The Prescott daily news., 1920-06-11
University.

we need a greater university. Or page l92, Acts of 1917, you will fnf 'hat the Board of Trustees of the university of Arkansas "shall cons;s, or as many members as there arc Con sressionai districts in the state, who afe to De chosen from agricultural mechanical, commercial and literary pursuits of life," but of the seven an pointed members of that board at tbe present, five are lawyers and four ot those five lawyers are past masters of the game of politics. The university must be removed from politics.
 Agricultural Schools.
 1he agricultural schools are doing a great work, but there is room for i'm proVement. They should be supported Tor we need more educated farmers, These agricultural colleges should not be permitted to lapse into mere liter ary schools. They should remain strict ly training institutions for the young men and young women who desire pro- ficiency and efficiency in farming and in the domestic arts.
 Agriculture.
 The crying need of the future vii be increased production in every lin of legitimate industry. We must look to agriculture as the basic industry to provide for the well-being of our peo- pie and stimulate a healthy and per manent growth in every line of human effort. Home ownership must be en couraged. The lot of the humble ten ant farmer must be made a lighter one. Farming must be made more at- tractive. Farmers should be given equal protection with those of other in dustries in the matter of extension of credit, low interest rates and organi- zations for collective marketing.
 As member of Congress I voted to create the office of Secretary of Az riculture and make him a member of the presidents cabinet, and the work of that great department justifies the wisdom of that law.
 No single act of mine in Congress gives me more pride than the fight I led that resulted in the repeal of all the public land laws that authorized the privaet sale of public lands, and reserved all that were fit for cultiva- ton for actual settlers under the home stead law, the law which restored to the public domain 5O,0O0,OOO acres of grants to the railroads. l to the best of my ability to the reclamation from overflow O the alluvial lands of the great Missis sissippi by the construction of levees
 am in full sympathy with the gen eral plan of the American Cotton Asso citation for the ginning, baling, ware housing, grading and marketing of cot ton and to eliminate waste and le every owner know the grade of his cot ton and thus enable him to get for i, the full market price. AS governor l would urge any legislation that woul, aid this movement There should closer cooperation between farmer and business men. .>
 Labor.
 When our country was at war tn Iaboring men proved their patriotism Loyal as they were to their unions they subordinated them to the greates of all unions-the American Union. l do not see how any one can oppose the principle of collective bargaining contended for by organized labor. While canital and labor are inter-dependent, we cannot deny labor the right to or ganize for it's own protection. l be- Iieve that industry must be human ized. not destroyed" supported every labor law proposed by labor organiza- lions during my IS years of service 1n Congress. I knew MT. Gompers per He would never say that Nc, Rae of Arkansas was hostile to organ ized labor