Evening star., 1932-10-21
Adjusted Tariff, Lower Taxes
and Mortgage Relief Stress
ed at Springfield.
NOISY CROWD WELCOMES
NOMINEE IN CAPITAL CITY
Governor Visits Lincoln Tomb Be.
fore Address at Arsenal-Will
Speak Tonight at St. Louis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, October 21-
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a CAM
paign address before a near-capacity
crowd at the big Springfield arsena!
today advanced a three-point program
for agricultural relief.
The three great steps which we must
taKe,' ne said, ARE, first, the Federal
Government owes it to agriculture to
see that it gets fair price for its
products. That means that the price
OF farm products must be I'd above
the present ruinously low levels to
which they have fallen.
"A properly adjusted tariff can do
much In this direction, but the present
tarif policies of the Republican ad-
ministration have done precisely the
opposite. Pending the relief that will
be afforded by properly adjusted tariff
policy. measures must be taken to give
the farmer immediate tariff benefit.
This means in substance a practicable
plan agreed to by agricultural leaders
which will provide for the farmer a
higher return for certain of his crops.
I set forth these principles which such
plan must embody, in my Topeka
speech, and these principles have been
widely accepted as basic plan of action
in formulating the necessary legislative
relief.
Must Lift Tax Burden.
Second, there must be lifted from
the backs of every farmer the heavy
load of taxation which today weighs
upon him. This load is made up Of
three parts, the local, State and ma
tional units. At Pittsburgh I outlined
the position of the Democratic party
and my position On the question of the
h-nest balancing of the Federal budget
and the imperative need of immediate
economy in national expenditures.
also reiterate now by promise to exert
all available influence in the position
as the President of the United States
toward the reduction of all State and
local taxes.
Third, we ccme to the vastly i'm
portant principle concerning the burden
which farm mortgages now bear on
every agricultural community"
Recalling what he said on farm relief
at Topeka at the start of his coast-to-
coast campaign swing, the Governor
said he wanted to add that the Gov
eminent should make a definite condi-
ton when advancing Federal credit
that wherever possible interest rates
must be lowered for renewed or EXTEND
ed mortgages
Whenever the Government of the
United States" he continued, exercises
any control over the situation it is the
duty of that Government to demand
every practicable and possible assistance
to the farmer seeking credit to finance
his crops and his farm, to obtain for
him the very lowest reasonable rate OF
interest"
The solution of this farm) prob
lem." Gov. Roosevelt said. lis our first
concern in national rehabilitation.
Ny program is opposed to and aims to
step the ruthless foreclosure of farm
mortgages"
Given Noisy Welcome.
The capital city OF Illinois shouted a
noisy welcome to Gov Roosevelt on
his arrival in the downtown section at
1929 am to deliver his address and
visit Abraham Lincoln's tomb.
Cheers and applause from a crowd
greeted the Governors special train as
it pulled into the city after spending the
night on a siding on the outskirts.
Democratic dignitaries of Illinois
| gripped hands with the Governor, es-
corted him to waiting line of bunting
draped automobiles amid renewed
cheering, and the procession swept away
through crowded streets toward the
Lincoln tomb.
Many of the onlookers then headed
| Immediately for the big Springfield Ar
senal to make sure Of getting seats for
the Governors address.
| AS Gov. Roosevelt and his party ap-
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