Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — FARMERS FAVOR PLANKS IN PLATFORMS OF G. 0. P. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS FAVOR PLANKS IN PLATFORMS OF G. 0. P.

Indianapolis, Ind —General approval of the platform planks of the Republican party pertaining to the affairs of the farm and farmers has followed the publication of the party’s declaration of principles, it is announced at the headquarters of the Republican state committee here. The national platform plank on agriculture calling for the extension of credit and encouragement of the production and Importation of fertilizing materials has attracted wide support. The plank in the state platform on farms and homes which pledges the enactment of legislation designed to encourage ownership of farms is also endorsed by those interested in agriculture.