The Farm Planlits (Continued) 



Republican 



(Continued from page 4, col. 1) 



9. To provide for decentralized non- 

 partisan control of the Farm Credit ad- 

 ministration and the election by national 

 farm loan associations of at least one- 

 half of each board of directors of the 

 F'ederal Land banks, and thereby remove 

 these inst.tutions rrom politics. 



10. To provide in the case of agricul- 

 tural products of which there are ex- 

 portable surpluses, the payment of rea- 

 sonable benefits upon the domestically 

 consumed portion of such crops in order 

 to make the tariff effective. These pay- 

 ments are to be limited to the produc- 

 tion level of the family type farm. 



11. To encourage and further develop 

 co-operative marketing. 



12. To furnish government assistance 

 in disposing of surpluses in foreign trade 

 by bargaining for foreign markets se- 

 lectively by countries both as to exports 



ALFRED M. LANDON 

 Republican Candidate for President 



and imports. We strenuously oppose so- 

 called reciprocal treaties which trade off 

 the American farmer. 



13. To give every reasonable assist- 

 ance to producers in areas suffering from . 

 temporary disaster, so that ' they may 

 regain and maintain a self-supporting 

 status. 



•: TARIFF -'^.^ 



Nearly 60 percent of all imports into 

 the United States are now free of duty. 

 The other 40 percent of imports compete 

 directly with the product of our indus- 

 try. We would keep on the free list al'. 

 products not grown or produced in vhe 

 United States in commercial quantities. 

 As to all commodities that commercially 

 compete with our farms, our forests, our 

 mines, our fisheries, our oil wells, our 

 labor and our industries, sufficient pro- 

 tection should be maintained at all times 

 to defend the American farmer and the 

 American wage earner from the destrue- ■ 

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Farm Bureau 



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of other American industries are largely 

 determined and maintained through 

 artificial means exercised to control sup- 

 ply and that the standard of American 

 wages is largely determined and main- 

 tained in a similar manner. To a large 

 degree, these artificial standards of 

 prices and wages are accomplished 

 through the assistance or the approval 

 of government. 



It, therefore, becomes the responsibil- 

 ity of government to assist farmers in 

 securing and maintaining a standard 

 of price leves and income for American 

 agriculture that are commensurate with 

 the standi rds set for other economic 

 groups of American society. 



In order to attain this fundamental 

 objective, we urge the adoption or con- 

 tinuation of the following policies by the 

 federal government to provide:— 



1. Effective adjustment und control 

 of the volume of farm products so as vo 

 balance the supply with total demands 

 of markets at price levels which will 

 give agricultural commodities the pur- 

 chasing power existing in 1909-1914. 



EXPLANATION: This may be ac- 

 complished through: 



Adjustment of acreage of given 

 commodities. 



Through intra-state or inter-s'ate 

 compacts of farmers with federal al- 

 lotments and control in interstate 

 commerce for the protec ion of coop- 

 erating states. 



Premiumizing lighter weights of 

 hogs and superior qualities of other 

 farm commodities. 



Through effective pro-rating in spe- 

 cial crop areas. 



As suggested under Paragraph B. 

 through commodity loans on grain or 

 other commodities withheld from 

 market. 



Penalizing excess production be- 

 yond quotas to balance supply with 

 demand. 



2. Permanent system of commodity 

 loans to prevent seasonal surpluses from 

 unduly affecting market price levels. 

 EXPLANATION: The maintenance of 



reasonable surpluses of basic farm 

 crops is not only desirable but nec- 

 essary for the production of Ameri- 

 can consumers in 'imes of stress, 

 drought or other disaster. Farmers, 

 however, must not be penalized on 

 this account. Therefore we insist on 

 putting into effect a system of com- 

 modity loans for carrying of such 

 seasonal surpluses apart from the 

 market channels of the country so ps 

 to remove their otherwise burden- 

 some influence upon the price levels 

 of these products. 



3. The maintenance of a well rounded, 

 practical soil conservation and land 

 utilization program. 

 EXPLANATION: The maintenance of a 



national policy of land utilization for 

 the preservation of our soil resources 

 is essential both to present and fu- 

 ture nati'inal well-being. This can be 

 accomplished through: 



The ti-ansfer of acrerge from soil 

 depleting and soil eroding crops 

 to soil building crops. 

 The removal of sub-marginal 

 lands from crop production. 

 The acquisition by the govern- 

 ment of sub-marginal lands for 



Democrat 



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We assert that today we have the sound- 

 est currency in the world. 



"We are determined to reduce the ex- 

 penses of government. We are being 

 aided therein by the recession in unem- 

 ployment. As the requirements of re- 

 lief decline and national income ad- 

 vances, an increasing percentage of fed- 

 eral expenditures can and will be met 

 from current revenues, secured from 

 taxes levied in accordance with ability 

 to pay. Our retrenchment, tax, and re- 

 covery programs thus reflect our firm 

 determination to achieve a balanced 

 budget and the reduction of the national 

 debt at the earliest possible moment. 

 FOREIGN POLICY 



"We shall continue to foster the in- 

 crease in our foreign trade which has 

 been achieved by this administration; to 



FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 

 Democratic Candidate for President 



seek by mutual agreement the lowering 

 of those tariff barriers, quotas, and em- 

 bargoes which have been raised against 

 our exports of agricultural and industrial 

 products; but continue as in the past to 

 give adequate protection to our farmers 

 and manufacturers against unfair com- 

 petition or the dumping on our shores 

 of commodities and goods produced 

 abroad by cheap labor or subsidized by 

 foreign governments." 



watershed protection, grazing, for- 

 estry, public parks, and game 

 preserves. 

 4. The expansion of both domestic 

 and foreign outlets for farm products, 

 and if necessary, the use of federal reve- 

 nue to control or remove seasonal sur- 

 pluses of farm products from the domes- 

 tic market. 



EXPLANATION: Every reasonable effort 

 should be put forth, thr ugh recip- 

 rocal trade agreements, export boun- 

 ties, or other measures, to extend 

 and maintain our foreign and dames- 

 tic outlets for farm surpluses on a 

 basis profitable to producers. How- 



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JULY, 1936 



