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SUPPLEMENT TO T urner T ribune VOL. X II. NO. IS) HOOVER MEETS FARM PROBLEM Urges Expenditure of Hundreds of Millions on a Workable Program FAVORS HIGHER TARIFF WALL Farmer* Muti Control and Admlnle tor Foderai Farm Aid, Bay* Candidata. HOOVSR ON FARM RELIEF: An adequato tariff la the founda tion of farm relief. Working out agricultural relief la the moet Important obligation of the neat Admlnlatratlon. The object of our polleloa la to eetablleh for our formera an Income equal to thoee of other occupatlone. Farming la and muet continue an Indivlduallotie buelneaa of email unite and Independent ownerehlp. If the formera' poeltlon la to be Improved by larger operatlone It muet be done not on the farm, but In the field of dlatrlbutlop. Our platform layo a oolld baale upon which we can build. It offere an affirmative program. Nature hae endowed ue with a great eyetem of Inland waterwaye. Their modernization will eomprlae a aubetantlal contribution to mid wool farm relief and development of 20 Interior etalee. Thera le no moro vital method of farm relief. I'A U ) AI.TO. Calif —Herbert H o » »o r tnel the farm quuelloa fairly and aquarely In hie Addroae of Acceptance at the Stadium of Stanford Unlvcrelty. Nearly ono-thlrd of lile addreea waa devoted to thle aubjuct, which Rooter termed "tho moat urgent economic problem In our nation today." He do elared bluntly Ibal farm relief muat not be delayed by any monetary con alderatloiu. urging that “ a nation which la »pending ninety bllllona a year can well afford an eipendlture of a few hundred mllllona for a workable program that will give to one third of lie population their fair ebare of the national prosperity." The candidate pledged hlmaelf to a farm aid plan In which farmer» ahall tbemaelvea control and adnilnlator the federal Buanclal aaalstance which he propoeeo to put Into effect. “ The moat urgent economic problem In our nation today la In agriculture," he eald. “ It muat be eolred If we are to bring proaperlty and contentment to one-tblrd of our people directly and to all of our people Indirectly. We bare pledged ouraelvre to a eolutlon. “ In my mind moat agricultural dls- cuaaloni go wroug becauae of two falae prrmlaea. Tho flrat la that agri culture la ona Industry. It la a doieu distinct Industries Incapable of the same organization. The ascond falae pri-mlio la that rehabilitation will be complete when It has reached a point rompnrahle with pre-war. Agriculture was not upon a aatlafactory bail! be fore the war. Tho abandoned farms o f the northeast bear their own testi mony. Generally there was but little profit In midwest agriculture for many yeara except that derlred from the alow Increaaea In farm land values. Even of more Importance Is tho great advance In standards of living of all occupations since the war. Hume branches of agriculture have greatly recovered, but taken aa a whole It It pot keeping pace with the onward march In other Induitrlo*. Cause and Effect “ There are many cauaca for failure o f agriculture to win Us full share of patlonal prosperity. The after-war de flation of prtcea not only brought great direct loasoa to the farmer, but he w ai often left Indebted In Inflated dol lars to bo paid In deflated dollars. J’ rices are often demoralized through gluts In our markets during the har vest aeaaon. Local taxes have been In creased to provide the Improved road« and schools. Tho tariff on some prod uct* Is proving Inadequate to protect him from Imports from abroad. The Inarcaaea In transportation rates since the war has greatly affected the price which he receives for his products. Over six million fnrmers lu times of •tirplu* engage In destructive competi tion with one nnother In anle of their product, often depressing prices bolow those levels that could he maintained. “ Tho whole tendency of our civiliza tion during the last 50 years has been toward an Increase In the size of the unit* of production In order to secure lower coats and a moro orderly ad justment of the flow of commodities to the demand, llut the orgnnliatlon of agriculture Into larger units muat not be by enlarged farms. Tha farmer has shown Its can Increase the skill of hla Industry without lurge operation*. He la today producing 20 per cent moro than eight year« ago with about the same acreage and personnel. Farming la and must continue to be an Individualistic buslneai of small unit* and Independent ownership. Th* farm la more than a business; It la a state of living. We do not wish It con verted Into a mass production ma chine. Therefore, If the farmers' posi tion la to be Improved by larger opera tion* It must he done not on tho farm but In the Held of distribution. Agri culture has partially advanced In this direction through cooperatives and pool*. But the traditional cooperative Is often not a complete solution. "Dlfferencea of opinion as to both causes ami remedy have retarded tha completion of a constructive program of relief. It Is our plain duty to search T U R N E R , OREGON, TH U R S D A Y . AUQ. 30, out th* common ground on wblrh wo may molillliv th* sound forces of agri cultural reconstruction. Our platform lays a solid basis upon which to build. It uffara an affirmative program. Tariff and Waterways m *. SUBSCRIPTION 91.‘JA P E R Y E A R . I urer, distributor, worker, and con. turner have been called In council to* tether, not for a single occasion, but ‘or continuous work. These efforts lave been successful beyond say ex. nictation. They have been accent. •Ilehed without Interference ur regu. atlon by the government. They hava tecured progress lu the Industries, etnedy for abuses, elimination of waste, reduction of cost In production ind distribution, lower price* to th# :onsumcr, and more stable employ, ment end proflt. While the problem "An adequate tariff la th* foundation of farm relief. Our couaumura Increase faster than our producers. Tha do mestic market muat be protected. For eign products raised under lower standards of living are today compet ing In uur heme market!. I would tie* my office and Influence to give the farmer the full benaflt of our historic POINTS FROM HOOVER SPEECH tariff policy. “ A large portion of tbo spread be It shall be an honest campaign; tween what Iho farmer receives for tvary penny will ba publicly ac hla products and what the ultimate counted for. ronaumer pays Is due to Increased Having earned my living with transportation charges. Increase In my own hand* I cannot hava othtr railway rates has been one of the pen than tha graataat sympathy with alties of the war. Thess Increaaea tha aspiration* of those who toll. hava beeu added to the cost to th* Our purpose la ta build In this farmer of reaching seaboard and for nation a human aoclaty, not an •conomle system. eign market* and result therefor* In Appointive office, both North, reduction of hie prices. The farmers South, East and West,-must ba of foreign countries have thus been In based solely on merit, character, directly aided la their competition and reputation In tha community with the American farmer. Nature In which th* appoint** Is to eerv*. ha« endowed us with a greet system Participation of woman In poli of Inland watorways. Their modern isation will comprise a most subatau- ; tic« means hlghtr standards. Our worker* can buy two and Hal contribution to midwest farm r*-N often three times more bread and list and to tha development of twenty butter than any waga earner In of our lutsrlur states. This modernUa Europe. atlon Includes not only the great Mis By blood and conviction I stand alaalppl system, with Ita Joining of the for religious tolerance both In act Great l-ake* and of th* heart of mid- and In spirit. west agriculture to the Gulf, hut also Our foreign policy hat on* pri a ahlpway from th* Great Lakes to the mary object, and that la paaca. Atlantic. These Improvements would Government should not engage In mean ao large an Increment lo farm business In competition with Its ers' prices aa to warrant tholr con citizens. struction many time* over. There Is no more vital method of farm relief. “ Uut we muat not etop here. varies with every different commodity "An outitamllug propose! of th* Par and with every different part of our ty program I* the whole hearlod great country, I should wish to apply pledge to undertake the reorganization the same method to agriculture to of lb* marketing eyetem upon sounder that th* leaders of every phase of each and raur* economical lines. W * have group can advlso and organize on poli already contributed greatly to this cies and constructive measures. I am purpose by the acta supporting farm convinced this form of action, aa It co-operatlvea, tbs establishment of In- has done lu other Industries, ran termadlal* credit hanks, the regula benefit farmer, distributor and con tion of stockyards, public exchanges sumer. and the expansion of the Department Greater Opportunities of Agriculture. The platform proposes "Tho working out of agricultural ro ller constitute* the most Important ob REPUDLICAN RECORD ligation of the next Admlnlatratlon. I Our problems of th* past aavan stand pledged to these proposals. Tho years have been problems of re object of our policies Is to establish construction; our problem* of th* for our farmers an Income equal to future are problem« of construction. those of other occupations; for the They ar* problems of progress. farmer's wife the same comforts In During thas* years our popula her home as women In other groups; tion has Increased sight percent. for the farm boys and girls the same Yet our national Income has In opportunities In life as other boys and creased 49 percent. Th* number girls. 8o far at my own abilities may of famlllee has Increased 2,300,000 be of service, I dedicate them to help and w* have built 3,500,000 new secure prosperity and contentment In and batter homes. Wa hava that Industry where I and my fore •quipped 9,000,000 more homes fathers were born and nearly all my with electricity, and through It family still obtain tbelr livelihood. drudgery hat been lifted from tha “ The Republican Party has ever been llvas of woman. Tha barrlara of the exponent of protection to all our tlma and distance hava baan swept people from competition with lower •way and Ufa made fraar and standards of living abroad. We have larger by tha Installation of 6,000,- always fought for tariffs designed to 000 moro telephones, 7,000.000 establish this protection from Import radio sata and tha aervlco of an ed goods. Wo also huva enacted re additional 14,000,000 automobiles. strictions upon Immigration for the By rlgorout economy, federal *■• protection of labor from the Inflow of penaea hava bean raducad two bll workers faster than we can absorb llona annually. Tha national debt them without breaking down our wago hae been reduced ala and a half lerel*. bllllona. Taaaa have baan reduced “ Tho Republican principle of an ef four euccetelva tlmee. We have fective control of Imported goods and doubled saving* deposits and near of Immigration baa contributed greatly ly doubled life Insurance. to the proaperlty of our country. Thera President Coolldge hae not only Is uo selfishness In this defense of our given a memorable administration, standards of living. Other countries ha hat left an Imprint of ractltude gain nothing If the high standards of and statesmanship on our country. America are eunk and If wo are pre vented from building a civilization to so much farther. It pledges the which »eta the level of hope for tho creation of a Federal Farm Hoard of ontlre world. A general reduction In representative farmers lo be clothed the tariff would admit a flood of goods with authority and resource! with from abroad. It would Injure every which not only to still further aid homo. It would Oil our streets with farmors' co-operatlvea and pools and Idle workers. It would destroy tha to assist generally In solution of fans returns to our dairymen, our fruit, problems but especially to build up flax, and livestock growers, and our with federal finance, farmer-owned other farmers.” and farmer-controlled atabllliatlon cor Prohibition porations to protect the farmer from On tho aubjoct of prohibition, Mr. tbo depressions and demoralization of Hoorcr repeated hla recent declara aoaaonal gluts and periodical sur tion; “ I do not favor repeal of the pluses. JSth Amendment. 1 eland for efficient Will Coat Money enforcement of law* enacted thereun “ Objection has been made that this der. Our country has deliberately un program, ns laid down by the Tarty dertaken a great social and economla Tlatform, may require that several experiment, noble In motive and fat> hundred millions of dollars of capital reaching In purpose. It must be be advanced by tho Federal Govern worked out constructively." And he ment without obligation upon tbo In added the following comment: dividual farmer. With that objection "Common sense compels us to re I have little patience. A nation which alize that grave abuses have occurred la spending ninety billions a year can —abuses which muat be remedied. In well afford an expenditure of a few vestigation can alone determine the hundred millions for a workable pro wise method of correcting them. gram that will give to one third of Its Crime aud disobedience of law cannot population their fair »hare of the na be permitted to break down tho Con tion's prosperity. Nor does this pro stitution and laws of tho United posal put the government Into busi State«. ness except so tnr aa It Is called upou ■'Mollification of tho enforcement to furnish Initial capital with which to laws which would permit that which build up the farmer to the control of the Constitution forbids Is nulllflca- his own destinies. tlou. Tbla the American people will “This program adapts Itself ta the vs not countenance. Change In the Con rlable problems of agriculture not only stitution can and must bo brought today but which will nrlaa In th* fu about only by tbe straightforward lure. 1 do not bellev* that any slngls methods provided in the Constitution human being or any group of human Itself. There are those who do not beings can determine In advance all bclleva In tho purpose* of several pro questions that will arise In so vast and visions of the Constitution. No one complicated an Industry over a term denies their right to seek to amend of years. The first step Is to create It. They are not subject to rrltlclsra an effoctlva agency directly for these for asserting that right. But the Re purposes and to give It authority and publican Tarty doei deny the right resources. These are solemn pledges of anyone to seek to destroy the pur and they will be fulfilled by the He pose* of the Constitution by Indirec pnhllcan Tarty. It Is a definite plan of tion. relief. It needs only the detailed elab “ Whoever ta elected President take« oration of legislation and appropria an oath not only to faithfully execute tions to put It Into force. the office of- the Tresident, but that “ During my term as Secretary of oath provides still further that h# Commerce I have steadily endeavored will, to tho best of hla ability, pre to build up a system of co-operation serve, protect and defend the Con between the government and business. stitution of the Unttod States. ! Under these co-operative actions all should be untrue to these great tra elements Interested In the problem of ditions, untrue to my oath of cilice, a particular iuduttry such aa muuuUc- were I to declare otherwise." SMITH SPEECH IS PROGRESSIVE, ^ Democratic Nominee Pledget Self to Administration for Benefit of All the People. AGRICULTURAL PROBLEM TO GtT PROMPT ACTION Will Enforce Dry Lav*. Blimp Out Cor ruption and Recommend Change* to Congress— Promisee Hon- est Tariff. ALBANY. N. Y., Aug 22.—Before an immi-Dri throng which gathered to hear his first pronouncement on the Issues of the Tresldentlal campaign. Governor Alfred K Smith accepted the Democratic nomination for Tresident here tonight In an address which was as progressive In character as It was courageous In its terms. Governor Smith pledged hlmaelf and hla party lo tbe restoration of honesty to government; to the promotion of a real prosperity for the whole people through actual rather than fancied economies and reorganization In gov ernment and the enactment of sound tariff legislation; to the establishment of a foreign policy opposed to unwar ranted Intervention In Latin American countries and for tbe ou\l*wry of war; and to the stamping out of corruption In prohibition enforcement. The Democratic candidate placed himself squarely on record for farm relief and promised to call together tbe best Informed minds among farm er*. business men and economists Im mediately following tbe election to devise a practicable plan for the con trol of surplus crops tor submission to Congress at tbe beginning of bis administration. "Upon the steps of thle Capitol where twenty-flre years ago I flrat came Into the service of the state. I receive my party'* summons to lead It In the nation," said Governor Smith In accepting bis party's call. "Within this building I learned tbe principles, the purposes and tbe functions of gov ernment and to know that the great est privilege that can come to any man la to give himself to a nation which has reared him and raised him from obscurity to be a contender for the highest office In tbe gift of Its people. "With a gratitude too strong for words and with humble reliance upon the aid of Divine Providence, I accept your summons to a wider field of ac tivity." He sounded the keynote of his en tire address whea he said: Constructive Government "Government should be construc tive, not destructive; progressive, not reactionary." "I am entirely unwilling to accept the old order of things ns the best unless and until I become convinced that It cannot be made better," be con tlnued. "It Is our uow world theory that government exists for the people as against the old world conception that the people exist for the government,” he said. The candidate reaffirmed his bellei In tho soundness of "deliberate action of an Informed electorate." He re ferred to tbe public issues he carried to the voters In New York State and added: "That direct contact with the peo pie I propose to continue lu this cam paign and. It I am elected. In the con duct of the nation’s affairs." He said he would strive to make the nation’s policy a reflection of the na tion'« Ideals. Cleveland’s phrase, "Public office is a public trust,” now takes on new meaning, bo said. "The Republican party today stands responsible for tbe widespread dishon esty that has honeycombed Its admin istration," Governor Smith asserted. Tbo Governor attacked the claim of Republican prosperity. "The Republican party builds Its case upon a myth,” be said. Four million men out of work, whole Industries prostrate and wide spread business discontent do not spel) proaperlty. be continued. "Prosperity to tbe extent that we hare It Is unduly concentrated and has not equitably touched the lives of the farmer, the wage-earner and the Indi vidual business man," said Governor Smith. Republican leaders hare tried to di vert attention from the real situation by a propaganda of governmental economy, be asserted. The Republican party promised re organisation of the government, ha said, yet after seven years the struc- ture Is worse than It was In 1921. Governor Smith pointed to the In crease In federal appropriations, against which, he aald, the official spokesman answers only, "W e haT« given an economical administration." “ I assert that there Is no proof," Governor Smith declared. After giving a summary of the gov ernment finances, he pointed out that as against the claim of tax reductions there were actually $24.000.000 more federal taxes collected last year than , lu the first year of tbe Coolldge Ad- admlnlstratlon. It Is not economy to refuse to make necessary expenditures to provide fa cilities for the transaction of govern ment business, he said, pointing out that acarcoly a city In the country has adequate quarters for federal business at tha present time. Anticipating Republican mlsrepra- sentatlon of tha Democratic party’« position on tbe tariff, Governor Smith declared: No Business Upheave! "Th * Democratic party does not and under my leadership will not advocate any sudden or drastic revolution l i our economic system which would cause business upheaval or popular distress. “ The Democratic party stands squarely for the maintenance of legltl mate business and a high standard o! wages for American labor. "Pay no attention to the Republican propaganda and accept my assurance as tbe leader of our party tbat Demo cratic tariff legislation will be honest." he declared. “ It will play no farorites. It will do Justice to every element In the nation.” He said foreign policy baa Its roots In tbe approval of tbe majority of tbe people and that be regarded It aa a paramount duty to keep alive the In terest of the people In questions of foreign policy and to advise tbe elec torate as to facts. He promised to stress the necessity for restoration of cordial relations wltb Latln-Amerlca. Tbe Republican administration baa signally failed In Its endeavor to re more the causes of war, he continued. “ I pledge myself to a resumption of a real endeavor to make the outlawry of war effective by removing It» cause» and to auballtute tbe methods of con ciliation, conference, arbitration, and Judicial determination,” be declared. Tbe President has two duties wltb respect to tbe prohibition question, be said. "The first Is embodied In bis oath of office,” he went on. "If with one hand on tbe Bible and the other hand reaching up to Heaven, 1 promise tbe people of this country that T will faithfully execute the office of Presi dent of the United Slates and to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,’ you may be sure tbat I ahall lire up to that oath to the lost degree. "I ahall to tbe very limit execute tbe pledge of our platform 'to make an honest endeavor to enforce u>e 18th amendment and all other provi sions of the Federal Constitution and all laws enacted pursuant thereto.’ " The Governor promised "ruthlessly to stamp out” the present corruption In prohibition enforcement "Such conditions cannot and will not exist under any administration presid ed over by me.” he asserted. Continuing, be said: “ The second constitntlonal duty Im posed upon the President Is ‘to recom mend to the Congress such measures as he shall Judge necesgary and expe dient' • • • • "I shall advise the Congress In ac cordance with my constitntlonal duty of whatever changes I deem 'necessary or expedient.' It will then be for the people and the representatives tn the national and state legislature to deter mine whether these changes shall be made." “ I believe In temperance." he con tinued. "W e have not achieved tem perance under the present system. The mothers and fathers of young men and women throughout this land know the anxiety and worry which has been brought to them by their children'« use of liquor In a way which was un known before prohibition. I believe In reverence for law. Todajr disre gard of the prohibition laws Is In sidiously sapping respect for all law. I raise, therefore, what I profoundly believe to be a great moral Issue In volving the righteousness of our na tional conduct and the protection of our children's morals." The remedy Is to be found In the fearless application of Jeffersonian principles, he continued, to allow for different habits and customs of differ ent parts of the country. "Some Immediate relief would come from an amendment to the Volstead law giving a scientific definition of the alcoholic content of an Intoxicating beverage," he said. "The present defi nition Is admittedly Inaccurate and un scientific. Each state would then be allowed to Ox Its own standard of al coholic content, subject always to the provlao that that standard could not exceed tbe maximum fixed by the Con gress. " I believe, moreover, that there should be submitted to the people the question of some change in the provi sions of the ISth amendment. Certain ly, no one foresaw when the amend ment was ratified the conditions which exist today of bootlegging, corruption and open violation of the law In all parts of the country. The people themselves should, after this eight years of trial, be permitted to say whether existing conditions should be rectified. I personally believe In an amendment to the 18th amendment which would give to each indi -idual state Itself only after approval by a referendum popular vote of Its peo ple the right wholly within Its borders to Import, manufacture or cense to be manufactured and sell alcoholic bev erage*. the sale to be made only by tho state Itself and not for consump tion In any public place.” "Our Canadian neighbors," he said, "have gone far in this manner to solve this problem by the method of sale made by the state Itself and not by private individuate. Saloon Won’t Return "Thore Is no question here of the re turn of the saloon. When I stated that the saloon ‘Is and ought to be a de funct Institution tn this country' I meant It I mean It today. I will nev er advocate or approve any law which directly or Indirectly permits »he re turn of the saloon." "This count!y cannot be a healthy, strong, economic body It ono of It« members, so fundamentally Important as agriculture, la sick almost to tha point of economic death,” said Gov- ernor Smith, taking up tha subject of farm relief. Tbe Republican administration ba* made many promises of leilslallon to r:ld the farmer, but haa kept none of | them, be continued. "Tbe tariff la Ineffective on eom- modltlei of which there I* exportable surplus without controlled aale of the aurplui," aald Governor Smith. “ Our platform points the way t > make the tariff effective for crops of which » * produce a surplas. "Co-operative, co-ordinated market ing and warehousing of surplus farm products Is essential Just aa coordi nated, eo-operatlre control of the flow of capital was found necessary to tbs regulation of our country's finances. "Our platform declares for the de velopment of co-operative marketing and an earnest endearor to solve tha problem of the distribution of tbe coat of dealing with crop surpluses over the marketed unit of tbe crop whose producers are benefited by such as sistance. Only the mechanics remain to be devised. I propose to substitute action for Inaction and friend ilnexs for hostility. In my administration of th« government of my state, whenever I waa confronted wltb a problem of tbla character, I called Into conference those best equipped on tbe particular aubject In hand. I shall follow that course with regard to agriculture. Farmers and farm leaders wltb such constructive aid aa will come from sound economists and fair-minded leaders of finance and buslnesa must work out the details. There are vary* lng plans tor the attainment of tb# end which Is to be accomplished. Such plans should be subjected at once to searching, able and fair-minded analy sis, because the Interests of all re quire that the solution shall be eco nomically sound.” Word w m received la tj VV-d- nesday o f the death of Ixmm Porter, in Portland. Funeral a- noueements have not yet been made. Mr. Bouiki, o f the Western Newspaper Un on was in Turner »n business Wednesday. A cow jumping onto the high way near the Tubercular hospital ciused a severe auto accident t'lat may result in the loss o f an eye fe r the man who was driv. iig . The tow itrack on the front o f the car, breaking the wind shield, a peice o f glasa entering the eye o f the driver. The party’ s name was not learn ed. Mr. and Mrs. m . A. Hill, o f Turner, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hill and Mrs. Thcmaa Taylor, o f Gervais were in an auto accident near Gates, Sunday. Mrs. M. A, Hill, Mrs. F. M. Hill and Mrs. Taylor, were quite painfully hurt. Mrs, Taylor is considered serious. Women’s Leader Will Call Conference Governor Smith then promised to summon an agricultural conference to work out the solution, saying: " If I am elected. I shall immediate ly after election ask leaders of the type I hare named. Irrespective of par ty. to enter upon this task. I shall Join with them In tbe discharge of tbelr duties during the coming winter and present to Congress Immediately upon Its conrenlng tbe solution r e » ommended by the body of men best fitted to render this signal service to the nation. I shall support the a» tlvlties of this body until a satisfac tory law Is placed upon the statute books." On tbe subject of transportation Governor Smith said lie believed la en couraging the construction and use of modern highways to carry the short haul of small bulk commodities and to aid in marketing farm products. Also of great importance, he said, Is the develoDment of transportation by our waterways, which are still in a highly undeveloped stale. I Linked with waterways develop ment Is tha control of floods, the gov ernor said. He declared that the two Republican administrations had wait ed for the Mississippi flood of last year Instead of taking leadership In this Important work. "The money actually appropriated for flood relief Is too small ts make even a start," Governor Smith assert ed. “ Too much time has been spent in squabbling over who shall pay tho bill." Governor Smith pledged himself "to a progressive, liberal conservation policy based upon the same principles to which I have given my support lu the State of New York.” and lo fight against selfish aggression “ wherever It appears and Irrespective of whom It may Involve." "The sources of water power must remain forever under public owner ship and control," be said. Benefits growing from the develop ment of water power as an Incident to the regulation of tbe Colorado Riv er should be "equitably distributed among tbe states having right of own ership,” Governor Smith declared. It would be the policy of his admin istration to develop a method of oper ation for Muscle Shoal« which would reclaim for the government some fair revenue from the enormous expendi ture already made, he said. Red tape and autocratic bureaucra cy should be brushed aside In caring for veterans In distress. Governor Smith said. Likewise, he said be would continue his sympathetic Inter est In tbe advancement of progressive legislation for working men and w » men, the propbr care of maternity. Infancy and childhood, and the en couragement of activities which ad vance public health. RS. A LV IN T. HERT of Kctw tucky, vice-chairman of th# Republican National Commit tee. who 1* in charge of the Hoovers Curtis campaign among the women of the country. She L one of the na- tlon's most widely known political leaders. She has many Interests, hut finds time to manage successfully her thirteen hundred acre farm. M Singer in Politics HI« Labor Policy Turning to the labor question. Gov ernor Smith said: "The reasonable contentment of those who toll with tbe conditions un der which they live and work Is an essential basis of the nation's well being. Tho welfare of our country, therefore, demands governmental con Grace Divine, of Cincinnati, Metro cern for the legitimate Interest of politan opera star, head* Hoovar labor." Committee of American muslalant. In conclusion the governor said in She has put her wonderful contralto 1 voice at the servica of tha campaign part: manager« for any date* not already " i pledge a complete devotion to th« welfare of our country and our peo ' pre-empted by her full opera and eoi* cert engagement*. pie. I place that welfare above every other consideration and I am satis fied that our party ts In a position to promote It. To that end I her# ft Is tho Individual alone who can and now declare to my fellow coun function tn the world of latellect and trymen, from one end of the United States to the other, that I will dedi In the field oi leadership. cate myself with all the power and No sc islble buslnesa man want# energy that I posse**, to the «ar tot elU r a boom or slump. Ha wantB of our great republic" stability. / HOOVERISM3