Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-07-20
HAY CHARGES REED
WITH BETHAYING PARTY
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made that Shiny trail alone. It is my
faith that we won't crawl in 1t now
We win set up but one stone to mark
1t which will bear this superscriptlon |:
Erected in honor of Missouri
Democrats who repudiated the man
that made these tracks,
Hoover Not An Issue.
with the odor Of that trail about
him, this man of boasted courage
comes to Missouri. But as he looks
back on his war record. he hasn't the
nerve to submit 1t to Missouri Demo
Gratis for their approval or dlsapproval.
Instead of that. he seeks to divert at
tention to the record of another man
as If he were a candidate against him.
Instead Of defending his own record.
he denounces the alleged record of
Herbert Hoover But let Mr.. Reed un-
derstand. The gentleman whose rec
ord we're interested In is not named
Herbert Hoover, but James A. Reed.
We do not care, just now, who Hoover
is, or what he is or was. II he Is a
devil, that doesn't make Jim Reed a
saint. Reed can't put wings on him
self by putting horns and hoofs on
Hoover.
"But by his discussion of Hoover,
Reed has only added to his own dis
honor, for he has deliberately falsified
about Hoover and attempted to- de-
ceive you, his own constituents. ! He
tells you that Hoover fixed the price
of wheat. That's not true. A commits
sion Of twelve men, six representing
the farming industry, Hxed 1t, and
Hoover had nothing to do with 1t.
"He says that Hoover fixed the price
under the then market prices, and that
as soon as his control ended the price
advanced. That's not true. On the
day the price was fxed at $2.20 per
bushel, the market price ranged from
$2.16 to 1925 per bushel. On the day
the food control period expired. June /
1920, the price Of cash wheat on the
Chicago market was $2.75. On July
10; when speculation in futures was
resumed, 1t was $2.s4. On July 81, il
was $2.45. On August Is 1t was $2.53
ON September l, $2.5S; on September
.15, $2.66; on September 30, $2.45: or
November 1, $216, and on December
$1.S6.
"We find, therefore, that within siN
months after food control ended, the
price had declined SOC per bushel. What
Is the price now? What has it beer
since? By what rule, therefore, car
1t be calculated that Hoover deprived
the American farmers of billion dol
lars? BY the token of the actual fig
ures, / say that If Hoover was respon
sible for the prices farmers enjoyed IL
war times, the daily prayer of the
American farmers now should be: "oh
Lord, give us more of Hoover and lesi
of Harding"
Tribute to the Farmer.
"But Reed says Hoover kept the
American farmer from getting perhap!
$40 per bushel for his wheat. If h,
means by that to charge that th'
American farmer complains because h,
didn't get $40 per bushel, l resent 1t al
a slander of the American farmer.
was born and reared on farm. NJ.
father and mother sleep in the countr,
graveyard hard by the farm thei
hands had cleared and titled, and o.
which they lived and loved and died
My kinsmen are farmers. l own
farm myself. And l think l know
something of the loyalty and patriotism
of the American farmer, | have seel
him as he wooed and won and love,
and lost. | have seen him as, wifi
radiant eyes, he stood by the newborn
babe, and again as he dropped the las
tear on the new-made grave. 1 hav,
seen him at down go whistllng afield t,
wiring from Mother Earth sustenanc
for his flock and contribution to tn
hungry Of the world. have seen hin
at the end Of the day as he gathere,
his family about him to invoke tn
guidance and protection of beneticen
God. have seen him through the eye
of the barefoot country school boy.
saw him yonder at Lexington as EN-
battled he fired the shot heard aroun
the world" / saw him by the flick
ering fires of Valley Forge as he knel
in the snow. by his Washington. say
him with Daniel Boone on the will
frontier blazing the paths Of clvillza
ti0n.
81 saw him at Gettysburg as, led b
his Mead or Lee, he died without
murmur for the cause he loved. l say
him at Appomattox turn south, all los
save honor, to build again amid tn
ashes of his hopes, or turn north to dis
charge the stern tasks OF peace wit
the same courage he exemplified 1
war. have seen him since in time
of peace, telling the forests, drainin
the swamps, carpeting hills and va
lies with velvet and with gold-an
all by honest toll. l saw him withou
"a murmur send forth his sons to d
land dare and die for the democracy h
iloves.
"And having so seen and SO know
him, I resent the imputatlon Of Jane
A. Reed that the American farmer /
Missouri wanted $40 per bushel fc
his wheat In time Of war, as bas
and infamous slander.
Seeks Peace With Veterans.
''In this belated hour, he tries I
make peace with the service men b
a mock concern for their welfare, n
opposed the measure designed to Ii
sure them bread in wartime, but b
wants to give them a bonus now. Br
It win be observed that ha wants hi
bonus first. While the bonus hill Yaii
in Washington. he campaigns fof +,
nomination In Missouri. Breckinrldg
Long was for bread then and Is for