The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-10-31
FEDERAL FARM
BOARD AT WORK


$ and the next decade.
:. Somewhat solemnly these men let
= the President for their Temporal
j. quarters IN great Washington hote
! There, behind closed doors with at
PENDANTS struggling to keep back
mob OF well-wishers and favor-seek
ers, they went into conference on tn,
biggest economic question facing Am
erica today. No doubt they were ;
bit perplexed. Who would not be
know that they approached thei,
task with a feeling of humility sci.
dom found in a body of men suddenly
exposed to the public glare. For I'D.
on them rests a major share of res.
possibility in making good the prom
lses to agriculture of the Hoover adj
ministration.
But to aid them, Congress gave the
Board the broadcast grant of power
they had ever conferred. Although
authorized to help farming in a num-
Der Of ways, no method was made
mandatory; the Board members were
allowed to use their own judgment
as to what parts of the Act should
or should not be invoked. Also Con-
gfess placed at their disposal the
huge sum of half billion dollars.
While the board members were
holding their first session, self-seek-
ing men of the promoter type were
active in country districts OFFERING
membership contracts to farmers
tmaking wild promises, and arousing
great expectations). On that same
day the Federal mails transmitted
hundreds Of letters from job hunters. i
Other hundreds in person were on
their way to Washington to lay their
applications before the Board. The |
mails and wires also carried MANY
requests from cooperati.'es for loans
to tide them over crises. Many of
those applications should have been
directed to other agencies of govern
ment; but general confusion existed
In the minds of people as to the ma I
ture of the Boards activities. and
anxious executives were overlooking
no opportunity to receive help. Mean /
while, out in the open spaces bv !
amplght and starlight, farm people
we're discussing what the Board was
going to do about the price of wheat. +
Nine Representative Men
Before we take up that and other {
questions, let US become acquainted c
With the men whom President Hoov ]
r chose to administer this great ag- t
ncy of aid and direction. i
Under the law each Secretary of a
agriculture is to be a member ex of il
lcio of the Board. Hon. Arthur M. v
iyde, the present secretary, was in A
reduced to the public by many ma e
lonal magazines during the past few
nonths, as lawyer by profession. L
tut he has operated farming proper c
les for many years near his home f
ommunity of Spencer, Missouri. He n
erved the people of his state as gov II
rnor. Mr.. Hyde is an alert gentle Il
ian of engaging personality, a good
steiner, and shrewd judge of men. v
lie thinks clearly and moves careful p
7, but with decision marking every
love While he has been in the Cab is
let only a few months, he has al SC
eady endeared imself to the en-. in
loyees with whom he has come in to
intact by his kindness and his abb pc
lty quickly to grasp problems and fl
make clear-cut, constructive de- A
sions. =,
Alexander Legge Of Chicago is al
Ialrman of the Board. Mr.. Legpe Y,
tall, gray-eyed, weather-beaten at
esterner of Scottish descent. Born di
farm, he early came to know be
th its hardships and its amenities. vi,
lille youth he tried his hand at
W-punching Later he took his first ex
"n Job as collector for the old Nc br
'rmick company He soon discover ed
that his was no white-coIlar Job. Fa
ne spent all of his time in rural az
jtricts. AS collector he became op.
acquainted with the prob fan
MS and financial griefs of the grain ma
rmers. He rose steadily in the i'm or,
'ment business and became head of
international Harvester Com wa
ny, drawing salary of 500, 900 TIL
year. Genial, forceful, careful but chi
,gressiye, he knows how to say Ma
n yes" and mo-. In doing so he rio;
netimes draws upon a vocabulary on
expletives as picturesque as that 81
stored by the esteemed ambassa- feet
TO England, Charles G Dawes. tho
Is Is his second government Job. of
ring the war he was on the War this
ustries Board, serving for a dol Oar
year. He claims that the gov cest
ment still owes him seventy-five Ju,l