The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-30
r. o N T l n u E II
from page one
Roosevelt Scores
Administration AS
Greatest Spender'

Administration AS
Greatest Spender'
proposing. leave you to draw your
own differences"
Taking up the farm mortgage stu
alton, Roosevelt asserted: To-day :
read in the papers that for the first
time the administration Of President
Hoover has discovered the fact that
there is such a thing as farm mort
gage.
with you, I deplore the inexcus-
able and reprehensible delay in Wash
ington not for months alone, but for
years. All I can promise you is that
I will continue to preach the plight
of the farmer who is losing his home
and that when the authority Of ad-
ministration and recommendation is
placed in my hands, will do every
thing in my power to bring the re-
lief which is so long overdue"
Roosevelt closed with his pledge,
his right hand appraised, his voice
vibrating: Il shall not wait until the
end of q campaign, or until I have
spent four years in the white house"
The result of his farm speech de-
livered at Topeka, two weeks ago at
the beginning of his long trip the
governor said, had been assurance
Of cooperation from all parts of the
country and particularly farm lead
ers."
Mean = Great Deal
These, he continued, "mean great
deal to the program which submit
ted, because to get practical results
we who have the farm problem at
heart cannot afford to let the stand
pat Republicans and certain narrow
minded induStrialistS and bankers use
dissension and discord among farmers
as an excuse for denying to us the
legislation and the results we seek"
Listing what he called tragic con-
sequences of the depression" the
Democratic leader asserted: I'VE
were taught to save and the savings
Of prudent people have been dissi-
pated by careless and constituencies
financiers. We were taught to work
and we have been denied the oppor-
tunity. We were taught to increase
the products of our labor and we
have found that while the products
increased the return was decreased"
The results of labor, he added,
have been lost in the smash Of an
economic system unable to fulfill its
purposes"
The depression, Roosevelt main
tanned. cannot be met by the appeal
that Washington has made so often
to so-called immutable and unchange-
able economic laws"
1T cannot come through saying
that nothing but the slow growth of
prosperity will improve the condition
OF the farmer because the very re-
turn Of that prosperity depends upon
the condition of the farmer"
The two great purposes" - reduc-
ton OF taxes and raising the purchas-
ing power of the farm dollar-Roose-
welt said ARE the basis of my farm
policy"
Plans Tax Slashing
Although the president cannot take
hand in local tax regulations,
Roosevelt declared II shall use this
position Of high responsibility to dis
cuss up and down the country, the
duty of reducing taxes"
This I pledge you," Roosevelt ex-
claimed, "and nothing I have said
transcends in importance this cove
nant with the taxpayers Of this coun-
try"
As in other speeches. he assailed
the Smoot-Hawley tariff, and called
for reciprocal tariffs with foreign
countries.
1.-THE Grundy tariff still retains its
grip on the throat Of international
commerce" he asserted. There Is
no relief in sight and certainly there
can be no relief If the authors Of this
disaster continue in power"
Revision Of the tariff downward to
a point that puts the American pro-
ducerS on a market equality with
their foreign competitors" will "injure
no legitimate interest" Roosevelt:
said.
He added, labor need have no ap-
prehensionS for labor knows by long
and bitter experiences that the high
Unprotected industries pay not one
penny higher wages than the nom
protected industries, such as the au-
tomobile industry.
Passing out of Iowa Friday. Roose-
velt's train was near the West
Branch birthplace of President Hoo
yer. Daylight stops at Savannah and
Freeport, ILL.,, and Beloit, Wis.,, were
scheduled before the train arrives in
Milwaukee.
In his motor journey from the train
at Sioux City to the ball park Thurs
day night, Roosevelts escort was the
famous Abu-Hekr Shrine patrol, all in
red and white Zouave uniforms and
mounted on white horses. There
were at Sioux City party leaders and
rank and file from South Dakota, Ne
braska and Minnesota, as well as Iowa.
THREE NAME PLEAS
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 30.-R)-Walter
Ballew, held in the Cass county Jail
pending trial Thursday pleaded not