The dust storms which have been ravaging various areas in the Mississippi River basin seem to have been timed by nature to make the human beings who inhabit the vast middle section of North America take serious and earnest notice of the reports of the National Resources board and of the Mississippi Valley Committee. These reports were made in December and January. Congress, made tardy by the yammerings of inflationists and near-cranks, has dawdled along with the bill, disregarding the appalling facts brought out by the committee as to what is happening.
Wind erosion is said to have done millions of dollars damage in the last two or three weeks.
No act of man can permanently halt this flow, nor even diminish it to an appreciable degree. The water must come down - we could not stop it if we would. No better use for the unemployed can be found than to salvage the wealth of soil being wasted by wind and flood waters and in saving a million square miles of once splendid agricultural land from becoming a desert. Your comments will be sent to the editorial department . They will not be made public unless you give permission.