The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-30
OmdhdWheEe theMeSt is at its Best
COMPARING THE KEYNOTES.-V.

Like the venturesome boy testing the first skim
of ice on the pond, Senator Harrison steered his
keynote address all around the agricultural situation.
His closest approach to it comes very the end
of his long address. After he had impressively
summed up all the shortcomings and failures of the
republican party, as viewed by good democrat, he
added, apparently afterthought:
THE distressing conditions that confront agr
culture when other Industries specially favored
prosperous should least appeal to the stony hearts
of this administration But the republican nominee
and his reactionary followers in the congress have
not permitted any governmental relief being
tended to them, for the reason, very mpressively
stated by the republican nominee December g.
in his first to the congress Those farmers
who raise their living their lands not
greatly in distress he said. Those sentiments
from the heart throbs of the republican nominee
and the present deplorable plight of the American
farmer is due to caous indifference, and their
ardly isolated foreign policy"
Senator Harrison prodently omitted to quote
from the presidents message that sentence which
says: with his products not selling parity
with the products of industry every sound remedy
that be devised should be applied for the relief
of the farmer" Also, Senator Harrison neglected
to tell the world that it he who introduced on
the floor of the senate the amendment to the Nor
beckBurtness bill he knew would kill the measure.
And that he cast of the two democratic votes in
the senate committee agriculture against the
McNary- -Haugen bill. Or that the democrats in the
senate invoked their great doctrine of state
eregnty against every measure designed to relieve
the farmer.
At the Cleveland convention, Representative
Burton, dealing with the question, presented
the most specific possible to the Harrison
Misrepresentation:
THAT great democratic leader Mr.. Bryan,
though denying credit any political party, has
stated that the SixtyseVenth congress accomplished
more for the farmer than congress for 80 years
There act passed for the continuance
OF the War Finance corporation. and nearly $780,
900 600 was advanced farming communities an
emergency tariff leading grain and other
products adopted; legislation enacted in
socalled packers bill to protect the rights of the
stock raiser: also limiting the dealings in grain
futures prevent the farmer from being the vic
tim of manipulation: s25 900 600 additional ad-
vanced for the Federal Farm Loan board; an agri
cultural credit passed at the end OF the
Sixty.seventh congress- providing for both public
private agencies to aid the farmer In securing
credit cooperative marketing act
passed . a beginning
ing the gap between producer ana consumer.
A private corporation with s0.000.0o0 capital was
organized a the instance of the administration
rendered substantial aid to the farmers of
the northwest
1t is quite interesting, too to note the reaction
of the convention to the keynote speech in respect
to the foreign policy. The League of Nations is
being treated as a closed incident Mr. Wilson's
name is loudly cheered; Mr.. Wilson's monumental
work is silently passed.