The New York herald., 1922-10-22
MILLER OUTLINES HIS
BROAD FARM POLICY
Answers Smiths Attack
That He Has Let Agricul-
.ture Dept. Suffer.
SHOWS II ADVANTAGES
Among Them Is Lifting of
S29,0OO,00O in Direct
Taxes.
LABOR STAND REPEATED
Declares Statement That He Is
Hostile to Working Men
Is Falsehood.
LABOR STAND REPEATED

OswEGo. Oct. 2f.--To Nathan Miller
the mighty task of locating and de-
stroying the charges fired at him by
his ninible opponent is exactly like
swatting flies. Every night few
new stingers released by the willy en-
tomologist of Oliver street come buzz
zing along 10 divert attention mo-
mentarily to themselves between the
Smith kind of government and the
Miller grade.
Tho Governor, with n kind of weary
Yet tolerant smile, takes enough time
off the main job to reply to the latest
Sibe from AL and then hasten back tn
the main track and keeps steaming
along.
Take tonight here in oswego. where
he spoke before 1900 persons in Rich
srdson's Opera House--a good, lively
meeting melted to rich song by Cheer
Leader Walter Green. lie was pes
tered here by AIS latest remarks deliy-
cred In Utica that he had quite aban-
doned the farmers of the State. had let
the agricultural department go to the
pot and had been equally careless about
the welfare OF labor. This is a farming
community and therefore the Governor
swatted with especial vigor.
Twelve Points Enumerated.
Perhaps there's no better, clearer way
to record his reply to Smith than to set
out serlatim his own statement Of Just
what the Miller administration has
done or is in the way of doing for the
benefit of agriculture and the agricul-
turist. Here are the twelve points
1-$2s, 100000 In direct taxes lifted in
the Miller administration. together with
tax revision plan for further tightening
OF the burden on real estate
2Definite plans under way to i'm
prove rural education to the standai d
of urban education
3-Department of Farms and Markets
taken out Of politics and made more
serviceable.
4-State highways improved and sys-
tenn extended with special reference to
development OF motor truck transpor-
tation.
5.-Barge canal transportation de-
veloped to the highest point in twenty
years with the aim OF a great ter
n1inal market. farmer direct to consumer
at the Harlem River
s--New York-New Jersey vehicular
tunnel for better distribution projected
by q Republican Administration over
Gov. Smiths opposition and practically
financed by the Miller Administration
Port Authority created in the
terminals, create new terminals and
nerelly hasten and cheaper distribu-
ton OF Decessaries OF life.
s-Traffic bureau with traffic expert
Instituted TO advise farmers on ship
ping facilities and to assure fair trans
sortatlou rates.
daily up to date market reports
supplied for accurate information to
insure best possible distribution and
Urcvent gluts OF produce.
lo-Interior water power developed
and broadly planned TO supply cheap
light. heat and power.
u.-Cooperative movement encouraged
with system of rightly grading and
storing produce to the benefit of tho
farmer instead of the food speculator
l3.-Banking facilities provided oy
amending the banking laws to neka
farm loans legal investments FOR saw.
1gs banks.
Other notable fly swattIng of the even
ing In Oswego had TO do with Smitt's
repeated charge that he is hostile to
labor and that he emasculated. the work.
mems compensation, to the great injury
of labor.
"a lie' said the Governor "is SO meet
OF foot that YOU can never catch ND with
II. That accounts for the fieetness of
Dame Run,or. a inisstatement constant
~ reiterated takes flight and II Is i'm
possible to overhaul IL. used an ugly
word ! do not apply It TO my adver-
sary because J. do not think that he Is
consciously m'sstating. But wish now
so far as this campaign is concerned.
10 set at rest the discussion on this
head"
Here the Governor read the amend
n1ent to the workmen's compensation
net and then proceeded with patient
particularly TO state exactly how the
amended act increases the protection of
the laborfng man or woman In SO
doln~ he rointed out precisely what his
administration has accomplished in the
interests OF labor
Wrote Sustaining Opinion.
I'm passing, ! may say. that 1t so
happened that I wrote the decision Of
the Court OF Appeals sustaining the con-
stitutionality of the compensation law,
and In that opinion also held that its
benefits did extend to the protection OF
longshoremen but on that point we
were reversed by the United states
Supreme Court. which held that they
were within admiralty jurisdiction."
Once more the Governor denounced
the type of labor leader that prcyr
upon his associates and socks to OK
polt both labor and tho public, saving
that such as they never got and never
can get hearing az Albany as long as
ne is on the Job. and he remarked with
satisfaction that specimens Of the kind
are safe in Sing Sing. He said that
his main business was TO see that every
body got an American square deal and
that the door OF opportunity was kept
open TO all.
The Governor remained here tonight
and will go on the Syracuse to spend
Sunday before beginning the tour OF
the extreme western part OF tho State.
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