Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-22
Farm Conference Resolution
Gives Relief Fight New Life

Farm relief as major political
factor is debated with renewed vigor
as a result Of the action Of the North.
west farm conference at st. Paul in
indorsing legislation of the type that
was vetoed by President Coolidge and
condemning the Executives position.
Chief significance is attached to the
fact that the demand for the McNary-
Haugen bill persists in spite of the
arguments presented in MIR. Coolidge's
veto message.
THE politically wise will not con-
fuse a courteous welcome. for and
interest in Mr.. Coolidge with a politi-
cal swinging to his banner" declares
the Des Moines Register independent
Republican,, which explains that
there is, to begin with, an imper-
sonal honoring of the presidential
office. There is, secondarily, a per-
sonal regard for Mr.. Coolidge's sub
stantial qualities. Finally, there is
recognition of the power of the presi-
Dental machinery. But there is no
inclination to yield on the farm issue"
In that connection the Lynchburg
News Democratic) observes that the
President must have wondered what
was meant by those agreeable visitors
who told him that the West was so
prosperous that it had forgot all about
the McNary-Haugen bill and was
clamoring for the denomination of the
man who vetoed it,"
The conference, according to the
Topeka Daily Capital Republican),
should impress the President more
strongly than before with the serious
ness of agricultural backing of the
principles Of the McNary Haugen
plan,'' and the Rock Island Argus
independently suggests that 'he might
cogitate upon the demand of Mid
West farmers" The Republican man.
ayers also, in the opinion of the Santa
Barbara News Independent Demo
cratic), are not likely to fail to appre-
ciate the Importance of the warning"
The Charleston Evening Post Qnde-
pendent Democratic draws the cOnclu-
sion that the farmers 'still want
economic reform by congressional
act; that they may be wise or they
may be unwise, but that is the fact.
and the President will find 1t stub
born one"
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Most of the farmers want relief.
and they are pretty sure to look with
favor upon the first candidate who
makes a definite offer" says the Tren-
ton Evening Times independently,
while the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
independent Democratic) sees a
clear warming that the Western
States, if the conferees have any
thing to say about it. will support
somebody else against Coolidge unless
the latter gives in and does it
promptly" The Portland Oregon
Journal independently sees 'tremen-
dous forces aligned against the agri.
cultural interests" and asks, What
else can be expected from the assem-
bled agricultural leaders than call
to the fight for equal consideration at
Washington" The Waterloo Tribune
independently AYERS that the President
can take the sentiment expressed at
st. Paul as representing that of the
Middle Vest
If the farmers of America were to
give up now, after having come so
close to their goal that only a presi-
Dental veto separated them from
victory" in the opinion of the st.
Paul Pioneer Press independently,
they would deserve the contemptu-
Gus treatment they are getting. But
the lesson of the st. Paul conference,
for all who are interested in facts
rather than propaganda, is that the
farmers do not for one moment pro-
pose to be intimidated." The Pioneer
Press upholds the possibility of pass
ing the bill over a veto.
The Indianapolis News (inde-
pendenD. Des Moines Tribune-Capi-
tai independent Republican,, jack
son Citizen Patriot independently
and other papers view the st. Paul
action as evidence that the farming
interests demand equality with other
interests in Government assistance.
1t is also suggested by the Tribune
Capital that lit is quite time that
the East in general got the granger
and 'greenback' and farmers yowl'
notions out of it's head" while the
Milwaukee Journal independently
remarks that. propaganda that the
farmer Is crazy or Communist has
been tried to the limit and has
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