The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-18

a speech before a farmers picnic
this afternoon.
Arriving in Mankato last evening,
Senator Kellogg spent the night at
the Saulpaugh hotel and this morn
ing before his departure he visited
a long list of acquaintance before
continuing his journey. Asked if it
was he who brought the much need
ed rain TO this community, the SEN
ator answered, with a hearty laugh,
Il hope il was my fault that it is
hope the farmers in this vicinity will
recall that the rain came in answer
to their prayers and will give me a
part of the credit at least when
time of election rolls around.
Senator Kellogg vas accompanied
by a number OF twin city newspaper
men and Irving A. Caswell, repub
lican national committeeman. News
men in the party were Charles
Cheney of The Minneapolis Journal,
H. p Hornaday of The Minneapolis
Tribune, Charles j. Moos, st. Paul
postmaster, and G. n. Briggs of The
the trip by automobile, leaving ST.
Paul yesterday at four o'clock.
Senator States His Views.
Senator Kellogg readily granted
an interview here today and spoke
briefly of many of the problems
now facing the national govern
ment He stated that as everyone
knows. the coal situation is serious
and that this is the third time
since the close of the war that he
has been in Washington during coal
perience he is in position to real
ize the gravity of the situation.
For two months. Senator Kellogg
has been in conference with Secre
tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover,
discussing ways and means for re-
1ieving the situation in the north
west and particularly in Minnesota.
The first step has been an intensive
effort toward actively arousing pub
lie sentiment and enlisting the eff
forts OF Chambers of Commerce
ing to solve the coal problem.
After a long fight, the senator
was able to get the long sought
priority order for coal to the head
of the lakes just as fast as cars fop
shipment are available and depen
dent upon the ability of the rail
roads TO carry the tonnage. The
coal commission has been organized
under Secretary Hoover, the sena-
tor said, and practically all the OPP
orators in the non union fields have
agreed to turn over their product, to
the commission where all possible
effort will be made for apportioning
coal and holding the price to rea-
sonable figure.
In spite of all these steps, the
senator continued, the situation is
serious and requires the most care
full thought and action.
Long Fight On Tariff.
Congress has just finished a long
and arduous fight on the tariff bill!
and it will be necessary for me to
hurry to Washington Saturday even
ing for the vote on that bill. With
varying in every country of Europe,
II has been more than usually difficult
to frame a tariff bill that will suit
the needs of the people in this
country. Personally l favor reduc
tons on many articles and voted
that way in all the matters pertain
ing to agricultural communities
. realize that many rates must be
higher but l fought for free lumber
and shingles which carried by a
large majority and ! also favor farm
machinery for the free list. 1t was
necessary to give the farmers fair
share of protection since all the
products of the farms were on the
free list under the old Underwood
tariff bill"
There was never time, con-
tinued the senator, that there were
so many difficult problems for solu
ton as there have been since March
4, 1920" There has been the need
for making peace with Germany
and Austria, the disarmament con-
ference, treaties growing out of
that conference, necessary reduc-
lions in the cost of government and
there was a need for much Begisla
ton benefiting the farmers and
also for relieving the economic
stringency prevailing since the
war" j a
Cost Of running the government
mas been reduced from six billions