New Britain herald., 1928-11-05
withdrawal Of my name from this

why farmer or Z farmers VIE
should vote for candidate who
stands upon = platform repudiated
by a member fthe party itself. who
is q leader in the fight for agricul-
tural relief? And ! remind you of
Senator Norris brave and courage
Gus stand for the principles Of farm
relief. which had led him as =
leader in the battle in your behalf.
to leave his own party and enlist
himself and his great talents in be-
half OF my election, because he re-
CARDS the policies for which l stand
as the surest guarantee of relief to
you: and l ask you to recall all the
state and local farm leaders who
have studied this problem in your
behalf. who agree with Governor
Lowden and Senator Norris as to the
utter hopelessness of any expecta-
ton of relief from the republican
party.
Let me spend Just a few minutes
in reviewing what has been said
about agricultural relief during this
campaign; and / will take first
things We agree on.
Inland Waterways
First. inland waterways: There
is no disagreement on that. but I
think you will all agree with ME
that if the farm population Of this
country has to wait for relief until
a system of inland waterways Is de-
veloped. there will be very little farm
population to be relieved.
Talks OF Tariff
Second. tariff on import crops:
We are oil agreed on that. The
democratic party has promised tie
farmer. and have promised the
farmer. full protective duties on all
import crops on an absolute equal
ity with industry upon all agricul-
tural products that are imported.
II do pause. however. to ask why.
II higher duties are necessary. the
republicans have not given them
during the last seven and a half
years.
mo. I am for giving the farmer
who raises the import crops full
tariff protection. but you know and
l know that that standing alone has
never solved the problem. will never
solve the problem. and that when
the republicans have argued about
it they have simply been trying to
get your minds away from the real
principle of farm relief. about which
l shall presently speak and upon
which they are directly opposed to
me and directly opposed to your in
terest and your economic salvation.
Then Mr.. Hoover talks about
stabilize ton corporations.
Zone word about these stabiliza-
ton corporations to which Mr..
Hoover is willing to lend money.
Our commodity prices are not made
in America. In this very st. Louis
speech Mr.. Hoover says that they
are made abroad. You can no more
control or stabilize them by a cor
poration that has not power to lift
the surplus clear out of the demes-
tic market than you can fight a fist
tight with man 10 miles away.
World conditions and not seasonal
gluts control domestic price. For
the past 10 years the seasonal high
price Of each year has occurred ex-
actly as frequently at harvest time
as In growing time. Who will share
the profits and who will bear the
losses
Differs With Hoover
And now we come to the great
fundamental. underlying principle
for farm relief upon which Mr..
Hoover and I differ absolutely.
II agree with Governor Lowden
and Senator Norris that there can
never be any satisfactory solution
on the farm problem unless that that
solution is based upon the principle
of an effective control OF the sale
OF the exportable surplus with the
cost imposed upon the community
benefited. For that principle the
democratic platform squarely stands.
and for that principle I squarely
stand and for that principle you ard
your leaders apd those who have
been struggling in your behalf for
the last eight ears stand and have
always stood.
Knowing The Principle
You know full we'll by this time
what that principle means. You
fully that as to the great
cash crops of which we produce an
exportable surplus. the tariff simply
does not function because the expor-
table surplus is offered for sale in
this country before 1t finally finds its
way into foreign market. 1t is the
presence Of this exportable surplus
In the domestic market that has
driven down your prices far below
the cost OF production. reduced by
billions the value Of your farms,
driven millions of people from the
farm to other occupations and
brought about the dire distress in
which agriculture finds itself today.
And what has Mr.. Hoover had
10 say about this principle of farm
relief for which / stand. for which
my party stands, and which I am
glad to admit l learned to approve
from a study Of the speeches and
Of Governor Lowden and
senator Norris and those other great
leaders who had given their atten-
lion to this problem before 1t be-
came my duty to study It? In his
speech at Madison Square Garden in
New York. Mr.. Hoover branded
his whole principle as state social
ism. You and l and your leaders
and all who have been struggling in
your behalf-all OF us together-are
to the socialist party be-
cause We wish the government In
your behalf 10 follow tho zav,o