The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-29
Marsh Says Capper's Measures
Don't Help Farmer.
Declares TOpekan "Went Back
on the AgricuIturists."
CURTIS NOT EXCUSED EITHER
AS Party Whip He Failed on the
LaFOIIette Tax Bill.
Marsh Before Farm Labor Com
ference in Topeka.

There Isn't a thing about the KAN
sas delegation in Washington to cause
the home folks to feel proud or boast
full, according to Benjamin c. Marsh.
manager of the National Agricultural
Council for Progressive Political Ac-
ton. Marsh who came to town today
to talk to the farmer-labor political
convention, give the handful OF dele
gates to understand that It would be a
mighty fine thing for the state to Sc
lect an entire new set of national rep
resentatiVes.
The Marsh speech wasn't one to
promote confidence in men who hold
public jobs. He told the men and wo-
men who came to the meeting to seek
solace in political affairs that men in
public places should be carefully in
spected and that it was a very simple
matter to go to the United States sen
ate If one paid the price. Seats in
the United States senate are up at
auction for the highest bidder" said
Marsh, in his comment on affairs in
Washington.
Takes a Rap at Cappcr.
In reviewing the work Of congress.
Marsh gave the farmer-Iabor crowd to
understand that everyone in Washing
ton from Kansas should be kicked
out. He asserted that the famous
farm bloc hasn't done anything for
the farmers that is worth mentioning
He declared that Senator Capper
should begin serving his farmer con-
st1tuents and asserted that financial
rather than farmer interests con-
troIled provisions in some of his farm
measures
Marsh lam basted congress for pas
sage or the Esch-Cummins bllI. He
declared the Kansas delegation voted
unanimously for the financial inter
ests and against the people when they
voted to restore the railroads to their
original owners thru passage OF the
Esch-Cummins measure.
Senator Curtis was flayed because.
as party whip, he has failed to secure
hearing before the senate finance
committee on the La Toilette bill to
levy rapidly progressive Inheritance
tax on large fortunes. Marsh didn't
dodge a bit in trying to arouse any liz
tie element of radical sentiment and
expression that might be loose in
Labor hall, when he talked to the
convention delegates during the after
noon session.
''Wcnt Back on Farmers"
The farmers and wage earners OF
Kansas should request Senator Capper.
as chairman of the senate agricultural
bloc, to begin to do something for the
farmers" Marsh asserted Senator
Capper went back on the farmers
when he failed to support the Norris
bill to create the farm products export
corporation to finance and purchase
and sell abroad surplus exporta bic
farm products, and accepted the mis-
erable substitute put up by one OF
Wall streets stalking horses in the
senate-Senator Kellogg of Minnesota.
Senator Capper has introduced 4
bill drafted by Eugene Meyer. jr.. who
is managing director of the war f.
nance corporation. purporting to be a
bill to provide credit facilities for ths
live stock industry. This bill provides.
however. that the federal farm loan
board may prescribe the terms upon
which livestock and the increase or
Increment thereof may be released for
purposes of sale or otherwise. and the
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