The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-23
THINGS ARE COMING OUT.

ly, but they grind. -
Now that the American farmer ha
been skinned to the bone and ther'
IS little more to pick and feed int
the greedy NAV of the skinners, th'
word comes down the line that sale
farmer should dig himself out of the
hole into which he has been thrust
1t is his only way out, they say. He
is a damphool to expect government
or any other aid, is the gentle tip We
get from those organizations which
have been fattening on government
aid ever since the protective tariff
the sugar and other subsidies were put
in operation by the powers at Wash
ington.
The farmer has overcome his diff
culties in the past. He has weathered
panic after panic-stressful conditions
foisted upon him while he worked and
slept; and he is expected to deliver
himself and all the parasites from
the existent dilemma, without com
plant or help.
He will do his portion of this job,
but, in the meantime the country is
going to be greatly enlightened as to
the causes of his plight, in spite of
and by virtue of all that is being said
and done to obscure the real source
of the pollution.
In lengthy statement appearing in
Sunday's press Senator Gooding fur
Their explains his wheat guarantee bill
and gives his reasons for framing it..
He leaves out the important part the
tariff plays in the farmers troubles,
but gives us some other information
which should help the farmer wonder
fully in shaping his future plans, es.
pecially along about election time.
We quote from his statement two i'm
portant points, as follows:
s'To those who are afraid it would
be a serious thing for this govern
ment to stabilize the price of farm
products, again let us say, this gov
eminent has already stabilized or sub
idized about everything else in this
country with the exception of farm
products, or has sat idly by and per
mitted the great industrial institu-
tons to stabilize the price of their |
own products. This government sta
biized the price of silver, and very
properly so, in my Judgment, although
at cost to it of $56,725,000.
"And then through Legislation, con
gress stabilized the price of labor of
100000 men working upon the rail
roads by enacting Legislation which
increased the price of labor upon the
railroads LOG per cent. When con-
gress stabilized the price of labor up
on the railroads, it increased and sta
bilized the price of labor in every in
dustry in this country and upon the
farm as well.
And then congress passed the fed
eral control act and the Esch- Cum
minis act which brought about O hori-
zontal increase in the freight rates
on our railroads of IS per cent. Again
agriculture was Disseminated against
for no consideration was given as to
what a horizontal increase in freight
rates would mean to the agricultural
The discrimination agaist the
farmers of this country in freight
-ates is another reason why we should
nave great organization of the
wheat growers in this country. We
AVE not only stabilized labor on the
but we have stabilized the
'ailroads themselves.
"Then I find the government has
the great newspapers and
magazines and that every yea rit pays
nut of its treasury $72,000,000 more 9
han it receives for carrying second 9
lass mail. This government pays out
$4,000 every week for carrying a
Jingle issue of the Saturday Evening y
Post, and it costs the government $7,.'l
100000 more annually to distribute
he Saturday Evening Post than its !
wners pay to the government for its
transportation. All of the great news !.
'apers and magazines receive the ben !;
fit of our postal laws, and it is all 7
light to substitute the great newspa- :,
'ers by paying their transportation
ills, but when I introduced my bill to :,
tabilize the price of wheat, they saw :
he horns of socialism. !,
Practically all of the eastern SEN 4
tors and few of the western SEN
tors were for President Harding,s .
hip subsidy bill. I was for the bill \
or / am satisfied this country cannot
ave great merchant marine without i
government aid, the same as every r
ountry has given that has built up &
merchant marine. Many of the SEN
tors who were for the ship subsidy a
Ill seemed to be quite willing to sta :,
liize freight rates on the ocean and :,
n the railroads, but when it came to
bill to stabilize the price of wheat 7
hey, too, saw the horns of socialism. .,