Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-22
LIVE TOPICS
OF COUNTRY
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NeRaoAean newspapers attribute
! The phenomenal rise IN caln to teal
+ IN trade circles that the new eyep viii
not mature. Republican newspaper
+ are certain one DAY that the laM ~
supply snd demand governs the rise
and fall in farm products. and the
next day attribute the rise IL eff
eient Republican administration.
Thinking farmers will understand
that the failure Of the corn crop this
F season, II II fails. viii be cue 10 un.
favorable weather. They vii under
stand thar the administration cannot
claim credit Ter the rise in corn with
cat at the same time assuming re#
+ spcnsibllity for weather conditions.
Farmers are watching the batomes
ter. They want corn 10 rlSe bat thes
wam II to stay up. II the rise had
come before the Democratic ami Re.
publican conventions they would he
more faverably impressed.
Republican newspapers are certain
that the law of supply and demand
controls the price Of iatm products.
but they do not explain Why hogs on
the teot bring 1e ami on the block
a5c. Evidently the demand works In
fixing the price Of meat on the block
bat does not work In the livestock
market. The last administration
could tell the farmer the reason il a
would.
Senator l.afollette Is cut with
statement 10 the effect that the price
of corn has been boosted by the In.
terests for the purpose of impfesSiug
the farmer with the efficiency ef Re
publican and Democratic adminlstra.
ton. He is quoted as saying that the
rise in corn Is "a gold brick. highly
polished by the special interest gov
ernment for the farmer in exchange
Tor his vote"
tie goes ON 10 say tina, both old line
parties are agents and allies of phi.
Vate monopoly who have sanctioned
the distribution of farmers co-opera-
tives by predatory interests, leaving
the farmer at the mercy Of these In
tefests when he sells his products.
In explanation of the sudden rise IN
corn the senator says that the grip OF
private monopoly has merely slack.
enei for political 1raoses during the
present campaign.
He says that the wise farmer will
east his vote in November without re.
gard to the temporary shifting Of
speculative prices on the board Of
trade.
Speculation with regari TO the poll.
nationwide interest. 1t Is estimated
that the state will have more than
400, 900 new votes this year, about
equally divided between the young
men and women who have attained
their majority since the last presi-
dental election.
Many of these young people viii
think In terms OF parental training,
but the general breaking down OF
party lines may serve To unsettle
both the elders rs well as the youth.
Governor Small is conceded. TO have
"A strong edge over his Democratic
opponent. What effect this may
have upon the presidential contest Is
problematical Probably the majority
OF young people would vote a straight
ticket under normal conditions, but II
is conceded that this year conditions
are by no means normal.
The laFollette condidacy will have
serious effect upon Republican
presidential aspirations unless the
present administration succeeds ~
breaking the effect OF the unrest
among the farmers. The Republican
leaders realize the enormous loss they
have sustained in the farmer vote
during the last four years and are
doubling their efforts to place the
party In a favorable light before the
| election. What effect their pfopa-
ganda will have may only be eonlec-
| tured.
Efforts To break the onward sweep
Of the LaFolette campaign are being
made by the Republican press In
"playing up" John w Davis recent
conversion to the Labor cause. Press
reports indicate that Davis has made
strong Labor speech advocating that
workers should have share In the
councils of industry, and favorlnR the
plan of stock distribution to workers.
The obvious aim Is 20 weaken the
! LaFollette following by drawing the
Labor vote 10 the Democratic eandl-
date who has less chance Of defeating
! the Republican aspirations than mas
Senator laFOllette.
The Republican press aim Is to un-
settle the Labor vote, believing that
once il forsakes llaFollette II may be
easily erystalized for the Republican
candidate.
geiepce has its dvnamos 10 gather