The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-10-26


rendered by the Julesburg Concert
Band, crowd assembled in the district
court room of the court house shortly
after one o'clock last Saturday after
noon to hear Benjamin Griffith, Re-
publican candidate for governor; Rob-
ert F. Rockwell, Republican candi-
date for lieutenant governor and Con-
gresham Charles B. Undertake, dis
cuss the political issues of the day.
c. F. Parker of this city, Republican
candidate for Regent of the Univer-
sity of Colorado, introduced the speak
ers in his usual pleasing way.
The first speaker introduced was
Mr.. Rockwell, who is a state senator
and a livestock grower and farmer
of the western slope. The past twen-
ty-one months, said Mr.. Rockwell,
have seen more legislation that will
help the farmer and livestock grower
than any previous five or six years in
the nations history. The three major
problems of the farmer, he continued
are distribution, credits and transpor-
tation.
Mr.. Rockwell cited the fact that
after the war there was little or no
export demand for farm products,
while at the same time the importa-
ton of Argentine and Australian wool
and wheat tended to rob the Amer
ican producer of his domestic mar
ket. He recalls his own experience
in cattle feeding in which he averag-
ed loss of SIS an animal in 1920.
Congress has taken substantial steps
to relieve this situation, he declared
To help the farmer has passed the
cooperative marketing law, the pack
er-stockyards control act, and the So
called anti-gambling act to prevent
gambling in grain futures. In credits
congress has provided an extension
of the war finance corporation with
the result that an average of a mil
lion dollars day is now loaned to
farmers. The farm loan funds also
were increased by twenty-five mil
lion dollars. Congress, realizing that
the farmer with his turnover but once
year and the livestock grower with
a turnover at even longer periods, has
promised further extension of cred
its, so as to be allowed from nine
months to three years.
Realizing that an unjust proportion
Of taxation in Colorado rests upon
property, Mr.. Rockwell continued,
the Republican party of the state has
gone on record as opposing any fur
ther issues of tax-eXempt securities.
The emergency tariff was cited by Mr..
Rockwell as large factor in stabiliz
ing the prices OF livestock and the per-
manent tariff, he added, is already re-
sulting in benefits to the farmers. AS
to the Republican state administra-
tion's relation to the farmer, Mr..
Rockwell recalled that in 1921 Cover
nor Shoup called meeting of the
heads of the five leading farm organ
izations of the state, to propose such
legislation as they deemed expedient
All of the measures proposed as the
result Of this conference were present
ed to the legislature and enacted in
substantially their original form.
Mr.. Parker next introduced Con-
gresham Timberlake. Altho seri-
ously handicapped by an ailment to
his voice Mr.. Undertakes address
was most impressive and to the point.
He briefly reviewed his work in Con-
gress during the eight years he has
represented the Second Congressional
district of Colorado, time not permit
ting him to go into detail. He stat
ed that his honest endeavor was to
best serve his constituents, that of an