The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-03-20
MR.. HOOVER'S PROGRAM

MR.. HOOVERS PROGRAM
president Hoover has called congress in
special session to consider farm relief. The
session will convene April Is. The follow
ing general way will undoubtedly be the presi-
dents recommendations:
First. Secure cheaper transportation of
goods to market.
Second Provide tariff sufficient to re-
serve to the American farmer the American
market.
Third Maintain the purchasing power of
consumers.
Fourth. Eliminate wastes in distribution.
Fifth. Stabilize farm prices.
Sixth. Study each farm commodity as pro-
blem and plan aid to meet it's particular Difficult
ties.
He expects to attain these detectives by three
laws groups of laws
First. He would complete soon as prac-
ticable system of inland waterways some 12,-
600 miles in length which would traverse the Mis-
sissippi Valley north and south, east and west,
as we'll as give the upper valley and the North
west shp-canal access to the Atlantic. He be-
lieves that this great system would substantially
reduce freight rates on farm products, as well
as encourage the building of new industries in the
valley and thus aid in absorbing locally large
farm production in that region.
Second He would place marked increases
of tariff upon those imports of soil-grown pro-
ducts which he can grow in America, and which
now come in, he says, to the extent of some two
billion dollars year.. Thus the farmer would
diversity his production, secure for himself the
American market, and relieve existing export
able surplusses. The tariff on manufactured
products Mr.. Hoover contends, makes it possible
for industries to pay such wages as pro-
q vide standard of living for workers (which per-
mits them to purchase all the food they can eat"
America is the only country in the world, he says,
where this is true
Third Mr.. Hoover's third and most far
reaching method of farm relief is to create
Federal farm board with wide powers of investi
cation into all farm questions,a land in addition
broad authority to act power to assist, and funds
necessary to support all it's activities and powers
with reference to the development of co-opera-
tive marketing, clearing houses for agricultural
products, and adequate warehousing facilities.
'In particular the board is to build up with
initial advances of capital from the Govern
ment, farmer-owned and farmer controlled
sterilization corporations which will pro-
tect the farmer from depressions and the
decentralization of summer and periodic sur
plusses," he has said.
In this way he would expect to gain the other
three detectives in his program; that is, to
stabilize farm prices, eliminate waste in dis
tribution, and meet the particular needs of diff
ferent products.
This entire program of Mr.. Hoovers should
be enacted as speedily as possible and adopted in
all it's aspects. It is both pledge and an ex-
periment-a pledge to give due attention to what
Mr. &c
of economic problems presented to our people"
and an experiment in the sense that only by trial
we be sure of the adequacy of even we'll
reasoned and economically sound" program for
farm relief
The Minnesota plan of farm relief, sponsored
by this paper and 100 other rural papers in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, embodies
all of these suggestions, approves them as being
sound and practical and in particular believes
that they are ATTAINABLE-tha is if we here
in the northwest get back of them and boost for
Them Let's get together to help the president
accomplish something for agriculture.
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DEATH COMES AGAIN
VOR the second time in the short period of
few weeks Redwood County has discover
ed to its sorrow how terribly uncertain is
life and how swift death may be. This time the
victim was CHEEKY Max Johnson of Milroy, known
countrywide and liked wherever he was known
To those Of us who knew "Max' the day be-
fore yesterday the day before that it seems
impossible that for him there is no earthly to-
morrow-that what was good nature, good cheer
and desire to be kind to all about him is now
silent-gone!
Even to us, his acquaintance and friends,
the realization comes with an utmost unbeliev-
able overwhelming suddeness and brings with
it much sadness and regret that SO useful and
lovable personality has been swept away. To