Evening star., 1936-07-28
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and particularly the killing of pigs un-
der Government plans, as an attempt
to interfere with natural arrange
ment Of things. and call the drought
an answer. And finally, the great mass
of Iowa farmers have been in the past
Republicans and the inclination is to
return TO their old party moorings.
Landon's speech accepting the Re
publican nomination, take 1t by and
large, was pretty we'll received in Iowa.
The Republicans will have editorial
support In many OF the daily news
papers in the State. On the other
hand, some of the most powerful farm
journals will stand by Roosevelt 100
per cent, among the latter is Wal
laces Farmer and Iowa Homestead,
with a circulation Of more than $780,
900. This farm publication. although
it bears the name of Secretary Wallace
Of the Department OF Agriculture and
although he was connected with it
before he went to Washington to
enter the cabinet, is not beng run by
him now, but by Dante Pierce, who. in
the past. has been a strong supporter
of Republican Presidents-Hoover
among them. This publication. which
gets into most Of the farmers homes
in the State. already is making a
vigorous campaign for Roosevelt and
against Landon.
In its August / issue, Wallace's
Farmer and Iowa Homestead will at
tack Landon's acceptance speech. as
it dealt with agriculture. Especially
will it reply to that part of the Lam
don speech in which the Kansas Gov.
ernor said: The loss Of markets. both
at home and abroad, far outweighs
the value OF all the benefits (under
the A. A. A. paid to the farmers"
Farmer knows Better"
Every corn belt farmer, OF course.
knows better than this" says the farm
publication. It continues:
The facts are a matter Of ofiicial
record. BY its policies the admins
tration has taken the American
farmer out Of foreign markets. Yet
the official records show that exports
of wheat were Isl l,e76.000 bushels in
1928 and only 82.l1s.o00 bushels in
1882, and that exports Of ham, bacon
and shoulders were 48,278, 900 pounds
in 1928 and only Bats. 900 pounds in
1882. The great drop in exports came
after the passage of the Smoot-
Hawley tariff bill in 1880. The great
agricultural depression Of 1882 was in
great part the result of the loss OF
export markets. The A. A. A. was
the administration attempt to rescue
farmers from the disaster which this
loss Of foreign markets had brought.
Gov. Landon declared that the
administration had put the foreign
farmer into the American market.
Yet the oficial records show that in
the period 1921 through 1885 the big
gest imports Of live cattle came, not
in 1895 but in 1928; the biggest i'm
ports Of canned beef in 1929, the big
gest imports Of butter in 1928, the big
gest imports Of egg products in 1925
and the biggest imports Of wool in
1928. The value Of competitive agri-
culture imports in 1885, after the
biggest drought in history. was only
$48s, 900, 900, as against imports Of
$sos. 900 900 In 1929"
That kind Of thing circulated among
the farmers is not likely to help Lam
don. As a matter of fact, impartial
observers in Iowa today figure that
Roosevelt's chance to carry Iowa Is
better than $3.50. That Is today.
They admit that conditions may
change. They say that the farmers
may come around to blaming Roose-
welt for the drought, If the terrible
heat conditions continue and the corn
crop is q loss In q considerable part
of the State.
Sentiment Not Increased.
Generally speaking, however, they
have been unable to convince them
selves that the anti-Roosevelt senti-
ment has increased to q marked de-
gree among the people of Iowa.
The Iowa farmers, although they
are grumbling now about the heat and
the probable loss of much Of their
corn, have done well this year with
their wheat and small grain crops.
They have had two good crops OF
grass and alfalfa. So conditions here,
even II the corn crop should be hard
hit. will stack for the farmers much
better than in q number Of other
States. There Is an old saying. too,
around here. that when 1t looks as
though everything was going to ruin,
1t rains. Already rains have begun
to fall In parts Of the State since
this last hot spell reached it, peak,
and there is promise of more rain. II
1t comes 1t will save the great bulk
Of the corn.
Lemke and his new Union party