1. No Markets and no money for their produce.
2. I would like to know if at the end of this speech Roosevelt proposed a solution for the problem. so I would ask. Did Roosevelt propose a solution for this problem? Did it work? What the farmers were doing with their products since they couldn't sell them?
3. "the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side;" This is a simile to understand or visualize the state of the economy. *; This metaphor represents how the state of the economy of the moment is dying, it is in decline.
"In such a spirit on my part and yours, we face our common difficulties." This introductory phrase tells the audience that it is a problem that concerns everyone, this attracts the attention of society and they are moved by the speech.
4. Our ability to pay has fallen; the government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income
The savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.
5. any other marks or notes to help you understand the passage.
Some other marks that can help you understand the speech are
"In such a spirit on my part and yours, we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things"
"Our ability to pay has fallen; the government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income..."
All this information is important since it gives you visual and emotional feelings about the problem presented.