Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-08-20
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AN OPEN LETTER TO
ARTHUR M. HYDE

Farmer Bill in The Wheat Grower
Dear Art:
| been goin' to write to you fer
quite a spell now but ! was too busy
shooin' grass hoppers to take my pen
in hand, and | didn't have any ink
anyway account of tn drouth which
increased my mortgages.
You know, Art, we're havln a neck
of a time out here in western North
Dakota an eastern Montana on account
of tn drouth an grasshoppers. Our
crops is all shot an when the grass
hoppers made a survey of tn situa-
ton they pulled stakes an looked for
greener fields, which they found in
the eastern part of North Dakota.
Now they is havin' a international
reunion an maxim such a cleanin' OF
tn crops that it wont be necessary fer
you to send out any crop reporters
because they amt nothin' to report
except a failure an tn farmers out
here can see that without their glasses
on
But what l wanted to get at is tn
fac. that we need some help out here,
specially in tn drouth area, and tn
restrictions you have placed on tn
government loans from the rehabili-
tation funds amt worth a whoop to
US fellers who amt got anythin' more
to mortgage. This is tn third year in
a row fer some of US in the crop fail
ure belt an the condition this year is
about tn last belt we can take on the
chin without gettin' some funds sos
we can keep our livestock and git seed
next spring.
You know tn Teller who's got Sc
curity left amt in near tn need for
aid as US poor devils who cant provide
security. We don't want to leave tn
farms but we want our old Uncle Sam
to give US a lift sos we can stay here
an put tn crop in next spring an
keep u cattle sos we can sell cream
an butter to buy u groceries with.
Under tn system of loans provided
by tn government we amt got q show
an we are just as honest b. conscien
tious as tn teller who has security.
We've just got tn bad breaks is all
an if given a chance We can again es-
tablish ourselves. We amt tryin' to
beat nobody. W.T. want to pay our
debts, but we can't beat an act of God,
an cant be blamed fer not havin feed
Ter our livestock or seed SOS we can
plant tn next crop.
believe it is in your power to linz
1T tn restrictions on government
loans. | am sure that every last one
of my neighbors would do his leve.
best to repay tn government if tn
government will be more liberal ar
let me an my neighbors borrow on ,
plain note payable next fall. 1t is tn
only way out fer US an / am sure our
creditors will be lenient with us ar
give US a chance If tn government
will do its part.
We want to keep sendin' our kids
to school. We know that taxes must
be paid to keep them in school. We
cant pay our part of tn taxes if we
are forced from our farms an pushed
into tn overcrowded cities where un.
employment is proving SO great s
problem already. We want to keeE
our families together where we car
work together an make our living. We
believe we a do these thing if oul
Uncle Sam will lend us a helpir
hand. 1t isn't charity we want. We
mercy want a chance to rehibilitatt
ourselves an to continue as respectful
citizens of this country. We believt
that we a take care of our food ane
clothing needs. Our good nelghbor.
who are more fortunate are willing