Evening star., 1932-10-09
MIDWEST LAYSLOW
PRICES TO HOOVER
Democrats Depend for Vote
Majority on Resentment
Against G. 0. P.
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lister their choice for President 1t is
a brief period in which to cause the
l--<<lnbIri of sentiment to swing from
sati-Hoover 10 pro-Hoover. So far as
Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt is concerned.
he means little to these voters except
a change 1t has been said many
times that his Western trip gained him
no votes. Perhaps he did not need TO
gain votes in these States. But his
tip did nothing to help him keep them
in line for the Democratic ticket. This
is the opinion even of Democrats VINO
are strongly supporting his election.
Pleasant. pleasing. even a courageous
figure in his determination to partic-
ipate in public affairs, these Western
people have found the Democratic nom-
inee But. as one critic remarked. no
one refers to him as IF R." They Go
not even call him Prank"
Tells Farmers Condition.
If the farmers Of Nebraska and the
rest of this section of the country did
not know they were hard up, the Demo-
cratic organization has been careful to
inform them Just how hard hit the
farmers are. The Democratic publicity
in the West has been as effective as it
HAS pttll Ill llle ESdSl. IiCN bCIlONl dC1S
National Committee has publicity rep
resentativeS in this part of the coun-
try. digging up statistics showing just
how much the prices of farm products
have dropped and how much these de-
CreaSeS in price have cost the farmer.
And how they have spread these re-
ports! In Nebraska, particularly where
the Republicans have no great daily
organ. these depressing statistics have
been given good play in the Democrat
ic press. and in the farm papers also.
Omaha is perhaps the only big city in
the West where the daily newspapers,
two in number. are both Democratic,
the World-Herald and the Bee-NeWs.
Here is a sample of the kind of ma
terial the Democrats are putting out
which has not been refuted. The prices
of grain paid the farmers in Nebraska
this year, as compared with the prices
paid in 1929. mean reduction to the
farmers Of $233,000000. That's lot
of money and farmer who reads this
bit of news is not inclined to think any
more highly of the administration which
has had charge of the Government dur
ing this drop in prices. For the farmer,
like a lot of other people in this coun-
try has looked to the Federal Govern
ment for aid in the depression. From
the same Democratic source 1t is shown
that the decreased prices for live stock
in Nebraska since 1929 means loss
this year to the farmer of 1904, 900 900,
which added to the loss this year be-
cause of reduced grain prices, makes
a total farm loss as compared to 1929,
of s537 .OOo, 900, or about s4l6 for every
man, woman and child in the State.
Published statements like these are
inclined to make the farmer see red
1t is true that prices Of everything the
farmer has to buy have been greatly
reduced, and the farmer can buy
lot more for his dollar than he could in
1929. But that is not the side the
Democrats have played up, and the Re
publicans do not seem to have put theS
picture successfully before the farmer.
The Democrats also are putting forward
stories about the railroads. Seven big
railroads operating in Nebraska, they
say, have let out Al 900 men in the last
four years. If employed these men
would have received in wages in that
time $4,000 900, of course the Demo-
Gratis do not mean to say that these
41.O0O men all lived or all worked in
Nebraska but the inference is, Of course,
that a lot of them did.
Take Cue From Address.
Against this Democratic strategy to
keep alive the discomfort OF the farm
ers, the Republicans are taking a cue
from President Hoover's Des Moines
address. In that address the President
said, in effect, Let no man tell you
that things could not be worse" and
then began the deadly parallel between
the program of legislation and expenol-
ture put through the Democratic con-
trolled House of Representatives during
the last session of Congress. and the
program sponsored and put through by
the Republican administration. Inc
Republicans out here say that 1t Is a
compelling argument.
Democrats in Nebraska are Jubilant
at the turn of affairs in the Democratic
marty in New York. Most particularly
do they rejoice in the reports OF recon-
citation between Al Smith and Gov.
Roosevelt. Smith has lot OF ardent
admirers in Omaha, and some OF them
have been as sore as have the Smltn
Democrats in Massachusetts, and New
York. The news that Smith Is actually
to take the stump for the Democratlc
ticket in New York, Massachusetts ana
a couple of other Eastern states, tne
Democrats, say will do lot to orlng
the disgruntled Smith men ana WOMEN
into line.
This wear these Western Democrats
are bent on waging their campaign
vigorously to the very day OF electlon.
They have seen too often the hnal he
n11biican drive land the G. Q. P. can
didates as winners and fear that orlVe
even now. Practically every poll TAX
en-. every straw vote, In this state as
we'll as in other states OF the sectlon,
show Roosevelt far ahead OF Hoover. IL
is true that most of these polls are
week or two behind hand IN reacn-
ing the public and so do not renect
the up-to-the- minute sentiment OF the
voters But the Democrats are max
ing the most of these polls, just as the
Republicans did four years ago.
Women Back Hoover.
One poll. that taken by the Hearst
newspapers. of which the Omaha Bee
News Is one, shows the number OF
straw votes cast by men and by women.
The poll indicates that generally speak
ing the women are more strongly Ior
President Hoover than are the men.
For example, in Nebraska, according 10
this poll. the percentage OF women
voting for Hoover Is 31l2 per cent OF
the total vote cast for the Republican .
nominee, the percentage of women vot-
ing for Roosevelt is only 2112 per cent
Of the total vote for the Democratic
nominee The percentages OF the Wom-
an vote in Illinois, Michigan. South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin are higher for Hoover than for
Roosevelt, when figured in the same
way This poll at least would bear out
the contention that the women OF the
country are more strongly pro-Hoover
than are the men. The Republican
women in this State are fighting ac-
tively for the reelection of the Presi-
don't His address delivered Friday by
radio to the woman voters, was listened
to by thousands of women here. The
woman vote, if there is such q thing,
looks to be a fertile field for the Re-
publican campaigners, If they make
the most of the opportunity
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