Evening star., 1928-11-05
TEXT OF GOV. SMITHS
FINAL APPEAL TO FARMERS

in your behalf for the last eight years
stand and have always stood
You know full we'll by this time
what that principle means. You under
stand fully that as to the great cash
crops of which we produce an export
able surplus, the tariff simply does not
function, because the exportable sur
Plus is offered for sale in this country
/ before it finally finds its way into a
| foreign market. It is the presence of
! this eXportable surplus in the domestic
market that has driven down your
prices far below the cost of production,
reduced by billions the value of your
farms, driven millions of people from
the farms to other occupations and
brought out the dire distress in which
/ agriculture finds itself today.
Scores Socialism" Charge.
And what has Mr.. Hoover had to
say about this principle of farm relief
fer which I stand. for which my party
STANDS and which I am glad to admit l
learned to approve from a study of the
speeches and writings of Gov. Lowden
and Senator Norris and those other
great leaders who had given their at
tention to this problem before it became
my duty to study it? In his speech at
Madison Square Garden in New York
Mr.. Hoover branded his whole principle
as State socialism. You and and your
leaders and all who have been str'lg
Cling in your bchaif-all of us together
are transferred to the Socialist party
because we wish the Government in
your behalf to follow the same prin-
clple adopted in the Federal Reserve
system for the protection Of money and
credit.
only if you think that YOU and your
family are Socialists because you believe
IN this principle of the control of rhe
eXportab,e surplus. only if you are will
ing ton intrust the rebuilding of farm
prosperity to one who thus denounceS
the cnly principle upon which it can be
based, only then can you give your sup
port to my opponent in this election.
Hits Extra Session.
"And at the last minute in his ST
Louis speech Mr. Hoover talked about
calling an extra session of Congress. An
extra session for what? Under his ad
vice. the President of the United States
vetoed farm relief measures which were
twice passed b. Republican Congress.
Hc had nothing to offer in place of it.
What has Nj. Hoover got to offer in
place Of it today? II he is true to what
he has always said, ne would certainly
veto any bill passed upon the principle
of the control Of The eXportable surplus.
You certainly do not think he is going
to sign bill. whether it IS passed at a
special session or q regular session,
based upon that principle which he calls
State Socialism. If Mr. Hoover We're
President, what good then would it do
YOU to have him call special session?
Ask yourselves this question. There is
but one answer you can possibly give
and that answer requires you, if you
are true to your own convictions if you
are loyal to your own interests and the
interest of your family, to follow the
lead CT Senator Norris end vote the
Democratic ticket tomorrow.
Pleas for Support.
The duty to vote the Democratic
ticket reses not only on your own self
interest but on your loyalty to your
homes end your families. Restoration
OF prosperity to the farm is not mere
material thing. 1t involves the contin-
uance and the betterment of the home
and the family life of the farm, light
ening of the burden upon the women in
the agricultural community, the extern
sion OF the comforts of a prosperous and
happy family life to the children: in
short the continuance of the traditional
American country life; happy, prosper
Gus, fruitful, and the foundation of
American prosperity.
And in closing let me give you this
word of cheer and confidence. From
every section of this country today I
have had reports forecasting a great
Democratic victory. The industrial Fest
joins with the agricultural West in its
desire for restoration of Democratic
I believe that tomorrow
will bring a great Democratic victory
and ] assure you that that victory in
turn will bring solution of the argicul-
tural problem that will restore prosper
ity to the farm and promote the welfare
of the entire country"