Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-23
HARDING TO HELP
HARVEST FIELDS
OF KANSAS WHEAT
Intense Heat Parches
Skin, Speaks at Kan
sas City =
Audience at Variance
With Him on Two
Points
BY Lawrence Martin

HARDING TO llU T G HI \ S Q y
KANSAS, Jane %. President
Harding came to Kansas today and
planned to turn "dirst farmer
Entering the very heat of the
great wheat fields Mr.. Harding and
Governor Daxis of Kansas q real
'dirt farmer" decided to take a
hand i'll harvesting the wheat crop
that stretched for miles in every
direction, fields of gold under
burning sum. If the -sunburn he
suffered in Kansas City yesterday
is not too painful the president will
put on ovoralls and straw hat and
become farm hand.
Mr.. Harding came to Kansas al
most as sunburned as Il native son.
He was forced to rest yesterday
afternoon and put ice on his sun
blistered lips. He was better to-
day and expected, with Governor
Davis to furnish the necessary tech
nical knowledge, to climb aboard a
binder in a wheat field about a
mile from town and start cutting
the crop. The grain he cuts will
be threshed at once and rushed to
flour mill and at dinner tonight
he and Mrs. Harding will eat bis
cats made of this flour.
TO Talks to Farmers
Having thus been initiated into
the lirt farmer ranks, Mr.
Harding will proceed upon the mis-
sion that brought him to Kansas on
his western trip-a speech to the
farmers of the whole middle west,
southwest and far west. He win
deliver his agricultural message at
the fair grounds on the outskirts
of Hutchinson and it will be broad
east by radio.
Senator Arthur Capper and Gov
ernor Davis were hosts to the party.
Hutchison, a town OF 10000, is one
of the nerve ccnters of the wheat
producing industry. 1t has grain
elevators, flour mills and one of the
livest boards of trade in the middle
west.
Two speeches were on today s
program-one an informal talk in
the morning to school children and
the other, the agricultural speech at
2 o. clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Harding was given a five
minutes ovation in Kansas City
last night when he arose to speak.
There was no Disgusting the dis
appointment that followed his fail
urc i'll the speech to mention rail
road rate reduction for agriculture.
: The disappointment his silence
is likely to be reflected as he con
tinues the trip through the farm.
ing country Senator Cappcr and
others believe.
Covers Transportation
Speaking to a large audience the
president outlined an adminstra
tion transportation policy based on
two pCints--mandatorv consolidation II
of the country's lines into q few
great systems and enactment of q
law to prohibit railroad strikes un
til disputes have been submitted to
arbitration.
In doing this he flew in the face
of public opinion in this section Of
'ht 'o"h'iy VII Doth pOiHtS, us tHe
middle west is reported strongly
opposed to the consolidation plan.
He said in the speech that he had
been Every much warned' not to
make it in Kansas City.
Labor also is opposed bitterly TO
the anti-strike suggestion which
Mr.. Harding indicated clearly he
is going to try have put INFO the
railroad law.
The president also emphasized tn :.
need for coordinating the railroads
and the inland water systems of
transportation 1t is foolish to
spend none yO ndepeennETAONNN
spend money on deepening of chan
nels and other waterways improve,
ments Mr.. Harding said, unless the
waterways are hooked up effective
| ly with the railroads and a fair
division of rates assured.
After his farm speech this after
noon the president will leave for
Denver. No speech is scheduled for
Sunday. He will deliver speech
in Denver Monday on law enforce
ment.