The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-30
FEDERAL FARM B0ARD--P0WERS,
PURPOSES AND POSSIBILITIES

Schnitzler, of Froid, delivered over
the new Westland radio station,
KICK, Wolf Point, as a part of
the formal opening program, We'd
nesday night, August 81, Senator
Schnitzler said:
Dear Radio Friends:
Some sage has remarked that
1--WE enjoy thoroughly only the
pleasure that we give" Install
ing this broadcasting station in
this progressive little city on the
Northeastern Montana plains, to
serve such a wide area, l know
that much pleasure will be derived
by it's listeners and in equal
will share with contribu-
tors to this system, and I want to
congratulate you all.
Assuming that nearly all of the
men, women and children who
are listening in tonight are either
tillers of the soil or make their
livelihood from the hands of those
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subject something which is upper
most in the minds of all of us just
now. 1t is the forming of the
Federal Farm Board, it's aims
and powers and it's possibilities.
If you will then lend me your at
tention for just a short period |
will give to you a short resume
In our own northeastern portion
of the state, owing to drouth, the
intensity of which we have not
experienced since it's settlement,
we are not up to normal in the
production of our main cash crop,
wheat, but you must realize that
what we have we have grown with
approximately four inches of
moisture.
Let us not be discouraged but
know that with intelligent labor
applied to these wonderful acres
of ours, we shall prosper and add
our bit to the material and spiritu-
al treasure. Let us use less
haste, do more summerfallowing,
grow more corn, a few good hogs
and COWS, plant more trees and
build more roads and thus fill our
niche.
The special session of congress
which recessed accomplished more
in the solution of the farm pro-
blem than is generally understood.
Before the session adjourns fin
ally in the fall, there is good
reason to believe it will have &C
complished a record along farm
relief lines that will make the
record popular throughout agricul-
tural America.
This prophecy is based on the
belief that the farm bill, now a
law, will grow in favor as it is
understood and the tariff bill, will,
when completed, justify it promise
of being a measure calculated to
give the farmer the home market
and give it to him to a degree
never before attempted in previous
tariff legislation.
Lasting Prosperity is Goal
The Hoover farm program as it
unfolds is evidently not something
temporary. 1t is designed to be
a great national policy, a program
with a foundation broad and deep,
and of a nature such that the
superstructure will have perman-
ence and stability. The president, 4,
it is believed by observers in :
Washington, is looking to the fu- !
ture of agriculture rather than
addressing himself to some tenn :
porary makeshift, the effectiveness 9
of which is likely to pass with :
C h in g conditions. There is
nothing of the sleight-of-hand in 9
the Hoover program. He is not :
so much interested in the price of ;,
wheat this fall as he is in the :
development of conditions that :
will lead with certaintf to the per- :
manent prosperity of the man !
who tills the soil. :
This is the reason why a major y
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fundamental of the farm program :
is that it be economically sound. :
1t is the inside reason why the :.
president stood out against the >
debenture scheme. :
He does not want to risk the :
future of agriculture on the altar .
of temporary expediency. =
Honesty of Purpose Disclosed
A politician would have bowed "
to the pressure, not to mention :,
the abuse, that came to him and =
for the acclaim of the moment !,
would have yielded, leaving the :
deluge for his %ccess and for !.
the disillusioned farmer. h e 9,
president, however, is not only :.
in his purpose and in his :.
thought, but he has the qualities
Of craftsmanship. 1t is know
ledge, more or less common at =,
the capitol, that the president =
would rather have his administra- :
ton go down in history with the =
record of having accomplished :
something substantial and per-
nanent for agriculture, than any
hing else. He feels that our ma tn
lion can never be really happy, it
and prosperous until a
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