The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 30, 1928, Image 2
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Pidministr atiodn
Benefit of AH the People
[NUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
ar my leadership will not advocate
sodden or drastic revolution in
economic system which w<ould
• business upheaval or popular
Democratic party stands
tor the maintenance of leflti
business and a high standard oi
for American labor.
•Play no attention to the Republican
psepaganda and accept my assurance
so the leader of our party that Demo-
esmtle tariff legislation will be honest,”
„ fee declared, ‘it will play no favorites,
flt will do Justice to every element In
dfco nation."
He said foreign policy has Its roots
the approval of the majority of the
' and that he regarded It as a
ount duty to keep aHve the in-
of the people in questions of
t policy and to advise the elec-
as to facts. He promised to
the necessity for restoration of
. relations with Latln-America.
Republican adminlstmtlob has
if failed in its endeavor to Ye
■moo the causes of war, be continued,
‘"1 pledge myself to n resumption of
veal endeavor to make the outlawry
war effective by removing Ha causes
*4 to anbstltnte the methods of eon-
i, conference, arbitration, and
determination/' he declared.
President has two duties with
to the prohibition question, he
-The first is embodied in his oath
mff oAce,” he went on. 'if with one
fcoad on the Bible and the other hand
_ up to Heaven, 1 promise the
of this country that i will
gntthfnlly execute the office of Presi-
+mt of the United Stotee and to the
heat of my ability preserve, protect
mad defend tbe Constitution of the
United States,' you may be sore that
1 phall live up to that oath to the last
*1 shall to the very limit execute
dha pledge of our platform 'to make
hppapt endeavor to enforce the
ISflh amendment and all other provl-
•teas of the Federal Constitution and
ibH laws enacted pursuant thereto/"
Tim Governor promised “ruthlessly
Ca stamp out” the present corruption
fa prohibition enforcement
conditions cannot and will not
ider any administration presid
ed aver by me," he asserted.
Oeatlnnlng, he said:
second constitutional duty 1m-
apom the President Is 'to recoin-
te the Congress such measures
as be shall Judge necessary and expe-
4toat/ • • • •
®I shall advise the Congress In ac-
cardance with my constltntionai duty
a( whatever changes I deem 'aeoeesary
ar expedient* It will then be tor the
and the representatives In the
il and state legislature to deter
whether these changes shall be
ee
“I believe In temperance/' he con
‘We have not achieved tern-
under the present system,
mothers and fathers of young men
I women throughout this land know
anxiety and worry which has been
it to them by their children's
of liquor in s way which was un
before prohibition. I believe
reverence for law. Today dlsre-
of the prohibition laws is In
a&dlously sapping respect for all law.
■ raise, therefore, what 1 profoundly
to be a great moral issue la
the righteousness of our na-
conduct and the protection of
children’s morals."
remedy is to be found in the
lies* application of Jeffersonian
i, he continued, to allow for
it habits and customs of differ
m parts of the country.
“TSome Immediate relief would come
an amendment to the Volstead
tew giving a scientific definition of the
alcoholic content of an intoxicating
beverage," he said. "The present defl
nltion is admittedly Inaccurate and un
wctentlfle. Each state would then be
xUewed to fix its own standard of al
cahoUc content, subject always to the
proviso that that standard could not
►d the maximum fixed by the Con
. "I .believe, moreover, that there
.'Should be submitted to the people tbe
>n of some change in the provi-
. i of the. 13th amendment, Certain
tr, no one foresaw when the amend-
t asant was ratified the conditions which
- today of bootlegging, corruption
. nfl open Violation of the law in all
tpKta of the country. The people
Kbemselves should, after this eight
poan of trial, be permitted to say
whether existing conditions should be
nwtf&ed. I personally believe In an
amendment to the 18th amendment
would gjve to each individual
Itaelf only after approval by a
referendum popular vote of Its peo
ple the right wholly within its borders
tm import, manufacture or cause to be
——firtUn 1 and fell alcoholic bev-
aragea, the salt U be made only by
dim state Itself and not for conaump-
: Jon In any public place."
~femr Canadian neighbors," he said,
(ar in this manner to solve
problem by the method of sale
by the sUte itself and not by
individuals.
Tatoo* Wont Return
Is no question here of the re-
of the ealooiL When I stated that
and sight to be a de-
in this country* 1
Ifeftalttoday. IwiRnov-
any law which
ill# lb
members, so fundamentally importaa
as agricnltnre. It sick almost to the
point of economic death," said Gov
ernor Smith, taking up the subject of
farm relief. ^
The Republican administration has
made many promises of legislation to
aid the farmer, but has kept none of
flrem, he continued.
"the tariff is Iherfecflve on
modules of which there Is exportable
surplus without controlled sale of the
surplus,” said Governor Smith. "Our
platform points., (the way to make the
tariff effective for crops of which wt
produce a surplus.
“Co-operative, coordinated market*
ing and warehousing of surplus farm
products is essential Just as coordi
nated, cooperative control of the flow
of capital was found necessary to the
regulation of oar country's finances.
“Our platform declares for the de
velopment of cooperative marketing
and an earnest endeavor to solve the
problem of the diatribntion of the cost
of dealing with crop surpluses over
the marketed unit of the crop whose
producers art benefited by such as
sistance. Only the mechanics remain
to be devised. I propose to cubetitato
action (or Inaction and friendliness for
hostility. In my administration of the
government of my state, whenever I
was confronted with a problem of this
character, I called Into conference
those best equipped on the particular
•abject in hand. I shall follow that
coarse with regard to agriculture.
Farmers and farm leaders with’such
constructive aid as will come from
sound economists and fair-minded
leaders of finance and business mast
work out the details. There are vary
ing plans for the attainment of the
sod which Is to be accomplished. Such
plans shook! be subjected at once to
searching, able fair-minded analy
sis, because the Interests of all re
quire that the solution shall be eco
nomically sound.”
Will Call Conference
Governor Smith then promised to
summon an agricultural conference to
work ont the solution, saying:
“If I am elected, I shall Immediate
ly after election ask leaders of the
type I have named, irrespective of par
ty, to enter upon this task. I shall
join with them in the discharge of
their duties daring the coming winter
and present to Congress immediately
upon its convening the eolation rec
ommended by the body of men best
fitted to render this signal service to
the nation. I shall support the ac
tivities of this body until a satisfac
tory law is placed upon the statute
hooka."
On the subject of transportation
Governor Smith said he believed In en
couraging the construction and nae of
modern highway# to carry the short
haul of small balk commodities and to
aid in marketing farm prod acta.
Also of great Importance, he laid. Is
the development of transportation by
our waterways, which are still in a
highly undeveloped state.
Linked with waterways develop
ment Is the control of floods, the gov
ernor said. He declared that the two
Republican adminlatratlona 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 la too small to make
even a start.” Governor Smith assert
ed. “Too much time has been spent
Id squabbling over who shall pay the
bill.”
Governor Smith pledged himself
"to a progressive, liberal conservation
policy based upon the same principles
to which I have given my support in
the State of New York,” and to light
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,” he said.
Benefits growing from the develop
ment of water power as an Incident
to the regulation of the Colorado Riv
er should be “equitably distributed
among the 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 Shoals 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^* <brushed aside in earing
tor reteranx In distress, Governor
Smith said. Likewise, he said he
would continue his sympathetic inter
est in the advancement of progressive
legislation for working men and wo
men, the proper care of maternity,
Infancy and childhood, and the en
couragement of activities which ad
vance public health.
Hie Labor Policy
Turning to the labor question. Gov
ernor Smith said:
"The reasonable contentment of
those who tol} with the conditions un
der which they live and work Is an
essentia! basis of the nation's well
being. The welfare of our country,
therefore, demands governmental con
cern tor the legitimate interest of
labor." /
In conclusion the governor'said in
parts
"I pledge a complete devotion to the
welfare of our country and our peo
ple. I place that welfare above every
other consideration and I am satis-
fled that our party is la a position
to promote It, To that end I hers
and now declare to my fellow coun
trymen, from one end of the United
States to the other, that I will dedi
cate myself with all the power and
energy feat I poesess. to the servioe
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