Evening star., 1936-10-20
BY the Associated Press.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex. October
2o.-The text of Gov. ALI M. Landon's
speech last night follows:
Coming across New Mexico today.
I said to myself: Surely out here
where the West begins there will
be no trouble in enlisting recruits
in this battle to save our American
system of government. The records
in the War Department show how
valiantly New Mexico responded to
the call to arms in 1917. You will
respond as readily when the attack
on our freedom comes from within
as you did when 1t came from
without.
Many of your citizens once lived
under the flags of other countries.
You are now citizens Of the United
States. Although you may never
have read the Constitution OF the
United States, you realize better
than some Of us who were born
here what it means. You know
that you have the right to select
your own representatives, in Santa
Fe and in Washington: the right
to discuss political questions on the
street corners and to march in po-
litical parades; the right to 60 to
the church of your faith; the right
to your personal liberty until jury
OF your neighbors finds you have
committed a crime; the right to
keep your cottage or your farm or
your horses. If you have earned
them honestly-you know, without
being told, that you have these
rights because We have q Consti-
tuition.
Men and women who live their
lives in the wide-open spaces-on
the plains and in the hills-par-
ticularly recent RECOMMENDATION and
dictation from Washington. AS
the campaign progresses, 1t Is be-
coming more and more clear that
1t Is a clash of two ideas OF govern
ment-the one that politicians
know best what is good for you and
should run your lives out here in
New Mexico from a swivel chair In
a Washington bureau: the other.
that you are still capable OF self.
government.
American Way Versus
That of Old World.
The first is the theory OF many
countries of the Old World. as well
as of our opponents in this cam
paign; the other is the American
way. And once I am elected Presi-
dent, the American idea Of con-
stitutional government of personal
freedom will be preserved, come
what will.
The people of the Southwest are
deeply concerned with live stock
production and agriculture. For
this reason I want to explain briefly
the relation between the Republic
can platform planks on agricul-
ture and foreign trade. They are
closely related.
Agriculture Is matter OF ma
tional concern. For that reason 1t
should not be made foot ball OF
politics. In the past both politi-
cal parties. because of their fall
ure to recognize this fundamental
truth, have adopted policies which
have been injurious rather than
beneficial to the farmers. Realiz-
ing this, our platform calls for q
political solution Of our agri-
cultural problems. We Republicans
offer a common sense and practical
long-term program of soil conserva-
tion and an end to the defeatist
policies of despair sponsored by the
President. The program of the
present administration has per-
petuated and aggravated many Of
the evils from which our farmers
are now suffering.
Our program is grounded on the
undeniable fact that throughout
our history American agriculture
has been on an export basis-that
our production has been and will
for years be greater than our do
mestic needs. Our farmers cannot
be prosperous when their foreign
markets have been destroyed and
their domestic markets simultane-
ously thrown on the mercy of for
eign producers. Let's look at the
record
The Democratic platform Of 1892
said: I'VE favor = effective
control of crop surpluses so that
our farmers may have the full
benefit of the domestic market. -"
We condemn the unsound policy of
restricting agricultural products to
the demands Of domestic markets"
In face of these solemn pledges,
the President jammed through
must" legislation which has prac-
tically destroyed our foreign OUT
lets for farm products. The volume
of farm exports in 1885, according
to Secretary Roper, was the lowest
since the 80s. simultaneously,
through the abuse Of q sound doc