Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
Full Text of Hoover Speech Delivered in Tennessee Yeste

and should give us deep concern over
every extension of its authority lest we
overburden it TO the breaking point.
I wish to remind you OF something
which may sound humble and common
place, but it vibrates through every
| hope of the future. 1t is this-the unit
of American life is the family and the
home It is the economic unit as well
as the moral and spiritual unit But it
is more than this. It is the beginning
of self government. It is the throne of
our highest ideals. 1t is the source Of
the spiritual energy of our people. For
the perfecting of this unit of national
| life we must Bend all of Our material
| tainment of this end we must lend
every energy of the Government.
/ have before emphasized that the
| test of our Government is what it does
to insure that the home is secure in
material benefit and comfort what it
does to keep that home free from bu-
reauc~ aJic domination; what it does to
open the door of opportunity to every
boy and girl within 1t; what it docs
in building moral safeguards and
strengthening moral and spiritual In
spiration. From the homes of America
must enanate that purity of inspira-
ton only as a result Of which we can
succeed in self-government. / speak
of this as basic principle that should
Guide our rational life. I speak Of 1t
as the living action of government in
the building of nation. I speak Of it
as the source from which government
must itself rise to. higher and higher
standards of perfection from year to
year.
I cannot within the limits of time
discuss in detail the policies of our Gov
eminent or the solution of the multi
tude of issues that confront us and the
attitude of my party and myself toward
them. l shall mention shortly these
which have more particular interest to
the South.
Discusses Tariff.
As never before does the keeping of
our economic machine in tune depend
upon wise policies in the administrative
side of the Government. And from its
stability do we assure the home against
Unemployment and preserve its security
and comfort.
/ advocate strengthening of the pro-
tective tariff as Henry Clay of Ken
economic theory but as a practical and
definite policy of protecting the stand
ards of living of the American family.
The purpose of the tariff is not to bal
ance the books Of business corporations
but to safeguard the family budget.
With the increasing preSSures fcom
countries of lower standards of living it
has become the fundamental safeguard
of the American workman and the
American farmer. I wish to see COM
plete protection for the farmer of our
home market. It is vital to the South
as well as to other parts of the country.
1t would produce needed further di-
versification on Southern agriculture.
A retreat to the Underwood tariff
schedules on farm produce would ruin
millions of our farmers today.
Ard likewise the great manufacture
ing industries of the South are de-
pendent upon It. Your vast spinning
industry, your iron and steel industries
are the product of 1t. No more bane-
f1cient exhibit O: the result of the pro-
tectfve tariff act passed in 1922 exists
than in this very city. Here factories
are In course of erection and expansion
whose establishment within the United
States is due solely to that tariff act.
Directly and indirectly they will provide
an improved livelihood to more than
$4,000 homes. If it were not for that
protection these goods would BE- i'm
ported today as the product of foreign
labor.
We must continue our endeavor to
restore economic equality to those farm
families who have Jagged behind In the
march OF progress.
Tells of Farm Relief.
In the past seven and a half years
Congress has passed more than a score
OF constructive acts in direct aid of
the farmer and the Improvement of his
marketing system. They have con-
tributed greatly to strengthen the agri-
cultural industry. Cur party has under
taken to go farther than this and to
still further reorganize farmers market
ing systems, placing them on a basis OF
greater stability and security. l may
repeat these proposals We stand spe-
officially pledged to create Federal
Farm Board of men sympathetic with
the problem, to be clothed with powers
and resources with which not only 70
further aid farmers co-operatives and
assist generally in solving the multitude
Of different farm problems which arise
from all quarters of our Nation, but In
particular to build up with initial ad-
vances of capital from the Government
FARMER owned and farmer controlled
sterilization corporations which will
protect the farmer from depressions and
the decentralization of Summer and
periodic SURPRISES Such an instru-
mentality should be able to develop as
years go on the constructive measures
necessary to solve the new farmers
problems that will inevitably arise. It