Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-30
SMITH Speech
IS PROGRESSIVE,
HUMAN, STAND
Democratic Nominee Pledges Self
to Administration for Benefit
of All the People.
AGRICULTURAL PROBLEM
TO GET PROMPT ACTION
Will Enforce Dry Law, Stamp Out Cor
ruption and Recommend Changes
to congress-Promises Hon.
est Tariff.

ALBAN 7, N. Y, august GA-Deioio
a vast throng here early this evening,
Governor Alfred E. Smith formally
accepted the Democratic nomination
for president in an address in which
he dealt with the issues Of the cam
paign in a progressive and courage
Gus manner.
A large portion of his speech dealt
with the agricultural problem in which
he promised effective measures of re-
lief, with food control, development
of waterways and the conservation
Of water power resources.
Governor Smith reviewed the farm
troubles and pledged himself to an
earnest endeavor to solve the prob
lem of distributing the cost of dealing
with crop surpluses. He promised TO
call a conference of experts immedi
ately after election to work out the
mechanics Of accomplishing this end.
Governor Smith pledged himself and
his party to the restoration of honesty
In government; to the promotion or a
real prosperity for the whole people
through actual rather than fancied
economies and reorganization in gov
eminent and the enactment OF sound
tariff legislation; to the establishment
Of foreign policy opposed to unwar-
ranted Intervention in Latin-American
countries and for the outlawry Of war;
and to the stamping out of corruption
in prohibition enforcement.
Agriculture Sick
"This country cannot be healthy,
strong, economic body if one Of its
members, so fundamentally important
as agriculture, is sick almost to the
point of economic death" said Gov
ernor Smith, taking up the subject OF
farm relief.
The Republican administration has
made many promises of legislation to
aid the farmer, but has kept none OF
them, he continued.
1.-THE tariff is Ineffective on com
modities of which there is exportable
surplus without controlled sale OF the
surplus" said Governor Smith. "Our
platform points the way to make the
tariff effective for crops of which we
produce surplus.
"Co-operative, co-ordinated market
ing and warehousing of surplus farm
products is essential just as co-ordi-
mated, cooperative control of the flow
of capital was found necessary to the
regulation of our country's finances.
"Our platform declares for the de-
velopment of cooperative marketing
and an earnest endeavor to solve the
problem of the distribution of the cost
of dealing with crop surpluses over
the marketed unit Of the crop whose
producers are benefited by such as
sistance. Only the mechanics remain
to be devised. propose to substitute
action for inaction and friendliness for
hostility. In my administration Of the
government of my state, whenever l
was confronted with problem of this
character, l called into conference
those best equipped on the particular
subject in hand. I shall follow that
course with regard to agriculture.
Farmers and farm leaders with such
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sound economists and fair-minded
leaders of finance and business must
work out the details. There are vary
ing plans for the attainment of the
end which is to be accomplished. Such
plans should be subjected at once to
searching, able and fair-minded analy.
sis, because the interests of all re.
Quire that the solution shall be eco.
nomically sound.
Will Call Conference
IF l am elected, l shall immediate.
~ after election ask leaders of the
type / have named, irrespective of par
ty, to enter upon this task. I shall
join with them in the discharge OF
their duties during the coming winter
and present to Congress Immediately
upon it's converting the solution rec
commended by the body of men best
fitted to render this signal service to
the nation. l shall support the &C,
tivities of this body until satisfac'
tory law is placed upon the statute
books"
upon the steps of this Capitol
where twenty-five years ago l first
came into the service of the state,
receive my party's summons to lead
1t in the nation" said Governor Smith
In accepting his party's call. within
this building l learned the principles,
the purposes and the functions of gov
eminent and to know that the great.
est privilege that can come to any
man is to give himself to a nation
which has reared him and raised him
from obscurity to be a contender for
the highest Office in the gift of its
people.
with a gratitude too strong for
words and with humble reliance upon
the aid Of Divine Providence, accept
your summons to wider field Of &C.
tivity."
He sounded the keynote of his en-.
tire address when he said:
Constructive Government
Government should be construc.
tive. not destructive; progressive, not
yeactionary."
II am entirely unwilling to accept