The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-10

being anxious for inspirational enlightenment than Senator Robert D. Carey of Wyoming who comes up for reelection this year He did not at all con- eeas his determination to draw out" the nominee on the soggy evasiye farm plank adopted at Cleve- land.
 The senator emerged after nearly five hours with an Interpretation" of the candidates views which he expressed in the candidates presence.
 Senator Carey said the nominee is against bene- fit payments to farmers permanent part of the nations farm policy" as that would constitute reg mentation" And he admitted there had been no discussion of a substitute policy"
 One wonders what could have taken up much of their time, unless there reminders from the senator that the oubebarreled denunciation of the reciprocal trade agreement act in both the farm and tariff blanks of the platform has embarrassed MT. Harper Sibley president of the United States Cham Der of Commerce. and MT. William A. Adrch, chair man of the board of the Chase National Bank, both of whom have repeatedly endorsed this basic policy of the Roosevelt Administration. But one does not need to wonder as to- the extent of the terrific task that confronts the nominee in making somewhat clearer to electorate his conception of his partys agricultural program.
 For the Republican platform declared for both benefit payments and bounties It distinctly pro- vides "the payment of reasonable benefits upon the domestcay consumed portion of such crops in order to make the tariff effective and then promises very definitely ito furnish government assistance in dis posing of surpuses in foreign trade"
 In his interpretive telegram to the Cleveland con- venton in which he insisted upon return to the gold standard, Governor Landon did not mention the long and wearisome farm plank. That gave rise to the assumption that he was willing to abide by its many vague and conflicting provisions. But meanwhile a few days before Carey visit he had gone into ferences with his principal agricultural adviser, the Curtis Publishing Companys associate editor Earl w Taylor. And Editor Taylor wrote in The Country Gentleman as recently last April against political manipulation of agriculture" and "all attempts at governmental subvention'
 The truth is that in order to please those indus triastS who seemingly have not yet learned what automatically happened to their ancient tariff theory when the United States became creditor nation the Old Guard platform drafters at Cleveland inserted the bait for still higher and restrictive duties all competitive commodities, including those of the farm To that they coupled vigorous demand for collection of the debts with plaintive appeal to those same debtor nations to buy farm surpuses.
 This obviously unavoidable farm program" the Republican Presidential nominee was sworn to cute, if elected a matter of private honor and public faith" If the assertion of the Wyoming solon made in Governor Landons presence to about 50 newspaper correspondents has any meaning what ever, the governor has made start. Senator Carey added that the Presidential candidate seemed to be impressed with the possibilities of producing enough beet sugar in the West to meet the domestic demand But would not that presuppose in fact constitute evil dence that Governor Landon would favor giving the sugar growers still more tariff protection than they now enjoy? And where would that get agriculture and industry-in the proclaimed purpose to extend foreign markets? And incidentally does any one assume that Congress would be complaisant in meet ing any of these terms?