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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920. HARDING SPEECH WINS FARMERS . dtucd mm h'rt fetor trt rewds, the Insistent erie for n ! the noft numerous requests for 1 .sn'..tine. Bullttlng tftey had liui m him. IliTimn Rose, a nwi imke the Nni "f greeting repented, to the Senator Miu jr Herding an attractive landscape r.s a sweep of the Minnesota i Siieillng. u painilne don Herdner of Mlnneaj .lis. Mr iUHtntly 'wufh that he had . . . counts? editor IUM Harding art MttlerT, but thr: waa i . nl In VaMr.gton which would (or thi I unstse, a build'ng in whim Kr I Hy population of the United State n - i!.. i thiny-flve per cent., while the rural population Increased only eleven ;er cent. The number of farm utllltlea robably Increased lers, but w do know ' .'fl-lallj that the rlty population In- reased more than three Urn-1 a rapid ly at the rural population. The figure ire not yet romp.ete for the decade ending thla year, but sufficient rcporta have heer. puhllhd to dive us a verw dependable estimate. The indications are that no 1n ,-ate will !.- shown In th number of farm and no Incraaae In strictly farm population. In all proba tlllty, dating from )o, we ahall estl nut our farm population aa thirty per cent of the whole, while the urban population will make up the other seventy per cent. "Another lntrerttng far, to rewal the dinger In changing conditions. Only a f d. -ade? ago. Inrtcd from the very beginning, the enrolls of the United States, were soll-grow or fsrm. produced matenala On the other hand moit of ana nil a proprietary inlereat. ' "Jr " nwnuwewran articles. . - 11a: I r.a t.is firn '.pportu- , 'ent'iry ear after year . . a t,. uinnuuai , the anorta of farm -crown product s have ' dgf to speak 10 Mmnesotane u, t.-.r.K' J JRoae atid the Kalr Aaaocta- -Lnd exports of manufactured prod. -its "Me, Herding waa brought forward at hsv hWfd until again we arr rap and the Senator iaushed I lrti' reaching the aero mark from the ir.dpo.nt of agricultural supplies to '.he world Ka.h year our 'mporta show larger and Uvrger quantities of farm- grown product and the time Is almost with ua when the impert of farm. grown product will exceed the export, in short, when our farm population will .nt he supplying the product necessary our own people. I "The farmer suflere-l dur'ng this lay. bright and Just warm changing period Overproduction mean .. '. ffnlid the u-es of the '''' prices, ana ha over; red-iced w'th a l Old have baait lipossin.e vmgeancr. though It wm an Inevitable MBwerful voice such as Har- part of the s hfrr.e of American develop ing:! He was t'Ollge.! to prart.se grind ing exmorr.y and to lira as far at. pose!- ble firm: his wn aire He did llva I essentially within .is wn productivity. ' .i.d tha farm was the factory for the. lai'ly cloae to his lips It was a ngrlcultura; heme. 'Land poor' waa a: ittnpli matter to throw ei -.oice Into the (on.mcn expression in the farming coun- j fgrlhest and highest seats. Mr Mutphy I try XLiny. and especially the ambltioua presented h m In an unusually r.ca. talk. boys, abandoned th farm and added , ' thereafter the Senator sroke for . themselves to the growing population of f - r I tea, absolutely holding the at- t the cities, driven by the hardships of thai c. unisi in our laniuy. T tor and hla party had lunch- . p ' . Administration Huildlng ana . ft.- t.;krn to the grand stand, fitlnfi Ih tt 'tina trck. It's a atMfl t a-t than the great strtic- . .. Belmont l'ark. It was w.etiung ; fi ira the prour.d leva him! ... to the I ipmoM tier. ar.J the spread- . uut uaro f d wlr.ir held more thousands reach a 1 i of these folk un .t he had the aid of a voice As he spoke he held in his :irl a device very similar to a s receiver With this HOUttV t-- crt m very flrat person lit the great farm anl attracted by the greater re- Tel nf Hla Spreeh. neeeh fojiowt : ritifrts of .tf(n:esofe It is wards . fftred by the cities. I'arra Price Advanred. By lc; it was be"orr.ing apparent the consuming power of the cities very great aaUafaCtlon and d:r Induatrlal ttntres woul 1 eoon be rular interest to ne to Jjin In this notable exhibition of t'.tjral industry of yur won fe. I come to roil with a ... nnufh to ;aalle the producing : potser of the farrr.. Pricaa of farm j prod acta pagan to advance, and with this ' ftil vance ,-ame an i. urease In the nrlre vr"1 ,r,d a vr . ommon , 0f farm lan.!. improved machinery in-' - r for the weir.rr of our country. I rreaaed the number of acres one man! W! I ll In mjr thought to speak to , ou.j fttrm thereby decreasing his cost C- I pacifically cwttliM asriculture. r.PiUeiln The nreinn 'farm I i to o convey my thought aa to have p,or- was ;(irgr hear.,. Men who kn. r. that I an. thinking not of the ,ad no, poured farms of their own be w far alona. of tho. engaged In agr. . lan t0 gj, them, and the march to the ..:.: but tho welfare of agriculture Weat and Northwest was resumed, lrri itea to tb s-'-l fortunes of the ; gatlt,n project were surted and th I ted State Of America I very much homestead tow made mare liberal In tin "present day tendency to . oritf t0 make the settlement of the ppl -re parti-alar proup In Amer- .rn:-ar!.l ountry mora attractive. New h3" become a very areaj of Government land were opened mm practice to make cn- od-lresa for entry. i a nlto constitute the ranks of I "in the meantime the consum'ng pub bor.jif uher .- who make up the n. had become vonrirned over the proa great, fanw.r.g community and still an- pect of paying higher price for food ethee to the manufacturing world and miffs. Cities and mdustr.al centre had tta lijoriates In commerce, and to other . been built up on ridiculously cheap food . i-.-- I ses Imj irtano There la a indeed their bull ling was the f.tM es w natural ar.J a er genuine interest ! acr.tlal in developing farm ahifs. Then .. c .-. ar i every one. but :h utterance the Incraaae In pr.ee called for readjust ' . pc:.':ra: p-.vty i. nnee ought. In njent and require -t wag- advance a. or ganizations of city business men began to take an Interest !r. farm affairs nr.d tO preach the duty of Increased produc tion. The 'Back to the Land' cry began to be heard. Increased appropriations by Congress and by State legislature were ma.le to t im :ilate better m-thods of farm.ng and thus Increase production eran instance, to le- Inspired b a pur- ; m to serve our common country. If America is to go on and come to the I ghta if achievement, we must of ne- j ctaatty be 'all for o.-.e and one for all.' j Li : me say. in passing. I hope it is rr rely steml) to remind you that no n -t- & r t- enletv r. r. f,.,nli ftf. vant from the treat wheat ratoing Stat Ae hope of keeping down fod prices. "h:o wo'i.i t think, much less, ine iurai upuu movmeni a iiwih. to sav, he btlieved ,n dollar wheat ami.) ""th lh thought that by making condi tio priot w . r.rss w.-.ich the world Is ; t on the farm more attractive the .; rg to-day. I speak of It be, i drift from the farm ,ne city mwn ar retth . ,-ou.m.ed .o-da. . checked. The work of agricultural ad 11 Hon of extension departments, th- func- . - i : t mean t. have ar. !,. , COliegee was sirengin-r.ca vy u mil Veroas'v and unfal'rlv -eT. of which is to take the t aching of erUJ l be groaalj and unfairly mta- melhod, ot farmng and stock . . ... . 'growing mto "he eoamtka and smallc ".red to cut slxtv.cert wheat , ornmunlll,s, and ,.p.c!ally to BtJmutoU : ; ,WR AJ0 f0ry "n, Ian intere.-t in farminc among the boy. : - owed the cradle, anil sweated - A k0rt, of ,.ffort wrt . the rearer when binding was a ma,1(1 , nPCk thc drift from the farm am to bear, and 1 know 1 spoke the ' ,,, lh.; clly and l0 mainuln farm produc When I said, some years ago. that I tJon (armera, In the normal days be-1 truth n America farm ng 1 re the war. rejoiced to raise dollar t!u,., t0 that stare where it ceased to be That statement had no refer- a merP etruggl- for existence and it wartime, none to the present found its place amlfl the competition for ear period. Conditions, aa welP achievement. It was no longer the in - l ave changed since I made j herently directed operation with Ihe soil perfectly natura. and truthful state-1 fpr restricted living, but became a com : i '.'.her great and important ' merclal. scientific ot-rrition wltii Mother - - are In contemplation, ar.d ne ' Nature to share In the accomplishments ntaUon Is necessary to bring of a modern life and know a participa tion in modern rewards. Cry for Food Intensified. 'Th"n came the world war which ac celerated sreatly the movement which was already under full headway. The Ite Chinese Philosophy. - 1 -r.ir.y e. ago a tfhineae uttered a profound truth -aid i The wel!bing of . a tree , agrleultdre fs its -ry for food which came from the na- ifactnr and cr.Tnvrc are ita I Gone across the sea caused further ad- i its life; If the root la in-' vances In prlcca of farm products, aa rave fsll, the branches break re'l as in prices of farta land, and hth ' tree diea.' profits and patriotism stimulated pro- rr. strange to many good ductlcn. But with this increased de peo; : at :.Vs particular' time anv j nisn.l for the Droducts of th farm came .. . QUPte tins saying ol .1 wise ' Increased demand for the prrd-1 uct of our factories and other indus trial enterprises, resulting in higher I ..res. and ine city continued uj pun from the farm larce numbers of young nien who did not have farms of their own and could see no prospect of setting ( 1 ir.ese Never tn a'l our history '- prlcea of farm products ruled an t measured In dollars, as during the at f:u: years. Farm land In the tat irplui ; reducing States has ad- i unheard of prices, with every r that but for the tight money thpm En., wh0 th0ufht they could see OS It would go rtill higher. Ap i . (h, ,.tv b,,tter wages and greater op- nj unprecedented prosperitv. Why. ' even by in., '-ation. suggest that msthlng may be wi vng with our agrl ealtore, and that '' trouble nay be 1 r- ri'ated to ol. manufactures and " " People In the cities an? die to think that if there is anything Wrorg ;t is in the ejties, where food Is at su-h high prices, and no: in portunities for advancement, as well as more attractive living conditions. If the fact were available it would be found j probably that during the period from lp; to 1917. the time of our entrance Into the war. the drift from the farm to the city continued with little abatement, i notwithstanding the more hopeful cond. tions on the farm. i "-me. cr.ienoio nfi-t nana cv ine ntrv. where the food Is oroduced. I - ... ... - - -- .v. . . . . . rarmers oi ine nan n qui.uk - -. . ..iarr ana cny hi'junis i-i un- problems iean the present agri- " . situation ct.-tain ' give cause for rral 1 . er of his country. I probably never will be understood or 1 e..M.. nr.-L.ialaH K" O'lr Tie . Mnr ,.,,HMeU . W r Z . than twenty-five percent of all our flght concern to - from the farms, and after intejV;' dNclon of oar ! ing tMf m to 0.WP. tta r U I .re at the presen. time must alnrr anQ - "lr'"-."'" V , , .. .. , k . r . .A the younger children turned to and pro- M, SSTa2 duced more food than wa ever before : i - of the last century. At that . . . , - - . One rural nvillxatlen had been ! Produced int h hlory of -- .; east of the Mississippi Hlver. ! " M2J time ,nd 'omt, m' aIT of , I ho!,. Tihl eor,? helt 'and. Their working days were meas- ln t heart of the corn oelt . 7 . , .u ... ., . " ured not bv the1 clock but by the num- - fjtW Of UHtr that Iowa ; , th. rpo:.,lbllltv of feedlngf age consuming public or altogether too low for the producer. The other la that the oversllrmilatlon of grain pro duction depletea the fertility of our land, which la our greatest national asset, and results In a greater supply than can be consumed at a price profitable to the producer, and finally to widespread agricultural distresa from which all of our pe,,p-,e suffer. As s reconstruction measure, therefore, our Government should do everything In Its power to re store the normal balance between live stock and grain production, and thua encourage the prompt return to that y tern of diversified farming by which alone we can maintain our soil fertility. Thla Is a matter of Immediate impor tance to all of our people. lUmenlf to Forecast. "No one ran forecast with certainty the trend of prices of farm produ-tf during the next two or three years. Re covery from a world crisis smh as we have experienced It slow, Inevitably. It is like the human convalescence from a long and dangerous illness, our rela tions w ith the world at large are 'such that important happenings n other land have a marked effect upon condi tions here at home. Order must he re stored. Industries rebuilt, devastated tonds reclaimed, transportation reestsb llshed, the vast armies reabsorbed in th occupations of normal life. The near future promises o be a period of uncer tainty for the farmer at well as for the men engaged In Industrial entei prises. America has no greater problem than returning securely to the normal, on- warn roau again. This Isn't looltli g baekwatd It Is a foriM- bllity and security. "It must be evident, however, trt anv or.e who has given the matter even superficial consideration that we have now come to lh,e end of tha long period of agricultural exploitation in the United States No longer are there great and easy and awaiting areas of fertile land awaiting the land hungry. vVe have now under the plough rracti tally all of ojr oaslly tillable land, though Idle areas await reclamation and de velopment by that genius and deter mination which ever have made nature respond to human needs Additions 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 off of the swamp lands, of which we have nrgn reas in some sections, or by digging the stumps out of the CUtOVer timber lands nf th. North and South. There are. of oirse larSe rosslbllitle, m intensive farming. In that land thrift which admit of neither "r neglect. an.i In ever lrr.;ie-.-Ir.g methods, which must be a inspir ing to agricultural life as t0 pr0. fession or to commercial leadership I aajit a soul in farming to get aglow the most Independent and self-respecting activity in all the world. Want. ,, RdUM Nation. "Th time has come whn, as a nation, we must determine upon a definite agri-ctiltur-il policy We must decide whether we shall undertake to make of the United States a self-sustaining nation which means that we shall glow within our oct boundaries all of the staple food products n-eded to maintain the highest type f rivtlixat.on or whether we shall continue to exploit our agri cultural resources for the benefit of our Industrial and commercial life, and leave to posterity the task of Indii.g food enough, by strong-arm metres, if nec essary, to suppo-t the coming hundreds of millions. I believe in the sil-sus-Uin.r.g. independent self-reliant nation, agriculturally, industrially and polit ically. We are then the guarantors of our own security and aie tcjual to the task. "If we should unhappily choose the course of industrial and commercial pro motion at the expense- of agriculture, cities will continue to grow at the ex pense of the rural community, agricul ture will Inevitably break dowm and finally destroy the flneet rural civilisa tion, with the greatest possibilities, the world has ever seen. Decreased farm production will make U'..r food and w Shall he obliged to send our ships I: faraway nations in sear-h of cheap food stuffs, the importation of which Is sure to intenstfy agricultural discour agement and distress at heme. Ulti mately there will come the same fatal breakdown, and from the same causes, which has destroyed the great riv.lixa- ; Hons of centuries past. Mast DeTelop System. "If. on the other hand, wc shall de termine to build up here a self-sustain- , ing nation and what lover of his coun try can make a different choirs then we must at ence set about the develop- . ment of a system of agriculture which will enable us to feed our people ahund- ' antly. with some to spare for export In years of plenty, and at prices which will insure the farmer and his family both financial rewards and edueational. social and religious living conditions fairly and c.mparable to those offered by the citiee. A sour.d sys'em of agTi- . culture cannot b maintained on any i other basis, nything short of a fair return upon invested eapital and a fair wage for the labor which goes Into th crops, and enough In addition to enable the farmer to maintain th fertility of , his soil and insure against natural l axards. will drive large numbers of farmers to the cities. "A frank recognitioh by all of our peo-, p'e of this fundamental truth la neces- j aary If we are successfully to work out this great national problem. It is a mat cef of even greater concern to th peqple o' the cities than to the farmer and the. farm community. If we cannot by pains taking study and wise statesmanship ar-1 rive at such understanding and applica tion of economic laws as will enable us tc bring about a fair balance between oui urban and rural industries, ".ringing prosperity to both and permitting neither; to fatten at th expense of the other, w cannot hop for conoord. and without concord there la no assurance for the ; future. "H retofore the fanner has been an , Individualist. Living a aomewhat Iso ! bled life and being compelled to work i long hours. It has not been easy for him to gather with his fellows. He ha not had a ready meana of defence against I tt e strong organisations of both capital und labor, which In their own Interest 1 have at times Imposed unfslr conditions upon him It is true that at time dur ing the last fifty yesrs there have, been temporary farmer organisations brought ' t aother to combat sorm unusually bur I f i some condition, but usually breaking ! down when the emergency haa passed. Newer Organisation. "But of late years there have sprung 14, farmer organisations of a quits dif ferent sort organisations with a very l.ige.. membership, with an aggressive and intelligent leadership, and with a r .,y of raising whatever funds they enay Imd necessary to promote the Interw-sts ol their members, The leaders of these dganlsatlon are learning rapidly Taow 0 adapt to their work the methods wtilch business men and working men "have fund sjri-oasfui in furthering their own 1 terests The fruit grower of the West ern roast have become so atrong that they are now able not only to do away with many of the expenses heretofore raid to others, but also to Influrnue the p- c of their products. The rraln grow er of the West snd Northwest have 1 c me Strong enough to bring ahput many c'. angcs they desired in the marketing of their crops. The farmers of the corn be't States are rapidly perfecting the r.ost jiowerful organlratlon of farmers eer known In this country. All of these a-r natural developments In the evolving change of relations!--; and the moiern complexities of productivity and ex change. It 's more thin conceivable, it 's appirent. that we are able to deal more wisely and mere Justly with our agriculture than we have in the past, t'nless we do deal more fairly there may come a conflict between the or ganized farmers In the surplue-pnoduc-Ing States and those who insist cn buy ing thir crops below production costs. We hsve witnessed the restricted pro duction of manufactures and of ihbor, but e have not yet experienced ttr in tentionally restricted production of foodstuffs Let P hope we never may. It Is our business to produce and con serve, not to deny, deprive or destroy. ' I have no thought of suggesting that the Government should work iia an elaborate system of agriculttv and then try to Impose It on the fanners of the country. Thai would be utterly repugnant to American Meals Govern ment paternalism, whether nppUei) to agriculture or to any other of our great rational Industries, would stiCt ambl vn. impair Iff Iclanny, lessen produc tion snd make us a nation oi deper.Qent loconpetcnta. The farmer requires no special favors at the hands of the Gov ernment. All he needs Is a fair chanc and such iust consideration for agri culture as we ought to give to a bask Industry, and ever seek to promote for our common gobd Will llreoanlsr rariurr. Some of th thing' which ught to be done, if we are to put our agri- ul ture on a sound foundation, reive been mentioned In the national platform of the party to whose pledges 1 am com mitted "First the need of farm ropresenta-tic-n In larger governmental affairs is recognized I.'urlng the past ser.en years the right of agriculture to a voice In (ioverr.mer.t administration has been practically Ignored, and. at tiroes, the farmer has suffered gnevousfc as a re sult The farn-er has a vital Interest In our trade relations with other coun tries. In the administration of our finan cial policies, anJ In many of the larger activities of the Government. His In terests must be safeguarded by men who understand his needs, he must be actually and pra-'tlcaliy represented. "Second, the right of farmers to form cooperative a.'oci v.ic ns lor the market ing of their products m-ist be granted The conceit of agriculture Is a essen tial to farms as a rlmlla.- orneert of ac tion Is to factories A prosperous agri culture demands not only efllclency in production, but elTicler.cy In marketing TUrutlgli cooperative associations th route between the producer and the con sumer can and must be shortened Wasteful effort can and must be avoided Unnecessary expense can snd must be eliminated. It is to tne advantage of all of our people that every' possible Im provement be made In our methods of getting the products of our farms Into the hands of the people who consume them. The legitimate fur.ctions of the middleman may continue to be per formed by private enterprise under con ditions where the middleman is neces sary and gives his skill to our Joint wel-far.-. The parasite In distribution who preyt cn both producer and consumer must no longer sap the vitality of this fundamental life. Gives Pledge or G. O. P. "Third. th Republican party pledges It.-eif to a scientific study of agricultural prices and farm prod-icticn costs, both at horo and abroad, wi'h a v iew to re ducing the frequency of abnormal fluc tuations here. Stabilization will con tribute to everybody's confidence. Farm ers have complained bitterly of the fre quent and violent fluctuations In prices of farm products, and especially In prices of live stock They do not find fluctuations such fluctit-tions in the products cf other Inlustrlea In a gen eral way prices of farm products must go up or down according to whether there is a plentiful cr- p or a short one. The farmer's raw materials are the fer tility of thc soil, the sunshine and the rain, and the size of his vropa Is meas ured by the supply of these raw ma terials and the skill with which he n-k- use of them. He cannot control his production and adjust it to tli de mand as csn th manufacturer. Hut he can see no good reason why the prices of his products should fluctuate so vio lently from aeek to w.ek and Home- 1 times from dry to dif Wc must get a I better understanding of the factors I which Influence agricultural prices, with j a view to avoiding these violent fluctus I tlon and bring about average prices. I which shall bear a reasonable relation to th coat of production. "iW do not offer any quack remedies In this matter. ' but we do p'edge niirsl to make a i thorough study o' th disease, find out j what causes It and then apply the rem edy which promises a cure. "Fourth, we promise to put an end to unneceassry price fixing of fxm products and to III considered efforts arbitrarily to reduce farm product ! prices. In times of national (rise, when there Is a known scarcity of ny t.ee.s 1 ssry product, price eonlrol for the pui 1 pose of making a fair distribution of the i tcr on hand may b both ne.-esaary , and wise. But we know that there rap ; be no repeal of natural laws ihe ', eternal funlamer.tala The history of ' th last J'OO years records the Mly of ' such efforts. If the price of any farm ! product, for example. Is arbitrarily fixed at a point which does not cover the cost j of production, the farmer Is compelled to reduce the production of thit particular ! crop. This results In a ahortage, which In turn brings about higher prices than ' before, and thus inter.ilflea tne danger 1 from which it was sought to escape In tln-.ea past many nations have tried to hold down living costs by arbitrarily fixing prices of farm products AH wish efforts have failed, r.nd hae Ututdl brought national disaster Federal Drive Vain. 'Government d'lves against ftiod r.r.eeei sue;-, us e have rxpe ID .d i during t.ie past two years Hre .yuaily I vain and useless. Tne ostensible pur pore of such drives H to redu-e the I price the consumer pf )' for !o.,d The i.ctual result is unjuet'.y to deprtaa for i time the price the farmer receive I for hi grains and live sto k. but w ith I no appreciable reduction in the price I ihe consumer pays. Such drives simply I give th .-perjlatir and the profiteer ! additional opportunities to add 10 thiir j exacl.ons. while they add to th uncer tainty and discouragement under which i the farmer Is .aborlng during this period I of r adjustment i "Mtth, ere favor the administration of the farm loan uct so as to help men 1 who farm to secure farms cf their own. I ard to give to them long time credits needed to practtae the best methods ol diversified farming. We nlso favor the authorisation of associations to pr-vide the necessaiy mach'nery to famish personal credit to the man, whether land owner of tenant. wh- is hampered lot luct of working capital The highest type of rural civ. lixation is that in wha.li the Isrd is firmed l the men who own It Un fortunately, as land in. e:-.es In value, tenancy also Increases- "This has been true throughout hl tory. At the present Irme probably one half of the hlJh prV-d hpd in th corn bell Btatei Is farmrd by mm who. he carsc of lack of capita!, find It necessi.ry I'- rent. This Increase In tenancy bring , with 't evils whtih are a real mensc to national welfare The l.-nl owner especially if he b a speculator who is holding for u profit through an advance in value, ts concern, d chleily tn secrtn; the hlrhest possible rent The tenant who larks sufficient working Capital, and who too often, ll working under a sh"rt Irr lease, frrced to farm 'he lan-1 to the limit and roh It of Its fertility in order to pay the rent Thus we have a sort of conspiracy letween the landlord and tenant to rob the soil up.-n which our national well being and In deed our very existence depend A d such conditions we have Inefficient schools, brcken down churrhes. and a sadly limited social life We nhould therefore, concern ourselves not onlv in helping men to secure farms of the!, own and In helping the tenant secure th.- working capital he r.eels to carry on th best methods of diversified fann ing, but we should work out a system of land leasing which, while do'nt ful1 Justice (0 both landlord end trnm will at the mm time cenperve the fertility of rH oil. "Sixth, we do not longer r'COgr.lie the rrht to speculative profit in the ope ra tten of our transportation systems, but we are pledged to restore them to tne highest state of eflieiencv as quickly as possible. Arr'cultu-e has nffe-ed more Mverei; -hn any other Industry through the Inefficient railroad service of the last two yea's Many farmers have in curred disastrous losses through Inability to rr. rket their grain ar.d live stock Such a condition must not be permitted to continue. We must bring about condi tions which win gtv us prompt service at the lowest possible rates. Revision of Tnrlff. "Seventh, we sre pledged to the re vision of the tariff as eon as conditions shall make it necessary for the preserva tion of the home market for American labor. American agriculture and Ameri can Industry- For a permanent good fortune all must have a common interest If we are to build up a self-sustaining agriculture hre at home the farmer must be pretected from unfair comoetl tlon from those countries where agri culture Is still being exploited and where the standards of living on the fans sre much lower than her. We have asked for higher American standards, let us maintain them. "The farmers of the corn belt, for example, are already threatened with unfair competition from the Argentine, whose rich soli Is being exploited In heedless fashion, and where the renters who farm it are living under conditions mote miserable than the poorest tenants In the I'nited States, in tlms pajrl duties on agricultural products were largely In the nature of paper tarlffa. for we were a great surplus producing nation. Now that consumption at heme Is so nsarly reaching normal produc tion the .American farmer haa a right to ii -ist that In our trade relations with other countries he shall have tci same consideration that la accorded to othsr industries, m.d tin-an to protect them all. "So long aa America ran produce the foods we need I am In favor of buying from America first. It la this very pref erence which Impels development anil Im provement Whenever America, can manufacture to meet Amerlran needs and there la almost no limit to our genius and resourves-I favor producing !n America first. I commend American preference to Amerkan productive ac tivities, because material good fortune s essential to our higher attainment, ano linked Irdissolubly art. farm and factory In the gTeat eccnomlc fabric of Ameri can life. fan Feed I Forever. Cnder s sound system of agriculture, fostered and safeguarded by wise and fair administration o( Slate and Federal givernment. the farmers of the I'nited State can feed our people for many i en turle perhaps Indefinitely. But we must Uftdereland condlt.ons, and make a new .appraiaal of relatlonahips. and square our actions to the gTeat. underlying foundatlona of all human endeavor Farming l not nn auxiliary, tl Is IV main plant, and geared with it inscpan My is every wheel of transportation and Industry. America could not go on with a dissatisfied farming people and no ra tion is secure where isr.i hunger ebtfoa We need fener land hog" wh i mm lg" our future, and more fat hogs for haw and 'l acon We need less begui.. r,: ii Ul cultivating a iu.iiret.r.ll crop ol votes and more consideration fo: In Ing as our hash- industry. We I rid hss appeal to c'ass . or.s .ousn. s. and more resolute intelligence In pcimutlj so ving our problems We ne, d r -t ant recuperation for a soil which has been worked out In agitalio.1. and mo.-.- and tetter harvests in the Inviting fi - 'is of mutual undrstanllng. We need less f grief about the ills which we may har to the neglect of our own citizenship and more confidence In Just government along with determiration to mak- ard hold It Just. ' vVe need to contemplate the miracie of America In that understanding wh!c. enahle us to appreciate that which made us what we are, and then retolve P. cling fast to all that is good and go confidently on to great things. "We need to recall that Amer.ca and its triumphs are not a gift to the world through paralysing intern:. tionallly. but the glories of the Hi public i.re the fruits of our own nationality ar.J its Inspira tions of freedom, of opportunity, oi equal rights under the Constitution. '"olurobia offering the vjp of Air.er. can liberty to men thirsting t.. achleVl and beckon. ng men to drink of th waters of our political lle and be re warded they merit It. I think that the paths which brrught us to the miii' where the world leadership nvgTit hav, been ours o It might have teen If ll!i In the first century snd a third ol national life, ought to ! the way to thc answered aspirations of this great fir public I like ir. turn roi reflection sometime-, because I net therein t te needed aesursnce for the onward marc of the morrow. To-day we have ror teniplated American farming in th broadest j-'ssiKe way. have K.-p r Tinded where we have been rm,-. morrow we want to greet the farmers America In the freedom and fulns ol farming productivity. Impelled by th assurance that they are to have their full part in th rewards of righteous American actlvi'v." Metropolitan Clothes for Men Sale of Broken Lots of Men's Clothing Consisting of odds and ends of suits, coats, trousers and vests accumulated after a very busy season. Wool Business Suits youths1 sizes predominating. Wool Business Suits Odd Coats from Suits Odd Vests few dress vests in the assortments. Separate Trousers from Suits Separate Trousers from Suits one Sent C. 0. D. So Alterations ALL SALES FINAL S12.50 17.50 8.50 2.00 6.50 9.50 Broad way 34th St. to-day. The agriculiara! fron- 'ad been pushed beyond the Mis- not only our own people but also our I r ; ' support the grow. Industrial i Z m liVSt. en 'mr.( the civil war. and counted no sacrifice too great to fni 1 help fight It through to a successful and fol-i ' " ..... . ... ,, ' Dg It the great Western migration finish. Thc story of what they did. writ- . , ... , , t i I. ten ov some one wno jnuersianas a, wm . e;rr,rerVrUht.e -f:- -., i !:, the Government save a ' the richest land In the world man who wanted one. Rall were built, tho prairies were ' ' 'shed up and almost over night the It I turn! jr-duction of the I'nited Kates Increased by fifty per cent Bl wer, produeed an.l sold at the eg ot utilising the soil, and the ' ' the older States to the East ''' -red by this flood of cheap Tail Th onlv thln that could be '- th this superabundance of food to build cities out of it. And great : did build, not only in the 1 led states, but across the seas. The sa. in every American conflict, from the Revolution for independence to the woria war for maintained rights, the farmer has been 100 per cent. American and ready for every sacrifice. "Without speaking at length of farm production and prices during the war. It is necessary to note certain results If we are to deal underttandlngly with the agricultural situation at the pres ent time and speak Intelligently of a future policy War conditions put a premium on grain growing at the ex pense of live stock production. As a consequence many stock producers and feeders have suffered heavy and. in r as neer seen, and probably i , ...... if .m. eon. r , , I - ... . ........... ,wnnn. .. ...... ...... 2 in see. such a terrific J d;(on ?!l0Uld continue we are in danger. " ward City building on a vast ,n th n(,ar futur, of having to pay very j . 1 wV!h w" aflrea by the . hW) prlctm tm our meats, erj t on of farm products dur-1 ..por outstanding reasons the main- .iter r.ari oi ine nir.eteenin - r.t nnrm. !-.....-.. l l, VJ 1 a ..v. ...i. ....... ... in-, i, , i the first few years of the I(ve 8tocij ,d grain production Is a - matter of national concern. One Is that r'tT and Rsrsl Growths. I f,!n.f P'0 and huld : I have a fairly uhiform supply at a hai are ordinary dull statistics I reasonable price Conditions which rikingl i'lumln Ihe eitua'lcn , either greatly rttmulste or greatly dls- t kl METROPOLITAN THUST COMPANY OF THE CITY OF NEWYORIC 60AVALL STREET 716 FIFTH AVENUE "Early and provident fear is the mother of safety" burke SAFETY "Early and provident fear" for the safety of your family's financial future, after you are no longer here to direct their affairs in person, will convince you of the necessity of making an accurate, carefully considered will and of appointing a permanent, dependable executor. This Company will give the same careful attention to the interests of your heirs that you yourself would'give. have been trying to convey i courage live stock production result la j e decade from 1,00 to Hie the! prices altogether too high for the aeer-1 1 1 Announce Beginning Tfiis Morning Sale of 12,000 Men's Fine Silk Cravats -not one made to sell for less than $l.jO the majority at $2.00 and $2.50 $1.00 Each HE quality of every cravat in the collection stands right out ! The silks from which they are made have thc luxurious feel of velvet the beauty of a rainbow in Summer skies. And every cravat in the lot is tailored with a care in keeping with the rare quality of the silks, for upon the manner in which a scarf is made depends entirely its worthiness. Your taste may run to extremes, or you may be conservative in the choosing of your neckwear but your preference cannot outrun the extensiveness or the exclusheness of thc patterns offered in this unusual sale. Satins, Novelty Weaves, Imported silks and two-tour iik, that have the sheen and luxury of a deep sea pearl. At ;.fth Street 3