The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-30

is only one that is in actual dis
tress, and that is wheat. Cotton
may be another to require aid.
So while the crops are numer-
Gus and the products almost un-
numbered there probably will be
no time when the attention of the
board will be directed to more
than a very few at a time. How
ever, all the time the board with
its great powers will be at work
to organize the whole industry of
agriculture to the end that emer-
gencies be prevented, but when
they do occur that agriculture be
organized, prepared, and disciplin-
ed to meet the problem effectively.
A realization of the difference
there is between this kind of a
situation where the farmer will
be organized, trained and ready to
meet a production or marketing
problem, and the situation which
always has existed heretofore
where every such problem has
had to be met in a disorganized
and helpless way, with the farmer
largely at the mercy of conditions
he could not control, will help to
show the change that is to be
brought about in the business
world of agriculture.
AS has been said, the new farm
relief law is the greatest construc-
tive piece of farm legislation ever
put upon the statute books of this
country or of any country in the
world.
Hands Tied on Tariff
The other part of the program,
namely, tariff protection to give
the farmer the home market, is
not as yet completed. In the
preparation of this legislation the
executive, under our form of gov
eminent and the rules by which
congress operates, does not have
the power to determine and shape
as he does in the preparation of
legislation such as the farm relief
law. Congress rules almost sup
rene in tariff legislation because
the interests of different parts of
the nation vary. No tariff law is
scientific in it's rates.
Because of diversity Of inter-
ests, tariff laws seem to be a
matter of compromise. The bill
which passed the house is only
the rough draft of the law that
will be sent eventually to the
president for signature. However,
far as protection to farm pro-
ducts is concerned, the house bill
gave more protection than was
ever proposed in a previous tariff
measure in the history of the
country. The objection to the
)ill is that it increased the rates
IN items other than agricultural.
The effect of these increases has
undoubtedly been much exagger-
tied and this has tended to bring
he bill into disrepute and cause
he country to overlook h e
eally meritorious features of the
MEASURE.
Tariff Aids Northwest
The bill does conserve to the
farmer the home market in
very effective way, especially
he northwest farmer, and under
IS sh~eltering protection the north
vest farmer is going to have a
.ew opportunity to prosper. An
effort, lead in large part
y northwest members, is being
lade to rid the bill of some of
s offensive increases, and there
good reason to believe that the F..
will succeed. ]
1t would seem to be only a fair {
nd reasonable prophecy, in view {
f the operation of these two fea- I
Tres of the farm relief program, |
, say that a new day is dawning
II agriculture, particularly for '
orthwest agriculture, and that
onditions are with certainty shap- {
lg themselves wherein the farm
: is to have new and unusual
DpOrtunitieS to prosper.