Evening star., 1928-11-04

sorts to political bunk and demagogy -
This Is the opinion of newspaper
supporting the Republican candidate. II
apparently was unable to give editorial
sanction to the false bugaboo of ca
; lamity and business distress following
: Democratic ascendency that the Re-
! publican party. from the candidate
: : down. have been trying to paint
,, For the further promotion of the
. smoke screen, the Republican candidate
. has made repeated reference to his at
titude toward immigration. 1t is not
an issue. / stand squarely upon the
Democratic platform which pledges a
continuation of the present restrictive
laws except where they divide families.
Mr. Hoover and l are in agreement on
this point and it is only. brought into
the campaign to befog the issues.
Refers to Farm Situation.
Now that 1 have demolished the
smoke screen, let us bring out into the
open the real isues of the campaign.
Let us take up the agricultural Situa-
ton. No man can honestly make the
statement that there is widespread pros
perity in this country when the one
third of the whole population engaged
in agricultural pursuits are, according
to the Republican platform, in dire
distress And 1t is that distress that
caused the Republican candidate only
last night to say, Agriculture is the
most urgent economic problem In the
Nation today"
Paralyze agriculture and you reduce
the purchasing power of one-thrd of the
people. 1t follows as night follows day
that if that buying power is paralyzed
the depression must be felt through
every line of human endeavor. The
farmer purchasing less, the storekeeper
sells less The SCorekeeper selling less,
the manufacturer manufactures less.
The manufacturer manufacturing less.
the workingman works less.
The Republican party has had eight
years in which to cure the evils beset-
ting agriculture. That they have known
of the evils is proven by the speech of
Mr.. Hoover last night when he said,
speaking of agriculture:
There are ample causes for COM
plant. The Republican party has
throughout the whole of the last seven
and a half years been alive to this
/ situation
He should have added: But nothing
was done about it," And that is the
/ reason why agriculture is 'the most ur-
gent economic problem in the Nation
| today"
The trouble with agriculture is basic
and fundamental and it cannot be cured
by the application of remedies that do
not go to the very root of the disease.
Cites LOwden and Norris.
Gov Lowden, Senator Norris and the
leaders of agriculture generally through
out the country are of one mind-that
! the solution lies in proper control OF
| the eXportable surplus with the cost i'm
! posed upon the crop benefited and un-
| less and until remedy is brought forth
| based upon that principle you are only
| administering palliatives and not seek
ing a cure for the disease itself.
Senator Norris, former Republican
chairman of the Senate committee on
| agriculture in Nationwide address de-
clared that because of Mr.. Hoover's at
| titude toward great public problems,
| among which he believed agriculture to
| be one of the foremost, he was in favor
| of my election. Gov. LoWden of Illinois
withdrew his name from the Republican
national convention at Kansas City
upon the theory that the Republican
| party did not recognize the great un-
derlying principle of cure for the stag
nation of agriculture.
Mr.. Borah and Mr.. Hughes agree with
Mr.. Hoover. Mr.. Hoover rejects the
| fundamental remedy and seeks to lull
| the farmer to sleep with talk about de-
veloping inland waterways something
/ abort which there Is no difference be-
tween us, and with talk about stabili-
Zation corporations, which will in some
mysterious way not explained by him,
bring a cure for the paralysis of agri-
culture. The strange thing about 1t all
is that Mr. Hoover was President Cool
idge's adviser on this subject during the
last four years and never suggested any
/ - - ~S~1~1 - h. 70 lnn
twice vetoed the only relief bill that
came from the Congress. Even now Ia
is SO blind to the fundamental needs of
the farmer that he calls the principle
advocated not only by me, but by leaders
| of his own party like Senator Norris,
| Gov. Lowden and Vice President Dawes,
State Socialism.
The Democratic platform and the
| Democratic candidates recognize the
| fundamental principle and promise
| speedy remedy. The hope of the far
mer and of those In the country depend
ent upon his prosperity is in the Demo-
cratic party. The Republican party,
according to the record, is helpless to
Go anything for them
Power Held Important. -,
There is no more important question
in this country today than the one that
has to do with the development of our
| great natural water power resources.
Water power has been referred to as
white coal and it Is running to waste
in sufficient quantities throughout the
length and breadth of this land to pro-
duce cheap power for industry the home
and the farm.
The division of opinion between the
two parties is on the method of de-
| rrnlnY rtro ~k,, i
heres to the policy of private develop
ment by private individuals for private
profit and gain. The Democratic party,
aided by progressive Republicans, be-
lieveS in public development under
public ownership and under public con-
troll in the interest of the rank and
file OF the people, the rightful owners
of the power.
Senator Norris agrees with me and
violently disagrees with the candidate
OF his own party. Senator Borah dis
agrees with the candidate of his party
to the point where he said. If water
power were the only issue would not
support Mr.. Hoover"
The Republican candidate stands IN
the corner of the power trust, and IN
his Madison Square Garden speech,
right in this building. declared the
Democratic policy as enunciated by me
to be State socialism.
The decision will have to be made on
Tuesday by the American people as to
the future of their power resources
that will either commit them to the
Democratic party for public develop
nlent or put the Republican party in a
position to hand them out to the pri-
vate power companies. have conf
dence in the judgment and common
sense Of the rank and file of the Ameri-
can people, and for that reason am
sure their decision will be right
Urges Reorganization
There Is a crying need today for a