Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-17

Democratic Party over bitter Re-
publican opposition.
Stevenson pointed out to his
large rural audience that, in terms
of purchasing power, farmers are
earning four times as much today
as they were 20 years ago.
The Governor also recalled the
eart-breaking scenes on Ameri-
can farms during the depths of
the depression which began in
1929, when Herbert Hoover sat in
the White House and the COP
dominated Capitol Hill.
F, Stevenson said that the land
making up the very airport being
dedicated on the day he spoke at
Fort Dodge was being foreclosed
in 1888. 1t was saved by the Dem
ocratic Party's corn loan program,
the forerunner of today's farm
parity price system started by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
within two weeks after he took
office in that bleak March of 1888.
"a friend told me about an ex-
perience of Leo Martin, then a
farmer near Dubuque-now sher-
iff of Dubuque Countrywide sent
carload of sheep to the Chicago
stockyards in the depression
days." Stevenson went on to say.
"They sold for price which
did not equal the shipping costs.
So he was billed for $18-his loss
after selling a carload of sheep.
Leo wrote back: I don't have the
$18, but I've got some more sheep
| if you want them"
| Stevenson stated that Republi-
can opposition to Democratic farm
programs began in 1888 and still
continues today. Only last June
more than half of the Republican
members of the U. S. House of
Representatives voted against ex-
tending 80 per cent of parity leg
islation.
Stevenson said farmers every
where will be interested in re-
cent interview with Senator Taft
in which he says he believes that
General Eisenhower :. :. :. will be
for a flexible farm support pro
gram after the present two year
agreement for 80 per cent parity
is over Senator Taft has, as you
know, established himself as the
greatest living authority on what
General Else hover really
thinks :. . -
The Governor also recalled that
four years ago the Republican
controlled 80th Congress nearly
wrecked the whole price support
program by forbidding the Com
modify Credit Corporation to ac
quire facilities for storing crops.
Stevenson quickly dealt with
: 1852 Republican campaign charg
: es that there was no shortage OF
: grain storage facilities, by point
! ing out that right in Webster
: county, where he was speaking
: farmers piled their corn outdoors
: where they could not get loans.
"Now let's examine a little
: more of the record" continued
: the Governor.
"House Republicans vote
! against the original Agricultural
. Adjustment Act nearly 2 to /.
"They voted against the Sol
Conservation and Domestic Allot
: ment Act-3 to l.
Il ''They voted against the Triple
: A, which is still our basic price
: support legislation, s to 1. :"
) They voted against parity pay
: ments, to l in 1899.
8 "They voted to kill crop insur
: ance, 16 to l, and against expand
: ing rural electric power facilities
. to l in 1943.
"They voted to kill the farm
{ ownership programs, 2 to / Ii
1947.
:. "That same year they voted te
. kill the agricultural conservation
program, IL to /.
: 'In 1949 a majority of House
. Republicans voted against the ru
! raj telephone service program
: They called it socialistic and /;
. threat to free enterprise, jus
! what they said about REA year.
: before.
:. in 1949 they voted agains
/. price supports on perishables, II
/. to l.
:. In 1851 they voted against ex
Z panding rural electric power, 9 tt
IL l.
Fl That same year the Senate Re
J. publicans voted to cripple croI
5 insurance, 2 to l. And they alst
f. voted to cripple the conservation
81 program"
Il "Can you trust party that ha'
81 voted consistently against you
n programs asked the Governor