Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-05-03
McNARY-HAUGEN BILL
is PASSED BY SENATE
By H. G. Teigan
Farmer-Labor Press Service

The measure received the support
of practically all senators from the
west and northwest. 1t also received
a majority of the votes from the
southern states. Of the supporters
of the bill "a are Republicans, Is
Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor. The
opponents of the measure are IA Re-
publicans and Democrats.
1t will be seen that the Democrats
supported the measure by a majority
of better than to 1. while the Re-
publicans failed to give the bill a
majority of ? to 1.
Same As In 1927.
The bill just passed by the senate
is in substance the same as that en-
acted two years ago and vetoed by
President Coolidge. The bill as pass
ed creates federal farm board con-
sisting of the secretary of agricul-
ture and IL members, one each from
the IL federal land bank districts.
The IL members are to be appointed
by the President and confirmed by
the senate. The board is directed
to create an advisory council for each
commodity. There would be seven
such councils representing each of
the major farm products.
In the case of cotton it was given
a preferred status. This was done
at the request of southern senators.
There will accordingly be provided
100000 out of a total of $780,
100000 to make the law operative
on cotton.
Fight On Fee Defeated.
There was a fight made to strike
out the equalization fee provision,
but the attempt failed. The equal
ization fee is claimed by supporters
of the measure with being absolutely
essential to its success. Without the
equalization fee farm organization
leaders have contended that the bill
might as we'll be forgotten. Several
Influential members of the senate
who are vitality interested in farm
relief are, however, opposed to the
equalization fee provision. Promin-
ent among these are Senators Borah
and BrOOkhart. Of course the vast
majority of those opposing the equal
ization fee provisions are in fact OPP
posed to any form of farm relief and
their pretended opposition to the
equalization fee is pretext to strike
at the very heart of the measure
itself.
In the case of Brookhart it is OBJ
vious that no one can challenge his
sincerity or loyalty to the farmers
cause. There is no man in the Unit
ed States senate at the present time
who is more directly interested in
legislation for the farmer than is the
senator from the Hawkeye state.
BrOOkhart Slams Dawes.
In this connection it is interesting
to note what Mr.. Brookhart has to
say with reference to some of the
pretended friends of the McNary-
Haugen measure. Vice President
Charles G. Dawes has for some time
been an advocate of the McNary-
Haugen bill. In view of Mr.. Dawes
record in the past it should cause no
surprise to learn that Brookhart
questions the formers sincerely in
regard to the farm relief bill. Mr..
BroOkhart maintains that the friends
of Mr.. Dawes hope that President
Coolidge will veto the bill in order
that it may be kept alive as a "politi-
cal football for boosting Dawes into
the presidency"
Those who are at all informed on
the records of Dawes, Lowden, Cur
tbs, Watson and others of the candi-
dates who are now boosting the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill, know that not one
of them is a true friend of the farm
er. In fact, the entire list named
above does not contain the name of
one sincere friend of the farmers
cause.
A Fine Pair.
Curtis and Watson are among the
most reactionary members of the SEN
ate. Years back it will be remem-
bered Senator LaFollette went to
Kansas and showed up Curtis with
the result that the latter was defeated
for denomination to the senate by
Jos. L. Bristow. Later the Repub-
lican machine, backed by powerful
financial interests, succeeded in get
ting Curtis back in the senate. AS
for Watson, it will also be remem-
bered that in the Mulhall exposures
of dozen years ago, he was shown
to have been engaged by the National
Manufacturers association to drive
from public life, the progressives in
both houses of Congress. On a list of
those defeated was no less man than
Charles A. Lindbergh, then Congress-
man from the sixth district of Mime
sofa.
The McNary-Haugen bill will I'M
doubtedly pass the house and it will
also very probably be vetoed by the
President. 1t may seem unkind to
suggest it, but facts indicate that
many of those who voted for the bill
in the senate and who will vote for it
in the house, are doing so purely for