The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-08-15

when the Republican presidential candidate important issues
the his acceptance speech The
speech the Stanford Stadium Palo Alta Calf He
definite thred plan of farm relief of which follows
declaring strictly the repeal of the 18th Am
address favored the development of both the
Mississippi and Great Lakesohesea waterway Herewith publish
ed is his farm aid plan
urgent problem nation today
be solved bring prosperity and
of people directly and to all of people
indirectly We have pledged ourselves to find solution
In my mind most agricultural wrong
premises The first is that agriculture industry
industries incapable of the organization The
second false premise is that rehabilitation will be complete when
reached comparable with Agriculture not
satisfactory basis before the The abandoned farms OF
the northeast testimony Generally there but lit
midwest that derived
from the increases in farm land values Even OF more import
ance great living of all occupations
the Some branches of agriculture have greatly recovered
but taken whole not keeping pace with the onward marcn
in other industries
for failure of agriculture to win
prosperity. The after-war defa
prices brought direct losses to the
often left indebted iainflated dollars to be
paid inflated dollars Prices often demoraized through
gus markets during the harvest Local taxes
increased to provide the improved roads and
schools.
The products proving him
imports abroad The transportation rates
greatly affected the which he received for his
Over six million farmers in time of surplus engage in des
competition with another the sale Of their product
prices that could be maintained
The whole tendency of civilization during the last so years
the of the units of production in
order lower costs and orderly adjustment OF the flow
the demand But the organization OF agriculture
be by enlarged farms The farmer has
without large
He today producing 20 cent than eight ago
and personnel Farming and must
ndvduast business of small units and inepen
than business; is state OF
converted into production machine
position to be improved by larger opera
the farm but in the field of distribution
partially advanced this direction through
pools the traditional cooperative often not COM
plete solution -S%e
Differences of opinion as to remedy
completion relief 1t plain duty
which mobilize the sound
agricultural reconstruction Our platform lays od OASIS
upon which build. 1t offers affirmative program
An tariff the foundation of farm relief Our
consumers increase producers The domestic
market be protected Foreign products raised under
lower standards today competing in our home
markets. would office and influence to give the
farmer the full benefit of historic tariff policy
large spread between what the farmer receives
and what the ultimate due to in
in railway rates has been
These have been added to
the reaching seaboard and foreign markets and
The farmers OF foreign
their competition with the
has endowed with great system OF in
win comprise most substan
contribution midwest farm relief and to the development OF
modernization includes not
joining of the Great Lakes and
the Gulf but also shipway
Atlantic These improvements would
farmers to warrant their
relief
not
proposal of the is the whole
reorganization of the marking
tenn We already
greatly this by the acts supporting farm
establishment intermediate credit banks the regulation
of ad public exchanges and the expansion OF the
of agriculture The platform proposes to go much farther
pledges the creation of federal farm board OF farm
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