New Britain herald., 1924-07-05

the hundreds Of ether combination. must accept employment on such terms as Gary, REan, Wood and the ether industrial magnstes Offeb or risk unemployment and starvation,
 "Ameriean farmers see their pros perity wanlonly delated by financial conspiracy and find them.~iyes obliged to sell their products in world market. while the trusts and monopolies from which they must buy are artiheially protected by the high est iariff wall in American history.
 'rfhe independent manufacturer must buy and sell in a trust. controlled market and is suffered to exist only on condition that he does not engage in active and effective competition,
 "fhe small merchant finds his wholesale and retail prices fixed hy trusts and combinations, while he, himself, is being slowly hut surely forced out Of business,
 "fhe independent banker is permit ted to participate in the sale of bonds and financing of new enterprises only by the grace of the great banking syndieates, while he already sees his early extinction by resistless eempeti- ton from the branches of the great centralized financial institutions.
 All In same Roat
 We may not know it, but we are all in the same boat"
 Mir. Johnston reeiied the history Of the progressive movement, pointing 10 political victories in the congressional elections of 1929 and the fact that the progressiyes held the balance of power in the last session of congress as proof that 1t was wise not 10 launch a third party in 1929.
 Tn mobillzing onr army Of pro- grcss," he said, ''it has been necessary to be forever yigilant against traitors. So far we have successfully excluded boodlers, bosses, eyploiters. proiiteers and prejudice blinded fanatics. We have also kept out those communist tools of reaction who. masking as fed erated farmcr-la borites, trade union educational leaguers or under even more attractive designations; are con- stantly striving to destroy the Ameri- can labor movement and create chaos In the ranks of the progressves."
 MT. Johnston said the republicans with appropriate stupidity" had nominated two reactionaries on "a platform Of meaningless platitudes." He asserted the democratic> party | had again proved the fitness of its the patient donkey" by | 'traddling its platform on such ques- ions as child labor, league of nations md Ku Klux klan and added that both major parties had consistently broken their platform pledges when in power.
 The Chairman denounced the Fed eral Reserve System order in 1920 restricting loans for carrying crops. He said it forced farmers to throw all accumulated produce upon the market md caused great price smashing.
 Tt was shrewdly calculated" he said, that the prostrate farmers Houd demand that labor also be hammered down into poverty and 1elplessness, but among the great mass of farmers a different reaction vas produced. They saw that in- lustrial workers and farmers had one common set of enemies"
 MT. Johnston declared the time ripe or national action.
 We do not lack strength, we do lot lack organization and above all ve do not lack leadership" he said.
 We have a leader - that lifelong, aithful servant of the people, whose character, ability and record as a constructive statesman entitle him to ake his place with Washington. Jeff erson and Lincoln. His name is al- eady on your lips, his service in your [ earts, his vision in your souls - lobert M LaFollette of Wisconsin.
 We need not ask him for pledges r promises. His entire life is ( ledge of service to the highest ideals i nd the loftiest aspirations of genuine I Democracy. He has been tried in all i he fire that hatred, envy and fear c ould breathe upon him and has come t orth untarnished, unscathed and un- a aunted." t
 MT. Johnston extolled Senator La | ollette as 8 force for international e |. i I