The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-08
HARDING
SPEAKS At
STATE FAIR
G. 0. P. Leader Addresses
farmers at fITSt Off
Porch Speech
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Harding entered q busy Gay 1na1a es116bSlY
upon nis arrival in st. Paul at $3.50 =.
There vas tremendous crowd =:
the un1on station 70 greet ths candidate
and he and Mrs.. Harding were given a
big ova. ion. An automobile pArsde vas
formed from the station SO the fair
grounds.
In -he senator's party were the zen
ator and Mrs. Harding, senator Esrry S
New Of Indiana ard Kris. New; harry
Daugherty Of Cleveland; DR. end ,6~7.
c. 4. Sawyer OF Marion; G>orge Cnr1s-
tan. the senator's secretary, and Marion
headquarters atts Ones
Along the ross e CT the autornobde pa
rade through ST. Paul crowds had garn-
cred 70 see -he republican c-7ed-.e AID
ne and Ears Harding We're kept busy re-
pIying TO greetings
Reaching the tair grounds, Senator
Harding was conducted 1Oout tae
grounds and through the EXHIBIT rooms
de also addressed q brief tsIk 20 a zroap
o1 farm noSs pra.aas shsir work.
BY GEORGE Il HOLMES
tsTAEF CORRESPONDENT l. n. -Eali1s'
SIATE FAIR GROUNDS. ST. PAUL.
MINI, Sept S-ope4klng louay at the
Minnesota State Fair on mss ar.l cstn-
paign trip outside 3f OA4c. s~nstor
warren q harding, mapp1d cut
definite program Of agriculture polite
l-s 20 which he committed himself and
his rarty III elected IN November
DEVOTED TO FARMERS
senator Harding speech v a. devoL-
to soiel. 10 agricultural matters anc
among his hearers were thousands OF
farmers from the great belt Of the
Northwest
America. the senator declared has
reached the fork in the road with re
gard TO agriculture From distinct
y rural nation sixty years ago, Ne
have turned into an industrial nation
where in 10 per cent OF the people
dwell In cities ana the other thirty
per cent produce the food
APPROACH ZERO MARK
We are rapidly approaching the
zero mark from the staadpcint Of as
rlculture supplies To the worlu.~ sand
senator Harding The time is a.
most With u when our imports q
farm grown products VIII exceed th..
exports
The time has come when. as a
nation VIC must determine upan 4 d.
finite agricultural policy We ma;
decide whether We snail und-rtano
make Tho u S a self-suslail.lng IA
ton which means that we sh2u gtssr
within our own boundarlss all Ia
staple food products needed te man
tam the highest type OF oivtl.zatIoa
or whether we shall continue t.
exploit our agricultural resources fer
the benefit 81 our industrial and COM
merciaI life and leave to posterity m
f9f fiudIr- rDcuab foCd
arm methods # necessary. t. suPport
The coming hundreds oI millions
WANTS sELF-sU STAINING NATION
I believe IN the self-sustaining IN
dependent. self-reliant nation. agricul-
turaliy. Industrial wand politically
We are then the gusrantors Of cur
own security and are equal 10 the
task ="
Senator Harding asserted that he
had thought of the governments
working out an elaborate system O.
agriculture and then imposing Il upon
the farmers Of the country
That would he utterly repugnant
to American ideals" he SAID Govern
ment paternalism. whether anpiled to
agriculture. or to any of ctr great
national industries would stihe ambi-
lion. impair efficiency. lessen produ.-
ticn ard make us 4 nation Of depend
ent in .ompetents
WHAT sHOULD III DONE
But some things ought To be done,
;Ae senator said. and he enumoraLed
them as follows:
1. Give farmers \ rspres sntatien
IN governmental affairs
2 Grant the farmers The rsht 70
form cooperative association to mar
ket their products
;. Reduce abnormal huctuations -
prices in farm products The rspaa-
hcsn party pledges itself - : scienti
fc study Of this problem
!. Put an end 10 unnecessary price
fixing on farm products and to III con
sidered efforts arbitrarily 70 rcducs
farm product prices
MAKE RAILROADS EFFICIENT
D. Administration Of the farm loan
Law to help men own their farms ana
ertension Of the long term credit plan.
s. Restore railroad TRANSPORTATION
TO an efficient state 50 that losses vii
not he incurred through inabiutv 70
make the farm products
:. Revise the tarin in order -
protect labor. gr:culture ana indu
try from lower foreign standards
In conclusion Senator Harding said
We need fewer land hogs who nca-
ace our future. and moro fat hogs fs-
ham and bacon We need los tguii-
ment in cultivating = quadreanial CT ep
Of votes and more consideration :or
farming as our basic INDUSTRY.