The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-18
C. H. Randall Ends
Whirlwind Tour
Of First District
Accompanied G.. o. P. Candi.
date for Congress, Who Fa.
yors Repeal Of Rate Clause
in Esch.Cummins Bill.
By =. &. POWELL.
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Bennett, Neb., Oct 17--lSpecis
Telcgram.) Charles IT. Randall, candl
date for governor, ended a whlrIwInd
campaign OF the First congressional
district tonight with an address TO q
good.slzed audience here. Accompany.
ing him on the two.day trip waf
Walter l.. Anderson, candidate for
congress, and r. II. Thorpe, candidate
for the short term In congress.
In Walter l.. Anderson the people
OF the First district have man
/ pledged to do everything In his power
10 repeal the noncompetitive mini
mum rate clause Of the Esch.C
Minis bill. Anderson believes like
r. B. Howell, candidate for UPnited
States senator, that II sufficient men
opposed TO the bill are put In the
pppcr and lower houses >. AN be
either repealed or modified. However,
like Howell, Anderson would, II all other
means failed to restore competition,
vote TO acquire one Of the great trans.
continental lines and endeavor to force
down rates and restore competition In
that way. II would be last sur
glcal effort, Anderson said. Like
Howell, Anderson emphasizes. that
such a step would be one taken only
ms last resort whenever every other
conceivable means Of restoring com.
petition failed.
Apple Growers Losing.
As the party sped over the pretty
fertile hills Of southeastern Nebras-
ka, covered with orchards and laden
with beautiful apples, and talked to
citizens Of Johnson, Howe, Nemaha,
Peru, Brock. Talmage, nesting nicely
In the Missouri river hills, they
learned that the rate monopoly was
making the apple industry losing
Little II any profit VIII
be derived from the big apple crop
this year due principally to the hieh
freight rates, the
speakers were told.
Exactly the same plight mas peeh
reported to candidates VINO nave cam
paIgned In the northwest. There the
potato crop is almost losing propo-
sttion because Of freight rates, ana
the citizens Of the potatoraislns
country are endeavoring to get the
state railway commission to use any
influence Il might have with the IN
terstate Commerce commission 70
force rates on potato shipments down.
Enthused by Reception.
The speakers were enthused over
the wonderful reception given them
last night at Tecumseh. The county
chairman, who is one o fthe many i've
v.Ires In the G. o. p. ranks this faii'
IA holding series of tax meetings
over the county, which Is dong nuen
ia ,ft the veil of misstatements ana
huncombe woven by democratic OF
No, seekers, o. A. Corbln, So, VINO
arrived AT Tecumseh by wagon in
1889 introduced the speakers, lie
had driven through the cold from
Crab Orchard TO attend the meeting.
". Johnson. pr. b, f. Torrance ana
Fred Kerchil precinct committee
man. were In charge OF the meeting.
Speak TO Big Crowds.
At Howe, f.. j, Tucker, who has
lived al Howe ever since there was
itnwe in Nebraska and who missed
his first state fair this year since ne
has been in Nebraska, took charge OF
The speakers. At Nemaha, r. L.
\, oodward precinct committeeman,
and y G Lawrence had big crowd
ON the street as the can
idates arrived in town at the noon
hour
In Peru. Col Tom Maiors dean Of
.ra.o A., pnxe Isp talumu bnr,i