Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-28
FURTHER LEAGUs OF NATIONS
 ARGUMENTS BY cox

Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 27.-Inter- est of American farmers in having Europ- can markets for their surplus. by estab- l lishments of the league of nations was the basis of league arguments given by l Governor Cox of Ohio today through the Nebraska corn belt.
 ] The league, the presidential candidate | argued. would aid agriculturises by stab l ilizing foreign and domestic markets by l increasing European credit and purchas- l ing power and by turning armament l funds into commerce abroad and develop l ment of natural resources at home. Emphasizing his league doctrine, the governor preaching progress, also de- l clared that it represented international progress and establishment of the new l order"
 Governor Cox spoke to rear platform crowds. some with bands and. flags, at 1 North Platte, Gethenburg, Lexington and 1 kearney. Here he addressed a large 1 crew5 at the station.
 He had other rear IAetfornl addresse.
 scheduled at York and Seward with af afternoon meeting on. the state capito grounds at Lincoln prior to closing, hi. i Nebraskan campaign in the Omaha au l ditorium tonight. 5 1 Questions asked by an Omaha news
 paper today ragerding the adrninistratio1 l of Postmaster General Burieson and At I torney General Palmer were expected tt 4 bring reply from the governor and als, I further comment on his charge that re
 publican scouts" were preceding him ant
 planning opposition with republican news 1 papers.
 Il Discussing the league as the new or der" and agricultural interests in it ] success, the governor said:
 l We are not going to have a settle
 condition in the world until te nations o the earth agree to stop wasting thei l resources in the building and maintenance Of large armameHts. If there is coun try banker here. I would like him to tel
 his neighbors what the result will be i
 Europe, in the world, in America, if tii nations of Europe cannot pay their deb They won't have credit and they cannc have, credit unless they stop maintainin large armaments, and if they don't hay
 credit, they can't but the surplus c
 American products. That is one reaso 7 why cattle are not bringing the price l they did year ago, why hogs hay : come down in price, why the price ( ol wheat and corn and all of the surplu
 commodities of America have declined
 price, for the simple reason that ir | ternational agencies of credit have bee d upset and disorganized D
 r Turning from practical to moral arSl :. ments for the league, the governor said
 Tn the truer sense, we are makin
 this fight as much for the next gene n ation as we are for this generation. N n have just been in a war, in which te s million persons lost their lives. If u a new order which we are attempting
 establish in the world had been adoptt
 S5 or 40 years ago, these ten million no t would not be in soldiers graves. .- "The old order in the world brougl 1t war overnight. We are contending for . $ international arrangement under whit Il controversies between nations will be su
 mitted to discussion and to arbitratit
 rather than to war"
 E The governor also renewed his attacl Il upon "big business" declaring 1t. h; >- in the past controlled banks, gran ell e- vators and other farm agencies The b J. packers came in for special attack. H
 promise to appoint farmers to the Inte
 state CommeFce Commission. Federal R " serve Bank and regional boards and ot st CT agencies were repeated to audienc n, composed largely of Platte Valley farr - CTS.