Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-13
SMITH TO ANSWER
CRITICS ON TARIFF
Win "Straighten Out" Con-
troversy Between Party
Leaders.
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protection of the States that want to
be dry"
There can be no mistake" he said
ain passing the power back to the States
In democracy, when it is sick, there
is only one cure for it, and that is
more democracy-hand it right back to
the people themselves and say, Here,
you settle it."
Before reaching the farm phase of
his speech, the Democratic nominee
drew a cheer at the outset when he
explained how he came to make a
speech in Nashville"
mittee," he said, did not include speech
making in Tennessee. I was supposed
to pass through this State, do plenty
handshaking, wave the brown derby and
greet the citizenship generally. But I
came to the conclusion that 1t would
be a difficult thing for a Democratic
candidate to be in the State that gave
to the Nation the great Andrew Jack
son and not have anything to say"
The governor attacked Senator Cur
it's declaration, as he quoted it that
tariff protection on farm products is
an important means to relieve the pres
ent depression in agriculture and place
the farmer in a position of economic
equality with other industries"
Now the Senator has made his mind
up to say that so often" the nominee
asserted, that he is going to take a
chance that finally some one will be-
ieve it."
He said the vice presidential candi-
date knew very well that there can be
no equality between agriculture and in
dustry until the tariff Is made to work
for agriculture"
Says Curtis View Changes.
Evidently referring to the McNary-
Haugen bill, the principle Of which he
has Endorsed for disposing of surplus
farm crops, the governor said the Kan
sas Senator was with the farmer one
day and against him the next" when
he voted for that bill and then against
it in upholding President Coolidge's
veto.
Mr.. Hoover was quoted as saying in
his Tennessee speech that his party had
''put forward a reaching and Spe-
cific proposal for the relief of the
farmer"
Il cannot find it," the governor said.
"It certainly was not in his speech and
1t is not in the platform, because the
platform is four years old on that SUBJ
ject. And 1t was not in his speech of
acceptance. I read 1t over very care
fully, and am satisfied that, If / under
stand English did not get much of
chance, at it in the early days, but I
picked up great deal of it in the later
life--I am unable to find any comfort
fs1 rio iVnk HNa -
ceptance, tor the farmer, or the cotton
grower or the tobacco grower"
The governor said that because Mr..
Hoover was the "chief adviser of the
present President on all this tariff and
agricultural legislation" it was "a bit
difncult for him to take position, be-
cause in advance he is committed to the
Coolidge policies, and the Coolidge
policy so far as agriculture Is concerned
means nothing"
Answers immigration Point.
As for immigration, Gov. Smith said
there was no reason for Mr.. Hoover
saying in Tennessee that he did not
favor an increase in immigration, be-
cause the Democrats hold the same view.
what is the necessity for saying
that" the governor asked, unless it is
to try to put into somebody's mind that
do? If he Is trying to plant that In
anybody's mind he Is making a very
great mistake, because do not favor
any let-down at all-not In the slight
est degree-in the present restrictive
clauses in LIE United States immigra-
ton act"
Mr.. Hoover's immigration statement,
the governor said, "smacked little bit
too much of the old-time legal practice
that they used to tell about, when the
lawyer wanted to get the witness in bad
by saying when did you stop beating
your wife?"