The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 19, 1920, Page 8

The Farmer Plam:s THE DEMOCR ATIC CONVENTION General Results Whaf F ar’niers Got Democrats Pussyfoot, for Most Part, as Re- : ! publlcans Did tion ‘did: with: the “farmers’ planks” proposed, some by the Farmers’ Na- 2| tional Board_ of Farm Organizations, " was told in detail in the June 28 Léader. and the exact language used in the Repubhcan plat- form. In the following statement a summary is given of - what the farmers asked and what the Republicans put in their platform, while the exact language of the Democratic platform is quoted, just as the exact language of the Republican platform was quoted previously, Farmers’ plank——Demands appointment of farm- er representatives in the cabinet and other appom-‘ txve positions. ' Republican platform—Promlsed “ade- quate farm representation ‘in appointment of governmental officials and commlssmns,” no mention of the cabinet. Democratie.platform—Nothing. Farmers’ plank—Demands full recogni- tion of right of collective bargaining in buying and selling farm products: Republican - platform — Restricts this right to co-operative associations. : Democratic platform—“We favor such legislation as will confirm to the primary . producers of the nation the right of collec- - tive bargaining and the right of co-opera- tive handling and marketing of the prod-: ucts of the workshop and of the farm and such legislation as will facilitate the expor- - tation of our farm pl:oducts;” i ; PACKER CONTROL PLANK AGAIN IS SIDETRACKED Farmer’s 'plank—“We ‘pledge effective national control over the packers.” Republican platform—Nothing. ' Democratic platform—*For the purpose of insuring just and fair treatment in the . great interstate livestock markets '* ‘* * we fayor the enactment of legislation for the supervision of stich’ markets by the fed- ) & eral government.” : “Farmers’ plank—Demands perpetuatlon ; and strengthening of federal farm loan . system, provision: for leans on farm com-: modities and inauguration of a system of' personal credit. Republican platform—No. mention of protecting farm loan system or of loans on farm commodities, but stands for authoriz- ing associations of individuals to obtain personal credit. -‘ Democratic platform—Criticizet Repub- lican congress for failure to help federal farm loan system. “We: pledge prompt and consistent support of sound and effec- ' tive measures to sustain, amplify and per- = fect the rural credits statutes and thus to: check and ‘reduce the growth and course of farm' tenancy.” Farmers’ plank—Demands’ comprehenswe studles "of farm productlon costs and thelr uncensored pub- Hecation. Republican platform—Essentxally the same, ex- cept that such studies arg limited to studies to “re- ! duce the frequency of abnormal fluctuations.” ‘Democratic platform—*We favor comprehensive studies of farm production costs and the uncensored = publication of facts found in such studies.”" Farmers’ plank——Demands equitable treatmef\t of"» . agriculture in tariff. schedules. - Republican platform—Nothing. Democratic platform—Nathing. Farmers’ plank—— Conservatxon of' natural reo sources. . ,_ Republican platf&‘im-——Meanmgless. v Democratic platform—N othing. =~ strictmg free Bpeech. iHAT ‘the Republican national conven- tional council and some by the Na- ' Readers may' refer to that issue for the exact language proposed by the farm organizations ’ © . ingless platformi. The two porgrams, Republican | Farmers’ plank—F or repeal of present ]aws Te- : i Gt votes, not to- ence the welfare of the’ ratinn. By E. B. Fussell, Leader Staff Correspondent Repubhcan platform—For, free speech but——etc ‘Democratic platform—*“We reaffirm our respect for the great pnnclples of free speech and a free press, but”’—going ‘on to defend A. Mitchell Palmer. . Farmers’ plank—Opposxtxon to compu]sory mili- ~~tary training. Republican platform——Nothmg. i - Democratic: platform—Nothing. ‘Farmers’ plank—Continuance of excess profits and income taxes and addltion of gtaduated mhent-' ance tax. Republican platform—Nearly meanmgless, can be construed to nean that the excess profits tax should - be replaced by a sales tax, RAIL BILL REPEAL PLANK IS REJECTED- Democratxc platform—“A complete survey of existing taxes and their modification and simplifica~ i tion.” Probably also means repeal of excess profits ° tax. Fa.rmers’ plank—For strmgent lmmlgratwn laws and agamst admission of Oriental labor. NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND —Drawn éxpressly for the Leader by W. C. Morns._ : 1It’s never too late to organize, but the sooner it is done; the sooner the farmers of other states will have state-owned industries like North - ‘Dakota’s, including flour mills, terminal elevators, a rural credxts bank and marketmg reforms. A Repubhcan platform—Substantxally the same. Democratic platform—"Nonadmlsmon of Asxatxe*f ~“Immigrants is a true expresslon of the Judgment of our people.”?. Farmers’ plank-—Urges xmmedxate repeal off‘; E,sch-Cumnfins act and urges pubhc ownershxp of; vailroads, Repubhcan platform--Exaetly the oppoute.. ; ‘Democratic - platform — Favors “fair trial” ‘Esch-Cummins act, with' eventual “pnvate owner—~ i ship without government subsidy.” _Republican platform—Exactly the opposxte ~ Democratic: platfo:rm—-Nothmg. : ‘The question naturally arises: ‘Meaningless wotds mJected into ‘an ‘equally mean- ‘and Democratic, apparently were drawn to catch ' Farmers’ plank—Condemns Jones bill, all’owmgv 1 sale of government-owned ships to private conceins. : : Why a Republx- ' can convention? Why a. Demoerahc ‘convention? leerals Beaten vA Label Needed to Tell One Conventxon ‘From Other -~ ' NATIONAL pohucal conventxon is much the same sort of a thing, which- ever of tae two old _barties happens to ~hold it. There was in San Francisco the same sort of crowds, the same sort of a big hall, the same sort of brass ~bands; that' there were in Chxcago ~The politicians are the same, only labeled “Democrat” instead of “Repubhcan," the orators utter the same platitudes, there is the same mechanical attempt to stir ap en- . thusiasm, yet nothing is achieved hke the heartfelt : noise:of a real League meetmg The big convention hall is, if possxble, more thoroughly covered with: flags than was the Coli- seum in Chicago, the bands play the same national “tunes, with “Dixie” added now and then as a favor to the Solid ‘South, and the orators intimate that . Democrats, and no others, are entitled to be known as true patriots and 100 per cent®Ameri- ".¢ans. “An observer can not help but be Te- minded of the claims of every warring na- tion that God was behind them, and behmd ‘them only. 'And. one is tempted, also, to ‘think of the observation of a wise: Enghsh- ‘man, a century or so ago, that i in‘many in- " stances patriotism is “the last: refuge of a ~ scoundrel.” . - 7| at the ‘Democratic. convention is, perhaps, I ‘atrifle more warmly received than Chair- ‘man Lodge s “keynote” :at the .Republi¢an ‘convention. - This s probably ‘because “ Cummings is samewhat more human in his 1 . appearance than Lodge and possibly: also " because people like a booster better than & 'knocker, Mr. Cummings ‘praising Presi- . dent Wilson fu!somely for the very thmgs for which Mr, Lodge condemned lnm. ‘| KVALE'S NOMINATION - - BRINGS MUCH TALK quuor was. one ‘of the bxg queshons at . San Francisco, just as it was at Chicago. -This apphed both personally and as a plat- © form issue. Those of the delegates who i have a taste that way seemed to be well | . provided, just as they were at Chicago. -~ But, the Democrats geemed to have more of - @ desire to talk about the matter than the ‘nia wanted the Democrats to go on record for light: wines and beers; ‘his old ‘enemy, ‘William ' ‘Jennings Bryan, ~ wanting: a " I 'straight out-and-out mdorsement of the 1. Volstead act. { vention about primary results in the sev- *enth district of Minnesota; where Rev. O. “J. Kvale ‘beat Congressman Volstead by nearly 8,000 votes. The wets say Volstead ~was beaten because’he was dry; the drys . say Kvale won becanse he was drier than - Volstead. Neither side admits the facts, - which are that Kyale won because he stood . for the League program and that Volstead lost . because he was a reactionary, atbemptmg to. force on the people un-American espionage and se- " dition bills, though ‘Mrs. Peter Oleson of Cloquet, @ Mum. ‘hinted at the real reason. But .while ‘the Demoerats talk about the liquor matter more than the Republicans did, the result is - the same. At Chicago the resolutnons committee drafted a “dry” plank, then got cold feet and lost' /it on the way to'the Coliseum. At San Francisco ‘the eommlttee decided 1o leave the matter unmen- * ‘tioned'in the ‘platform. - Bryan brought the matter up ‘on the floor of the. convention.:” The delegates ~ gave him a tremendous ovation—and ‘then Wted i Snr ‘against him, 80 that results wemdentlea _Bryan did more, however, than bring ‘uf hxbmon planks. He had ‘three other p AP NS pro= . ine ‘progressive: declaratmns——agmnst« profiteers and for the establishment of a _ . Chairman Oummmgs' keynote address_ aEr Republicans did, . Theodore Bell of Califor-. “There was: conmderable talk in tlus cons “military training, demanding radical action against 3 % % LRSS T L4l