Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-05
70 The Herald

rspher IN his office and he pays her
but $40 a week and horrows the
money at the bank TO do that. The
information on which based my
statement was an incidental state
ment by another mutual friend resid-
irg IN Mission, and / naturally as
sumed that IL was a matter of com
mon knowledge. Since il now appears
that | was misinformed, / offer my
apologies TO Mr.. Hardin and my SYM
rathy to the girl who is compelled to
labor for $40 a week.
If, in the face of his overwhelming
defeat two years ago Mr.. Hardin is
willing to borrow money az the bank
70 invest in another political cam
paign, he should be awarded a medal
as the prize optimist. However. he
does not seem TO have the practical
business judgment that would recon-
rend him 70 the voters TO handle the
tax payers money.
II is my intention to refrain from
making misstatements. IL | inadver-
tently do so. | will appreciate having
my attention called to the error and
] will gladly make amends.
Mr.. Hardin calls upon me TO pro-
duce black and white proof that the
Tax Payers League is supporting his
campaign. II Mr.. Hardin will sub
init his correspondence to public in
spection this would probably be pos
sible. j. may be possible to provide
the positive proof in any case. If
Mr.. Hardin will say whether or not
he knows or has had any dealings or
conversation with a man by the name
r. Escavaille and another by the name
Of J. A. Arnold, il will throw con-
siderable light on the subject.
Mr.. Hardin calls upon me to pre-
sent facts and not opinions. ] do not
propose TO let him dictate TO me
What arguments ! shall use. | have
as good a right to express opinions
of his qualifications for the office he
seeks as he has TO express opinions
OF Mr.. Gamers qualifications. Thus
far he has been using his own opin-
ions and interpretations against him
aid has not presented a single fact
70 su~bstantiate his conclusions. He
says that the present plight of the
farmer has been caused by Mr.. Gar
ner voting against the Fordney tariff.
That is a mere conclusion on his
rart. The slightest consideration Of
the facts reduces it to an absurdity.
~ - RA0(Na9 "a L1AloAtAk "a w.
can Mr.. Hardin pretend that Mr..
Garner is responsible for the woes
that have fallen upon the farmers as
a result OF a tariff bill that Mr.. Gar
ner voted against? OF all the political
cap trap and buncombe this is the
most stupid and absurd.
Mr.. Hardin talks as il the tariff
on vegetables was the only item in
that bill. He may think that, but IL
he does, he is more simple minded
than | give him credit for being. The
Fordney tariff bill was denounced by
the most representative and i~nfluen-
tial farmers organization in the Unit
cd States, the American Farm Bureau
Federation, Us an iniquitious measure
which costs the farmers Of the coun-
thy more than $500, 600, 900 a year.
Yet Mr.. Hardin says that he would
have voted for that measure had he
been in Mr.. Gamers position. That
means that Mr.. Hardin is in favor
o. placing this burden on the farm
ers. Furthermore, he is in favor of
making the farmers of the Valley pay
a tax of 10 cents a pound on their
cabbage seed, 20 cents on their cauli-
flower seed, Is cents a pound on onion
seed. He is in favor of free hides
for the cattle men. He is in favor of
taxing the man who buys a suit of
clothes 40 per cent to so per cent of
its cost, making the farmers wife
pay a tax of 20 per cent to So per
cent for the carpet on the floor Of
Ter home, and so per cent on the un-
derwear she buys. This is merely an
example of the way the Fordney
tariff piles the load onto the con-
sumer.
Now what does il do for the Val
ley farmer that Mr.. Hardin rants so
" UGH about? 1t taxes the onion grow
ers of Egypt only l cent a pound, so
cents L crate. which does not repre-
sent the difference in the cost Of pro-
auction in Egypt and in the Valley.
What is the result? Egyptian onions
are coming into this country and un-
derselling our onions. and our farm
ers are unable to move their crop at
a profit. The Fordney bill that Mr..
Hardin favors taxes the tomato grow
ers in Mexico but one-half cent a
round, a tax they can easily pay and
still import their product into this
country and undersell the Valley
formers. Cuba and the Isle of Pines
can ship their grapefruit into this
country by paying one cent a pound.
and then undersell our growers and
make a profit. As proof of this they
are doing il right now under the
operations of this same Fordney
tariff that Mr.. Garner voted against
and denounced on the floor Of con-
yress, because he said il was putting
a low tariff on the things the farmer
sells and n high tariff on the things
he buys, and this is exactly what the
Farm Bureau Federation
says after maintaining a corps of ex-
in Washington making a study
md comparison of the schedules.
Since the passage of the Fordney
ill and the emergency tariff bill.
both Of which Mr.. Garner voted
against. the farmers have been suf-
the worst depression they have
,ver experienced and farm values
ave shrunk billions of dollars. Prior
the passage Of these bills the farm
RS were experiencing the greatest
of prosperity they have ever
'nown. OF course, the war had a
arge measure TO do with this. but
he Fordney and emergency tariff
ills have aggravated the situation
enormously, as the farmers them
say. At no time have the
been in such q plight as they
ave been under these two measures,
ct Mr.. Hardin has the assurance to
ONE out and say that the cause OF
the farmers troubles is due to the
allure Of Mr.. Garner to vote for
bese bills. Had Mr.. Garner voted
zr them, the situation would have in
o whit been changed because the
ills passed anyhow. If he had voted
r them, he might justly be charged
it'll some share Of the responsibility
n the result, but Mr.. Garner voted
these ubiquitous measures,
any honorable congressman would
} who represented the farming popu-
tion and not the wealthy m~anufac-
Irers Of New England and the East.
Mr.. Hardin has been listening TO