Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-03
Valleyite Ponders
Oliver Possible Farm
Relief Legislation
To The Herald.

To The Herald:
With the intense e~arnestness of
our president-elect in the farm
problems, and with plans under
way for a special session Of con-
gress to bring about helpful legis-
lation IN relieving the farm Situa-
ton, we are wondering how the
farmers pulse is by this time.
Truly after all these years Of be-
ing lett out of all that should be
coming to him, we are not sure
whether all this will renew farm
erS' hopes and quicken" his pulse,
or will it be such a shock it will
glue him to the spot.
However, it seems great that our
president-elect is not overwhelmed
by the immensely Of the task, and
our memories serve us well in
bringing to nina the huge tasks
Mr.. Hoover has already mastered
under extraordinary circumstances.
Tariff protection, cheaper trans
portatiOn, elimination Of waste in
distribution, greater stability in
prices, is a great program for our
preSident-elect to give out.
Then we heard someone say: We
farmers won't need to do anything
at all with such a great man for
president, and a great program al
ready mapped out" Yes, it will be
very likely people VIII be falling
over themselves to hand the farm
er gobS Of things. Anyway, it ap-
pears the farmer is very much in
cluded in the scheme. And great
leaders have great ways Of having
each Il do their bit.
After he has protective tariff to
preserve home markets and safe
guard the farmer from competition
with cheaper transportation, and
elimination Of waste in distribu-
ton, he weaveS the farmer into the
program by saying he Will endea-
0 to set up government frame
work in a federal farm board to
assist in the marketing. Ny.
Farmer, it looks as if you would
miss the time of your life if you
are not ready to enter into the
program. That this federal farm
board shall assist in storage facili-
ties, eve hope cold storage in the
SOUTH, ETC., he says ito build up
with initial advances Of capital.
from government, farm owned and
farm controlled sterilization and
corporations which will protect the
farmer from depression and de-
moraliZation of summer and per-
iodic SURPRISES" Quoting from the
San Antonio News, President-elect
Hoover means by this pledge to
give agriculture something it has
never had before, namely the COM
plete and unlimited, physical, fl
nancial and moral assistance by
the government in putting the in
dustry on a sound basis.
He says further: mo such far
reaching and specific proposal has
ever been made by a political party
on behalf of any industry in his
tory. He points out that the
operation depends on the farmer
himself and puts the government
in it's real relation to the citizen
| that of cooperation" At the pres.
ent we note market quotations II
The Herald as being dull, draggy
no demand, light wire inquiry
Then we hear people saying there
| is an over-production and produc'
ton must be cut down. This is no
| true, but the producer is held III
| from the consuming public.
For instance, just recently I re-
| ceived a letter from a friend wht
lives in Wichita, Kans., saying they
| were buying our cabbage in WITCH
tia at 7 cents per pound-S140 PEI
| ton. Is it any wonder there is
| light wire inquiry or no demand
for cabbage? The average con
| sumner finds such a price prohibitivt
and only those who have a small
family or are well-to-do can dea
in such fancy priced articles. While
| here at home cabbage rots in thu
field or sells ali SO or S12 per ton
Another incident came under my
personal observation two years ago
| Beans were selling here at $1.2;
| per hamper or less. I wrote my
son who was in a retail grocery a.
Winfield, Kans., asking if there
might be a chance to get better
price for beans by sending them di-
rect to the retailer. Answer was,
Don't think we could handle
them. We retail beans at zoe pei
pound. We only buy ten pounds al
a time, so little demand" Again
price prohibition to average con-
sumner while here beans were de-