The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-10-10
WE LIKE SCHMIESING

sioners for the past several years, we can
see no reason for the people of the first
commissioner district to wish to substitute
someone else on that board for George
Schmiesing who has served well and faith
fully as their representative for the past IL
years or more.
George is a substantial citizen, stands
squarely on his feet and is weighty in opin-
ions as well as in physique. His work on the
board has shown all these qualities. 1t has
been based upon a knowledge of the needs
and capacities of his district and county, and
colored always with broad charity for the
county's unfit and its dependent charges.
We have watched the work of the COM
missioner with the good old Tentonic name
and accent as he has served both as private
soldier in the ranks of the board and occa-
sionally as it's leader in his capacity of vice
chairman when the chairman, John Arends
CHANGED to be absent.
We have liked what we have seen of
that work as it has appeared in the official
proceedings of the body, in the accounts of
action taken there and in the manifestations
of that action out over the county. To us
being a commissioner has always appeared
as hard, thankless task, to be undertaken
only by one willing to make sacrifices that
his county might be served.
That willingness, plus big bunch of
ability, plus liking for hard work, plus
temperament that refuses ever to be STAMP
eded make up the composite man known as
George Schmesing." His record on county
government is clear, clean and capable. We
see no possible reason why he should be sue
ceeded by one who, however good his quail
ties may be, has, of necessity to pass through
long period of learning the ropes. Economy
alone, demands his return if no other factor
of his reelection were to be considered.
This is not just matter for the voters
of the first district to decide although theirs
is the final decision. But since it affects
the affairs of government of the entire
county the Gazette feels justified in having
thus freely spoken its mind.
HOOVER AND THE FARM BUREAU
N n INNESOTA has been all excited the
N past several weeks because j. F.
Reed, for many years head of it's
Farm Bureau and acknowledged leader Of
farmers, left the beaten path and is now
general of Smith for President forces in
Minnesota
In the face of this action which is how
ever sincere, shows much bad judgment on
Mr.. Reeds part, it is encouraging to find
that former president of the Farm Bur-
eau of the great State of Iowa is an advo-
cate for Mr.. Hoover's election and gives
good and substantial reasons for that advo-
cacy as he sees Hoover from the agricultur-
al hilltops.
The man is j. R. Howard, of Clemens,
Iowa and this is. how he reasons.
"First-Mr. Hoover did not fix
the wartime price of wheat. AS
Food administrator, he did suggest
that there be guaranteed minim-
UNI price, SO that patriotic grow
ers, redoubling their energies for
the purpose of winning the war,
might be protected against finan-
cial disaster, should hostilities sud-
denly cease.
"Second-The minimum price
was set at 1920 by President Wood
row Wilson, upon recommendation
of a committee predominantly
made up of farm members. The
committee agreed upon this figure
as being fair to both producer and
consumer. Mr.. Hoover at his
own express wish, took no part in
the deliberations of this commit
tee, nor did he offer any opinion
as to what the guaranteed price
should be-
'Third-The American farmer
received more for his wheat, thru
this guaranteed price, than would
have been possible otherwise.
True, wheat had gone to more than
three dollars in a speculative boom
in the spring of 1917, but that was
after the crop had passed out of
the farmers hands, and the big
profits went to the spectators.
"Fourth-The Hoover plan ell
minated the Spectator from the
market. Thereafter the farmer
got the full price, and knew that
his wheat, when marketed, could
not sell below highly profitable
figure.
"Fifth-If there had been no
guaranteed American price, and no
United States Grain corporation to
do the purchasing, the Allies, thru
pooling their buying power, would
have forced American export wheat
down to something like a dollar
and half bushel for both the
1917 and 1918 crops.
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