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LIGHT MAY BE THROWN
ON PLEISTOCENE DAYS.—
■ > In an attempt to throw further
] I light on the debated question of
* [ whether the human race existed
on the American continent In
Pleistocene time (the period In
which the glaciers swept the
continent), the Smithsonian In¬
stitution Is sending a paleonto
* [ logical expedition to Florida.
■ > Dr. J, W. Gidiey, assistant cur
J a tor ot vertebrate paleontology
* • tn the National museum, is in
i charge.
; [ The exi>editlon will concen
* ■ trate its activities In the neigh
borhood of Vero and Melbourne
■ i on the east coast, where were
found skeletal remains of man
«i In what appeared to be Pleisto¬
cene strata.
There are three principal geo
!logical strata in the area In
’ | question, designated as Nog. 1,
I, 2 and 3, reading upwards. In
;; both the places where human
< i bones were found, earlier tnves
;; ligations by Smithsonian expe
* ■ dltlons under Doctor Gidiey
‘ | have shown the presence In
*• layer No. 2 of fossil animal
l ! bones definitely of Pleistocene
'; age. Many of the animal bones
” l found in the lower part of lay¬
er No. 3 were also definitely of
this age. but they were often
mixed with bones of more mod¬
em species.
Layer No. 3 thoughout con¬
tained numerous evidences of J [
man, bones and artifacts, i.
though apparently of no great [[
antiquity, while no remains of
this character were found In the ||
lower portion at least of No. 2. • •
Many paleontologists and an
thropologists have accepted ;; \
these facts as evidence that
man actually existed in North
America in the Pleistocene, ,.
Others have questioned this J j
conclusion and prefer to ex- > •
plain the Melbourne finds as the \ |
result of hurricanes or other ca- ■ •
tastrophic natural causes, bury- \ \
ing later man In Pleistocene
strata.
How Difference in
Bibles Came About
There are about sixty-six books in
the regular Protestant Bible. The
Catholic Bible contains the sixty-si*
books of the Protestant Bible and sev
en books In addition. The seven ex
tra books In the Catholic Bible are:
Tobias, Judith, Wisdom (or Wisdom
of Solomon), Ecclesiastic!!*, Baruch
I Maccabees, and 11 Maccabees The
Old Testament of the Catholic Bible
also contains chapters and parts of
chapters which are not in the Jewish
editions or in the Protestant Bible
Since different translations are used
there are naturally many minor dif¬
ferences in the textg of the two
Bibles. The Catholic Bible Is the re
suit of selections made by the Coun
cli of Trent (1545-63) which enamer
ated the books which should lie con
sldered as ‘‘sacred and canonical” b)
the Catholic church. Seven of the
books enumerated by that council are
omitted from the Protestant Bibb
because Luther, Calvin and other
Protestant leaders rejected them.—
Kansas City Times.
How Camels Defy Thirst
There are several reasons, according
to scientists, why camels can go long
er without watet than most other an
imals. As a rule a camel will not be
gin to suffer from thirst until aboui
the fifth day. This power to endure
thirst is partly due to the peculiar
structure of the camel’s stomach. Wa
ter is stored up 1* small pouches at
tached to the walls. Camel drivers
often tie up the heads of their an!
mals and force water down their
throats before starting on a long Jour
ney over the desert. The camel’s ca
paeity for traveling long distances
without food or water is also partly
due to the flesh and fat which is
stored up In the humps. This stored
up fat is reabsorbed when the came!
Is overtaken by famine. The humps
materially increase or diminish in size
according to the physical condition of
the animals. They become small and
flaccid after hard work and poor diet.
— Pathfinder Magazine.
How to Remove Spots
Among cleaning agents, carbon
tetrtn Moriiie is one of the most gen
m ally us d It lias the advantage ot
».i lug inmiiiftammahle. but t> lias a
tendency to leave a ring on fabrics
notes-- It is thoroughly evaporated by
friction while lining applied. In the
■try clean ng trade ft Is customary ti
use -jdvents that do not "wet” the
material, and among these Isa product
i nown as xylene or naphtha solvent
It will remove almost any kind of a 1
spot grease, tiir. paint and other sub !
shnn 1 which do nut actually style i
the t ..d-— Popular Science Monthly !
How Rice Polished !
Is
The polishing of rice occurs while
It is being hulled, milled between
stones and screened. The flourltke
material rubbed from the surface of
rbe grains !s callpd polish or rice pol¬
ish it is a valuable cattle food
How Fish Feed
Fish swallow their food without
chewing it. This they do because they
are obliged constantly to ope:i and
close their Jaws ia breathing through
thair gUia. --
WHY=
Modern Smoker Constitutes
Element of Danger
The man with the pipe was the
original smoker. In so far as forest
fires wera concerned, he was almost
harmless. Originally he was of our
great-grandfather's time—a real woods¬
man—and too wise to set the forest
afire. He was without friction
matches, cigars and cigarettes. Our
great-grandfather lighted his pipe with
an ember from the campfire and threw
the ember back Into the tire. He car
ried a flint and steel and used a tindPi
box or produced fire by friction. He
was an economist with fire because
fire was not easy to get When the
flint spark bad served its purpose it
went out. The fire from the Aim could
not be thrown into the forest, neithei
could the fire from friction he cast
aside and become an element of fores’
destruction like the modern firebrand
the match, in those days when they
started a fire they had to act deftly
and quickly to get the fire going To
day every man. woman and clii'1 if.
the United States uses an average ol
seven matches a day When the
ploneei built a campfire he toil: care
of It and very seldom through his
carelessness was a forest fire sec
The difference between then and
now is marked. Ninety per cent ol
forest fires are set by human beings
and most of them ftre traced to smok
erg. It Is the rule rather than the
exception to throw burning cigarettes
cigar stubs and lighted matches Into
the forest or inflamutable brush or
grass adjacent to the forest. These
modern conveniences and uew sources
of personal, enjoyment (matches, eiga
rettes and cigars) have brought great
personal responsibility. This respon
sihllity Is either to use the property
and pleasure of others or to abandon
their use when In or near the forest
—Exchange.
Why the Se* Is Salt
Explained by Science
The old question of who put the
salt in the sea has been referred to
Vulcan, mythological patron of vol
canoes, by Dr. E. G. Zies of the geo
physical laboratory of the Carnegic
Institution of Washington, says Cur
rent Science. We read;
“He attributed some of the chlorin
content of the oceans to the outpour
ings of hydrochloric add gases from
furuarollc areas, such as the Valley ot
Ten Thousand Smokes tn Alaska. The
hydrochloric acid gases change to salt
iu contact with sodium mineral eon
tent of the rocks and water, Just as
tiie add contents of the stomach pro
duce sail when they come in contact
with soda or baking powder. These
minor volcanoes and other eruptions
also belch forth considerable quantl
ties of hydrofluoric add gas. Tills h
the add that will etch glass. To it Is
due fluorin content of the sea. Re
centl.v the sea was discovered to he a
veritable mine of fluorin, and a float
ing chemical plant was placed aboard
a ship to extract this valuable ciiein
teal from the seawater. Doctor Zip
declared that so much fluorin Is sern
down to the sea that some unknown
chemical mechanism must be at work
to precipitate most of It to the sub
marine rock floor.”
Why New Pearls Are Best
The life of a pearl is roughly a
thousand yours. After several cen
turle? the outer skin begins to wrlnkli
like the skin on the hand of an elderly
person, and the pearl 1ms to lie peefee
to. uncover the new skin beneath. It
would be a better Investment, there
fore, to buy modern pearls than pearl
worn by Queen Elizabeth, although
even tier gems would still have quit,
a long lease of life.
Because of the craze for evening
bags covered with reed petxrls the tiny
gems are growing In value. Thou
sands often go to the making of one
bag, which may cost anything from
>5t)0 upwards, or much more If the
draw cords end in sapphire, ruby oi
emerald drops, as they often do.—
Kansas City Star.
How to Remove Whitewash
How can whitewash be removed
from a wail? Soften the whitewash
by thoroughly wetting with a solution
of two pounds of potash In five gal
Ions of water, repeating the operation
several times if necessary When
softened, remove with a scraper.—New
York Telegram.
How Storm Travels
If it Is a general storm, the kind tha:
brings rain or mow for several hours
it is practically certain to go Severn:
hundred miles to tlie east or southern?!
by the next day. This Is because that
Is (lie direction of the general ali
movement, 88 determined by the rota
tlon of the earth.
Why We Talk of Jin*
The word "Jinx” wag derived from
mythology. It refers to an evil geuius
or spirit which some superstitious peo
pie believe to be continually active
seeking to circumvent humans In their
undertakings and bringing failure
misfortune and bad luck.
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Why Ponies Are Small
Indian and Shetland pomes had as
ancestors large European horses. hut
lack of food made small size favorable
to existence, hence the species grad
ually became smaller ami smaller until
the modern types were developed.
Why Army Privates
Civilians not in public orttee or em
ployment were in olden times “private
persons.” and the term was extended
JNt SoUUsrs wit hout rack ^
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Ring’s Low-Down on J
Deep Subject %
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By RING GARDNER
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To the Editor;
It seems like as If it was up to me
to settle a big argument which ha •
occurred between Ai Mama us ale’
Jack Kieran. It must be exclaimed
that Mr. Kieran is one of the base¬
ball writers on the New York Times
and a prominent golf player, Mr
Mamaux is somewhat of a veteran
big league baseball pitcher, who used
to be the best singer in the big
leagues. The argument was reponed
by Mr. Harry. Salsiriger of tiie De¬
troit News. Sir. gaisinger is a ta..
skinny handsome brunette who looks
not unlike the writer only he has
taore hair.
Weil it seems like Mr. Marxians and
Mr. Kieran got into a fishing argu¬
ment namely, Mr. Mamaux claimed
that If you took a bucket, the bucke*
would weigh just the same like as
If no fish had been dropped Into it
"A live fish can’t possibly increase
the weight of water,” said Mr. Ma¬
maux. “A dead fish, that is differ
ent matter, because that would be
dead weight.”
Well they went to a laboratory In
Detroit where this bitter argument
started and asked the professor of
fish which was right and who was
wrong, so the professor said he would
make a lest but he didn't have no
live fish on hand that day and Mr.
Mamaux would not stand for no test
being made with a dead fish. Finely
they went to a fish market and they
had a tub full of water there weigh¬
ing 95 pounds and they found a fish
named Carp who weighed three
pounds au$ and they put it in tiie tub
then weighed the total which
weighed 97 pounds so Mr. Mamaux
claimed that clinched his argument
because in the first place the carp
was dead and in the second place he
only increased the weight of the tub
two pounds whereas the fish man ad¬
mitted that his weight before being
dropped into tiie tub was three
pounds.
“That shows how right I am,” said
Mr. Mamaux.
‘‘No It don’t,” retorted Mr. Kieran,
‘‘All it proves is that nobody with
any brains should ought to buy fish
from this market.”
Well friends the reason I feel
called upon to horn Into this argu
raent is that ali my life 1 been mak¬
ing a study of weights and displace
meats and etc., and I w!H give yo$. a
few facta to prove that It is a very
tricky subject and a person should
not ought to get into no argument In
regards to same unless they have
mastered It
If you will go Into a restaurant
and order a large glass of miik and
weigh It before you touch cup to lip
you will find that the total weight Is
about one ounce. Then if you will
wait a few moments till a fly drops
Into the glass and weigh it again, why
If the fly is just a common fly and
still alive you will find that the
weight of the entire project ain’t In¬
creased even one fly weight but if
the fly was dead when it -dropped in,
why then will he a increased weight
of 10 and no hundreds n. aims a spe¬
cially If the fly was a horse fly.
On the other hand if you take n
pall of water or beer and drop a live
rat In same, the weight of the pail
will increase exactly as much as tin
rat weighed in the first place and if
you make It two ruts, tiie weight will
increase pro rata. But if one or both
of the rats, happens to get drowned
they will come to the surface looking
like drowned rats and at the same
time proving that thev didn't weigh
nothing or they would of sank. Ir
la kind of dangerous to make this
test in a pail of beer ns the rats goes
right to It and are libel to reach the
singing stage.
The most conclusive test 1 ever
made along these tines was one time
when I took a night boat from N Y
to Albany on the Hudson river. First
it was necessary to weigh the rivet
and then the boat when it was empty
and afterwards when all tiie passen
gers got a board. Then I made ail
the passengers come Into the weigh
ing room and get weighed one by one
When the boat got to Albany the
next morning the river looked JuM
like It did the last time 1 was up
there.
prof. Surnp of Severe University,
New Hampshire, once made a exper!
ment which perhaps proves more than
the foregoing. He weighed all tiie
passengers that was going on a trip
from New York to Cherbourg and
then weighed them at! again when the
ship got to Cherbourg. They didn't
weigh nowheres near as much. Prof.
Sump was much Impressed.
(© by the Beil Syndicate. *nc.)
Dodging a Debt
“Well," said the lawyer to an nc
quaintance, “how goes the world with
you?”
“Splendid! Magnificent I” said tiie
other. "1 wish 1 could get away to
the races every day.”
“How's that?”
‘‘Oh, 1 went there yesterday and I
made $10,000.”
“That's very good indeed i” said tiie
lawyer. “And it’s rather fortunate
too, because Jones has come to me
about a little matter of $50 you owe
him. You might as well pay him now
mightn’t yon?”
“H-rn-n I" coughed the other. “I
am a little absent-minded sometimes
I said $10,0<H), but 1 meant $10. 1
simply put too many noughts cn the
end. Yes, it was $10—and l haven't
bwn able to get It ycC —Argonaut.
HOOVER E j ;
M i :
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Urges Expend'ture of Hundreds
of Millions on a Workable !
i
Program
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FAVORS HIGHER TARIFF WALL j
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Farmers Must Control and Adminis¬ !
ter Federal Farm Aid, Says
Candidate.
HOOVER ON FARM RELIEF: j
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An adequate tariff is the founda¬
tion of farm relief. j
Working out agricultural relief i
is the rrost important obligation of
the next Administration. i ,
The object of our policies is to ]
establish for our farmers an income
equal to those of other occupations.
Farming is and must continue an I
Individualistic business of small
units and independent owners up. ;
If the farmers' position is to be
improved by larger operations it j
must be done not on the farm, but !
:n the field ot distribution. j
Our platform lays a solid basis |
upon which we can build. It offers
an affirmative program. 1
Nature has endowed us with a I
great system of inland waterways.
Their modernization will comprise :
a substantial contribution to mid¬
west farm relief and development
of £0 interior stales. There is no
more vital method of farm relief. !
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Herbert Hoo
ver met the farm question fairly and
squarely in his Address of Acceptanee
at the Stadium of Stanford University
Nearly one-third of his address wa? j
devoted to this subject, which Hoover
termed "the most urgent economic
problem in our nation today.” He de
dared biuntiy that farm relief must :
not be delayed by any monetary con ;
siderations, urging that "a nation
which is spending ninety billions a
year can well afford an expenditure ot
a few hundred millions for a workable
program that will give to one-third ot
Its population their fair share of the
national prosperity.”
The candidate pledged himself to a
farm-aid plan in which farmers shall
themselves control and administer the
federal financial assistance which he
proposes to put into effect.
“The most urgent economic problem
in our nation today is in agriculture,'
he said. ‘‘It must be solved if we are
to bring prosperity and contentment
to one-third of our people directly and
to ail of our people indirectly. We
have pledged ourselves to a solution.
“In my mind most agricultural dls
eussions go wrong because of two
false premises. The first is that agrl
culture is one industry, it is a dozen
distinct Industries incapable of the
same organization. The second false
premise Is that rehabilitation will bt
complete when it has reached a point
comparable with pre-war. Aglicultute
was not upon a satisfactory basis bi
fore the war. The abandon: d farms
of the northeast bear their own test!
mony. Generally there was but little
profit tn midwest agriculture for mans
years except that derived from the
slow increases in farm land values
Even of more importance is the great
advance in standards of living of all
occupations since the war. Some
branches ot agriculture have greatly
recovered, but taken as a whole it i?
not keeping pace with the onward
march in other Industries.
Ca and Effect
“There are many ny cat causes for failure
of agriculture to win i full share ol
national prosperity. Ti after-war de
flation of prices not only brought great
direct losses to the farmer, but he
was often left indebted iu inflated dot
lars to be paid in deflated dollars
Prices are often demoralized through
gluts in oilr markets during the tsar i
vest season. Local taxes have been in
creased to provide the improved roads
and schools. The tariff on some prod
acts is proving inadequate to protect
hint from imports from abroad. The ,
increases in transportation rates since
the war has greatly affected the price
which he receives for his products -
Over six million farmers in times oi j
surplus engage in destructive competi
tioii with one another in sale of their
product, often depressing prices below
those levels that could be maintained. i
“The whole tendency of our civittza j
tion during the last 50 years has been
toward an increase in the size of the
units of production in order to secure
lower costs and a more orderly ad
justment of the flow of commodities
to the demand. But the organization 1
of agriculture into larger units must j
not be by enlarged farms. The farmer
has shown he can increase the skill ot :
his industry without large operations j
He is today producing 20 per cent
more than eight years ago with aboui j
the same acreage and personnel
Farming is and must continue to be
an individualistic business of smaii ■
units and independent ownership. The
farm is more than a business; it is x
state of living. We do not wish it con i
verted into a mass production ma j
chine. Therefore, if the farmers' posi !
tion is to be improved by larger opera 1
tions it must be done not on the farm j
but in the field of distribution. Agri !
culture has partially advanced in this
direction through co-operatives and
pools. But the traditional co-operative 1
is often not a complete solution. I
“Differences of opinion as to both !
causes and remedy have retarded the I
completion of a constructive program !
of relief it is our plain duty to search |
out the common ground on which wa
may mobilize the sound forces of agri
cultural reconstruction. Our platform
lays a solid basis upon which to build,
it offers an affirmative program.
Tariff and Waterways
“An adequate tariff Is the foundation
of farm relief. Our consumers increase
faster than our producers. The do
mestic market must be protected. For¬
eign products raised under lower
standards of living are today compet
ing in our home markets. I would use
my office and influence to give the
farmer the full benefit of our historic
tariff policy,
“A large portion of the spread be¬
tween what the farmer receives for
his products and what the ultimate
consumer pays is -due to increased
transportation charges. Increase in
railway rates has been one of tiie pen
aities of the war. These increases
have been added to the cost to the
farmer of reaching seaboard and for
eign markets and result therefore In
reduction of his prices. The farmers
of foreign countries have thus been in
directly aided in their competition
with the American farmer. Nature
has endowed us with a great system
of inland waterways. Their modern
ization will comprise a most substan
tfal contribution to midwest farm re
lief and to the development of twenty
of our interior states. This moderniza
ation includes not only the great Mis
sissippi system, with its joining of the
Great Lake- and of the heart of mid
west agriculture to the Gulf, but aiso
a shipway from the Great Lakes to the
Atlantic. These improvements would
mean so large an increment in farm¬
ers' prices as to warrant their con¬
struction many times over. There is
no more vital method of farm relief.
“But we must not stop here.
“An outstanding proposal of the Par
ty program is the whole-hearted
pledge to undertake the reorganization
of the marketing system upon sounder
and more economical lines. We have
already contributed greatly to this
purpose by the acts supporting farm
co-operatives, the establishment of in
termediate credit banks, the regula
tion of stockyards, public exchanges
ami the expansion of the Department
of Agriculture. The platform proposes
REPUBLICAN RECORD
Our problems of the past seven
years have been problems of re¬
construction; our problems of the
future are problems of construction,
They are problems of progress.
During these years our popula¬
tion has increased eight percent.
Yet our national income has in
creased 45 percent. The number
of families has increased 2,300,000
and v<e have built 3,500,000 new
and better homes. We have
equipped 9,000,000 more homes
with electricity, and through it
drudgery has been .lifted from the
lives of women. The barriers of
time and distance have been swept
away and life made freer and
larger by the installation of 6,000,
000 more telephones, 7,000,000
radio sets and the service of an
additional 14.000,000 automobiles.
By rigorous economy, federal ex¬
penses have been reduced two bil¬
lions annually. The national debt
has been reduced six and a half
billions. Taxes have been reduced
four successive times. We have
doubled savings deposits and near- ;
ly doubled life insurance.
President Coolidge has not only j
given a memorable administration. !
he has left an imprint of rectitude
and statesmanship on our country, j
to go much further, it pledges the
creation of a Federal Farm Board oi
representative farmers to be clothed
with authority and resources with
which not only to still further aid
farmers' co-operatives and pools and
to assist generally In solution of farm
problems but especially, to buihl u)
with federal finance, farmer-owned
and farmer-controlled stabilization cor
poratlons to protect the farmer from
the depressions,and demoralization oi
seasonal gluts and periodical sur
pluses.
Will Cost Money
“Objection has been made that this
program, as laid down by the Party
Platform, may require, that several
hundred millions of doila r s of -capital
be advanced by the Federal Goyern
ment without obligation upon the in
dividual farnief. With that objection
I have i it tie patience. A nation which
is spending ningty billions a year cat.
well afford an expenditure of a few
hundred millions for a u-orkable pro
gram that will gis.e to-one-third.of its
population their fair share of the na
lion's prosperity. Nor does this pro
posa! put the government into bus:
ness except, so fur, as it is called upon
to furnish initial capital with which to
build up the farmer to tiie control o*
his own destinies.
“This program adapts itself to the va
riable problems of agriculture not onlj
today but which will arise in the ft!
ture. I do not believe that any single
human being or any group of humai
beings can determine in advance all
questions that will arise in so vast ami
complicated an industry over a tern,
of years. The first step is to create
an effective agency directly for these
purposes and to give it authority anci
resources. These are solemn pledges
and they will be fulfilled by the Re
publican Party. It is a definite plan oi
relief. It needs only the detailed elab
oration of iegisiation and appropria
tions to put it into force.
“During my term as Secretary ol
Commerce I have steadily endeavored
to build up a system of co-operation
between the government and business,
Under these co-operative actions all
elements interested in the problem of
s particular industry such as maaufac-
turer, distributor, worker, and con¬
sumer have been called in council to¬
gether, not for a single occasion, but
for continuous work. These efforts
have been successful beyond any ex
peetation. They have been accom¬
plished without interference or regu¬
lation by the government. They have
secured progress in the industries,
remedy for abuses, elimination of
waste, reduction of cost in production
and distribution, lower prices to the
consumer, and more stable employ¬
ment and profit. While the problem
POINTS FROM HOOVER SPEECH
It shall be an honest campaign;
every penny will be publicly ac¬
counted for.
Having earned my living with
my own hands I cannot have other
than the greatest sympathy with
the aspirations of those who toil.
Our purpose is to build In this
nation a human society, not an
' economic system.
I Appointive office, both North,
j South, East and West, must be
j based solely on merit, character,
j and reputation in the community
j in which the appointee Is to serve.
Participation of women in poli¬
tics means higher standards.
Our workers can buy two and
often three times more bread and
butter than any wage earner In
Europe.
By biood and conviction I stand
for religious tolerance both in act
and in spirit.
Our foreign policy has one pri¬
mary object, and that It peace.
Government should not engage In
business in competition with Its
citizens.
varies with every different commodity
and with every different part of our
great country, 1 should wish to apply
the same method to agriculture so.
that the leaders of every phase of eaclk
group can advise and organize on poli¬
cies and constructive measurs*. I am
convinced this form of action, as It
has done In other Industries, caa
benefit farmer, distributor and con¬
sumer.
Greater Opportunities
“The working out of agricultural re¬
lief constitutes the most important ob¬
ligation of the next Administration. I
stand pledged to these proposals. Tha <
object of our policies is to establish \
for our farmers an Income equal to
those of other occupations; for the j
farmer’s wife the same comforts in
her home as women in other groups;
for the farm boys and girls the same
opportunities in life as other boys and j
girls. So far as my own abilities may
! be of service, 1 dedicate them to help
secure prosperity and contentment la
that Industry where I and my fore¬
fathers were born and nearly all my
family still obtain their livelihood.
“Tiie Republican Party has ever been
the exponent of protection to all our
i people from competition with lower
standards of living abroad. We have
always fought for tariffs designed to
establish this protection from import¬
ed goods. We also have enacted re¬
strictions upon immigration for the
protection of labor from the inflow of
workers faster than we can absorb
them without breaking down our wage
* levels.
“The Republican principle of an ef
ft'c;ive control of imported goods and
of immigration has contributed greatly
to the prosperity of our country. There
j is no selfishness in this defense of our
standards of living. Other countries
gain nothing if the high standards of
America are sunk and if we are pre¬
vented from building a civilization
) which sets the level of hope for tha
entire world. A general reduction in
, : the tariff would admit a flood of goods
from abroad. It would injure every
1 home, it would fill our streets with
idle workers. It would destroy the
returns to our dairymen, our fruit,
flax, and livestock growers, and our
other farmers.”
:
Prohibltion
On the subject of prohibition, Mr.
Hoover repeated his recent declara¬
tion: “l do not favor repeal of the
18th Amendment. I stand for efficient
enforcement of laws enacted thereun¬
der Our country has deliberately un¬
1 dertaken a great social and economic
experiment, noble in motive and far
reaching in purpose. It must ba
worked out constructively.” And be
added the following comment:
■
“Common sense compels us to re¬
alize that grave abuses have occurred
' —abuses which be remedied. In¬
must
vestigation can alone determine the
wise method of correcting them.
Crime and disobedience of law cannot
be permitted to break down the Con¬
stitution and laws of the United
States.
"Modification of the enforcement
laws which would permit that which
the Constitution forbids is nullifica¬
tion. This the American people will
not countenance. Change in the Con¬
stitution can and must be brought
about only by the straightforward
methods px-ovided in the Constitution
Itself. There are those who do not
believe in the purposes of several pro¬
visions of the Constitution. No one
denies their right to seek to amend
it. They are not subject to criticism
for asserting that right. But the Re¬
publican Party does deny the right
of anyone to seek to destroy the pur¬
poses of the Constitution by indirec¬
tion.
“Whoever is elected President takes
in oath not only to faithfully execute
the office of the President, but that
oath provides still further that he
will, to the best of his ability, pre¬
serve, protect and defend the Con¬
stitution of the United States I
should be untrue to these great tra¬
ditions, untrue to my oath of office,
were I to declare otherwise,” „