South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-25
COMPASSIONATE
CANDIDATES TALK
AT FARMERS MEET
Miss O'keefe and Albert j
Beveridgc Address LapOrte
County Farmers.

LAPORTE. Ind. Aug. (Spec-
iaD - Miss Esther O'Keefe. demo
cratic candidate ror congress from
the 18th district. and Albert J. Bev-
erdge. republican candidate for
United States senator. divided ora
torical honors here today In speak
ing 20 an audience OF more than 5.
600 farmers and their families. The
crowd was estimated at 10. 900 per
sons. the occasion being the annual
Laporte County Farmers picnic.
Both Miss OKcefc and AR. Bever-
iige gave partisan addresses
The importance Of the farmer in
present economic and Industrial CON
ditions was discussed by Miss Esther
O'Keefe. 1T .s privilege for one
% have been born HoOsier." she
said. "but 20 have been born a Hoo
sier farmer is a badge OF distinction
designating the highest and most
useful type OF citizenship Il is
privuege-but DO carries with il the
responsibility Of also holding before
us a vision OF purposes TO be ac-
Complshed in order that those VINO
are % follow after may live we'll
rounded lives and render still higher
service
To-day every thinking man and
woman recognizes the farmer as one
OF the most important factors for
public welfare in the community
and recognizes farming as one of
the biggest and most important vo-
cations that a young man or woman
can choose.
Farmer Optimistic.
The farmer is the original OPP
timisti Day in and day out. year
after year without complaining he
goes about his task of preparing
foodstum for the world. Oftenumes
affairs look discouraging as they do
az present, but he accepts his bur
den cheerfully and plays his part in
The worlds progress in kindly fash
ion
The census officials announce
that 81 100000 persons are living on
farms IN the United States. Never
theless there is little doubt that the
percentage Of population living on
farms has dropped within the last
few years IL will drop more If
something is not done to restore the
farmers market for his surplus
crain and meat. which must be sold
abroad or not at ALL and which can
not be sold abroad unless Europe Is
allowed TO sell manufactured goods
i'm the United States
Under present conditions. with
only three-tenths of our population
actually living on the soil. providing
food for the other seven-tenths. the
farmer is entitled to every cOnsid-
Grafton by legislators and office
holders.
The world is primarily interested
in the farmer because he provides
the contents for the bread plate OF
the world NOurishing food in suf-
hcient quantity to sustain life and
promote growth is by far the most
important need Of the human body.
Clothing has just one function TO
perform. and that is to clad the
body The only essential require
ments OF clothing are that It shall
ne clean. comfortable and of a de-
gree OF uniformity with that worn
10y associates But the food eaten
10y a man today will 20 a very large
extent determine the quality of his
thought tomorrow
Draw on Supply.
There Is not a single county in
any state fin this union that will pro-
duce as high a crop yield this year
as last. At the present time a large
percent Of the soil fertility is below
the cost OF production The soil is
80 poor that it will not produce
profitable crop
Fifty bushels of wheat taken
from tho soil in fertility 90 pounds
of nitrogen. rs pounds Of phosphor-
Us. and 4s pounds of potash. There
is not single market In the United
States were one can sell so bushels
~ wheat and with the proceeds buy
enough fertilizer to replace that
taken from the soil by the crop. 90
s9y nothing or the labor required TO
prepare tho SOIL. the payment OF
taxes and interest on the money i'm
vested and the cost Of seed wheat
with which 90 grow The crop.
The farmer of this country has
slowly drawn ON the fertilizer orig
iralIy contained in HIS soil until the
yield has dropped below the cos. OF
production. IL is clair shat if this
process continues starvation viii
ctcrtuaUy face The peoples OF the
earth There is onc logical solution
t5 the problem. The solution lies iN
re-buiIdirs the soil by supplying the 2
minerals taken ont by growing crops
them iu the form or phos-
UhorUs. potash. ard limestone, and
~ growing legumn crops ard turn
ing them under as a means or -e-
pIsnishing the ni-~ocCn token from
the soil.
Soil Not Perfect.
The sacurii9 and prosperity 81
the Nc. % Gsnsti Ip5n tho fertility
OF thu soil The U0t.l Ssr"s gov
eminent has paid ou' i've hundred
. 1lfon dollars throush its aEricul-
trraI department This money ras
been largely wasted 20 has -eithot
rssched the farmer nor tho farm
TIE SOL OF indiana contains less
.1an one-half enough phosphorus
There IS a solution In bin 0ro.id-
i-g for tho government % loan TIC
DANISH