The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-22
DECLARESG,0.P..
HAS GIVEN AID
TO j. s. FARMER
Settlement of European Prob
lens and Tariff Principle
Are Held Vital
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1000 in Auditorium Here
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nor of Illinois

Two great contributions which he
said the Republican administration
had made to the welfare of the Am
| erican farmer were emphasized by
former Governor Frank o. Lowden
of Illinois, in an address before
| 1000 men and women in the city
! Auditorium last night.
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. L. N. Cary Of Mandan, head Of
the Republican wOmen's committee
in the state.
The Republican administration, he
declared, was the motive power be-
hind the settlement Of European
difficulties through the London
agreement and the Dawes plan,. q
settlement which already has cre-
ated foreign market for American
farm products and has had a distinct
bearing in the price increase.
The Republican tariff policy has
helped the farmer, particularly the
dairy farmer, and it is the only prin-
ciple which offers the farmer pro-
lection from world competition in
agriculture, which has been growing
at rapid pace in the last 90 years.
Mr.. Lowden, who discussed the
farm problem as it relates to the
present campaign in an even tenor,
without bitterness, without bonn
bastic oratory, departed from poll
tical lines to discuss the principles
Of farm organization he is advocat-
ing in the nation to achieve q per-
manent basis of farm prosperity.
The farm problem remains unsolved,
he said, and declared that organiza-
tion Of the farmer along commodity
lines is necessity to the future
stabilization of the industry. The
Republican administration, he said,
had cleared the way for such coop.
Grafton, by placing enabling laws on
the statute books.
The Remedies
Mr.. Lowden said in part:
What are the remedies proposed
for our agricultural ills by our Dem
ocratic friends? The Democratic
candidate for Pres sident, in his To-
peka speech, urged first that Europe
be stabilized in order that the mar
kets of the world for the products
Of the American farm may be i'm
proved. think that will help. But
let US inquire into what has been
done toward that end and by wuom.
The Democratic party was in power
for two years and more after the
Armistice was signed. What did
they do towards the tranquilization
of Europe? When we came into
power We were still at war techni-
cally with the Central Empire. Pres
ident Wilson had concluded a peace
treaty into which was woven the
covenant of the League OF Nations.
That treaty was submitted to the
Senate of the United States. The
great majority of the Republican
members of the Senate-so eager
were they to restore international
order-were willing to ratify the
treaty with only such reservations
as would preserve the integrity and
and the independence of the United
States. 1t was within the power of
the President to have the treaty
ratified with such reservations. He
rcpudiated the reservations and thus
we remained technically at war.
This was the situation when we came
into power. In Europe the curren-
cy was demoralized and chaos and
confusion ruled everywhere. And
now, for the first time since the war,
order is coming out of all this chaos.
To whom is this order due? To the
Dawes Commission. That Commis-
sion, suggested by Secretary Hughes,
almost two years ago, was finally,
if reluctantly, acted upon by the
statesmen Of the old world. And
now for the first time since the war
Europe looks forward to the future
with hope, and if Europe shall enter
upon period Of prosperity and it
she shall furnish better markets for
our farm products, it is due entirely
to the success of the Commission of
which Charles G. Dawes, great
American and now our candidate for
Vice President, was chairman, and
that Commission was initiated by
Republican administration.
What Hughes Did
"Not only did this Commission
come as a result Of Secretary
Hughes pronouncement in its favor,
but it's final adoption in Europe was
secured through the efforts Of the
administration. Our ambassador to
Germany, Mr.. Houghton, told me
personally that without the friendly
offices of Secretary Hughes in Ber-
lin at the crucial moment, the set
tlement would probably have failed.
He might have said, but for his
modesty, that without his own pa
tient and wise efforts, without the
profound confidence Germany had
come to have in this great Ambassa-
dor, the accord of the German gov
ernment could not have been Sc
cured. This, however, is the fact.
as l believe, which history will one
day record. Ambassador Houghton
also told me that without the con-
slant, sympathetic and able support
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