The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
HARDING PLAYING WESTERN FARMERS
 IN HIS CAMPAIGN
Republican Nominee and Senator Capper Place Blame for Shortcomings
 on the Democrats
By Associated Press

Marion, July 25.--The needs of
 western farmers were talked over z with Senator Harding today by
 Senator Cnpper of Kansas and
 Henry Wallace of Des Moines, Ia.,
 both editors of farm pubIicat ations
 and in statement afterward
 Senator Cnpper declared the farm
 CTS of the west were "fast realizing
 why 1t is necessary that the repub-
 licnp ticket be elected"
 To put the democrats into power. the Kansas senator said, would be to turn the government over to the solid south and democratic machines of the vari- ous Tammanyized states of the north.
 Arriving at the Harding home early in the day, Senator Capper. accom- panied Senator and Mrs Harding td services at the Methodist Church and remained their guest until evening. He declared he was well pleased with the stand on farm reforms taken by the republican in his speech of acceptance.
 Messages of congratulation on the speech continued to come in during the day, one of them being from Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois. who was a leading candidate for the presidential nomination at Chicago. Governor Low den telegraphed:
 "Heartiest congratulations upon your speech of acceptance. It S clear, force ful and patriotic.'
 Another which pleased the Harding managers was from Frank A. Munsey of New York, one of the leaders in the progressive party in 1912.
 q congratulate you heartily Mir Munsey wired. "on the splendid recep- tion your speech of acceptance has had through the entire north"
 A delegation from Terre Haute, Ind on it's way to the Knights of Pythias convention at Cleveland. marched to the Harding lawn during the afternoon in full regalia and, headed by band. serenaded the nominee. He shook hands and told his callers he was proud to be member of the Pythian order, but he declined to make A speech. COTTON AND SUGAR Senator Capper's statement blamed the democratic administration for mar ket inequalities favorable' to the cot ton and sugar industries and declared Governor Coxs nomination for Presi- dent by the democrats placed the party under joint obligation to southern | interests and to the "bosses" of the north. Governor Cox, he said. fin tho eight years he has dominated demo- cratic politics in Ohio, has built a ma . chine based on the Tammany model" | During and since the war; the state ment' continued, i've have seen whay l southern control means. The southern statesmen were all for rigidly con
 trolling and limiting the price of wheat that compelled the farmers to take 1 far less than they would have got in an uncontrolled market. Cotton went to dizzying prices.
 | More recently we have seen the same thing in the case of sugar. know no more complete demonstration | of democracys administrative incom potency than in the story of sugar this 1 year.
 1 People are paying up to 30 cents 1 for sugar and can't get it at that. Yet there is sugar enough in the country l for all It is held by spectators in or der to boost the price.
 The northern and western farmers have borne the burden of restrictions, while the cotton and sugar raisers of l the south and the spectators have got away with profits beyond calculation.' l Another caller during the day was | Constantine C. Moustakis of Salem, l Mass who declared the Creeks in this country were greatly pleased at Sena- tor Harding's reference to the disposi- | ton of Thrace in his recent queries to Governor Cox regarding foreign rela- tions He assured the nominee that ivoters of Greek descent were 100 pei cent for Harding and Coolidge"