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have been in sharp disagreement
to the party which should be en-
trusted with its solution.
II believe can fairly say to the
farmers Of this country and their
families that t is campaign has
shown that the salvation of agri-
culture in this country today de-.
ponds upon Democratic success.
G. o. p. Record Cited
"The Republicans have been in
power for seven and a 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 to-
day than when the Republicans
came into office in 1921.
$50, when Mr.. Hoover said last
Friday night he would esteem 1t an
honor to have the privilege of solv-
ing the agricultural problem, II can
fairly say that he has had an op.
portunity to achieve that honor for
the last four years as the agricul-
tural adviser to the Administration,
but he took no advantage of it.
He referred to the farmers fail
ure to agree as to what they want.
/ 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 houses of Con-
gress, only to have those measures
vetoed by the President. under the
candidates advice, with no solution
offered in place Of them.
THAT Is the record of the past.
There is no farmer and no farm
er's wife in this country today who
does not know that they are not help.
ing themselves by continuing in
power the party which for seven
and a half years had had an OBJ
portunity to grapple with this prob
lem. and has done nothing whatever
about it.
II next remind you what Mr..
Hooxer's real view on this farm
question was before he became a
candidate.
Quotes Hoover Solution
I'm 1924 he definitely said that
on the farm 'can
only be corrected by prices low
enough to make production I'm.
profitable" / ask you now to re.
fleet whether you want to 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 farmers
families from their homes.
The next reason why the desire
for self-preservation should lesd
the, farmer and the farmers wife
to vote for me on next TI1esda "
is the utter hopelessness OF any.
thing that the Republican party
or Mr.. Hoover has had to saw In
this campaign with respect to farm !
relief. in contrast with the def.
mite, specific program which I have
offered.
Let us begin with the Republi.
can platform itself. I am sure
that there is no one listening to nv
voice who will not agree that Gov. |
ernor Lowden of Illinois is. one
of the greatest authorities on the
farm problem and one Of the best
AllCIlOS VI IilS AdFHlSP IN THIS cOun- |
try today. He has been a lifelong
and loyal Republican. When the
Republican platform was adopte |
at Kansas City. Governor Lowden
said of 1t:
LOwden and Norris
II have urged that it is the duty
of the Republican party to find
some way to restore agriculture |
from the ruin that threatens it, |
That in my Judgment the conven.
ton by the platform just adopted
has failed to do. and / therefore
authorize the withdrawal of nv
name from this convention
Can you think of any reason
why a farmers wife should vote
for a candidate who stands upon y
platform repudiated by a member
of the party himself, who Is a
leader in the fight for agricultural
relief?
And I remind you of Senator
Norris brave and courageous stand
for the principles OF farm relief,
which have led him, as leader in
the BATTLE in your behalf, to leave
his own party and enlist himself
and his great talents in behalf Of
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