The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-27
LEST YOU-OR WE-FORGET PRESIDENT HOOVER
addressed to the President of the United States

Qt4S-
farmer in the United States suffers from the diminished
purchasing and enforced srngency thousands of
homes.
"More than two million families in the United States
their living today producing goods for export and
other million families their living in the manufacture
of materials which import in exchange for
ports
To-day the whole nation has profound
for socude in the promotion of foreign trade than
before AS result of our invention genius and the
pressure of high wages have led the world in substitute
ing machines for hand labor
"Ths together with able leadership and skilled work
ers enables produce goods much in of needs
WE have increased production approximately 80
per cent during the last eight years and our popua
tion has increased only about 10 per cent
"Much of this increase of production has been alb
sorbed in higher standards Of living but the surplus
with this unceasing Improvement To insure continuous
employment and maintain wages, must find profit
able market for the surplus We attain stability by
the number of different customers we supply Conse-
quently industries will gain in stability the wider
spread trade with foreign countries This additional
security reflects itself the home of every worker and
every farmer in country.
'The expansion Of export trade has vital Importance
in still another direction The goods export contribute
the purchase from foreign countries of the goods and
materials which can not ourselves produce. We
might nation, though lower standards and
wages if had suppress the per cent 10 per cent
of total production which is sold abroad But our
whole standard of living would be paryzed and much of
the joy Of living destroyed if denied sufficient
imports &c.
Foreign trade thrives only in peace. But than
that it thrves only with maintained good will and mutual
interest with other nations" )
That the picture you drew in 1928 What of 1880?
The Hawey-Smoot tariff has not even been passed. So
far we have not suffered from it's substance Yet it's
shadow cast before the coming event. has sued to smte
ering blight.
Factories that hunng in 1928 idle today Hundreds Of
@ we're en din0 toward millennium IN the fall Of 1928
falred And the leaders Of that benign industrial evolution are
that great balance wheel to which referred has stripped its gears
REAr BRITAIN France switzerland the Argentine-mo
Otrty of the nations Of the wOrldare rising against with
actions in H ag against R o6s Nations u % you @
and seven months ago are fading fast ao - =, o.
o o that we ne Rass d y0n and the
mankind would travel backwards the foreign trade OF
We are apprecave the
and defended the principle Of the protective t t. If 6 you
sstent with the expansion Of foreign
With that position and that principle hGge no quar-
REL But qoe are convinced that the kind of tariff before
as is not IN accord avh the principle you then erpouded
proof point going in the chanceIores
the declaration of domestic leaders Of economic
Alfred Sloan all of those practical
IS Americas greatest contribution to better
kill by your
monsrosi when from congress-
yours vision Herbert Hoover the
ddate election threw
politics. of that naestrom the
emerge politics. politicians and by poll
the people, for the people
No one knows better than yom that 1t the people,
not the politicians Oho forced you nomination against the
aoishes of the party fatgers Your duty rams not to those
political agents of incompetent industries that can not sur
vive except By special government tao on the consuming
public
the whole public directly to the public that nominated you
with its votes 1928 the views OF herbert
the statesman not Herbert Hoover the p-
greater opportunity greater RESPONSE
provided for accident
situations the present
exists chief executive Of all the
people safeguard legislation conceived the interest OF
stupid or selfish politicians upon advancing interest
the expense the general good
Mr. President your theories IN 1928 cere sound They
are sound nov The 0ords you spoke then call for action
today Prepare to veO the tariff bill and sGve American
prosperity.
TARIFF BILL MADE FOR