The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-10-24
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1928.
GAVE ONLY HALF TRUTH

GAVE ONLY HALF TRUTH
7 ACK of space prevented our commenting
edtorially upon Attorney Victor Ander-
- sons Wadena speech in last weeks issue
although several intelligent persons who were in
the audience had asked us to do
In quoting Mr. Hoover on the question of
agricultural relief Mr.. Anderson read from the
Republican Handbook which he termed the
political bible of the Republican party. There is
an old saw about a half truth being more dam
gerous than lie. Mr. Anderson is a lawyer and
when we make that statement we do not wish to
reflect upon the bar for there many upright
attorneys who would never stoop to a half-truth.
Evidently, Mr.. Anderson is not in that category.
In quoting Mr.. Hoover he only read para
graph of Mr.. Hoover's speech The Pioneer
Journal will undertake to do what Mr.. Anderson
failed to do and it here and now quotes Mr.. Hoo
in full.
The handbook opens by saying that Mr..
Hoover placed his finger of the funda-
mental defects of the agricultural industry which
probably contributed more than any other factor
toward the depressing farm conditions during the
period of postwar adjustment namely, lack of
organization and cooperation. 1t then goes on
and quotes Mr.. Hoover as follows:
"The agricultural crisis which came
upon the country three years ago is
slowly solving itself through process
of adjustment in practically the same
way that such crises have been solved
in the past This process is carried on
partly by the farmer himself in slowly
decreasing the acreage of the least pro-
fitable lines, and partly by economic
pressure which hard-boiled economists
might call starving out the marginal
producer
Historical study of agriculture will
show that at several times in the past
such crises have arisen and the adjust
ment has come by the same hard process.
What is needed is to provide some new
method by which agriculture adjust
ment come with less grief and more
service to the farmer"
Mr. Anderson only read the first paragraph
of Mr.. Hoover's remarks which, of course, placed
Mr.. Hoover in a false position, and that was ex-
actly what Mr. Anderson wanted to do. Forum
ately, there some men and women in the
audience who knew what Mr. Hoover had said
upon the occasion that he spoke and they were
justly indignant to think that Mr.. Anderson
should so attempt to insult their intelligence as
to give them a haf-truth.
A campaign should be conducted on higher
plane than that taken by Mr.. Anderson. Talks
represent and bewder. The people of this ter
ritory are of high intelligence and the Pioneer
Journal maintains that Mr.. Anderson insulted
their intelligence when he thought them gull
lible. His is the artifice of the demagogue and
is as old as the hills Mr.. Anderson is not clever
when he resorts to half-truths to get by
Wadena Pioneer Journal.
h OF farmer in Minnesota the great
N northwest can deny that Congressman
Frank Clague has been their friend. He
has worked untiringly for every measure that
would restore agriculture to normally.
Remembering this, would it be amiss to ask
if after eight years of faithful friendship to agri
culture interests, Congressman Clague would
right-about-face and support candidate for the
presidency whom he believed would be unfriendly
to the farmer? Certainly not. Mr.. Clague
knows Mr.. Hoover. He knows that in him the
farmer has friend because of his great ability
for organization and for efficiency can and WILL
if elected evolve plan that will restore agricul-
ture to its proper position.
Let us show our confidence in Congressman
Clague by following him. He has never led US
wrongly and he will not start now.-Murray
County Herald.
Elsewhere in this issue there will be found
the campaign card OF Joe beran OF Clements,
candidate for representative to the State Legis-
lature. In accordance with the policy of the
Gazette, Mr.. Beran is supporting the candidacy
of Herbert Hoover for president of the United
States and he also supports the eighteenth am
endment and its rigid enforcement. Mr.. Beran
is farmer, and has been a resident of the coun-
ty for II years. He served overseas in the
World war and is engaged in farming and
Cooperative Livestock Shipping. In his card he
states that he stands for honesty and efficiency
and, if elected, will represent the county with
courage and candor.