Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-26
ASSERTS FARMERS
ARE FOR HARDING
Senator capper, Farm Journal
Publisher, Declares AgricuI-
turists Prefer Republicans
DEMOCRATS AID THE SOUTH

Marion, o., July 26.--The needs o
western farmers were talked over with
Senator Harding yesterday by Senate
| Capper, of Kansas. aud Henry Wallace
OF Des Moines, both editors Of farm
publications. and in a statement after
ward Senator Capper declared the
farmers Of the West were "fast real
izing why Il is necessary that the Re
publican ticket be elected"
To put the Democrats hack into
power, the Kansas senator said. would
be to turn the government over to the
solid South and Democratic machines
Of the VARIOUS Tammanyized states OF
Arriving at the Harding home early
in the day, Senator Capper accom-
panied Senator and Mrs. Harding to
services at the Methodist church and
remained their guest until evening.
Messages of congratulation on the
speech, continued to come in. one OF OF
them being from Governor Frank D.
Lowden. Of Illinois, who was leading
candidate for the presidential nomina-
tion at Chicago. Governor Lowden
telegraphed:
"Heartiest congratulations upon your
speech Of acceptance. 1t Is clear,
forceful and patriotic.
Message From Munsey
Another which pleased the Harding
managers was from Frank A.. Munsey,
of New York, one Of the leaders IN the
Progressive party In 1912. ;. A.
II congratulate you heartily MT
Munsey wired. ION the splendid recep,,
tion your speech Of acceptance has mao
through the entire North.
A lnI.uakla,, Tnrra Hnntp. ln0,,
on its way to the knights of Pythias
convention In Cleveland marched to the
Harding lawn in the afternoon In full
regalia and, headed by a band, seren-
AIDED the nominee. He shook hands
and told his callers he was proud 10
be a member of the Pythian order, but
he declined to make q speech.
Senator Capper's statement blame"
the Democratic administration for
market inequalities favorable to the
cotton and sugar industries, and said
Governor Cox's nomination for Presi :
dent by the Democrats placed the party
under a joint obligation to- southern IN
terests and to be the bosses OF the
North. Governor Cox. he said: in the
eight years he has dominated Demo-
cratic politics in Ohio has built a ma
chine based on the Tammany model
llP "hI anu S''''
statement continued, we have seen
what southern control means. Tho
southern statesmen were all for rigidly
controlling and limiting the price on
which that compelled the farmers to
take far less than they would have got
in an uncontrolled market. Cotton went
to dizzying prices.
Same Thing In Sugar
more recently we have seen the same
thing in the case Of sugar. l know no
more complete demonstration of Democ-
racy's administrative incompetency
than in the story of sugar this year.
People are paying up to thirty cents
for sugar. and can't get 1t ut that. Yet
there is sugar enough in the country for
all. 1t is held by spectators in order
to boost the price.
"The northern and western farmers
have borne the burden of restrictions.
while the cotton and sugar raisers of
the South and the spectators have
got away with profits beyond calcula
ton
Another caller was Constantine G.
Moustakis, of Salem, Mass. who de-
clared the Greeks in this country were
greatly pleased at Senator 'Harding's
reference to the disposition of Thrace in
his recent queries to Governor Cox re-
garding foreign relations. He assured
the nominee that voters of Greek descent
were 100 per cent for Harding and
Coolidge