The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14

kets; that instead of lip service to H.
principle of cooperative markat;n,
'ne forces of the Government shall \,
put actively at work to lend ass;st
ance to these endeavors; that the farm
er snail be supplied not only with in
iofhation on problems of product;o,
Out with information such as the deal
y now receives concerning the prob
aDie use and demand for his product
SO that he may be enabled 70 tb;nk
us lntelilgently as the dealer in terms
OF consumption and demand; and that
IN Tunes when general and widespread
distress has overtaken him, every pow
er which the Government enioys nm
der the Constitution shall be exerted
in his aid.
he Is entitled, too, to demand an
adequate service of transportation at
reasonable rates. In spite of the fail.
ures and shortcomings of existing
laws, this is an ideal which / cannot
believe to be beyond the reach of at
tainment. If the seasonal production
Oh the farmers crops is the pusIation
OF the nation s heart, the railroads of
the country are the veins and arteries
through which its lifeblood flows.
Neither can hope to function without
the others aid; and it is quite as i'm
portant to the railroads that the
farmer should prosper as it is to the
farmer that the railroads should be
adequately paid for the service that
they render"
And he concludes with this state
nent:
One word more and I am done, and
his OF a personal character. 1t is
Known of all men that the nomina-
ion which you tender me was not
made fmy seeking. 1t comes, am
'roud to believe, as the unanimous
Vish of one of the most deliberative
onventions in American history,
7hich weighed in the balance with
oberness my too scanty virtues and
~ manifold shortcomings. 1t is not
DR. me to reject so clear a call to
uty. / am happy, however, in the
fought that it finds me free from |
edge or promise to any living man.
shall hold it SO to the end. Per
aps my sense of obligation is all the
eater because of these things. To :
lose who saw fit to present my name !
the convention for its considera-
On, and to the delegates to that con-
'ntion who accepted me, I am under e
duty to justify their choice which
fully realize; to the party which
'nors me with its leadership I owe !,
cry effort which my faculties will r
low; and to my fellow countrymen
nose support you bid me to solicit :
ye the duty, first, to speak the truth
see it, without fear, favor .or e
aston, and then so to bear myself q
at every person in the land, no "
ltter how high or how humble, may q
Il that he has in me a friend, and ri
1T every citizen may know that he "
n look to his Government for un-
nching honesty in thought and ac- R
NJ When it becomes necessary, as g,
doubht it will, to raise funds for
} conduct of the campaign they viii Cl
contributed with this understand h,
and this only: that neither the re
Party nor as its leader
7e any favors for sale. We can m
ke but one promise to all men
ke, that of an honest, an impartial X
|, SO far as human wisdom will per- WI
!, just government.
ITO these things, Mr.. Chairman, R,
dge myself. In the struggle to r.
ure them invoke the support of on
patriotic men and women to whom an
lntry is greater than party, Honor or
re sacred than expediency and the
int dearer than personal gain or
things else beside. In this spirit
ccept your nomination and, relying 30
n Strength that is greater than e.
own, I am ready with joyful CON on
,nce to assume the leadership you ID
er me-" ve
H.,