Warren G. Harding: “The demand for lowered costs on farm products and basic materials can not be ignored.”

There is actual depression in our agricultural industry, while agricultural prosperity is absolutely essential to the general prosperity of the country.

The base of the pyramid of civilization which rests upon the soil is shrinking through the drift of population from farm to city.

With all my heart I wish restoration to the peoples blighted by the awful World War, but the process of restoration does not lie in our acceptance of like conditions.

It were better to, remain on firm ground, strive for ample employment and high standards of wage at home, and point the way to balanced budgets, rigid economies, and resolute, efficient work as the necessary remedies to cure disaster.