Of all our fighting
,.,, ahe from the farms, and after
a., -rlE sons to the camps, the
IL. aud mothers, with the help Of
my 'llger children, turned to and
l.'l more food than was ever be-
r.-, 'llaed in the history of the
s he same time and from the
i. area of land Their working
b- 0 measured not by the clock,
T I'M ID! Tile number of daylight hours.
as '9E .o themselves the respon-
pM Of feeding not only our own
s.. 2Q' also our allies across the
e.. l more ways han one, our farm
sl. le war their war, and count
a.- 'I-.ge 700 great to help fight it
g, ." successful finish. The
n~ NJ what they did, written by
/ .,l,fo l ..5. who understands it, will
t4,s me Of the most glorious chap.
0,' american history. One thing
| sla a9y--In every American con
sacs ,''i' me revolution for independ
ho,,, ~ me world war for maintained
ss,t me farmer has heen 100 pc,
t8trg',sr'can and ready for ever,
1so pointed cut some of the I'm
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