The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-08-16

Frank B. Kellogg, Minnesota's Jun
lor member in the United States Sem
ate, spoke to an audience of between
six hundred and seven hundred people
at Walnut Grove Friday afternoon,
August II. The audience was very
representative of this section of the
state, many persons having motored
for a considerable distance to hear the
talk. The Senator was enthusiastic-
ally received and listened to with a
close attention which bespoke the rec
ognition in him of one Of the leading
statesmen of the day.
While he is candidate for reelec~
tion, Senator Kellogg did not touch
on campaign issues, confning himself
entirely to discussion of legislation
designed for the betterment of farm
markets and other farm problems. His
address in full follows:
| was invited to come to Walnut
Grove and deliver a speech to the far
n1ers. l have gladly accepted that
invitation, as it gives me an oppor-
tunity to lay before you my views upon
the great problems we have had to
deal with and what this Administra-
tion has done for agriculture.
stated to the farmers and the peo-
pie of Minnesota six years ago that, ii
elected to the Senate, [ should resign
all my positions and devote myself
exclusively to my duties in the Senate
| have done so. | cannot review that
entire history, but | propose this af-
ternoon to talk exclusively upon ag-
ricultural problems.
- l say il no spirit of boasting-Min-
:, nesota IS a great state, with wonder
&tul resources in iron and timber and
with great manufacturing centers;
put, after all, the foundation of it's
AIealth, its basic industry, is farming,
md | made up my mind when I came
. the Senate that | should give first
nd most careful consideration to the
problems confronting the farmer. I
nave been a member of the Foreign
Relations Committee and have taken
an active part in the great struggle
through which we have passed, and
in the treaties and other foreign re-
lations since the war closed.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
There never was time in the his
tory of this country when our for
eign relations were so important and
difficult since the close of the war.
That great conflict left all Europe
devasted or bankrupt, industries par
alyzed and racial jealousies and hat
reds intensified. We are intensely in
terested in the stabilization and peace
of Europe. 1t is of especial interest
9 TO the farmers for it is principally
there he finds market for the sur
plus OF his products.
I cannot in, this speech review all
the work of the last two years in this
field. It is sufficient to say that a
peace treaty was made with Germany
and Austria which ended the war
without injuring our Allies or detract-
ing from their influence in the settle
ment under the Versailles Treaty.
There was held in Washington a
disarmament Conference which for the
first time in the history of the World
accomplished real limitation of naval
armaments to some extent, saving to
the people of this country and the
World hundreds of millions of dollars
nd relieving them from the intoler-
BILE burdens of taxatoin. Further
more this limitation of armament is
a step towards peace because competi-
tion in the building of navies and land
armaments is sure to bring on another
war as it has in the past. That con-
ference also settled the most difficult
problems in the Pacific and the Far
East, which were not settled by the
Versailles Treaty and had been a
menace to the peace of the World ever
since the close of the Great War. The
sovereignty and independence of China
was recognized, the open door and the
right of every Nation to trade on equal
terms was established, which is of
vital Importance to this country as a
Nation. 1t has been one of the princi-
pal policies since the day of Theodore
Roosevelt and John Hay.
might briefly mention other accom-
plishments, the settlement of the dis
pute between Panama and Costa Rica,
which threatened war near the Pana-
ma Canal; the settlement between
Chile and Peru, which has improved
our relations with all South American
Republics, but | believe the most vital
I problems which lie at the foundation
of the nations prosperity and future
greatness are those pertaining to ag-
riculture, for all history shows that
a nation founded upon an Intelligent,
independent and prosperous farming
community, where the people are pro-
prietors Of the soil, secure IN tnelr