The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-14
'SIX-P0|N7 PROGRAM
OUTLINED in TALK
AT Topeka, KANSAS
Supports Specifications Upon
Which Agricultural Lead
ers Agree
ASKS BENEFIT OF TARIFF
Would Increase Farm income
But Put Bar on Increased
Production

eAAne VAC ~ CScIIL dQl0lOlSCrA.
ZION and the two previous admins
trations in all of which President
Hoover was an important member.
Failed utterly to understand the
farm problem as national whole. or
70 plan for its relief Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking Wed.
nesoay IN the heart of the farm
BELT proposed a six-fold relief pro-
gram.
He called for definite policy ~
giving those who have lost title Ia
the farms, now held by institutions
seeking credit from the governmental
agencies, the preferential opportunity
OF getting their property back"
Inc Democratic presidential NOM
lnee spoke from the steps of the state
capitol. where few weeks ago vice
PRESIDENT Charles Curtis accepted the
nomination for q retention of his Of
lice. Near at hand, as he enunciated
his agricultural doctrine, sat Roose-
velt's "teammate," Speaker John N
Garner OF Texas. the Democratic
vice presidential aspirant. Roosevelt's
speech here was the first prepared
address of his S,9O0-mile swing
through the west. which began on
Monday night when he left ALBANY.
Leading up to his six-point plan.
the Democratic nonine declared:
L want now to state what seems tn
me the specifications upon which
most OF the reasonable leaders of ap-
rlculture have agreed. and to express
mere and now my whole hearted ac-
cord with these specifications.
Outlines Specifications
The specifications We're:
"First-The tplan must provide for
the producer Of staple surplus com
modities, such as wheat. cotton. corn
TN the form of hogs. and tobacco. a
tariff benefit over world prices which
Is equivalent to the benefit given bv
the tariff to industrial products, This
olfferential benefit must be SO applied
mat the increase in farm income.
purchasing and debt paying power
VIII not stimulate further production.
"Second-The plan must finance IT.
sell. Agriculture has at no time
sought and does not now seek such
access to the public treasury as was
provided by the futile and costly at
tempts at price sterilization by the
FEDERAL farm board. It seeks only
equality Of opportunity with tariff
protected industry.
Third-1t must not make Use of
any mechanism which would cause
our european customers to retaliate
on the grounds Of dumping. It must
be based upon making the tariff ef-
tectlve and direct in its operation.
"F'ourth-It must make use of ex.
listing agencies and so far as possible
be decentralized in its administration
so that the chief responsibility for its
operation will rest with the locality
rather than with newly-created
bureaucratic machinery In Washing
ton.
"Fffth-1t must operate as nearly
as possible on a cooperative basis and
its effect must be to enhance and
strengthen the cooperative movement.
1t should, moreover. be constituted so
that 1t can be withdrawn whenever
the emergency has passed, and nor
NAL foreign markets have been rees-
tablished.
"Sixth-The plan must be, inso-
FAR as possible, voluntary. I like the
idea that the plan should not be put
into operation unless it has the sup
port of reasonable proportion Of
the producers of the exportable COM
modify to which it is to apply. II
must be so organized that the bene.
hts Will go to the man who partic-
ipates."
Seeks Permanent Adjustment
For the permanent adjustment of
agriculture, Roosevelt suggested q
reorganization Of the department at
agriculture; q planned use of the
land" and national leadership ia
the reduction and more equitable dis
tribution on taxes"
The Democratic standard bearer
said the present administration and
the two previous administrations. IA
all OF which the president was an Inn
portant member, failed utterly to UNI
derStand the farm problem as a IA.
tional whole or to plan for its relief"
He added. they destroyed the for
eign markets for our exportable farm
surplus. beginning with the Nordney-
McCumber tariff and ending with the
Grundy tariff, thus violating the
simplest principles Of international
trade and forcing the inevitable re-
taliation Of foreign countries"
Roosevelt declared that ''in 1923. In
his acceptance speech. Mr.. Hoover
said: An adequate tariff Is the foun-
datton Of farm relief He and hts
supporters insisted in 1913 that ve
were importing $500, 00o, 900 Of farm
products and that an adequate tariff
laid on these would be sufficient for
the relief Of agriculture. e vas :
ghastly fraud. The truth wa That
our farmers do not produce the Items
proposed to be protected BY Z tariff
they consume them. The sremoiys
was not TO raise his selling price. he1t
to raise his cost Of living.
Calling attention 70 Tho 1arm honrn
and it, stabilixatio0 opera3an,a
Roosevelt sid Alarm beard opo111ln-s
tive operations must oaad ohail e11nnes
70 m end. 10 adaod 'staao of1orf -
suited n sQl1nndaFl1e hro6S 1s
millions of tn taxWAyoe1 11o60r.a
4hn ~ sa11llty 3 ~
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