Evening star., 1924-08-30
DAWES WILL VISIT.
| OLD FRIEND BRYAN
Plans Calls on Folks He Used
to Know When He Was
Young Man in Lincoln.

Young Man in Lincoln.
By the Associated Press
LINCOLN. Nebr., August 30-Hav-
ing set forth to the farmers of
Nebraska and through them to the
farmers of the West. his views on the
agricultural situation, Charles G..
Dawes, Republican candidate for vice
president. went visiting among his
old friends here today before starting
his return trip to Evanston, Ill.
:. The first call planned by the Repub-
ncan nominee was one on his old
fellow townsman and now his Demo-
cratic opponent. Gov. Charles w.
Bryan. Mr. Dawes after concluding
his address last night sent word to
Gov. Bryan through the Associated
Press that he would be around to see
him before leaving Lincoln. The
democratic nominee replied: ITS
nne. Tell Gen. Dawes I shall be
waiting for him at the statehouse."
VIII Visit PerxhInr.
Another call on Mr.. Dawes list was
to be made on another old friend of
his Lincoln days and later his asso-
ciate in France, Gen. John ].
Pershing. who returned here on the
eve of his retirement from active
command of the American Army to
welcome Mr.. Dawes back home.
Mr.. Dawes between calls read a
number of kilograms commenting on
his address last night. in which he
urged removal of the agricultural
problem from politics and an en-
deavor to solve 1t by such a COM
mission as President Coolidge has an
nounced he soon will appoint.
Declaring the farm situation to be
the most serious economic question
now confronting the United States,
Gen. Dawes presented an explanation
OF the purpose of the present admins
-3ration in the contemplated appoint
sment of an agricultural commission.
we make but one promise-that
the Republican party, utilizing the
best minds and those by training best
fitted for the task. will bend its every
energy to the study of our agricul-
tural problem to the end that through
legislation or other means. its solut-
ton may be accomplished" Mr.. Dawes
asserted. Whoever promises more
than this is entering into a contract
which cannot be filed"
The Republican nominee devoted the
major portion of his address, deliver
ed here, in the heart Of the agricul-
tural Middle West, to the Agricultural
question. taking up the causes for
the recent depression in farm prices,
the remedies recommended and the
prospects for the future.
Need of Clear Study.
Need for the appointment of ian i'm
partial. non-partisan, competent COM
mission under economic guidance" is
imperative, Mr.. Dawes said. adding
that the recent improvement in the
agricultural situation must not be
taken as evidence that the farmers
problem has worked out it's own So
luton" The problem to be solved. he
asserted. resolved itself into a oues-
tion or hnding how Equality in earn
ing capacity can be secured between
agriculture and industry" This
problem, he added. arose primarily
from conditions resulting from the
World War. and foremost among the
causes responsible. he declared. was
unregulated production. Figures
were cited to show the increase in
acreage over pre-war years. atten-
taxes, the possibilities of extension
or cooperative marketing were dis
cussed. and Mr.. Dawes then launched
into an explanation of the agricul-
tural commission proposal.
The mere fact that it is not now
possible to consider this question
> wnen the industry is not in the
! trough OF terrible depression. as it
was 50 days ago, has it's great ad-
vantages," he declared "It removes
; that obstacle to the gaining of per-
! spect1Ve which immersion in imme-
diate crises always involves. In fact,
there never was a better opportunity
presented for the proper considera-
tion of constructive measures relative
to an industry than exists at present,
when terrible experience, with it's
lessons. is so recent and the demon
stration of the ultimate effects of
economic law is at the same time be-
fore our eyes.
Getting Into Trouble.
TT is, however, one Of the funda-
mental characteristics of human ma
ture to be much more concerned with
getting out of trouble than, when
once out of it, to keep from getting
IN again. This we must guard
against or the opportunity may be
lost.
The position outlined by the pro-
ponents of agricultural relief is evil
dence that they regard properly the
protective tariff and restricted immi-
grafton more as moral justification
of the demands for agricultural re-
lief than as the cause of the recent
depression.
This is natural, for in the 10-year
pre-war period the surplus of the
farmers products, as at present, was
sold in the world market and he
bought in a protected market.
Limit Foreign Supply.
"our policy of protection in no way
eliminates the operation of the law of
supply and demand within our own
borders, but simply limits supply
from abroad below a certain price
level determined by the import duty.
THAT the protective tariff was
somewhat lower then than that now
in existence was because it was suf-
f1cient to Zive labor and manufacture
ing their American market. At that
turing costs of production in Ger
many had not been lessened by the
enormous decrease in the wages of
labor there, caused by the degrada-
tion of the mark. Imitation in other
European currencies had not then
lessened other labor costs in Europe
The lower tariff then prevented
ruinous foreign competition, as the
Fordney tariff does now.
Organization of Labor.
LAS to restricted immigration, con-
sidering the two periods of before
the war and since the war, the diff
ference in the number of immigrants
is not yet such as to be a real fac
tor in the difference in labor costs.
Other reasons have operated there,
including the proper organization Of
labor for its own protection.
Fair consideration of all ele-
ments in the situation leads to the