The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
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81 Attend Opening
Speech for Hoover
In City Campaign

Hoover" and a hint of the pathetic
in a description of the chief eXecu-
tive as man held prisoner in a
room at Washington and working in
cesSantly to cure the nations ills.
Most Of the talk was devoted to
what Richardson said was an analy-
sis OF the Roosevelt speech at To-
peka and frequent quotations were
made from that document. Richard
son charged that the governor had
offered merely an assortment of
pleasant words and dwelt at length
on his alleged failure to be specific
in his plans for agricultural relief
When Roosevelt talked of equality
for agriculture, Richardson said. he
was speaking of what every school,
boy on the farm knows and that
equality simply means fair price
for the farmers products IN compar-
ison with the cost of what he buys.
In the next breath he admitted that
the farmer isn't getting it now
Attacking Roosevelt's farm relief
record in New York. Richardson said
the farm road, rural-credit and land
y
ton there are not applicable to the
west and that Roosevelt had admit
ted as much.
Charging that the Democratic par
ty is controlled by a handful of
southern states. Richardson said the
farmers of North Dakota are being
urged to sever their ties with 1.-The
only party which ever tried to do
anything for the farmer and which
spent its money in so doing" His
conclusion was that hope for the
progressives of America lies in the
Republican party and nowhere else"
AS proof Of this he cited the fact that
Senator LaFollette stayed within the
party and worked for progress from
within.
Wants to Cheer Hoover
In his rd-picture of Hoover.
this somber president Richardson
said he wanted to take back with
him to Washington word similar to
that which cheered Abraham Lincoln
IN his dark hour. We're coming.
Father Abraham, 100000 more" was
Richardson's version Of that slogan.
Richardson's keynote on the agri-
cultural program of the Hoover ad-
mlnlStratlOn was one of hopeleSSness
At the close of his dissertation on
Roosevelt's Topeka speech. he made
a brief defense or the farm board
and demanded to know how anyone
can say that the administration has
been unfriendly TO the farmer and
has had no sympathy for the farmer
in the face Of the creation of the
farm board and the appropriation of
$500 100000 for it. Yet, he said. the
same farm organization in this state
which has been most benefited by
this support now is opposed TO the
president on the ground that he has
done nothing for agriculture and is
unfriendly to it.
Although this reference was not
made more clear by the speaker. but
many will assume that he had the
Farmers Union in mind, since this
organization is the most active farm
ers group in North Dakota.
Defending the Smoot- Hawley tariff
bill, Richardson made reference to
"pauper' goods from Europe and said
these are still cheaper now because of
the difference in the rate of exchange.
He said Roosevelt has proposed to
lower the tariff but has uttered not
word as to what items he will lower
the rates on.
Roosevelt has proposed to refin-
ance farm Indebtedness, he said, but
has not specified how he will do it.
He demanded to know If Roosevelt
favored making the government the
sole mortgage creditor in the United
States, as proposed in the Frazier bill
asking if that is what he means why
he doesn't say so.
After charging that Roosevelt's
farm-relief program asserts that it
must be local in management, must
provide against dumping and that the
farmers must agree to it. Richardson
denied that the spirit in which the
farmers face their problem has any
thing to do with a solution. The
farmer, he said, has been fed on fine
words for too long.
No Record-N0 Plan
Roosevelt, he said.. has no record
0AsN AAO HA0AiS yCt Nv AOkChd llC do
serted that he stands on both.
In his defense of the Smoot- Haw
ley tariff, he said Canada, the Argen-
tine, Australia and other grain grow
ing countries have no Hoover OF
Smoot- Hawley tariff on which tC
blame their difficulties, yet they have
them.
Europe. he said, will continue u
buy where 1t can buy cheapest anc
then asserted that Roosevelt would lei
Europe pay her war debts by letting
in 'pauper' goods. In other words, hi
asserted, he would let Europe pay hel
debts to Us with our profits.
Reviewing Democratic attacks or
Roosevelt In the pre-convention cam.
paien, he asserted that. having beer
nominated, the New Yorker comes