The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-03-14

Lucian w. Parrish, candidate for
u. 8. Senator from Texas. spoke at
the District Court room at Lubbock
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
In the interest Of his candidacy. He
was introduced In flow Of elo-
uuencc by A. u. Conlcy, Jr Of this
city. His speech In part follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies' and gem
uemen: II affords me great pleas
ure 10 appear before you to-day in
the interest Of my candidacy for ".
8. Senator and will only take a
few minotcs OF your time 20 ey-
plain 10 you my views on few OF
the great issues facing or country
today. II there Is any point that |
fail 10 touch 90 your entire salts
faction, will be more than glad 10
discuss the issue with your after
ny speech.
"The time has come when We
must cease rcvampihg and digging
up old .asccs ia. have long since
been forgotten, end turn our faces
10 the front, for there IL too much
ahead 10 be done 10 waste our
time In this way.
"There are four outstanding cues.
tons with which we are face TO
face today, and which we should be
and are very deeply concerned.
They are: (1) Economy in Govern
ment expenses, (2) Revival Of bust
ness conditions, (3) Restriction Of
Emigration, ca World Peace.
"As 10 economy in Government,
Jet me say that something must be
done II we expect TO hold our place
IA a nation, we must curtail our
National budget. In 1850, the er-
pense Of carrying on the Govern
ment per capita was Sly. In
1920 our national government ex-
pense was S5772. There must be
some way by which the awful load
of taxes now being carried by the
people, and especially by the farm
sng class, the class upon which We
all depend, can be lowered. We are
taxed 20 death, and the average man
today can barely bulge under the
load he Is carrying. There must be
"a remedy, and ! pledge you on my
word Of honor, II / am elected, that
4 will vote for no appropriation not
absolutely necessary for q sane and
economical form Of government
"The farmer and producer must
get a reasonable price for his prod
ucts. The farmer is the backbone
Of any Nation, and If they fail the
Nation as n whole has failed The
markets Of the East are closed 20
American trade. Austria. Germany,
Italy, Belgium, France and practical
~ all Of England, who formally
al a ~
more In position TO do so, and until
this trade Is restored we cannot
look for much better conditions The
reason for this lack Of trade Is
that there is too much inequity IN
the value Of exchange. For ex-
ample, II a Canadian merchant
comes into the United States TO buy
goods, on the exchange market his
dollar Is only worth ninety cents,
thus he loses ten per cent in ex-
change. The merchants Of your
town will bear me out in saying
that 10 per cent Is practically all
a man can figure on net profits,
Thus you see the Canadian merchant
has already lost his profits before
he even buys his goods, and what
is the result He closes up his bust
ness, returns TO Canada, and neces-
sarily buys elsewhere il possible.
Our products are not in the worlds
market and the only sane -emcdy
for this is system Of immediate
credit, which can be brough. about
either by extending the War FL
nance Corporation, or limiting the
Federal Reserve Banks
what the farmer needs today Is
some system Of cooperative mar
keting. He has no way Of putting
his goods and products on the mar
ket in safe and sane way The
fruit growers Of California have
saved themselves millions Of dollars
in the last few years merely by put
ing their goods on the market in a
cooperative way. Otherwise, there
IL too much speculation and too
many fingers In the pie between
the producer and the ultimate con-
sumner.
"And again We are confronted |
with the present freight rates, which |
more specifically affects West Tex |
as, for the reason that We must |