The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-13
PACIFIC INVASION
MAY BE OMITTED
BY La TOILETTE
Independent To Devote
Coming Week To Agri-
cultural States


CHICAGO. Oct Ex-senator Rob
ert M. La Toilette, independent presi-
dental candidate, set out tonight on
another lap of his stamping tour with
the intention of devoting a week or
more to campaigning in the agricultural
states just west of the Mississippi river.
Kansas City, No., was the candi-
dates destination when he left. He
speaks there tomorrow night and Tues
day night will make an appeal for
votes in St. Louis.
In addition to these two engage
ments, which were known when Sena-
tor La Toilette started out from Wash
ington a week ago, 1t was announced
tonight that he will speak Wednesday
evening in Des Monies, Iowa Thursday
night in Minneapolis, and Friday night
in Sioux Falls, s. ID. No engagement
has been booked for Saturday, but Mon
day evening, Oct. 20, the senator wili
deliver an address in Omaha.
There were indications today that he
might not carry out his original inten-
ton of invading the Pacific coast states
before election day. It was said at his
headquarters that a decision would be
reached in a day or so as to his tim
erary after the Omaha speech.
Confers with Aides
Mr.. La Toilette remained in his
suite in South Shore hotel today, rest
ing after his address here last night.
He conferred during the. day with John
NJ. Nelson, his campaign manager; At
torney General Ekern of Wisconsin, who
is in, charge of the campaign finances /;
PHI Painter, regional manager for the
south, and others.
Before departing for Kansas City the
Wisconsin senator, in statement, said
he was going into the agricultural states
of the middle west to meet the farm
ers face to face and talk to them about
the crisis in their affairs that has all
but overwhelmed them"
: Republican and democratic optimism
about these states, based upon increase
in the price of farm products, is i'll
founded" he continued. while in Chi
.cago 1 have been in touch with reliable
experts on farm conditions. My infor-
nation is that the recent small advance
in prices for farm products has been of
little benefit to the farmer.
1.-THE bankers who held the farmers
mortgages have reaped the benefit. The
increase in prices has not done more
than pay the interest, much less the
principal.
Others Hard Hit
THE farmers have not been the only
ones hard hit by the. great agricultural
depression. During the past four years
LAST state and national banks in the
farming districts have failed with total
liabilities of more than a half billion
dollars. Merchants and manufacturers
who sell to the west have also suffered
heavy losses. And yet all that Presi-
dent Coolidge proposes is to create a
special commission to conduct. a post
morteln.s =
.sFhe pr0gressives do not believe any
more investigations necessary. They
have al definite program for the, relief
of agriculture. They intend to renew
their fight for this program as soon
as congress meets.
Il have every reason to believe that
the farmers will not permit themselves
to be fooled longer by the old parties,
but will give their support overwhelm-
ingly to the progressive ticket"