Evening star., 1923-06-25
Republican Record Complete
Failure, C0rdeU Hull Declares
Democratic Chairman Outlines Issues
for 1924 to Get Votes of Farmers,
Labor and Business.

Chairman Cordell Hull Of the demo-
ment of the campaign issues of 1924,
prepared for The Star, lays emphasis
on "the failure of the Harding ad-
ministration."
Fhe tariff, the high cost of living
and the republican administration
during the last three years will be
issues at the polls next year, he says.
He charges the administration with
lack of sympathy toward labor, with
failure to stabilize business.
No direct mention of the league of
nations is made by Mr.. Hull, nor
does he suggest that prohibition will
he among the issues.
Adams Is Silent.
An effort was made to obtain from
Chairman John Adams of the repub-
loan national committee a statement
~f ,he issues of the coming campaign
Aisu The republican leader declined
ar the ground that such statement
Godld be premature at this time.
.dr. Hulls statement follows:
ANY summary of the prospective
issues of 1924 must begin with the
issues raised by the failure of the
starding administration to keep it's
bre-election promises and its fail
ure to meet the reasonable expecta-
tions of the people, except a small
but powerful minority constituting
the special privilege class.
The rank and file of the American
voters have been accustomed to Judge
halional administrations by results
Es they come home to the voter. The
frst inquiry that will arise in the
1ninds of the voter next year will be,
Why should we desire another four
Ing normalcy" in the light of recent
experience? Why should a political
party that promised more, and after
being intrusted with power per-
Termed less than any other party in
our history. receive an Endorsement
In 1924: Why should a party whose
dominant leaders pledged themselves
to exercise initiative. vision, con-
structiye ability and aggressive lead
ership, but instead has given the
country just the opposite, have any
particular claim upon the favor of
the voters next year?
Case of Farmer.
Why should American farmers de-
sire another four years of Harding
normally in the light of the fact
that they are thirty billion dollars
worse off today than on the day
President Harding was elected. while
their future appears ominous and al
most hopeless? Why should they
favor continuance of the Harding
high tariff policy which. after a
thorough test, has convinced the far
mer that it means sky-high prices
for all he must buy and at the same
time Is powerless to raise the price
of the farmers products, or even to
prevent them from going lower, as In
the case of wheat, meat and several
other staple products?
Why should they desire to continue
IN federal power party which has
inflicted upon them abnormally high
freight rates. party whose repub-
l1can legislatures during the past
eight years have piled up great
mountains of new taxes and expend-
itures in a. large majority of the
states, counties and municipalities, a
party which has signally failed to
promote the development of sound
reciprocal foreign market conditions
to permit the satisfactory sale of the
farm surplus. and a party which only
made gesture at giving the farm
ers relief from packer price manipu-
1ation?
Trade OF Canada.
THE American farmer now knows
that Canada greatly increased her
wheat exports during past months
while those of America have greatly
decreased for the sole reason fhat