The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1936, Page 2

Republican Candidate Promises Cash Benefits, Equality With Industry — Des Moines, Ia., Sept. 23.—()—The | tion le’ text of Gov. Alf M. Landon’s farm address: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle- men: We are here for a frank discussion 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 being governor of a great agricultural state. I know the aspir- ations of farm folks. They want to have the same chance and the same protection in the market as other Am- erican industries. They want a set- tied, workable, national policy for agriculture. And I know that aboye all else they want no system which penalises plenty and rewards scarcity. The American farmer wants to pro: Guce without fear. - Satisfaction on the Farm There is no greater satisfaction than 4 owning the piece of land that a man and his family call home. There is a feeling of partnership in a com- nion undertaking among husband and wife and children that is more pos- | sible on the farm than anywhere else. There is nothing more satisfying than raising good crops, having a crib tull of corn, plenty of hay in the mow ot stack, and hogs and cattle fatten- ing in the feedlot. As one of my farm- er friends recently said to me, and asid with all reverence. “Loi we could have those things avr | For fifteen years we have been struggling with what has been called “the farm question.” It is not a farm question but a national question. It ds @ 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 living. It is a question of whether the rest of our people will be able to trade a part of their pro- ducts to the man on the land for three Square meals a day, Entitled to Parity All the farmer asks is that his in-| come 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 reserve for the future. € tl si é t of Landon Speech On American Farm Issue; disadvantage with our other pro- Gucers. offset these disadvantages by the payment of cash benefits. These cash benefits will be limited to the produc- agricultural products of which there are exportable surpluses, the pay- ment of reasonable benefits upon the domestically consumed portion of such crops, in order to make the turiff effective farmers will receive an American and not a foreign price for their products. has been put forward by a major po- litical party. Such protection is ‘simply common fairness to the farm- er. lung-time programs of surplus re- moval and land use can be brought into effect. Porary surpluses destroy the stand- ard of living of the farm family. depression effect of surpluses, I shall propose an amendment to the federal warehousing act so that reserves of feed, such as corn, can be carried on painful experience that the overfilled crib may quickly become the empty crib, the producer and the consumer — and the farmer is both when it comes to feed crops—that these conditions be evened out as much as possible. who stores his grain on the farm. inj such @ way as to make it insurable, ! will be entitled to a federal warehouse | receipt. borrow from any banking agency. He| will enjoy the same credit facilities as are available to owners of grain would be stored on the farm, ready tor use or sale at any time the farm- ject that is in neither platform—crop insurance. troad lines. But we will not do this Will Pay Cash Benefits The Republican party proposes to stock producers. Where the farmer is unable to af- ford proper conservation practices, cash payments should be made for ac- tual performance. There should be state participation in the program, with the local administration in the hands of farmers themselves. t Conservation is an inseparable | part of a national land-use program. Through such a program we can bring our farm plant into proper bal- ance and gradually shape our land re- } sources to their right uses. The program we propose will put an | jend to the policies of this administra- jtion of trading off the American | ifarmer. It will make unnecessary giving away the equivalent of 25,000,- {009 acres to foreigners. Tt will pre-| vent the importation of pork prod- jucts from 16 different countries. It {will eliminate all excuse for paying ' $785,000.09 in one year to a sugar cor- poration, or $155,000.00 to a packing 1 of the family- farm. pledged by our tform—I ‘To provide, in the case of This means that our This is the first time this principle Tt will act as insurance until I will stand by this pledge. In do- ing so, I shall call on the statesman-!company for its hog operations, or ship of both parties and will consult !$301,000 to a British-owned cotton| y end work with responsible farmers | company. And it no longer will be ind farm leaders. possible for a corporation farmer to Means Effective Tariff rent government-controlled Indian We're going to see to it that the jland and get $51,000 subsidy, or for a mer whose crops have to be sold/garbage feeder to get 100 times as cna world market gets the equivalent !much as a good corn belt farmer. of a really effective tariff. One thing we have learned from past experi- Will Free Farms of Debt | There is one more important point | in our program I wish to emphasize. This, that we shall ‘ and the rest of the country from the impending ingers of ruinous debt and taxation.” { All. of you know the rate at which {government spending is going on,} The national debt has now reached nee is this: We can not let tem- As part of the plan for removing the he farm. We have learned from minute. Let us look at this proposition can- didly. This increasing debt can be raid only by taxation if this is to re- main an honest government. Taxes dd to the cost of everything and the} rmer is so situated that he cannot escape their penalty. Further, the taxes reduce the ability of the con- sumer to buy the products of the farm. The Republican party proposes It is to the advantage of both Under this amendment the farmer }: He then will be eligible to and extravagance. | 80 much for the main provisions of | tored in terminal markets. The grain | American agriculture. It is a pee gram based upon the same principles that farmers have urged for years. It follows in the same furrows that j were plowed at the meetings of the! 1 cares to take up the loan. Disctisses Crop Insurance I am now going to mention a sub- It is a question in which! Moines. It offers a practical means at the expense of the dairy and live- | jbly light frost north portion; the farm | 2 the stupendous figure of 34 billion & collars and it is increasing every |; u put an end to the present waste | a1 the program which we propose for | * corn belt committee here in Des|! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, [Weather Report | WEATHER FORKUAST { For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonig! to possibly heavy frost; rising emperature Thursday afternoon, ForNorth Dakota: Fair and Thursday; cooler tonight; light to possibly heavy frost; rising tem- Perature Thursday afternoon, ~ For South Dakota: Fair’ tonight land ‘Thursday; cooler tonight; ponsl- rising temperature Thursday afternoon, ex- cept extreme southeast portion, ‘or Montana: Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler east and south por- tlons; probably. frost west and south Portions, For Minnesota: Generally fair to- night and Thursday; much cooler to- night, possibly light to heavy frost in northwest portion; cooler 4 east Thursday; rising temper: northwest Thursday afternos GENERAL WKATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered over the upper Mississipp! Minneapolls 2962 Inches, ish” has appeared cifie coast, Kamloops, 30. Temperatures were unusually h the Dakotas and Minnesota yesterday, but considerably cooler weather pre- alls over the Northwest this thorn ing. Readings were 100 degrees or higher in southeastern North Dakota yesterday afternoon. Precipitation has occurred in the south-central states and in the western Canadian Provinces. The weather is generally fair from the Great Lakes region westward to the Pacific coast states. Wheat Re- $4 ek ending Sept. Light precipitation and er temperature, with ight to kill- were reported, Frosts ardens and potatoes some Late potatoes where not t damaged appear promising. Pas- tures and ranges afforded consider- jé feed. Shipments of livestock from west portion continue. station barometer, inches: to sca level 29.97, " stage at 7 a, m. 3.1 ange -0.1 ft, 1o: in Sunrine G:31 2, m, Sunnet 6:39 ‘tio this month to date this month to date january Ist to date Nor January 1st to dat Accumulated deficiency to date WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- est Pet. - lear. 1 00. a 44 42 G is Srosby. clear Dickinson, Napoleon, \}| double trio of women’s voices. SELECT MRS. PAT ASD. AR LEADER! | Williston Named 1937 Conven- tion City as Annual Con- clave Ends Wednesday Mra, W. C. Fait of Fingal, mem- j ber of the Valley City cl , was elected state regent of the No Da-. kota society of the Daughters of the American Revolution We in concluding their 20th annuai confer- ence at Mandan. She succeeds Mrs. Albert M. Powell of Devils Lake. Mrs. Fait has been serving ag first vice president. Mrs. R. W. Shinners of Mandan, second vice president, was elevated to the post held by Mrs. Fait, and Mrs. Joe Cutting of Willis- ton, recording secretary, was elected second vice. president. Mrs. P, J. Schmitz of Bismarck, was named re- cording secretary, succeeding Mrs. Cutting, and Mrs, N. K. Whitcomb o! Devils Lake was elected treasurer, tington was elected treasurer first, but declined to serve. Mrs, Burgum Histerian Otiier officers named were Mrs. J. A. Burgum of Arthur, member of the Fargo chapter, historian; Mrs. H. H. Hanson of Grand Forks, librarian; Mrs. R, R. Meeker of Jamestown, registrar, and Mrs. J. W. Bowen of Dickinson, chaplain. Williston was named the 1937 con- vention city. 3 In the process of political changes since the World war, there have de- veloped two types of “totalitarian” states, the Communistic and Fascistic, C. L, Young of Bismarck said in ad- dressing the convention open meet- ing, which followed a banquet, Tues- day night. “These represent mighty forces which vie with each other for the privilege of destroying the democracies which remain,” he said, “and the emissaries are engaged in the task of undermining our American system of government.” iy Mandan Folk Entertain Completing the program at which Mr, Young spoke was the introduc- tion of Mrs, H. T. Graves of James- town, national vice president general, and Mrs. Albert M, Powell of Devils Lake, state regent, an organ recital by E. A. Tostevin of Mandan, vocal s0los by Migs Gloria Lutz, piano num- bers of the Misses Virginia Wright and Jane Watson and selections by & Pictures of the Gen. Arm- strong Custer home at Fort Abraham Lincoln were special favors and blué and white baskets also matked the ' Until and unléss the entire place is te: and Ben Be: adds Fiben ai. tet 6:8 a.m. Wed ‘Mrs, Jacob Swenson, marck, at a ‘ed- Bismarck hospital i sh iil it! EF ii 1 i oF ree He is Hy Big EE. AH iu i i ge Hy 4 i é E 3 ie 83. 3 A i F i 8 the International digs three » Tt has a} pel ing” attachment, but more of Farrews Follow Contours side of the listed or ditches follew the with @ one-per- th i ES » land, way from PARAMOUNT, TODAY & THURSDAY ay & Ses plowed field, itsel in terraces, with the top race 10 feet below the one above it: No dirt has z i Fi i i g 7h u five feet. The result is to create dams i in the ditch at five foot. ihtervals, Jeugh team +a flooded, any rain stays where it falls, 1,000 brani ‘ making the entire amount available for crops. Keeps Water on Land If all of the fields in the 10 square miles which drain into Burnt Creek above this point were so treated, Mc- Kinnon remarked, the dam would never be full of water because none of ee rainfall would, ever get off the land. { The cultivated area will be planted by Schultz to corn, wheat and sweet clover under his agreement with the government. These crops will be Tt is to the direct interest of the consumers and other producers of this nation that the farmer be a good pro- vider and ® good customer. I know that these alms can not be realized over night. Miracles are 4G More common in Washington than they are in Des Moines, To get a real solution we must have s well rounded Pprogram—a program that will meet, not only the present emergency, and the immediate future, but also the long time pull! The Republican platform offers just such @ program. By it we are meet, to the fullest ex- nt distress caused by We have long been interested in Kan- | 4a, In fact, some of our Repub can leaders in farm legislation have been in the forefront in working on) it. We realize that there are ditfi- culties. But insurance companies are writing policies today covering risks that they did not consider feasible a few years ago. I believe that the ques- tion of crop insurance should be given the fullest attention. We need also to resume our once 1emarkable progress in introducing new crops for the use of our lands. This work seems to have slowed dow! Yet it is exactly what the department of agriculture should now be pushing. Not only must we take care of the| problems of the land, but we must, develop more domestic demand and aifferent 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 pay- ing them for not growing the things we think we don’t need. Worked ‘with AAA Most of us cooperated 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 working for the re- lief of the farm at that time, and it Was entitled to a fair trial. But as the program progressed, we discovered that the administration was trying to stretch the triple A into 3 means for the permanent control of American agriculture from Washing- ton, I cannot agree with such a pol- icy. I cannot agree with the presi- Cent. I believe the American farm- et should be “a lord on his own farm.” We were promised that the triple A would be quickly replaced by a sound, long-time program. | But instead, after crop reduction we | ic in my views !had crop adjustment, then more crop on meeting the suffering caused by|shifting under the soil conservation the present drout We will use the|and domestic allotment act. The con- tull power of government to relieve |servation plan was not conservation. | the present distress. It was a stopgaj subterfuge. Auy- Those of our farmers hard hit by|une going through the present mixup the drouth will be generously provided |in an effort to qualify for a check for until they can raise a crop. This | will agree with me! Nobody was fool- means the continuation of relief /ed, least of all the farmer. checks! It means as well, in the case| Now something else has just been | of many farmers, seed loans andjannounced. Like the automobile! other assistance in order | manufacturers, the adminisiration be- | .{ieves in bringing out a new model Where such help is needed, we will|svery year. give it promptly. There will be no Scores Roosevelt Policy ‘waste and no politics. ‘What is the farm policy of this ad- Let me repeat this part of the Re-| ministration? In my opinion it has! publican none. After being in power for near- ly four years, the administration is . | still without a settled, workable, na- tional policy for agriculture. It’s right back where it started from! Soil conservation—real conserva- | tton—is @ subject close to my heart. In Kansas we link soil conservation conservation and flood Control into a co-related program. More than two years ago Gested to the present administ: to attain what we have been seeking —a free and independent agriculture. Today, 42 farms out of every 100 are operated by tenants. Our national welfare demands that the situation be corrected. If history teaches us any- thing, it teaches that the stability of civilization depends upon ownership of the land by the man who works the land. Would Reduce Tenantry It is our pledge to extend within the limits of sound finance, adequate credit at reasonable rates, to capable tenants and experienced farmers, for the purchase or re-financing of farm | homes. 6 You will see that everything I have said points to but one end—that is the protection of the family-type farm. This philosophy runs like a thread through the Republican platform. It is in keeping with the American tra- | D dition, which is based upon preserv- ing individual opportunity. But you will not find it even mentioned in! ¥ the platform of the opposing party. The provision of adequate credit at reasonable rates that I have just], mentioned will encourage farm own- |} ership. Our program of conservation | * will enable the man living on his own land to maintain the productivity of that land and thereby remain a self-{ supporting citizen, Our cash benefits, ! as I said, will be limited to the pro- duction, level of the family type farm. The Republican party, in other words, does not believe in having our farms operated by large corporate en- terprises. Family Is Main Unit It is our conviction that it is the duty of the government to preserve the family type of farm for all time —Ppreserve it-as a home and as a! svurce of livelihood. We should make | it possible for the farm wife to en- Joy the comforts of modern labor- saving devices. We should make it possible for farm children to have the 1 éame educational opportunities as city children. We should make it possible lor our boys and girls of the 4-H clubs and vocational classes to inherit an agriculture worthy of their ideals and aspirations. The security of our social and econ- omic system does not rest upon the foundation of a few great enterprises. It rests upon our having millions and millions of individual farmers and home-owners. ' These are the people that give us j security and give us our spirit of inde- pendence as a nation! We must not let them be driven to the wall! CARPIO FARMER DIES Minot, N. D., Sept. 23.—(?)—Ole Olson, 30-year-old Carpio farmer, died a Minot hospital Tuesday, He leaves his mother, a brother and a sister. Oakes, clds Wishek, rotated on @ five-year basis with a year of summer fallowing after the sweet clover. Corn would be planted’in the bot- toms.of the little. ditches created by the lister where it will get the full advantage of all the moisture which has collected there and which may fall during the growing season. . For wheat ® harrow will be run across the field, counter to the ditches, before the field is planted. This also will flatten out the ground ous 80 a binder may be operated] Baptist over it. ‘Will Make Comparisen. To the west of the field which has’ been arranged for the experiment is @ field of almost similar size which last year was planted to corn. It was plowed with the slope, the furrows running uphill from the south. The soil, as of the present, is of the same Minneapolis, clear Moorhead, cldy. SOUTH vAKora” Huron, clear Rapid City, p: MONTANA POINTS High- Low- est est Havre, clear ... « 8 Helena, clear Miles City, rain WEATHER AT 0’ tent, the the drouth. Weuld Protect Income To make the farm standard of liv- ing secure, by protecting the income of the farm family. To guard the food supply of the uation by preserving our soil and Osher natural resources through rere Conservation and land-use pol- les. To protect the farm and the rest of the country from ruinous debt and taxation. special meetings Washburn Baptist church until Fri- day evening, GARDNER FARMER DEAD Gardner, N. Dak., Sept. 23.—()— in| eho fed’ ved. in this” community quality. Under the agreement with) wi comm Schultz it will be planted in the same] more than 50 years, died at his farm manner as the contour-plowed field! home here. Cc APITOL LAST TIMES TODAY RANDEST MUSICAL OVE RAMA OF WE YEA Amarillo, @alm"Bi6 BOY”, WILLIAMS, PERT KELTON a Meme Gottig» Mayer norm. Selected Shorts COMING! STARTS -FRIDAY This program not only takes care of the present, it not only safeguards the farm family while we are working to- ward the necessary adjustments of the future, but it provides a settled, workable, national policy for agricul- ture, Before I go into a discussion of this program let me have this one point absolutely clear. If I am elected, I shall fulfill all outstanding obliga- tuons made by the present adminis- tration with the American farmer. By I mean that those who have car- Ned out their end of the bargain will teceive the checks due them. Aid SBSaaale Magvennesassesseeses Ey BeSSssiae W: Sioux City, Spokane, Wash. Swift Curren The Pas, Ma: Winnemuce: Winnipeg, M: individual places at the convention banquet with covers for 65 served in the Lewis and Clark hotel. A regents’ breakfast opened the final day's program, with Mrs. Powell presiding. POINTS: Mrs. Graves, in her official mes- lgh- Low- | | | sage, delivered Tuesday, stressed the 56.06 | need for patriotic education of youth 00] and emphasized the youth move- ment of the national society. CONTINUED z from page one’ Schultz Farm Soil Erosion Project Is Gotten Under Way than is true where the system is not uséd, Earl Cole, regional agricultural engineer from Rapid City, told a group of local businessmen who Tues- day accompanied him, A. D. McKin- non, state coordinator of the 8. E. 8. and other officials on a tour of in- spection. The effects of the impounded water usually are to be seen in better growth for a distance of five feet on either side of the contour furrow, Cole said. At first, he admitted, pro- duction is not increased because of the plowing of s part of the land, but as the ditches are seeded or grass naturally grows there, the ditches You clon and the ved buntoss become Towa, clea igh-producing grass i eld Witt the Schulte,farm, the work of turning: the displaced sod right aide SES ee se Lions Club Meeting ‘Dr. F. W. Krate, assigned by the U. 8. Public Health Service to cooper- ate with the state health department, was the principal speaker at the. weekly luncheon meeting of the Lions club Monday in the Grand Pacific hotel. He discussed public health work and its importance to the entire community. Two piano accordion solos were given by Fritz Albright with piano accompaniment by I. Sweari n. J. W. Calnan and Capt. H. A. copp were members of the entertain- ment committee. W. B. Couch and Dr. C. D. Dursema were named to. the entertainment committee for next week, O. A. Kobs was a guest of the club. 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