The St. Joseph observer., 1922-07-29
THOUSANDS OUT TO
GREET SENATOR REED
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will appear tomorrow on Herbert
Hoover by Sir William Goode. Among
other things Sir William will say, L
shall be greatly surprised II Hoover is
1ot some day President Of the United
States.'" They started the boom over
there. "Slr william Goode," the au-
thor continues. "in an article publish
ed March, 1920. Alfred w. Mccain, a
well-known New York food expert.
said many months ago, Tom Wilson,
Of Wilson q Co, j. Ogden Armour Of
Armour & Co.. Theodore f. White.
president, National Wholesale Grocers
Association, informed me on differ
tnt occasions that they intended to
support Hoover for President" Now,
who utters these words? They are
taken from WallaCe's Farmer of
March 10Th, 1920. And who is wal
lace? Tho greatest writer on farm
matters in the United States. And
who else is he? lie is the present
Secretary Of Agriculture, and he sits
in the same cabinet with Mr.. Hoover
every day. The fact Is, this man left
| the United states. went into the en-
ploy Of British syndicatcs became tho
/ head Of great British syndcates
amassed a great fortune over there.
: had his house and home in London,
| England; was as close 60 the British
government as Mr.. House was to
! President Wilson: had not been in the
| United States in '23 years. except on
| flying trips: he had never voted in
! the United States, and has not voted
| yet. lie came here all ready to run
| for President. As the boys say. "He
! 1T a runnin'." lie brought over with
| him a corps OF able writer's lie in
stalled himself with this corps Of
| writer's, booming himself as you have
| secn real estate agents boom a coun-
! try addition when they are getting
! ready TO sell you swamp land at so
/ much an inch. lie has expended mil
/ liDns-I believe over ten millions OF
! dollars Of your money advertising him
I self. II was announced before he left
! it YVES announced in England he
would be President Of the United
/ States. This man who came here
! with this corps impudoutly announced
! himself as a Liberal. lie didn't know
! which party he was going to affiliate
with. The very moment he made up
/ his mind that the Republican party
| could win, he doubled-crossed Wood
row Wilson-he turned his back on
the man who made him, and he head
I ed straight for the Republican camp.
This man came here, and he testified
before committees OF Congress. The
I editor Of the st. Louis Globe Demo-
1 Crat. who is engaged IN this campaign
| on behalf of BreCkinridge Long, and
"
| engaged. as he has in the past. on be-
half OF the Republican nominee
! whoever he mav be. lie has spent
! several columns misroDresenting the
| facts in this matter. | say he has not
! stated tho facts. | could use harsh
term. but l won't use il about him
| btCtGse he is a very nice little gentle
man. Hoover testified that he was
here to set reduced prices on food
Ftutfs. He testified that dollar and
a half a bushcl was a very high price
for wheat. He testified that nc want
el the power to force it as low as 75C,
If he saw fit. He testified that he
wanted a fixed price, He didn't want
a minimum price, and he didn't want
maximum price; that the best thing
was fixed price. I'said then that to
| regulate the farmers prices. and not
| regulate the others would be an out
rage upon our farmers. and We had
some in Missouri, and l proposed to
: try and protect them. sI said the
American farmer was as patriotic a
| man as lived: that he would submit
To regulation of his prices IL every
body else was fed the same Cruel out
Of the same pan with the same spoon
. But TO regulate the farmer, and not
regulate the big trusts. and combina-
lions, and profiteers. would rob the
farmer, and would be an injustice
, :
| They didn't give Mr.. Hoover authority
To fix a price. They didn't give the
broad authority to fix The prices. They
| did give the President authority tc
say. by proclamation, that he would
guarantee a certain price that might
be fixed, but that wasnt to be the
| price of wheat; that was a guarantee
by the Government If wheat went be,
low that price, or. in any event, the
| Government would take il at that
price, but the farmer was to be left
whatever the worlds markets com,
niandCd. Hoover. in order TO get the
bill through, testified there was ne
price fixing In it. but they put in &
clause providing every concern en-,
gagged in handling food stuffs mus
take out a license from AIR. Hoover
and he could revoke /, at viii. Tht
irecO<ds will show that 7 at once callet
attention TO the fact that by abusins
that power. for the power OF license IL
the power of life and death OF a bust
ness. prices could he fixed. The,
passed the bill in spite Of my protests
and what happened? Mr.. Hoover i'm
mediately licensed the grain dealers
and told them if they paid a PENN
more than the price that had beer
| fixed, he would revoGe their licenses
and destroy their business. He tol,
the millers the same thing. Thel
mere was no place FOR the American
Y farmer to sell his grain except 70
9 shipment abroad. and alSeady the Ex
port Ora n Corporation had been or
r, ganized, andAat its shead he put tn
great grain gambler Mr.. Barnes. an,
as its members he had a lot of Eng
= lishmen. There wasn't a place in al
n the world the American farmer coul
sell his wheat unlN's he sold it at tn
Il price fixed by Mr.. Hoover. He too
r away from him the markets OF tn
i world. At the same time wheat i
wheat in Europe jumped I
as high as $3.50. and a little highe
than that In the market But Ameri
can wheat was sold 20 England a
$2.26, believe it was, plus the freigh
rates. and England, + am Informed
=, turned IT over to her allies at fou
= dollars and four and a half bushe
l can't certify to that, but / knol
wheat was bringing that in Europe.
= Soaked the Farmer
y Now, what happened? The Amer
can farmer sold his wheat on this lo'
u | lRNt,N1 and hppght HA oh