New Britain herald., 1928-11-05
Smith PLEADS FOR
Vote Of FARMERS
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upon the principle Of the control Of
the exportable surplus. You Ger
tainly do not think he Is going to
sign q bill. whether it Is passed at
a special session or = regular SEES
sion. based upon. that principle
which he calls state socialism,
In delivering his farm appeal
Governor Smith read from text for
the first time since his acceptance
speech. 1t took less than is min
utes to broadcast the address which.
II delivered extemporaneously. would
have consumed half an hour or
more.
The nominee faced only . few
hundred people as he made the next
to the last speech of his campaign
in = studio at Carnegie Hail.
In statement before going on the
air Governor Smith said that cleo
ton day this year would see 1.-THE
largest vote in the history OF the
United States" and he added his be-
lief that radio was vitality RESPONSE
BILE. The radio, he said. had taken
politics into every American home
and had changed 1.-THE typical poliu-
cal speech from a collection of high
sounding phrases and choice bits of
bunk to a clear logical argument"
The governor also thought radio
was destined to play an important
part in bringing about harmonious
relations with foreign nations
Recently ] noticed in the news,
papers," he said. that plans are
being made to. exchange radio pro-
grams between the United States and
England. France and Germany.
When we. as a nation. listen to
concert played in France and when
France listens to one OF our famous
radio orchestras. the bonds Of inter-
national friendship cannot but be
made stronger. Music does not make
for hatred or distrust and ! believe
that the, encouragement OF this ex-
change bf music between nations Is
4 long step toward world peace"
Governors speech
Following is the full text of Gov
ernor Smiths radio talk to the
farmers of the country this noon.
II welcome this opportunity In
closing the campaign to speak brief
ly to the men and women in the
great farming sections of the coun-
try.
Both parties are agreed that the
farmer and the stock raiser have not
shared in the country's prosperity
and are in dire distress today. Both
parties have agreed that the solution
of the agricultural problem is one of
the most important duties and re-
sponsibilities of the next administra-
zion. But Mr.. Hoover and have
been in sharp disagreement as to the
way in which the farmers problem
should rs solved and as to the party
which should be entrusted with Its
solution.
Depends On Democrats
II believe that l can fairly say to
the farmers of this country and their
families that this campaign has
shown that the salvation of agricul-
ture in this country today depends
upon democratic success, and I am
going to summarize my reasons for
this belief.
First, want you to judge the
future by the past.
The republicans have been In
power for seven and half years
As Mr.. Hoover said last Friday
night. they have been alive to the
situation Of agriculture. ! know you
will agree with me that they did
nothing effective about it: that the
promises made in 1920 and in 1924
have never been kept. and that the
agricultural situation is worse today
than when the republicans came into
office in 1921. So when Mr.. Hoover
said last Friday night he would es-
TEEN it an honor to have the privi-
lege Of solving the agricultural prob
lem. l can fairly say that he has
had an opportunity to achieve that
honor for the last four years as the
agricultural adviser to the admins
tration, but he took no advantage OF
It,
He referred to the farmers fail
ure to agree as to what they want.
l need hardly remind you that
there was sufficient agreement in
this country to pass two relief
measures by a vote of Just two
thirds of the members of both hous-
es of congress, only to have those
measures vetoed by the president.
under the candidates advice. with no
solution offered in place of them.
Now, that is the record of the past.
Failed For Years
"There is no farmer and no farm
ers' wife in this country today who
does not know that they are not
helping themselves by continuing In
power the party which for seven and
d half years has had an opportunity
to Erapple with this problem and has
done nothing whatever about 1t.
II next remind you what Mr..
Hoover's reil views on this farm
question we're before he became a
candidate.
I'm 1924, as l pointed out in my
Omaha speech. he definitely SAID
that overproduction on the farm
can only be corrected by prices low
enough to make production unproflt-
able asked then and / ask you
now to reflect whether you want 10
entrust the solution of the farm
problem to a man who definitely
said that his notion of farm relief
was to make prices low enough TO
drive more farmers and more farm
ers' families from their homes.
1.-The next reason why the desire
ror Golf preservation should lead the
farmer and the farmers wife 10 vote
for me on next Tuesday is the utter
hopelessness of anything that the re-
publican party or Mr.. Hoover has
had TO say in this campaign with
respect to farm relief In contrast
with the definite. specific program
which I have offered.