Arizona republican., 1920-09-07

1t is now the policy OF the federal re-
serve banks not TO loan money to farm
ers as long as the government holds
lien upon their lands for the payment
of completed projects. This can and
should be changed, and it will be my
pleasure to attend Immediately to this
problem for the farmers of Arizona
Another point wish to bring out
is this. The National Farms bureau is
now privately sustained. The bureau
is doing good work. and the effects OF
its efforts have been noticeable wher-
ever they have been applied. I be-
lieve that I can do no greater work
than to try TO have this bureau fost-
cred and taken care OF by the federal
government.
He Is For the Farmer
Il am bitterly opposed TO the garnb-
ling in foodstuffs that obtains in the
great eastern cities. l would have the
government, with one sweep OF it's
mighty arm. abolish this system for all
time, and 1 would insist that when the
necessities of life are gambled in, the
gamblers shall be sent 10 prison or
muIcted of fines of such magnitude
that all allurement would be taken
from their activities.
Il am opposed to the idea that the
farmers of Arizona shall be forced to
pay for feeding and clothing them
selves and the rest of the world When
farming ceases, the nation dies. It
has been said of me that I am en-
couraging an organization formed to
prevent the bringing of labor into the
Salt River valley. Nothing could be
more false, more cowardly. I would
+ be the last to do anything to hamper
/ or embarrass the farms of Arizona or
/ of any other section Of the country"
Mr.. Clark here introduced COM
j municatiOns printed in the daily press
| and purporting to prove that he was
ri n a4fT
the Federal Labor union. When he had
read the clippings he continued.
About the Tucson Convention
Il know nothing about this organiza-
ton. l never met anyone who was
! connected with it in any manner. Mr..
! Creighton has said that ] have been
/ given the endorsement OF the Ameri-
| can Federation of Labor partisan
| ticket at convention at Tucson. This
| is not so. He says that made pledges
/ at the convention. This is not true.
! When the convention was held / was
! in Prescott. I was not in Tucson for
| months before the holding of the con-
| vention nor for more than a month
| after its deliberations were completed
1 received n so-called QUESTIONABLE
! from the convention. did not put the
! scratch of a pen to it, and it went out
/ the next day with the rest of the waste
paper / have never made any pledges
| to any individual or group OF individ-
| udlS, iof nave Ildue pluS lOI Ite sup
port of any one. l do not want TO be
/ the candidate of any church. or of any
/ lodge, or of any division of the people
l want to be senator for all the peo-
pie of Arizona. 81
THE foregoing attacks have been
made upon me for only one purpose
/ to annoy me and to anger me into at
| tacks upon labor organizations. I am
here to tell the originators of these
! attacks that their efforts will fail.
am not opposed to organized labor. I
have been a laborer myself, and when
1 took UP the work of an attorney L
found that my labor had been increased
so that any union would outlaw me
for the long hours I have kept and the
| application that have been forced to
| place upon my various tasks
Urges Cooperation
Il feel so strongly upon this subject
| that ! hope the day will never come
when in no church, no fraternal lodge,
no society of any kind, there shall not
be friends of f. S. Clark. No matter
what my friends may belfeve-no mat
ter how their views may differ from