The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-03
FARMER AUDIENCE ON
HARDING FRONT PORCH
q. o. p. Candidate Declares
His Slogan, america First,
at Home, Abroad"

| Marion. o.. Sept operative
| farmers associations for distribution oi
farm products were advocated by Sen.
ator Hading In speech here today
at MS home as @ necessity, II food
Speaking to a committee OF the ma
| tional board OF farm organizations, the
nominee declared he abhorred any idea
| OF class organization as such, but knew
that unless thu, producers and consym-
ers were brought closer together By or
Ranized effort. organized .prohteering
| will squeeze In somewhere between"
with your assent" said Senator
Harding, viii not welcome you as
representatives OF farmers organlza-
tions and | shall make no appeal either
now or later to the people OF the coun-
try which may be labeled as appeal In
behalf OF farmers. Permit me- there
fore. to welcome you as Americans. l
doplore the use In political campaigns
or In public administration OF special
appeals and OF special interests. ! de-
plore any foreign policy which tends TO
group together those OF foreign blood
In groups OF thelr nativity. ! deplore
class appeals at Home. | abhor the So
Wet Idea and the compromises and en-
couragements which we have seen ex-
tended to II.
when the responsibility for leader
ship in this fight was placed upon me,
] said TO myself that we must all unite
say America first. mean not only
that America maintain her own indie
pendence and shall be first In fulfilling
her obligations TO the world, but ] mean
that at home any special interest, any
class. any group of our citizenship that
has arrayed itself against the interests
OF all must learn that at home. as well
as abroad. America first has n mean
ing profound, and, with Gods aid, ever
lasting"
Land Hunger Has Come.
with the agriculture Of the United
States ! am deeply concerned A ma
ton lives no longer than her agricul-
tural health abides,
1.-THE day OF land hunger has come.
The day when the profit Of the farmer
has been cut down and the price to
the consumer lifted UP has come. The
day when production OF our soil must
be protected against soil products OF
countries OF low standards OF living has
come.
"These conditions call for wise action
on the part of the government They
call for the presence OF the American
In our government offices, adminlstra
tive and representative"
Senator Harding declared that
there must be obiIterated this year
the spectacle Of women being sub.
stltuted for normal farm labor, and
he stressed the need for oo-opera-
tion and organization.
81 believe" he said, that the Ameri- |
can people will encourage and stimu-
late co operation In the distribution of |
farm products. l do not contemplate |
the organization OF farmers and con-
sumers as a step toward organization |
of special interests to obtain special IA |
vors. II did, / would oppose It.
II speak for the consumer when j |
peak Of American agriculture. de-
Sire to put aside all tho poetic tradi-
ion about the honest farmer. Honesty |
8 not peculiar to any occupation.
II desire to awaken the country to
he menaces OF its future unless Amer
can agriculture is preserved. and above
II / desire TO have hand In stopping
unglng and economic nonsense and
alse promises and prodgal waste and
ictatorial powers which have smoth-
red the farmers MS they have smoth-
red us all for eight years In taxes and