The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
friday, September q, 1882
ROOSEVELTS TOPEKA SPEECH


On September IA the Democratic candidate of Wall
Street. Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking In lokePa Ran
sas brought forth program by which ne hopes to mis-
lead the farmers of the country into voting for him.
1t has been bared turnout the breadth and length of
the land bv the capitalist press in order keep the farm
ers lined up with capitalismto keep them lined up tor
the Democratic party they to- disguised with the
Hoover administration.
Roosevelt introduced his program II. Topeka with
the usual crocodile about the situation In which The
farmers find themselves The miserable conditions OF the
farmers offer plenty of material tor hypocrbcal poc
ians to use in misleading the oiing farm further
I'VE must have assert with all possible emphasis,
national planning in agriculture, said Roosevelt The
first item in this category to fool the farmers the
organization of the u S. Department OF Agriculture
Secondly, under planning" Roosevelt said, i IA
vor definite policy looking to the planned of the
land" The REPUBLICAN party in its platform said,
I'VE favor national policy of land utilization, which
looks to national needs. Neither party suggests
one single benefit that will from this planning
FOR THE FARMERS besides being surveyed and
surveyed This is their planning.
The third process of permanent relief is the re
ducon and more equitable distribution of taxes, in the
Roosevelt language. In the language of the REPUB-
LICAN platform, The time has for a reconsidera
ton of our tax SYSTEM federal state, and local. with
evv to developing better coordination, reducing dup
on to explain what he meant. WHAT HE MEANT WAS
JUST EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBLICANS HAD
SAID and have carried oppressive exp lota-
ton thru high taxes.
In these, his permanent plans Roosevelt differs
only in commas and periods from the Republicans. The
permanent policy of Roosevelt and Hoover the pol
icy of Wall Street cloaked in meaningless words.
Roosevelt then went into the 'quick-actng RENE
dies to meet the immediate problems of distress
e IL e
Without mentioning the name, Roosevelt has taken the
Frazier program for quidating the farm mortgages of
the insurance companies and the banks by the federal
government This would make the federal government
the agent for exploiting the farmers thru mortgage debts
for the benefit of the capitalist class.
Next comes the tariff. Roosevelt does not even
dare to utter the traditional policy of the Democratic
party because the Democratic party has aided and abe
ted the great capitalists in putting thru the great tariff
burden the toiling The Democratic tariff
policy consists, in large measure, of negotiating agree
ments, with Individual countries permitting them to sell
goods us, in for which they will let sell
them goods and crops which we produce" THIS IS
NOTHING BETTER THAN EMPTY DRIVEL TIC
COVER THE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR HIGH
TARIFFS For the farmers means absolutely nothing
Roosevelt hopes that tariff reform can be found
NOT ONE THING MORE.
He gives the details of his program in six points
The first says merely that the producers of surplus crops
should get some tariff benefits
The second point is that The plan must finance it
self" Roosevelt is against any access to the public
treasury He is against EMERGENCY CASH REL lei
TO THE TOl-ING FARM MASSES This is the Demo
cratic partys to the impoverished and destitute
farm masses.
Thirdly the plan should not include dumping A.
EVERY PROGRESSIVE" PLAN HAS PROVIDED
But Roosevelt DOES NOT SAY HOW THE SURPI u
is TO BE GOT RID OF UNDER HIS PLAN IF NO
THRU DUMPING. He fails to mention how the unen
ployed in the country to get these products
Fourthly, 1t must SO far as possible be decor
alized in its administration that the chief respons
biliy will rest with locality rather than with newly ere
ated bureaucratic machinery in Washington Rooseve
hopes to be elected and in the plank is already ayn
the basis for not being responsible for the plan which
proposes, when the useessness of his program become
apparent to the farmers In he should be elected
wants to be able to lay the responsibility on locality
rather than have it fall on the WALL STREET DEMO
CRATIC ADMINISTRATION
Fifth, 1T must operate nearly as possible on c.