Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-13

Since early Thursday morning o
this week have been travelling through
our Southland. Campaigning is NJ
new thing with me, but can say hon
estly and sincerely that in all of tn
years that have been conducting cam
paigns have never received a NOR
hearty, or, might even say, more
| affectionate welcome than I have re
| ceived from the people in the South
At every railroad station and at ever,
| large city have been greeted with al
enthusiasm that gives me new con
fidence in the righteousness Of the cause
that / am fighting for.
In accordance with the program o.
the national committee, my next speech
is to be at Louisville, KY. I was t.
pass through the State of Tennessee
but did not feel like leaving the STATE
that gave to the nation that grea
leader of Democracy, Andrew Jackson
without saying something in apprecia'
ton of the warm welcome that / have
received.
Holds G. o. p. Hard Pressed.
"In Omaha little over three week!
ago, with a National Radio hooEup,
outlined the Democratic attitude or
farm relief I contrasted the platforms
of the two parties, and the speeches o.
acceptance of the two candidates. anc
I definitely impressed upon the people
that a speedy constructive program o.
farm relief could only come from the
Democratic party.
Republican orators, the Republican
national committee, and for that matter
the Republican candidate himself, have
been very hard pressed to answer ny
Omaha speech on farm relief.
Senator Curtis, the candidate fol
Vice President on the Republican ticket
takes chance with 1t, and in his, speech
at st. Paul he says:
Tariff protection on farm products
is an important means by which t;
relieve the present depression in agricul
ture and to place the farmer in a posi-,
ton of economic equality with our othel
industries
THE Senator keeps repeating that
with the hope that If he says it otter
enough somebody will begin to believ.
it. He knows as well as I do that tn,
tariff standing by itself is not the rem.
edy for the present depressed condition
In agriculture. That he recognizes Thu
to be the fact is shown by another sen.
tence from his same speech when HI
says:
But in considering tariff rates as
means for improving the problems o.
agriculture, the danger of undue reliance
on the effectiveness of this method mus
be avoided
Holds Some Promise Made.
What does he mean by that? Since
when has he discovered that? TIL.
Republican party four years ago prom
ised measures that would put agricul
ture on an economic equality with in.
dustry. 1t is a matter of history tina
nothing was done to carry out tina
promise for four long years. For tina
reason we see the same promise repeat
ed IN this years platform word fol-
word, sentence for sentence, and at tn.
end OF four years Senator Curtis volun.
teers the information that we must no
put undue reliance upon the effective
ness of the tariff.
That Is not in keeping with the
candidate of his party, MIR. Hoover. who
distinctly says in his speech of ac-
ceptance that the tariff is the founda.
ton Of farm relief.
Senator Curtis knows what the
farmer needs. One method calculated
to bring about economic equality with
industry was suggested in the form OF
| legislative enactment. Senator Curtis
voted for it when it was before the
Senate and voted against it after il
was vetoed by the President. In other
words, he was with the farmer one
day and against him the next. He
could not have been right both times
He, above all men, is in no position to
promote the interest of the candidate
OF his party, because his own record on
farm relief does not stand the test.
THE Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, speaking in Tennessee a short
time ago, spoke about the far-reachina
and specific proposal. made by his
political party on behalf of the farmers
read the speech carefully, and failed
to see wherein he makes any definite
suggestion to meet the difficulties that
the farmer and the cotton grower must
overcome in order to share in the gen.
eral prosperity that the Republican
party claims to have brought to the
country.
Charges Failure to Understand.
He repeats the language of hi.
speech of acceptance about farmer.
owned and farmer controlled stabili.
zatfon corporations intended, as hi
claims, to protect the farmer from de.
preSSionS and Generalization of Sum.
mer and periodic surplusses, and while
he definitely says that he does not pro.
pose subsidy or a fee or tax upon thu
farmer, he speaks about clothing the
Federal Farm Board with power anc
resources with which to back up farm.
ers co-operatives. No mention Is made
by him of what the resources are. Nc
proposal Is made that is to allow fol
not only the periodical and the Sum.
crTrYNfpYccoC hHst for tho caYr-
pluSSeS in crops which, being in exceS.
of domestic consumption and offered ir
a domestic market, Ak the price of the
whole crop. He fails to understand
that the great fundamental principle Of
control of the exportable surplus Is the
prime solution of the problem.
This great principle is lost sight Of
not only in the plan advanced by the
candidate, but in the platform of the
Republican party; and he, in turn, fol
lowing the lead of Senator Curtis, re.
peats the time-worn language of eco.
nomic equality as between agriculture
and industry. If that means anything
! to my way Of thinking, 1t means making
| effective the tariff for agriculture as i
is effective for industry. That can onl'
be done by control of the exportablI
surplus; and unless the cost Of dispos
| ing OF that surplus is charged b3cl
upon the crops benefited, the Repub
lican candidate cannot in truth sa,
that there Is to be no subsidy, no fee
or no tax upon the farmer.
Cites Party Platform.
Never in the history of politica
campaigning has an issue been a
closely drawn as the one affecting farm
| relief The Democratic party in IL
| platform and myself in my speech o
acceptance have definitely laid dow
first the recognition of the principle
and second, the promise to work on
the mechanics necessary to carry
into effect. On the other hand, neithe
in its platform nor in the speech Q
acceptance of its candidate, nor in any
thing that the Republican orators hav
so far said, does the Republican part
suggest even the basis of plan calcu
lated to bring about the necessary re