The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-14
KANSANS HEAR
ROOSEVELT ON
FARM RELIEF
Throng of 10000 on His
toriC Topeka Capitol
Grounds for Speech.
PLEDGES TARIFF SHIFTS
Benefit Equivalent to Those
Given Industries Urged
for Agriculture.
BY FREDERICK STORM
United Press stan Correspondent

STATE CAPITOL, TOPEKA, Kan.
Sept. IA crowd of 10000 throrged
the grounds of the historic state
capitol here today to hear Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
presidential nominee, offer to the
farmers of the nations his proposed
remedies for their economic ills.
a blazing hot sun beat down on
most OF the audience who Streamed
into the park after lining the main
street of the city to welcome the
nominee and Speaker John N.
Garner of Texas, his running mate.
Roosevelt, in his speech. offered
the agricultural midwest a relief
plan to give farmers a tariff bene-
mt equivalent to the benefits given
industry.
Inc Governor, making the first
OF four major speeches on his trans
continental tour, emphasized i'm
portant points in the plan provid-
ing for self financing and ureven-
tlon OF retaliation by foreign coun-
tries.
He also advocated more equitable
distribution of taxes, the need for
refinancing farm mortgages and ex-
tension of credit to holders of farm
mortgages on certain combinations.
Bares 6-POint Program
The Governor summed up his plan
in six proposals that provide:
1. A tariff benefit over world
prices which is equivalent to the
benefits given by the tariff to in
dustrial products.
2, The plan must finance itself.
3. 1t must not make use of anv
mechanism which would cause Eu-
ropean customers to retaliate on the
ground of dumping.
4. 1t must make use of existing
agencies, and, so far as possible. be
decentralized in its administration.
thus placing responsibility for oper-
alton upon the locality rather than
upon Washington.
5. 1t must operate as nearly as
possible on a cooperative basis and
us effect must be to enhance and
strengthen the cooperative move
ment.
3. The plan must not be coercive.
1t must be voluntary. and the indi-
Vldual producer should at all times
nave the opportunity of nonpartici-
patton if he desires.
Urges Tax Cut leadership
Roosevelt declared that before
putting the plan into effect "I
would reorganize the United States
department of agriculture looking
toward the administrative machin-
cry needed to build a program of
national planning"
The Governor asserted that
permanent relief for agriculture
can come through national leader
ship in the reduction and more
equitable distribution of taxes.
The nominee said there were too
many taxing districts, too many To-
cal units of government, too many
unnecessary Offices and functions.
The Governor cited the necessity
of refnancing farm mortgages if
the agrarianS of the nation are to
enjoy prosperity.
Specifically" he asserted, IT am
prepared to insist that federal credit
be extended to banks, insurance, or
loan companies, or other corpora
tions or individuals which hold farm
mortgages among their assets-but
that these credits be made on the
condition that every reasonable as
sistance be given to the mortgagors
where the loans are sound, with the
purpose Of preventing foreclosure"
Confer With Garner
Means of bringing about, through
government effort, substantial re-
duction in the difference between
the prices of the things the farm
er sells and the things he buys, was
declared by the Governor to be an
immediate enecessity.
"One way of attacking this dis
parity" he said, ''iS by restoring in
ternational trade through tariff
readjustments in support of clear,
comprehensive plan for solving, at
least in part, some of the farmers
difficulties"
1T is matter of common knowI-
edge that the President, then the
secretary of commerce, was not
without influence in the determine
ton of this result" Roosevelt said.
Speaker Garner brought to Gov
ernor Roosevelt. Democratic presi-
Dental nominee, assurances that
the west would go for their ticket
in November. He boarded Roose-
velt's special train at Kansas City.
They discussed campaign plans
particularly as regards the territory
Garner is to invade between now
and election.
Harry Woodring, Democratic Gov
ernor of Kansas, also met Roose-