Text of Gov. Landon's speech pledging farm relief (Washington Times, Sept. 23, 1936, p. 4)

4 TEXT OF GOV. LANDON'S SPEECH PLEDGING FARM RELIEF CONTINUED AID AND SECURITY PROMISED DES MOINES, lowa, Seut. 23. The text of Governor Alf M. Lan don's farm address follows: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen tlemen- We are here for a frank discus sion of the needs of farming. You want to know what policies the farmers can count on from the Republican party. My purpose is to tell you. Most of my life, private and public, has been spent in close contact with farmers. For four years I have had the honor of be ing governor of a great agricul tural State. I know the aspira tions of farm folks. They want to have the same chance and the same protection in the market as other American industries. They want a settled, workable, national policy for agriculture. And I know that above all else they want no system which penalizes plenty and rewards scarcity. The Amer ican farmer wants to produce without fear. There is no greater satisfaction than In owning the piece of land that a man and his family call home. There is a feeling of part nership in a common undertaking among husband and wife and chil dren that is more possible on the farm than anywhere else. Problem for 15 Years There is nothing more satisfy ing than raising good crops, hav ing a crib full of com, plenty of hay in the mow or stack, and hogs ana cattle fattening in the feed lot. As one of my farmer friends recently said to me, and said with all reverence, "Lord, I wish we could have those things again!" For 15 years we have been strug gling with what has been called "the farm question." It is not a farm question but a national ques tion. It is a question of whether the farmer and his family will be able to buy the things they need whether they'll be able to maintain the full American standard of liv ing. It is a question of whether the rest of our people will be able to trade a part of their products to the man on the land for three square meals a day. All the farmer asks is that his income be on a parity with the rest of the nation ;that he may enjoy the same standard of life; that his home be made secure, and that he be able to build up a re serve for the future. It is to the direct interest of the consumers and other producers of this nation that the farmer be a good provider and a good customer. Platform Pledges I know that these aims cannot be realized overnight. Miracles are no more common in Washington than they are in Des Moines. To get a real solution we must have a well-rounded progam--a pro gram that will meet, not only the present emergency, and the imme diate future, but also the long time pull! The Republican platform offers just such a program. By it we are pledged: To meet to the fullest extent, the present distress caused by the drought. To make the farm standard of living secure, by protecting the in come of the farm family. To guard the food supply of the nation by preserving our soil and other natural resources through sound conservation and land-use policies. To protect the farm and the rest of the country from ruinous debt and taxation. This program not only takes care of the present, it not only safeguards the farm family while we are working toward the neces sary adjustments of the future, but it provides a settled, workable, national policy for agriculture. Drought Aid Promised Before I go into a discussion of this program let me make this one point absolutely clear. If I am elected, I shall fulfill all out standing obligations made by the present Administration with the American farmer. By this I mean that those who have carried out their end of the bargain will re ceive the checks due them. I am equally emphatic in my views on meeting the suffering caused by the present drought. We will use the full power of Government to relieve the present distress. Those of our farmers hard hit by the drought will be generously provided for until they can raise a crop. This means the continua tion of relief checks. It means as well, in the case of many farmers, ADVERTISEMENT BLACKHEADS PRIVINTID WITH OXYMN CXIAM ThotManda of women, who uaed to be miser- ast f dO* able over a dull, muddr T complexion, coarse pores K and blackheads, now vjg raveovera beautiOer con- I tatning LIVE oxygen. This remarkable prep- fx. ■ration --DIOXOGEN I X CRKAM --frees the skin nores from dirt and other Impurities. It Keeps the skin looking fresh and full of Mfe. Prevents many blemishes, blotches and blackheads. Refines coarse pores. Brings softness to rough skin. 50* jar of OIOXOGKN CRKAM will convince /on. I&pprooed J>y Good Housekeeping. Not riJOHMk AA den* aoiL dcBKEtMMt gtnaM» D/NrM 7000 "Lord, I Wish We Could Have Those Things Again" e: 'E?

Wr I A F jri i. WR I Ml 4KK OjiMA IKwBI 9- JBF JW Jmß mmb jI v Hill SI Wf iW AWfe" m Oil Jv sJB mV! 1 MMKoy w hi i j Bl i vW '-Ml IN HIS ADDRESS at Des Moines, pledging aid to the harassed farmers of the country, Governor Alfred M. Lan don said "nothing is more satisfactory than raising good crops, having a crib full of corn, plenty of hay in the mow or stack, and hogs and cattle fattening in the feed lot. As seed loans and other necessary as sistance in order that the farmer may get started agiain. Where such help, is needed, we will give it promptly. There will be no waste and no politics. Let me repeat this part of the Republican program. We will not allow needless suffering in this country--either on our farms or in our cities. We are determined to extend every reasonable aid to our people to get them back on a self-supporting basis in the short est possible time. Future Farm Plans Now I turn to our policies which deal with the future. For many years farmers pro ducing crops of which there is normally an. exportable surplus have worked under a handicap. I mean such stable products as hogs, wheat, cotton and tobacco. The surplus is sold on world markets and the price of the en tire crop is affected by what the surplus will bring. Tariff pro tection for these products, gen erally speaking, is ineffective, ex cept when there is a shortage. This handicap has become in creasingly severe in recent years. Today, policies of foreign na tions are shaped principally by imperialistic aims and the fears they create. World markets are largely closed to our agriculture surpluses. Our foreign competi tors are aided by government subsidies. So long as this is the case, the cards are stacked against our farmers. Reasonable Benefits Sometime there again will be normal world conditions. In the meantime, those of our farmers with exportable surpluses will re main at a disadvantage with our other producers. The Republican party proposes to offset these disadvantages by the payment of cash benefits. These cash benefits will foe lim ited to the production level of the family type farm. We are pledged by our plat form --I quote: "To provide, in the case of agricultural products of which there are exportable surpluses, the payment of rea- If Your Dentist Hurts You Try DR. FIELD Plate Expert Double Suction I Guarantee a Tight Fit In An/ Mouth with My Double Suction Plato I Give Violet Ray Treatment! for Pyorrhea Extraction Plates M and $2 $35 Al»o Om Ext. Go!d Hates .50 M Repaired Mu P Finin «p- DR. FIELD 406 7th St. N. W. MEt. 9256 sonable benefits upon the domesti cally consumed portion of such crops, in order to make the tariff effective." This means that our farmers will receive an Ameri can and not a foreign price for their products. This is the first time this princi ple has been put forward by a major political party. Such pro tection is simply common fairness to the farmer. It will act as in surance until long-time programs of surplus removal and land use can be brought into effect. Stands by Pledge 1 will stand by this pledge. In doing so, I shall call on the states manship of both parties and will i consult and work with respon sible farmers and farm leaders. We're going to see to it that the farmer whose crops have to be sold on a world market gets the equivalent of a really effective tariff. One thing we have learned 1 from past experience is this: We cannot let temporary surpluses de stroy the standard of living of the farm family. As part of the plan for remov ing the depression effect of sur pluses. I shall propose an amend ment to the Federal warehousing act so that reserves of feed, such as corn, can be carried on the 1 farm. We have learned from painful experience that the over filled crib may quickly become the empty crib. It is to the advantage of both the producer and the con sumer--and the farmer is both when it comes to feed crops--that these conditions be evened out as much as possible. Eligible to Borrow Under this amendment, the i farmer who stores his grain on the farm, in such away as to make it insurable, will be entitled to a Federal warehouse receipt. He then will be eligible to borrow from any banking agency. He will enjoy the same credit facilities as i are available to owners of grain stored in terminal markets. The STOP UP LEAKS AND DRAFTS ISO Compound ai,< Calking Gun Reg. $6 Value Save heating .1 n cost* thin win- nftilJrl Anyone can ns his mmple outfit I® J*A to seal tiKhtUr a 1 IF C<J *1 ill all cra ek n |IMJIf aroun< l w n I E3 down and doors. Paint Your Home on Our Monthly Payment Plan We Will Recommend Reliable Painters HUGH REILLY CO. PAINT y 34 New York Ave., NAtional 1703 GLASS THE WASHINGTON TIMES. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1936 one of my farmer friends recently said to me, and said with all reverence, *Lord, I wish we could have all those things again!* The governor said the Democratic administra tion lacks a settled, workable farm policy after four years of experimentation. International News Photo. grain would be stored on the farm, ready for use or sale at any time the farmer cares to take up the loan. I am now going to mention a subject that is in neither plat form--crop insurance. It is a question in which we have long been interested in Kansas. In fact, some of our Republican leaders in farm legislation have been in the forefront in working on it. We realize that there are difficulties. But insurance com panies are writing policies today covering risks that they did not consider feasible a few years ago. I believe that the question of crop insurance should be given the full est attention. We need also to resume our once remarkable progress in in troducing new crops for the use of our lands. This work seems to have slowed down. Yet it is ex actly what the Department of Agriculture should now be push ing. Hits AAA Plan Not only must we take care of the problems of the land, but we must develop more domestic de mand and different uses for the products of the land. I am far more interested in seeing farmers paid for growing the things we know we need, than in paying them for not growing the things we think we don't need. Most of us co-operated with the triple A in its early days, since we had been promised it was only an emergency measure. It was the only important agency work ing for the relief of the farm at that time and it was entitled to a fair trial. But as the program progressed, we discovered that the Adminis tration was trying to stretch the triple A into a means for the per manent control of American agri culture from Washington. I can not agree with such a policy. I cannot agree with the President. I believe the American farmer should be "a lord on his own farm." We are promised that the triple A would be quickly replaced by a sound, long-time program. Points to Mixup But instead, after crop reduc tion we had crop adjustment, then more crop shifting under the soil conservation and domestic allot ment act. The conservation plan was not conservation. It was a stopgap, a subterfuge- Anyone go ing through the present mixup in an effort to qualify for a check will agree with me! Nobody was fooled, least of all the farmer. Now something else has just been announced. Like the auto mobile manufacturers, the Admin istration believes in bringing out a new model every year. What is the farm policy of this Administration? In my opinion it has none. After being in power for nearly four years, the Admin istration is'still without a settled, workable, national policy for agri culture. It's right back where it started from. Soil conservation--real conser vation --is a subject close to my heart. In Kansas we link soil con servation with water conservation and flood control into a co-related program. More than two years ago I sug gested to the present Administra tion a comprehensive program to be administered through joint State and Federal action. I re quested that the Federal Govern ment take leadership in these policies as a part of its drought program. u Taking the Lead This was not done, but in Kan sas we went ahead anyway, mak ing effective use of Federal funds provided for work relief, by build ing ponds, by digging public wells for farms, and constructing a State wide system of lakes and mu nicipal reservoirs. This work, backed by sound land IIYCLEW MPHESSEO •n« diy r v ic• or while you w*it policies has given Kansas a real start In the direction of conserva tion. Os course much remains to be done. But we know as a result of this experience, that there is such a thing as spending money wisely. It will be my purpose to co operate with the States in putting into effect a real conservation pro pram along broad lines. But we will not do this at the expense of dairy and live stock producers. Where the farmer is unable to afford proper conservation prac tices, cash payments should be made for actual performance. There should be State participa tion in the program, with the local administration in the hands of farmers themselves. Balanced Farm Plan Conservation is an inseparable part of a national land-use pro gram. Through such a program we can bring our farm plant into 1J J \jansbums jKHBL.SEVENTH, EIGHTH sad E STREETS W*** 7571 I THURSDAY! A I Sp|p3| Fashion Show I of 1095 DRESSES for I HALF-SIZES I PLACE: Lansburgh's Better Dress Shop, Second Floor B" **f| 9l|H TIME: Thursday, September 24th, Wwjl at 11:00, 12:45, 2:30, 4:45 I He's coming himself--the manufacturer of these nationally beloved Half-Size \VyWM Dresses! 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