Evening star., 1932-09-30
ROOSEVELT W|DENS
FARM AID PROGRAM
Pledges Mortgage Help, Tax
Cut and Tariff Slash as
Relief Policies.
Continued From First Page.)

TlOlIl TASG ueC'
I can premise you is that I will con-
tinue to preach the plight of the farmer
who is losing his home and that when
the authority OF ad:ninistr?tio ano
rec mo-drt,on Is placed in my hands
] will do everything in my power tc
bring the relief which is so long over
cur"
Roosevelt c'osad with this pledge, hi:
right hand up-aised his voice vibrating
Il shall not wal, until the end OF
campaign. or until I have spent foul
years in the White House"
Gets Pledge of Aid.
The result CT his farm speech de-
li~ered at Topeka. two weeks ago. al
the beginning of his long rip, the Gov
ernor said had been assurances of CO.
operation from ell parts of the country
and particularly farm leaders
These" he continued, mean a great
deal to the program which l submitted
because to get practical results We who
have the farm problem at heart can
not afford to Let the stand-p9t Fepub-
licans and certain narroW-mlnoed IN
dustrialistS and bankers use dlSsont!or
and ciscord among farmers rs an excuse
fer denying to US the legislation and
the results we seek.
Listing what he called tragic conse-
ouences of the depression the Demo
cratic leader asserted: I'VE were taught
TO save. and the savings of prudent
people have been dissipated by care
less and conscienceless financiers. We
10, ~ Dpe0
denied the opportunity. We were
taught to increase the products OF our
labor, and we have found that while
the products increased the return was
decreased"
Loss to Labor Charged.
The results of labor. he added, "have
been lost in the smash Of an economic
system unable to fulfill its purposes"
The depression. Mr.. Roosevelt main
tained "cannot b. met by the appeal
that Washington has made SO often tc
so-called immutable and Cnchang cable
economic laws
1T cannot come through saying that
nothing but the slow growth OF pros
peritv will improve the condition OF
the farmer, because the very return OF
that prosperity depends upon the con-
dition O. the farmer"
The two great purpose
Of taxes and raising the purchasing
power of the farm dollar-Mr Roose-
velt said, ARE the basis of my farm
policy"
Will Agitatc Tax Question.
Although the President cannot take
hand in local tax regulations, Mr.
Roosevelt declared Il shall use this
position Of high responsibility to discuss
uo and down the country the duty OF
reducing taxes"
This I pledge you" Roosevelt ex-
claimed. "and nothing 1 have said
transcendS in Importance this covenant
with the taxpayers Of this country"
AS in other speeches. he assailed the
Smoot- -Hawley tariff, and called for re-
ciprocal tariffs with foreign countries.
The Grundy tariff still retains its
grip on the throat of international COM
merce" he asserted. There is no relief
in sight. and certainly there can be NO
relief If the authors of this disaster
continue in power
Tariff Cuts Advocated.
Revision of the tariff downward 'to
a point that puts the American pro-
ducers on a market equality with their
foreign competitors" will 'injure nc
legitimate interest" Roosevelt said.
He added. Labor need have no appre-
tensions, for labor knows by long and
bitter experiences that the highly
protected industries pay not one penny
higher wages than the non-protected
industries, such as the automobile in
dustry.'
Daylight stops at Savannah and Free
port. Ill, and Beloit, Wis. were sched-
rle6 hefore the train arrives in MilWau-
kee.
In his motor journey from the train
at Sioux City to the ball park last night
Mr.. Roosevelts escort was the famous
Abu-Hekr Shrine Patrol. all in red
and-white zouave uniforms and mount
ed on white horses. There were at Sioux
City party leaders and rank and file
from South Dakota Nebraska and Min
nesota as we'll as Iowa.