Evening star., 1924-06-24
SQUARE DEAL ASKED
BY FARM CANDIDATE
Gov. Jonathan N. Davis of Kansas,
Aspirant for Presidency,
Makes Plea.
WOULD ELIMINATE TARIFFS
State Head Also Favors Improve
ment of Credit Extensions
WOULD ELIMINATE TARIFFS
By q StaH Correspondent.

BY StaR Correspondent
NEW YORK, June e4-"why moi
give the farmer a square deal? VIII!
not make the farmers dollar equa
in purchasing value to that of other
people in this country? I should
think that you other people in this
country would realize that unless the
farmer is able to purchase the clothes
and other things he needs their pros.
perity will be short lived. too
Gov. Jonathan NJ Davis of Kan.
sas, the sunfower states candidate
for the Democratic nomination fol
President, has the farmer and hi:
problems on his mind. Why shouldn't
he? He Is a farmer himself ant
is governor Of a state of farmers anc
his supporters insist that 1t is tn.
farmers vote in the west that mus
be placated this year, if the Demo
cratic party is to win at the polls
and that Gov. Davis would "fill th<
bill"
Discussed Aid to Farmers.
In his headquarters at the McAlpir
Hotel today. awaiting the opening o,
tho national convention, Gov. Davi.
talked briefly about what should b.
done for the farmers. His recreation:
from the Job Of governor. his friend:
say. are farming and fishing" HI
has the look of a good farmer.s Ht
is sturdy as a rock, barrel chested
capable Of handling a pitchfork witt
the best of them. He has the patienct
fo make a good fish armdn
The governor is only fifty-two yeari
old. Besides being a farmer, he is q
graduate of the University of Kansas
and has q degree from the University
of Nebraska. He is a reader and {
student. He is as conservative as any
Hand owner and as progressive as any
man who realizes that there mus
be some better method of distribution
Of farm products and of the wealth
of the nation. He is dirt farmer.
He owns 1,70o acres of land and ht
farms IT himself, when he gets ava,
from the gubernatorial mansion.
The governor believes that the higf
protective tariff is all in the in
terests of the industrialist, and that il
is bearing down on the farm.
Take the tariff off the goods the
farmer must buy, give him chance
said the governor. He speaks slowly
and distinctly, weighing. his words
He has a square, broad face, watch
full eyes. His hair is getting a little
sparse on top. He is bronzed from
outdoor 1ife-though he wtelds 6
hoe in preference to a golf club.
One of the things which the gov
ernor would like to do for the farmer
is to improve the methods by which
credit is extended to him.
! Ninety-Dny Note insufficient.
ut doesn't do much good to loan
farmer who wants to raise pigs
money on a ninety-day note" was
the way he put it.
The farmer. in his opinion. does
not want paternalism from the gov.
ernment- What he does want, SAID
the governor, is an equalization with
the rest of the country. He is not
inclined now, he said, to favor such
legislation as that proposed in the
McNary-Haugen bill. In a measure
he said. the emergency faced by the
farmers has passed, leaving many OF
them in desperate condition. He
favors the development OF cooper
ative marketing, though.
The governor has been taking ar
active part in the last day or two
in the framing of an Agricultural
plank by a farm bloc here fol
presentation to the platform com.
mittee-
He is not likely to sweep the coun-
try Off it's feet should the nomina-
tion come his way. But, on the Other
hand. the nomination would not
shake him off his feet