21 JULY 1928, Page 2

Meanwhile, Mr. Smith's courtship of the farmers is prospering, and

the New York correspondent of the Times says that on Monday sixty-three leaders of agri- cultural organizations in the Middle West passed resolu- tions' practically pledging them to the Democratic ticket. They passed other resolutions, condemning the continua- tion of the Coolidge and Hoover policies as designed " to industrialize the country at the expense of agri- culture." Mr. Hoover is still silent, but we shall, of course, see him riding the whirlwind after August 11th, when he is expected to make his first campaign speech and assure the country that Republicanism alone can guarantee prosperity. * * *