The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-27

AulAy. ~ WdS Ill Vic SPccCIl VI az
ceptance by the president of the
United States. would like to repeat
the sarcasm of the honorable chair
man and say one of the two greatest
presidents, but I can't do 1t. in which
he made this pledge to society, that
If permitted to carry out the policies
of the last II years, that with the help
of God he would vanish poverty from
this nation. Somebody has not been
on the Job. Maybe it's God. don't
know. The answer to that pledge is
more hungry stomachs in the United
States today than in the history OF
this country. The answer to that
pledge is not Coxey's army but Hoo
ver's army. The answer to that
pledge is at least one and half mill
lion bankrupt farmers In this coun-
try today that have honorably and
diligently fulfilled their duties to So
ciety.
THE second pledge was made at st.
Louis, Mo-, the last speech before the
election, and that was a solemn
pledge that If elected he would carry
out the party platform which guaran-
teed to the American farmer economic
equality with industry. That pledge
went q little farther and said to the
farmer, the little farmer, the little. in
dependent farmer down at the forks
of the creek, that we will protect you
In your homes. You are the bulwark
of society. and that he had no SYM
pathy whatever with mechanical
farming or mass production. In other
words, he pledged himself and his
party to protect the little farmer on
his homestead. I am asking that that
pledge be redeemed and II 1t is not
redeemed. 1t is up to the American
people to redeem 1t for him."
The sum and substance Of the
promises of Hoover and his party
were that they would restore prosper
| ity and put agriculture on an equality
;; with industry economically. The an
swer has been depression with un-
employment. bankruptcy, poverty and
misery in place of prosperity. For
economic equality the farmer has been
handed the lowest prices paid for ag-
ricultural products in the history OF
man while the prices Of manufactured
and tariff protected products remain
almost on the same level as before.
In spite Of these tragic conditions fac
ing us the Republican party can de-
clare that they have redeemed their
pledge to restore prosperity. and to
top off all this arrogance and self
conceit add that they have provided
proper tariff equality between indus
try and agriculture, so far as legis-
lation can do so. In other words there
is nothing more that can be done for
the farmer when it comes to passing
federal legislation for his benefit
while this same administration can
pass $1,000 000, 900 reconstruction cor
poration acts for the aid of industry.
Hoovers crowd do all they can to
stabilize industry that has had an
over-abundance OF government pro-
lection before and then turn deaf
ear towards the appeals of agricul-
ture for consideration, and yet have
the audacty to come out In their
party platform and say they have re-
deemed their pledges to agriculture.
We Just wonder how long this political
hypocrisy and humbug is to be fed to
the public.
While we have presented facts
which show that Hoover and his
party have not fulfilled their pledges
we shall, however, make one excep-
ton to this. There Is at least one
case recorded where Hoover has al
most fulfilled his pledge and that is
the following:
In 1922, while Hoover was secretary
of commerce, and therefore men,
Der Of the Harding cabinet. there
came up the question of sending aid
to Russia where the people were
starving as q result Of a severe drouth
of the year before. The question was
brought before congress and Hoover
was so interested in this matter that
he opposed with all the power he had
the sending Of aid to Russia. During
this time Hoover and Benjamin c.
Marsh, secretary Of the Peoples Lobby
at Washington, CHANGED to discuss the
matter one day, and during their dis
cussion voiced the opinion that the
greatest ambition of his life was to
crush out Soviet Russia. Marsh, real
izing the dire condition Of Russia at
that time, and also knowing Hoovers
open activity in opposition to sending
aid over there. asked If he would
starve the women and children of
Russia to accomplish his defeat of
the Soviet government. Hoover an
swered, Eyes, II necessary" TO starve
the people Of Russia was his aim and
while he has not accomplished his
pledge over there he has partly ac-
complished it here In the United
States instead. So we reiterate that
for once the honorable Herbert al
most fulfilled his pledge.
What surprises us the most. how
ever. Is the fact that the Republican
party and their r1lhke,. sto mr., Il, Nnrt1,