Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20
HIGH TARIFF
FORFARMERS,
OWSLEY PLEA
Candidate Speaks At
Court House Here;
Would Protect Val
ley Grown Crops

Complete failure OF the present
tariff regulations to meet the entrie
needs Of the United States was
brought out by Alvin 0wsley, candi-
date for the senate, in a speech Sat
urday night delivered To about $50
persons in the district court room.
Mr.. Owsley. a World war veteran and
the first national commander Of the
American Legion, devoted practically
the whole Of his talk 70 tariff and
the need az revising IL and how il
colld be done.
Mr. Owsley began his talk with
praise for the Valley. declaring that
While he could find nothing but praise
for this section. he could not help
finding good qualities in all sections
and declared that he could not praise
the Valley AZ the expense Of other
sections Of Texas.
He almost abruptly turned to the
pressing needs Of Texas which he
termed n producing state which
should be protected as such. Two
thirds Of Texas population are farm
ers or cattiemen. the candidate said,
and yet prices for everything they
produce have gone down steadily in
h face Of z buyers market. Manu-
featured goods. on the other hand.
are selling on a sellers market due
20 the protective tariff. and maintain
a steady price level end In some cas-
es advance q little. he said.
Branded Unjust
This uncalled for and needlessly
unjust tariff is directly responsible
for the great number Of farmers who
are leaving the farms every year and
going into the cities" he explained.
in Texas, a producing state. unem-
ployment Is apparently on the in
crease or az least is more Of a prob
lem than a few years ago. It's the
migration from the farm to the
cities that makes Il. because We have
no great industrial centers such as
the eastern states and consequently
no place for these men 70 work when
they tire Of the unequal struggle Of
farm life and go TO town.
Il charge this condition directly
10 the tariff
In lire with this Mr.. Owsley pains
takingly analysed the problem Of the
farmer and the various remedies Of
fered. He carried his listeners
through the maze Of proposed rene
dies with the various riders and pro-
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the language Of the layman, and then
summed up the whole question with
the statement that he believed the
real remedy for the farmers trouble
could easily be made by giving him
an equal chance with his city broth
er. No nations can protect one in
dustry from competition and leave
another unprotected, he stated, but
that IA what the present tariff regu-
Iations seem 70 do
Urges Farm Loans
In this connection he pointed out
that loans by the government TO farm
associations when organized under
proper safeguards and secured by
farm products. would be another
means az extending aid 70 the farm
er. Coupled with just tariff regula-
tions, the farmers troubles would
soon be owe entirely.
Mr.. Owsley studiously avoided in
dulging in personalities, and touched
briefly on other matters that are
focusing the attention Of the people
now. He expressed himself in favor
of a connected system Of highways
and pointed out that prosperity has
invariably followed good highways.
Touching lightly on equal pay fer
emergency officers 81 the world war
when retired and for regular army
officers. veteran relief. and other
measures designed TO aid the veter-
ans. Mr. Owsley dwelt a little longer
on the necessity Of a drastic law that
will curtail price fixing through
speculation on cotton and grain pro-
ducts. And the spectre Of the tariff
ever before him, jumped again into
his talk.