Many of the farmers of lowa, not
all by any means, are today dis
gruntled beaause the Republican ad
ministration in "Washington and the
Republican-controlled Congress failed
to support or to enact the kind of
farm-relief legislation they wanted,
the McNary-Haugen bill. Many of
them are sore enough to forget party
allegiance when the time comes to
go to the polls, provided they have an
other party to which to turn which
offers them what they desire. But do
the Democrats make such an olTer?
They do not. It is well understood
that with sufficient Democratic sup
port the McNary-Haugen bill would
have passed the Senate. The Demo
crats also were responsible for the
failure of the administration’s farm
relief bill, the Fess bill. They have no
constructive record to offer the farm
ers of the West. The only tangible
thing the Democrats offer is to tear
down the Republican protective tariff,
in the hope that when the tariff is low
enough the prices which the farmer
pays for some of the things he has to
buy will be lower.
