The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-10-29
Praises the Administration and
Denies Extravaganza and
Useless Indebtedness
CITES GAINS IN BUSINESS

CITES GAINS IN BUSINESS
Congressman r. L. Doughton, who
has represented this district in some
political office since 1908 and who
has been in the Congress of the
United States under six Presidents,
spoke to a full courthouse in Jeffer-
Vson, Monday, asking reelection for
himself and the entire Democratic
ticket on a record of past perform
ances. He was introduced by Edd
Davis, candidate for county commits
Sioner on the Democratic ticket.
MIR. Doughton thanked members of
his own party and those of the Re-
publican party who have given him
such splendid support in the past
years and again pledged his best eff
forts to their interests. He launched
into his address by declaring that
the opposing party had only prom
Uses to offer and no record to which
they could point with any degree of
pride. He defined the Democratic
party as one of action, performance,
for the people, and for Prosperity
while he based his definition of the
Republican party on their record in
the White House as being one OF in
action, reaction, hesitation, calamity,
and stagnation.
Improved Agriculture
E'By their fruits we shall know
them" declared Mr.. Doughton as he
gave figures to show that farm pro-
ducts, which constituted only small
part of the national income in 1888
after four years of Herbert Hoover,
had now doubled and that all farm
products had shown an increase in
price, in many instances of more
than one hundred percent. President
Roosevelt'S second act as President
was to call all the representatives OF
farming in the nation together and
set up program that would relieve
: the distress of the situation created
by Harding and Hoover that had al
lowed the price of farm products to
fall even lower than the actual cost
of production.
Mr.. Doughton also praised the soil
conservation program as great
boon to farmers.
Industry Improves by Leaps
The speaker said that the great
est beneficiary of the Roosevelt adj
ministration is business and industry
and cited the safety of the present
bank system, which was Mr.. Roose-
1, velt's first act in office for the relief
of a nation whose banks were clos
ing at such rate the entire country
was in a panic bordering on revolu-
ton. He gave figures to show that
business had increased by leaps and
bounds and railroads that were in
the red under Mr.. Hoover showed a
two million-dollaf clear cash profit
last year. Over six million more peo-
pie are employed than in 1888 and
all labor leaders are supporting
Roosevelt; Internationally.
Highway System Praised
The improved system of national
highways were praised in that one
million and one-haf dollars had
been spent on them for the direct
help of the farmer. More than 56
million has been spent in North Car
DINA on such roads and over six
million in this district. Mr.. Doughton
referred briefly to his part in help
ing allocate this federal money in
his district, but stated that he was
glad to have had the opportunity to
do so in rendering service to his
people.
Extravaganza Denied
Mr.. Doughton admitted that in the
spending of millions of dollars for
relief some might have been spent
wrong, but he declared that fire can
not be fought without wasting some
water and stated that the Roosevelt
administration had not spent one
dime more than the Republican one.
In giving facts to support his declar-
alton, he pointed to the soldiers
bonus, the collectable loans made to
save homes and farms, and to the
surplus in the Treasury. He denied
that Democrats took up relief meas
urers because they wanted to but
because they were forced to as re-
suit of poor Republican manage
ment.
Social Security Act
Mr.. Doughton sponsored the Social
Security Act through both congress
sional houses and paused to pay
tribute to it as one of the most hui
name measures ever passed in the
United States. He praised Mr.. Hoey's
stand for social security which ne
has promised North Carolina and
criticized Landon for his stand
against the act.
Places FIR with ImmOrtalS
Closing his address, Mr.. Doughton
said that President Roosevelt had
saved the country from Communism,
Socialism, and all other internal
isms; that he has taught new phi
losophy of prosperity and that he
would 60 down in history as an i'm
mortal along with George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson.