Evening star., 1928-05-29

publlcan) holds, and that paper adGs.
This is known To Congress, whose sin
cerity in passing The McNary- -Haugen
bill is fully as real3s that of the Presi-
dent in rejecting IT, The Rock Island
Argus (independa1t) contends that
economically thor who approved the
bill are the peers 4 those VINO opposed
it," The Waterloo Tribune (ndepend-
ent Progressive) tlso asserts, These
men who have giyfn years Of study 70
the farm problem are not convinced
that the President knows more about
workable law than 30 they"
The Chicago Daly News ltndeperd-
ent) comments: 'Hr. LGWcen insists
that since no Alternative had been Of
fered, the bill ought 10 be approved es
an experiment, especially IS the equali-
Zation fee Is treated IN z as nothing
more than a last resort. In the East
this view is widely regfded as rank
heresy. The East. howevF, knows little
and cares less about thi essentials OF
genuine farm relief" r.
The Syracuse Herald lindependent)
suggests that "if the Democratic party
should espouse the prindple Of the bill
a great body Of voters IN the West
might turn TO il in theproSpect OF
new deal all around"
Responsibility for the allure OF farm
relief is placed upon Cngress by the
New York Herald TribuTt Republican,.
Detroit Free Press independently and
Pittsburgh Post-Gazett4 Republican,.
In this connection the salt Lake Desc
ret News (independent)Isees "a strong
suspicion that many supported the
measure more as maker OF political
expediency than Of dowr1ghI sympathy
with its provisions"
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In the Judgment OF Pc Kansas City
Post independently he bin would
have discarded the stlnd and tried
principle OF supply AID demand Tor
subsidized production, 4lsely stimulated
with the burden Of g. unwarranted
equalization fee. lendlg positive en-
couragement TO profker1ng between
production and CONSUMPTION, and Lead
ing to an ultimately uifayorao!e enect
on the national ecdonic structure
through a stimulation Of overproduc-
ton. an inevitable seqIf OF that error:
The San Antonio NeN = ~sindependenD
sees an aaggravation 4 the Ills It was
designed to remedy. an the Los Angeles
Express (RepublicanI calls It bad
medicine"
IQe veto. aS VleSeQoy TIC EsOaAADAI
Times independent nnocratlc}, now
ever, will be commented not only oy
real friends Of the ITrerican farmer,
but by careful studeHs Of the Arneri-
can system OF gOurnment." SINH
lar views are expressed by the AsiIe-
vile Times (indepenent Democratlcl.
Worcester Evening Qzette tindepend-
ent) and the Savannah Morning News
(Democratic1. Econdnic objections are
upheld also by the 1rsey City Journal
Republican indep4denth- Wheeilng
Intelligencer (Reputican). Milwaukee
Journal (independe1). Hartford Times
dndependent Demdratic). Cincinnati
Times-Star (Repuhtan) and Youngs-
town yindicator (DEnocratic).
That the bill wa5the product OF po-
Iticai strategy is te conviction OF the
Binehamton PressI independent Re
publican), Albany Evening News IN
dependent Republican, Spr.ngfleid Re
publican (independnD. Oklahoma City
Times (independeID, Charleston DalIy
Mail (independsrI Republican, ana
Manchester Unior (independent re
publ.can). The Glumbus ONO Stste
Journal (Republidnl AYERS that ITS
political importand, II any, remains 70
be demonstrated an opinion WITH
WHICH ktlS 11hAA AeHAA ~~@N oANS~-
publicanl agrees.
The Toledo Blsae tindependent re
publican) flnds diversity OF opinion
among the farmet IN Ohio and Mlcnl-
gan" The Scratton Times tDemo-
cratiel calls it a setional matter. while
the Charlotte Nets tDemocrauc) coh-
dennis the bill asSsocialistic.
The veto "sholE insure the nonllElS-
ton of Mr.. Hoovt at Kansas City IN
the Judgment oil the Baltimore sun
independent Denocraticl. and the
Philadelphia EWING Bulletin 9inde-
pendent Republican, holds that the
convention "canot nominate Haugen
candidate without repudiating me
President and tie common sense ana
integrity which have given him such
extraordinary peStige throughout the
Nation" That he conflict viii figure
i. in the coming campaign also IS the
contention OF tie Kalamazoo Gazette
(independentl nd Charleston Evening
post (independkt Democratic). Tne
New orleans fimeS-Picayune (inde-
pcndent Demotaticl. however, ASKS
s.Will the FURY caused by Mr.; Ccol-
idge's second r6ection change the Re-
publican pre- convention DRIFT ano
tendencies as little as did the similar
veto OF last yef?"