Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
MILFORD. FRIDAY. NOV. %, 1928

THE ELECTION OF 1928 is IL
first political contest in this countr
in which radio broadcasting ha
played an important role. The radi
was employed to a limited extent i
the campaign of 1924, but the mum
ber of listeners at that time wa
only small fraction of what it i
today. Never before have the voter
had such opportunities to acquain
themselves not only with the issue!
but even with something of the per.
sonalities of the candidates.
The voters listened in on the nom
mating conventions at Houston and
Kansas City; they heard the candi-
dates deliver their speeches of ac-
ceptance and they have since heard
numerous appeals from the chief
spokesmen of both parties. Into the
crowded tenements of Eastern cities,
into the homes of million farmers,
into the mining and lumber camps
and the cowboys cabins of the Far
West the radio has carried impair
TALLY the Democratic and Republi-
can discussions of the political is
sues of the day. Thousands who
would never take the trouble to read
a political speech have sat night af-
ter night and pondered every word
which came from the loud speaker.
And the effect of the spoken word is
different from that of the printed
page.
All this was undoubtedly reflected
in the balloting, although along with
other imponderables it will be diff
cult to trace. One thing, however, is
certain; the interest created by radio
has played a big part in the huge
registration of voters. A popular
mechanical device has accomplished
what the educational campaigners Of
numerous civic organizations in the
past have failed to achieve.
DeS
IT WOULD SEEM from present
indications that Uncle Sam is to con-
tinue his march along the high road
of progress and prosperity. 1t may
be added in passing that the cam
paign this year had little if any dis
turbing effect on business and the
year 1928 seems to have pretty eff
fectually disposed of the old bugaboo
of hard times and uncertainty during
presidential campaign years.
In a recent statement on the eco
nomic situation in the country,
Charles M. Schwab, one of Ameri-
cas- leading industrialists, declared
that the nation is still on the high
tide of prosperity and that the pros
poets for the immediate future are
unusually favorable.
Prosperity, Mr.. Schwab admitted,
had not been as kind to the farmers
as to our citizens in other walks of
life but even here he saw signs of
The signs for the farmer are in
Iced not discouraging. In the cam ]
,aign both parties promised to help |
i'm as much as is possible by legis- s
alton. These pledges will doubtless /
10 carried out in the near future, I
9th by the enactment of special I
arm tariffs and in laws designed to c
olive our marketing problems. This t
entirely as it should be and Con- a
ress will doubtless be in a willing "
nd even anxious mood. r
One of those hardest hit has been s.
le corn farmer. In a recent state c.
ent Secretary of Agriculture Jar al
ne declared that the corn situation te
improving due in part to the fact Il
at the crop in Europe will be % 81
r cent less than last year, and that NJ
is will doubtless create an export ty
mand. There was a very small us
rryover crop of five per cent from te
st year, he continues, and the new CO
op is estimated to be less than five 1S
r cent greater than the yield of of
27. fr,
The signs are generally encourag-
: from the agricultural standpoint tr,
d there is evidence on which to re-
Sc the prediction that the year er
70 will witness a big step in the su
of the agricultural sit nit
ion in the United States. eri
DC the
JEVER BEFORE in the history of bo,
erican politics have the people cal
n brought face to face with a co,
blem for which newspaper pub F,,
ers and printers have sought 81
ignition for nearly forty years. ael
press Of the country has from +bo
; to time called on Congress to wo,
ignize the principle that the gov ous
nent has no right to compete un- bou
y with private enterprise in the will
ting of special request addresses
tamped envelopes.
Hoover recognized IL
gravity of the situation and nom
sed the Importance of keeping holl'
overnment out of business in at date
three Of his four principal ad- ford