Evening star., 1926-10-23
Coolidge Regime Endorsed.


At the Iowa State Republican con-
ventiOn after the senatorial primaries
this year the Coolidge administration
was indorsed. There was an express
sion of regret that the President had
seen fit to oppose the McNary- Haugen
bill demanded by the farmers of Iowa,
but it was more in sorrow than In
anger" according to the spokesman.
Although the national campaign OF
1928 is still more than a year and
half way, there is talk here, as else
where, as to what effect the admins
tration's opposition to the McNary-
Haugen bill will have in the event
President Coolidge is candidate TO
succeed himself. What will be the at
titude of the Iowa delegation at the
Republican national convention TO-
ward Coolidge.
A prediction was made here today
by men who follow closely not only
the political situation in Iowa, but
also are in close touch with the farm
ers themselves, that the delegation
will vote for Coolidge if the President
is a candidate for denomination. ThlS
prediction is all the more significant
because some of these men supported
Senator La Toilette in 1924 against
the President. They based their pre-
OlCC1On on WIldl lucy tCIAiCu c1AA OA-
derlying popularity Of President Cool
idge with the rank and file of the
farmers" and the rest of.the citizens
of Iowa, Notwithstanding the admin
istration's opposition to the principles
of the McNary-Haugen bill.
Furthermore, they pointed out tnat
eight Of the eleven members or the
Republican State committee are Cool
idge men. They insisted that the or
ganization, being pro-Coolidge, would
dominate the situation when the
State convention meets in 1928. For
mer Gov. Lowden of Illinois, whose
name has been mentioned frequently
as a possible candidate for the presi-
dental nomination against President
Coolidge, is admittedly popular IN
Iowa.
Convention Picks Delegates.
If a preferential primary were held
| today with the President and LoWden
as contenders, the latter would PROB
ably receive the greater vote, though
| not by a large margin. But as a
practical proposition it is to be re-
| membered that there is no presl-
dental preferential primary in Iowa.
The delegates to national conVen-
| ton, if they are instructed, are In
structed by the State convention.
While the farmers are by no means
| out of the woods in Iowa, conditions
are better here. The corn crop Is
less this year by 80,000,000 or more
bushels than it was last year, but
| last year was bumper crop. There
is some hog cholera, but not much.
The price of corn is way down, but
the price of wheat is up. Further
more, hogs are selling at $12 a hun
dred or more, and the hog Is great
factor in Iowa prosperity. A huge
percentage Of the corn grown is fed
| to live stock in Iowa. The farmer
prices which he receives for hogs and
of the State is large. The prices for
cattle in Iowa, too, have been favor.
able, averaging higher than last year
by cents pound. The dairy farm
ers are in good condition.
| Deposits in Iowa State banks, saw
ings banks and trust companies show
a decided increase. The borrowings
from the Federal Reserve Board are
lower and also those from the War
Finance Corporation, all of which in.
dicates that Iowa is getting further
out of the Indebtedness into which
it fell after the collapse of farm
values and farm prices following the
war period.
| New Autos Purchased.
| Another measure of conditions is
| found in the purchase Of new auto