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Profound“ Unamthnelng' or
Panning and its Problems.
linueapolls, '(Speclal).—“The time
has come when. as a nation; we must.
determine upon a definite agricultural
policy. We must' decide whether we-
shali undertake to make of the United
sates a self—sustaining nation——-\vhlcix
means that we shall grow within our
own boundaries all of the staple feud
puducts'needed to maintain the high-
en type of civilization—or whether
we shall continue to exploit our agri—
caitural‘ resources for the benefit of
our industrial and commeriul life. and
to leave to posterity the task of finding
food enough, by strongsarm methods.
If necessary. to? support the coming
handredér'of millions.
‘“l believe in the self-sustaining, in-
dependhlt, self-reliant' nation, agricul‘
Int-ally. lnduatriaily and politically.
We are then the guarantors of our own
necurity and'are equal to the task.”
flo‘deciarcd Senator Harding in a
masterly address before the Minnesota
State Fair here, in which he revealed
a most profound understanding of
agriculture. its problems and its rela-
tion to the farmer and the consumer in
the cities. This speech has been de-
scribed asthe greatest speech on agri-
._ culture which has ever been made by
I Presidential mtndidate.
Among other things he said:
“A good many years ago a Chinese
philosopher uttered a profound truth
when he said: ‘The well—being of a
people isrlike a tree; agriculture is its
toot. manufacture and commerce are
m branches and its life; it the root
ls injured the leaves fall. the branches
break and the tree dies.’
Cause far Concern.
"It may seem strange to many good
people that at this particular time any
one should quote this saying of a wise
old Chinese. Never in all our history
have prices of farm products ruled
so high. measured in dollars. as during
the past ftmr years. Farm land in the.
treat surplus-producing states has ad-
uaced to unheard of prices. with
every infiltration that; but for the tight
money conditions it would go still
higher. Apparently the tanner: of the
land are enjoying unprecedented proa-
parity. “'hy then. even by impilca~
lion, suggest that something may be
wrong with,our agriculture. and that
the trouble may be communicated to
our manufactures and commerce? Peo-
ple in the cities are disposed to think
that if there is anything wrong.” is
in the cities where food is selling at
such high prices. and not": the coun-
try where the food is‘ pmdticed; But
both film randeclty students ofnltional
problems see in the present' a cul-
tural situation certain tlona
which give cause for real concern to
every lover of his country."
He then rcferred’in a most interest-
ing way' to the developmem of the
great central west and sketched briefly ‘
the settlement of the great'central ral-
Ieys. as follows:
“Through the homestead- law the"
emment gave a farm of the richest 1
ad in the world in every man who
wanted one. Railroad! were built. the
prairies were plowed’ up, nrd‘almoat
overnight the agricultural rmtfllon‘
of the Uititetl States" trim-ed liy"
60 per cent Grains! wat- mm
and sold at the bare‘ cost of utilizing
the soil. and the famlers of the older
states to the east Were simmered by
this flood of cheap grain. The only
am that could be (loner with” this
supernhundnncc of food was to build
cities'out of it. And great cities we
did Build. not only in the United
States; but across the seas."
He'spoke of the hard‘ conditions
L which came upon the farmers of the plates are also rapidly perfecting the!
central west an result of their mer-
4 ‘ froduction, and that of lilo factual
mprovement which began about 1905
Vheu the increased population in the
dtieshegan to catch up with farm pro~
‘ductlon, and how this increased de‘
mad for food was accelerated by the
”at Wiorld War.
Sticking of the part played by the
“raid? during the war. he said
Colonels Part of Farmers: -
“TR splendid" Itr‘t‘ so fly“? the
Int-mm of the nation uring the war
never will be understood or
finally WW our“
than per cent of all our fighting
“a from the farms. and after
« , E1“ their sons to‘ths camps, the
' Wmdimatliers, with ttte help out
idiom“:- children, turned to and
. w more food than was ever he-
ucedt in the history of the“
la the mite time and tl-om me4
“a area of land. Their working
- ys were measured not by the clock.
the number of daylight? noun?
tank to themselves the“ remain:
a0! feeding not only our own
“ but also our allies across the
intone «art than one. ohr firm-
' the war their war. and count-
mace too great to help light it
y. 'to a successful finish The
u what they did, written by
m who understand: it. will
ions of the most' glorious chap-
Amerlcan history. One thing
y—ln every American eon.
“camouflage independ-
, w war maintained
country can make a different choice?
-hls family both financial rewards and‘
candid. and a fair wage for the labor
‘insurel against natural hazards will
cities."
”:th people have just as much interest
continue and our trouble will grow
‘nid‘the farm organization or the pres-
imnsatiim: of the must: that farmers‘
ie'rs'ever' known in the country. We
is. Mine fm
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Munster results in: agriculture grow
in: out of war com
H's “iterated to the heavy losstwsufhn
ed by many livestock producers andt
feeders. and pointed out the urgent
need of restoring the balance between
livestock anti grain ion as:
quickly as [tossible On this subject
zh’e'aaid: {
“For two outstanding reasons the
‘nliatenance of a normal balance be-
itween "noted: and path mutation
‘lra matter of national cont-«1mg
list thct we are a meat-eatingc people.
and should have a fairly uniform sup-
fly at a reasonable price. Conditions
.whlch either greatly stimulate or
greatly discourage livestock produc-
tion result in prices altogether too high
for the average consuming public or»
altogether too low for the producer.
who other is that the over-stimulation
of“ grain production depleted the fen
tiiity of our land. which is “rarest-
est national asset. and malls: in a-
mater supply than can~be consumed
at a price profitable to the producer.
and finally to widespread agricultural
distress from which all order people
suffer."
Speaking of the trend of prices of
farm products during the neat two or
three years. he said that no one could
forecast them with any accuracy. That
as a nation We are undergoing the.
same experience that the individual4
,undergocs when recovering from a
‘long and dangerous illness: And’thett
he made this significant statement:
“It must be evident. imwm'or. to any
one who has given the matter even
superficial consideration that we travel
nowcmae to the enolof thelong period
of agricultural exploitation in the
United States. No longer are there
(rent and easy and awaiting areas of‘
fet'tile'land awaiting: the Jami hungry.
W‘e hive now under the plow prac-
tically all of our easily-llllnbie Mimi.
though idle areas await roclamalim
and development by that genius and
determination which ever have made
nature respond to human needs. Ali-
ditions of consequence. which we may
make to our farming area. from this
time on. must come by putting water
on the dry lands of the arid and—semi-
arid country, or by taking water oil’- of
the "amp lands, of- which we have
large areas in some sections, or by dig-
ging the stumps out of the cut-over
tlmberlands or the north and south.
Other Alternative an Unhappy Ono.
"if we should unbappily choose the
course of industrial and commercial
promotion at the expense of agricul-
ture, cities will continue to grow at the
expense of the rural community. ag-
riculture will inevitably break down
and finally destroy the finest rural
civilization. with the greatest possibili-
ties the world has ever seen. Decreased
farm production will make dcar food
and we shall be obliged to send our
ships to far-away nations in search of
cheap foodstuit‘a, the. importation of
which is sure to intensify agricultural
discouragement and distress at home.
"if. an the other hand. we shall de-
termine to build up here a self-sus-
taining nation—Mind what lorer of his
—-then‘ we must‘at once set about the
development of a system of agriculture
which will enable us to feed our peo-
ple abundantly. with some spare for
export in years of plenty, and at prices
which will insure to the farmer and
educational social and religious liv-
ing conditions fairly comparable to
those offered by the cities. A abund
system of agriculture can not be tunin-
lained on any other basis Anything
short of a fair return upon invested
which goes into the crops. and enough
In addition to enable the farmer to
maintain the fertility of his soil, and
drive large numbers of farmers to the
senator Harding made it perfectly
clear that this is a problem in which
fl~ the farmer. ’i‘hat unbalance can
worn out irrational and fair auricul-
turnl policy. the drift to the city will
constamtiy \v orse.
Speaking of farm organizations be
out dhy is quite different from the or-
hnve learned sound principles of or-
ganiaation; that they are adapting to
their work the methods which bust--
ness men and working men have found
1W! in furthering their own lnv ditions’wbtclr will WWW
tel-est: He referred especially to the
successful organizations established by
the fruit grouers of the west and by
said the farmers of the corn belt
gmofi powerful organization of farm-
pointed out very frankly the danger
that would come to the nation if the
problems of the farmer were not
frankly recognized, anth‘ the farmer
was not given absolutely fair treat-
ment.
He said we have witnessed restrict-
ed production—otmanufactnres and of
labor, but we hire not yet experienced
thetiatentionally restricted production
comm, and expressed the hope
that we never may have that experi-
While frankly recognizing the need‘
of a national agricultural policy, he
disclaimed any intention of suggesting
tltatitlie government should wont out!
an elaborate system of agriculture and
then _try to impose it on the farmers
of the country He denounced such an
effirrt‘ as utterly repugnant to Anteri-
ean ideals. He said that government
paternalism. whether applied to ag-
riculture Ol" to any other of our great
maul industries, Would stifle ambi-
tion, impair efficiency. lessen produc-
tion and make us a nation of depend-
enemas. Herald thefarmee
realities no mean farm at‘t‘he- hand:
of the government. All he needs its:
fair chance and such just considers-i
tion for agriculture as we ought to
give to a basic industry. and ever seek
to Me for our common good.
Senator Harding then spoke of the
definite policies to which the Rtepubll-tn
can party is committed. and which he.
aft: candida: endorses.
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voice it; autumn!
:haa been pro .
tines Wuhan » .
only a a tesuit. The fit
vital interest .ln our trade
with other countries; its $8
trillion of our financial»:
many of the! larger activities.»
government.
accent—Tho nun of ram at
term Within associations for the
marketing of men promote must be‘
m The mmsité‘1n distribution
who preys on both'producer and cutt-
calmer must no longer sun the vital“?
0! this fundamental life.
S'ctenflfle study:
Third. - The Republican party
pitdgeafltielf’toa scientific stbdy oi
’aoricultursl prices and‘farm predate
’tlon coats, bath at timeout-abroad.
with a view to Meningitis-{my
of‘abnormai fluctuations lure: Sinhl‘d
motion will mntrllmte to everybody!“
toafldence. Farmers have cotanlaiued
bitterly of the frequent and violent
fluctuations in prices of farm products,
and especially in prices of live ato‘clt‘.
They do not and such fluctuatitms In
the pmducttofmther industries. in a
general way prices of farm products
must go up or down. according to
whether there is a plentiful crop or a
are the fertility of the soil, the sun-
shine and the rain. and the size of his
crops is measured by the supplv of
these raw materials and the skill \vlth
which he makes use of them. He can-
v‘not control his production and adjust
it‘ to the demand as can the manufac-
turer. But he can see no pond ream
«my the prim-s of his products should
fluctuate so violently from week to
week and sometimes from day to day.
To’ Stop- Pl'ior F tiring.
sliort one. The farmer's raw materials ' '
if. A. MEAD
main-mach
[III Benet-val.
Fourth—We promise.” put an and
to unnecessary price fixing cl farm
products and to Ill considered efforts
arbitrarily to reduce farm product
prim.
Government drivel against food
prices such as we have experienced
during the past two years are vain and
useless. 'illo ostensible purpose of
such drives is to reduce the prim the
consumer pays for food. The actual
result is unjustly to depress for a time
the prices the farmer receive! for his
grain and live stock. but with no ap-
preciable reduction in the price uteri
consumer pays Such drives simply
give the, speculator and the pmnteer
additional opportunities to add (I
their exactions.
Fifth—We favor the administration
of the farm loan act so auto help men
who farm to secure farm. of their own
and to give to them long time credits.
needed to practice“ but methods of)
diversified farming.
machinery to fumlah personal cmiit
to the man, uhetlu-r land owner or
tenant. who is hampered for lack of
working capital. lZIii'Ortunately as
land increases in value tenancy also
Increases.
This has been true throughout his-
\\'c also favor the authorization of ‘
associationr to provide the necessary x
An increasing Evil. .3
tory. At the present time probably
onelmlf of tire high, priced loud ifl‘tile
("r n lwit states is tamed by men who.
because of lack of capital. find it nec-
mu-y brings with it evils
real menace to national wolf The
tenant who lacks sullicleat working
capital and who too often is working
under a short time lease is forced to
farm the land‘to the limit and rub it of
its fertility in order to pay tho rent.
Amid such conditions we have iaefli
cicnt schooh, brain): down churches
and n sadly Illnlled»todtl “to. W‘
should dlerefore concern ourselves not:
only in hcipin‘ men to incur. fame
of their own and in helping the tenant
Fl‘(llle the parking canitfl he needs tot
t'flfl" on the but methods‘ of divers!
tied farming. but’we' should won: out
a system'of‘ln’nd‘lenein‘g which. more
doing full Justice“ in both instant and
tenant, will at inane-a mm
the fertility ol the soil.
Transportation
Slump-We'd. not w m
the Hunt to- speculative m in W
motion of‘ our transportation sys-
toms, but we an pledged to restore
them “Who h’lultut stat. a! “they
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trons losses through inability to our
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ket their grain and live stock. Such a
condition must not brmtv
continue. We must bring about con-
iyeat the lowest possible-rites:
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here at home the farmer must be pro-
tected from unfair competition mm
those Countries where agriculture» is
still being exploited and when; the -
standards of living on the film we
much lower than here. We‘ '_
for higher American standards: let us
maintain them.
So long as America can produce the
foodsweneed 1min favorothflnci
from Ardent-a amt.
Fewer Land Hogs.
Under a sound m m
tare; fostered slid “mart! by one
and fair administration of state and
federal agreement. the farmers «the
United States can feed oi! Me for
many centuries—perhaps indefinitely.
Farming is not an auxiliary; it is the
main plant, and seared with it. insep-
arably: is even}? of"
tion and industry. America could not
go on with a dissatisfied fanning peo-
pie; audmo nation is when?”
hunger abides. We had Merlin?
hogs. who menace our .futute, and
quadrennial crop of met no more
consideration tor farming as our basic .
industry. We need less appeal to c
‘c‘onsciou‘snm manure”! resolute
some a prompt y rib: our prob-
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