26 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



"Education for farm children should be 

 as easily accessible and on as high a plane 

 as that of city children. 



"We must give the rural districts good 

 roads. 



"There must be a department of agricul- 

 ture in full and intelligent co-operation with 

 the farmer and the great farm organiza- 

 tions. 



"Hoarding of food supplies should be 

 rigorously suppressed. 



"Secure provision should be made to en- 

 able the farmers to get adequate credit to 

 extend farming interests." 



William Jennings Bryan in describing 

 what the Democratic platform would stand 

 for said: "1 think it safe to say the party 

 will declare against a return to the protec- 

 tive tariff. This is very misleading. We 

 know the product of the farms are free, that 

 is, wheat, oats, barley, corn, beef, butter, 

 eggs, wool but there is a 35 per cent import 

 duty on manufactures. This is a rank in- 

 justice to the American farmer." 



I will insert another letter of mine pub- 

 lished in the Oregonian. 



Portland Ore. April 17th, 1908. 



To the Editor: 



In this morning's Oregonian in an edi- 

 torial citing the low rates granted Amer- 

 ican shippers in foreign ships, it certainly 



