The Washington times., 1936-09-19
KANSAN PLANS.
SPEECHES FOR
TRIP TUESDAY
End to Government
Competition, Crop
Control His Aim
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 10
u.N.S0.-Governor Alfred M.
Landon faced the titanic task to-
DAY Of expounding a Republican
farm relief program that will
prove acceptable to a 100000
farm population, after hearing 40
farm paper editors disagree over
what is needed to restore agricul-
tural prosperity.
The Governor leaves here next
tuesday on a campaign tour of
the farm belt. with major speeches
scheduled for Des Moines, Mime
apolls and Milwaukee. He will re-
veal the Republican program for
restoring the purchasing power Of
the farmer in his Des MoineS ad-
dress.
The Republican nominees three
hour conference with farm paper
editors served chiefly to empha-
size the diversity of opinion on
relief measures and the profund-
lty OF the problem. The editors ap-
peared to agree on only two things
first, that the Roosevelt Admin
lstration had destroyed foreign
markets for American farm prod
uctS, and second, that the Federal
government must do something
to aid the farmer.
LandOn Spurs Youth
Three thousand leaders of the
Young r pub lica n movement
meanwhile scattered to their
homes, buoyed by a fighting speech
oy Landon. The Governor told
them they must convince the youth
OF America that they can be con
tldent Of its future" and that "our
form Of government has not |
failed" His address spurred the
Young Republicans into deciding
to organize every single county in
the nation.
Working at the governors man
sion on his farm belt speeches,
Landon had before him a host of
recommendations from the farm
editors. Two of the most impor-
tant were to take Federal lands
out of competition with privately
owned farm lands and for pro-
duction control, administered in
the States by the farmers them
selves. The latter plan, it was
suggested, might necesSitate State
compactS, with the Federal Gov
eminent merely strengthening the
power of cooperatiHeS to transact
business across State lines.
There was some criticism of Ian
don's own philosophy of "abun-
dant production" but strong de-
tense of it from other editors.
One declared the farmer might be
better off selling his cotton with
a 100000 bale crop than with
q 100000 bale crop, but each
grower felt he really was better
off with Is bales for sale than
with only Is bales for sale.
LandOn Takes Notes
Landon made copious notes dur
ing the conference. He heard the
Administration frequently con-
demned for destroying foreign
markets. He heard the AAA de-
nounced as ridiculous" but heard
some phases of it defended. Above
all, he heard objections to Wash
ington running the show" with
the editors agreeing farmers knew
more about managing the produc-
ton and disposal of their own
crops than "bureaucratS" in Wash
ington.
There was a noticeable lack of
politics in the meeting. The Re
publican platform was praised
twice, the Democratic pledges once.
All editors agreed the next Presi-
dent, "who ever he is" will have
a tough time on his hands solving
the farm problem.
Some of the specific observa-
tons were:
Clifford v. Gregory, Prairie
farmer, Chicago:
81 am more convinced than
ever, after a tour of Europe this
summer, that our foreign mar
kets are gone. We could get
them back but we won't. We
won't take the goods from
Europe that we must to recover
our markets. My Sympathies go
ont to the next President, who
ever he may be, if we have
bumper crop next year. He GER
tainly will have the farmers on
his neck"
Roads Suggested
Graham Patterson, Farm
Journal, Philadelphia:
81 believe the Federal Gov
eminent can best aid the farm
ers by helping to construct
more and better secondary
highways. There are plenty of
local markets close at hand for
pennsylvania farmers if they
can get their products to the
markets by truck"
Samuel r. Guard, Breeders
Gazette, Spencer, Ind;
Administration of the soil
conservation and domestic al
lotment act must be taken out
of the hands of agricultural
colleges and Washington and
placed in the hands of the
farmers themselves. / have
surveyed the subject and find
the agricultural colleges in only
a few Southern States desire
this Job. In States like Penn
syIvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Minnesota, they are opposed to
administering the act and sug-
80 Aho forvnarS themselves he