The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-03-27
Rural Editors In Three States
Of Northwest Join Drive
For Farm Relief.

tors who had got together to help
unite northwest sentiment for a
practical program of quick and i'm
mediate fran relief, comes this week
announcement of large group of
South Dakota editors who are join
ing the movement.
The list from South Dakota, to-
getl.er with the new names from Min
nesota and North Dakota, brings the
total sponsoring group up to 172
This is the largest group of rural
editors who ever got together in
America for the accomplishment of
particular purpse. And the purpose
is a worthy one indeed. The rural
editors are offering their services
in an effort to help unite northwest
sentiment behind practical and at
tainable measures of farm relief.
The editors have no axes to grind
and no purpose whatever except to
use their publicity and other influence
to arouse northwest sentiment to the
need of getting together, as the spe-
cial congressional session approach
es, behind some program of farm re-
lief that is practical and attainable.
We have previously published the
eleven points Of the program of farm
relief which the rural editors group
has suggested. However, just at this
particular. time, we suggest the wis
dom of uniting northwest sentiment
to demand of Congress, which meets
in special session April Is, that it
give attention to the carrying out of
the following program, believing that
such a prgram ought to be easy OF
attainment and that when adopted
it will Immediately start it's helpful
development of those conditions cal
.cuIated to render effective aid to agri-
culture:
First. Secure cheaper trans
prtation of goods to market.
Second Provide tariff suf-
fcient to reserve to the Ameri-
can farmer the American mar
ket.
Third. Maintain the purchas-
ing power of consumers.
Fourth. Eliminate wastes in
distribution.
Fifth. Stabilize farm prices.
Sixth. Study each farm COM
modify as a problem and plan
aid to meet it's particular diff
culties.
The editors believe that the above
program ought not to be controvers-
ial. All of the suggestions have at
one time or another been agreed on
by responsible farm groups as being
highly practical and that their adop-
ton will assist in the development OF
those conditions wherein agriculture
would find abundant opportunity to
prosper.
The suggestions being non-contro-
versial, highly practical and therefore
eminently desirable, there should be
ano opposition to them either in Con-
gress or out. Hence, if northwest
sentiment will unite behind them and
demand their adption at the coming
- congressional session, we editors be-
lieve Congress will hasten to act
favorably and to act promptly.
Thus the first long step will have
been taken. We will have got some
where. We will all have rendered
some effective help to our farmer
friends. :.
However, if we are Indifferent, II
we dispute and quarrel, if we per-
nit jealousy to raise its ugly head,
if we demand the impossible SO that
congress views the northwest as not
agreed and fighting among ourselves,
then there is going to be delay, dis
appointment and possibly failure.
Such a course will be heavy blow
to the farmers.
We editors in organizing the great
est publicity agency ever organized
on this continent and defeating 1t
unselfshly to the aid of our farm
brothers, believe that we have come
forward in an emergency and we are
offering our services without reserve
and without condition.
In furtherance of this program
with its wonderful possibilities OF
bringing immediate aid to agriculture,
we urge the people of the northwest
to unite with US in asking this pro-
gram of congress and OF backing our
congressman and the administration
in helping to secure it.
The following is list of the rural
editors who have come forward to
cooperate with rural editors from
NTH Dakota and Minnesota in urg-
ing this cooperative effort, this new
list bring the total number of spon-
soring editors up to i72,
F. w. Pynehsoa, Editor Journal,
Harold, South Dakota.
John B. Perkins, Editor Herald,
Highmore, South Dakota.
James G. Willis, Editor Miner
County Messenger, Howard, South
Dakota.
Fred G. Reeve, Editor Miner
County Pioneer Howard, South Dako-
ia.
Charles H. ]. Mitchell, Editor Hur-
onite, Huron, South Dakota.
j. H. Halliday, Editor Chief, Iro-
quois, South Dakota.
Walter G. Fox, Editor Graphic,
Kimball, South Dakota
CaSper Nohner. Editor ENTERPRISE,