Evening star., 1923-07-18
PRESIDENTS TOUR
! HELD AID TO FORD
Senator Brookhart Says
Harding Speeches Will Elect
Auto Maker if Continued.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, july Ex-senator
Smith W. Brookhart Of Iowa. back
from a ten-week survey of agricul-
tural conditions in Europe. yesterday
declared that the election to the Sem
ate of Magnus johnson of Minnesota
was a warning to the republican
bosses that something was about to
happen in the political situation of
the United States.
Senator Brookhart, a republican.
@'a- was elected with the support of
tle faTmcr-labor bloc to the seat pre-
T1ously held by Senator William s..
Kenyon. in his first public statement
since his return to the United States
touched on the presidential situation.
asserting that he had ready only
Ihree of the speeches which President
Harding has delivered on his tour, Mr.
Grookhart said:
should think that about three
more speeches like these would elect
tfenry Ford by about 100000 ma
scrlty. II the President is a candidate.
~ Is time the republican party was
looking for a candidate who will fight
Tor the common people and against
4. Wall street. Some one like Judge
Kenyon should be drafted for this
purpose"
The senator declared that the Rus
sian soviet government was second in
STABILITY only to that of the Unit ed
states. and that Russia soon would
oe making inroads upon the grain
markets of this country.
THE thing that demands immediate te
attention Is an extra session of Con-
gress in the agricultural situation
declared Senator Brookhart.
senator Brookhart is one of the
senator's who parted company with
their party leaders on various ques-
tionS of foreign and domestic policy
out who. nevertheless. are count ed
among those yielding the G. Q. P. a
nominal majority of five in the Senate.
lie diSembarked from the steam
snip President Polk in Boston and ar
rived in New York city this morn
ing. He will address small gath
erlng at the Cooperative League
mousse here tomorrow night.
Discusses Tour.
Referring to his tour. during which
nc visited Russia and the principal
countries of Europe, Senator Brook
hart said:
The whole world Is saying that
We are entering upon new era;
great changes are impending, and
new developments are at hand. But
what is il all to be?
My conclusion is that economic
cooperation upon the simple prip-
clpleS of the Weavers of Rochdale is
the only constructive idea that has
that Will end the criminal trusts and
combinations in America and give to
the producers and consumers the Just
rewards Of their labors
The thing that demands immediate
ettention in an extra session of Con-
sresS Is the agricultural situation.
\ good crop is coming all over
Europe, including Russia. saw
nearly two thousand miles of it. and
the Russian peasants have planted
Notwithstanding the propaganda in
America that they refused to plant
They have good crops and likely a
large surplus.
THE farmers of America need to
Know these facts above all others
When they are known. 1t is plain that
the Lenroot bill and other legislation
passed at the last session are flimsy
max eShifts and wholly inadequate for
agricultural needs.
Radio dispatches on my boat back
said there are prospects for big crops
the farmers have received less total
money for their big crops than for
the little ones. They did the extra
work in harvesting and handling and
paid the extra freight and for ship
ping and took less return for it t.all
They are in the same situation
now, made worse by their own war
defation and aggravated by railroad
imitation. Every other business sells
its product in a protected home mar
ket and is able to charge the farmer
cost of production and in many cases
an extortionate profit besides
1T will take Immediate action of
Congress along the line of the Norris
bill to enable the farmers to get the
ent crop. The President should call
an extra session immediately