The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-25

son, Republican candidate for govern
or, in his home county Lac qui
Parle, at Madison, Friday evening of
last week:
1t is not necessary for me to explain
the sentiments which prompted me to
come to Lac qui Parle county to open
my campaign for the office of COVER
nor Of the State of Minnesota. You
who have known me since my earliest
youth will understand. Here live
most of my friends, and here also
lived those whose influence guided my
early years and whose dust is now
mingled with that of the prairie.
Here as a boy 1 attended district
school, and here 1 performed the home
ly farm chores and, later on, the more
arduous work in the fields which gave
me a sympathetic understanding Of
the problems and conditions of those
who till the soil. Here, in county
typical of Minnesota whereI learned at
first hand and by actual experience the
problems that the people of Minnesota,
in all walks of life, are facing L have
lived all my life, except the few years
me for my work, and assure you that
any change of residence now contem-
plated will be only temporary.
We are just emerging from serious
period of economic depression brought
about by the conditions created by and
following as an aftermath of the
great World War. The war created
new and increased demand for Ameri,,
can products, and Increased demand
resulted in higher prices. Europe had
to buy, and America was practically
the only place where ERE a she cGuu nis
nation not Immediately involved in the
war. Later we were drawn INTO the
struggle, but our prosperity only IN
creased; for we alone, of all belllger-
emit nations, had a surplus OF resources
with which to continue production be-
yond the needs Of domestic consump-
ton.
The war closed the avenues of trans
portation from Argentina, Australia
and New Zealand, and we attained a
virtual monopoly of food production.
The price of wheat advanced to $3.50
per bushel, and would have advanced
more if the government in response 70
the demand of those who eat bread
but do not produce wheat, had not arbl-
trarily limited the price In response
to the higher price of wheat, corn
scared to $1.75 per bushel. 1t became
that we could not afford to feed it.
even to hogs that brought $40 per
hundredweight. So we sold many OF
our cattle and hogs, converted part
of our property into cash. and paid an
income tax on receipts that in fact
represented, not income, but capital In
response to temporarily stimulated
prices of agricultural products, lana
values scared, and it became apparent
that the sure and easy way to opu-
lence was to buy land. Ana we
bought Land; ; 0phg garn 20 or reIeton to
normal values. And we signed notes
and mortgages. until the Iarm mort mort
gage Indebtedness of Minnesota atone
reached the staggering sum of $751;
100000
Cost of production on the farms did
not fall with reduced prices or agrl,
for its own protection, maintained it's
wage scale, and industry, protected
behind an effective tariff wall, was
able to meet the wage scaIe, o daa abs
legations created during the days or
prosperity carried interest charges
that had to be met, ana stanoapas "a "a
could only with great difficulty ana
then only partially, be reduced
Is it any wonder that the farmers eps OF
Minnesota were conIroneGSdi s Wrv Of ae
What steps did the govern I,.,1a+ take
to relieve the !, farmers tanas si'ua'on
VIZ" Rut Sespite the handicaps, which
were almost insurmountable, prosreSe
has been made toward normaacys.
aMpip prssG1s SIS: oooe in requested
TRANSFORMATIONS, held the, 1928 budget
down to s4O,OOo.Oo9, at the nen same am more Ie
approprating nearly ycbS soiSOO' than had
Tor seer been appripriated before. If this
additional state aid had not D1Ga
given, the 1923 approP r. aGS nso Below
t nape of 1921. Thus it may be seen
that there has been reductlon ~ an
cost of conducting all OF the sta ;ennium
Of about 100000 per year below that
Of the previous two-year period;
The financial achievements OF the ma
tional administration ourlng tne
budget system has been estap nastiai
and the Judgment of an lmpartIai
and DISTINGUISHED agency, not the I'M
SSressionaI appropriations, determines
The amounts to be made available TOT
expenditures. Inc
suit has been reductipn % son ooo
900 for the fiscal year enolng S Suhe Sv
1921, to less than $3,590,O Oo,00o ,a r
the fiscal year ending June So, if
and a reduction Of the national indent-
edness during the same period by sl,-
T5O. OOO, 900. This record demonstrates
the efficiency of the budget system as
long advocated the establishment OF
q budget system in Minnesota. At
three different sessions of the ieg1sia-
ture 1 have, in collaboration with the
tenant governor, presented and secured
the passage of a budget bill through
the House of Representatives,. II
shall use the influence of the executive
office to secure enactment by the legis-
iature Of an effective budget law.
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Cooperative Marketing
The Republican party has helped
in Minnesota by enacting
to promote cooperative |
mark citing. The first effective step in
this direction was taken in 1913, when
b cooperative marketing law was
passed which not only recognized but |
specifically guaranteed to the farmers
OF this state the right to bargain col
lectively for the ,sale of their pro-
ducts. 1t is g source Of satisfaction to /
have been g. member OF q legislative
group that drafted and introduced this
measure. No longer can farmers be |
put in jail for doing what men in the |
labor movement have been
permitted to do for generation. The
Minnesota cooperative marketing law |
led to the enactment OF similar leg.
dslation by the Federal Congress.
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The Ex-Servfee Man
Minnesota was one or the drst |
states to make adequate recognition /
of it's debt to the defenders of the /
Republic in the great World War. A /
neighboring state enacted q bonus law |
before Minnesota acted, but failed to /
make adequate provision for funds to |
carry out the provisions of it's act. |
Minnesota led the other common |
wealths OF the Northwest in actually |
paying a bonus, giving the money in /
cash to the returned soldiers at the |