The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-14

business men will dismiss it wit
a sheer and simply claim that
is contrary to the unsuperable La
OF supply and demand. The lay
of supply and demand like othe
economic laws is what may b
considered a law of nature; an
a law OF nature is nothing more o
less than a statement of the re
suits that usually follow when tn.
forces of nature and events il
general are allowed to run thei
course without human regulation
or interference. The law of gravi
tation is one of them. Iron il
eight times heavier than waite
and should sink in obedience t.
that law; and yet the merchan
I disc of the world is carried il
steel and iron ships on every
ocean known to commerce. Air
planes, a thousand times heavier
than air, circle around the globe
in apparent defiance of the law OF
gravitation. Water naturally flows
down hill following the deepest
channel or coulee, yet we build
dams and canals and irrigation
bitches nearly following the level.
Contrary to the laws of Nature,
people now refuse to die from
scarlet fever, diphtheria and even
yellow fever. Human progress
consists very largely in rising a
bove the laws of Nature or other
wise avoiding the effect of their
blind, unregulated course The
protective tariff itself has for its
object to overcome the effects of
the economic Law CT supply and
demand.
Special Advantages of the
Allotment Plan
|. It would not tempt the pro-
Queer to increase his wheat acre
age: on the contrary. if would
plainly show what acreage is re-
CURED for the home market and
low unavoidable it would be to in
crease the production beyond that
requirement. Neither does it try
to develop price increase through
scarcity. In q world where mil
lions upon millions are starving,
this new gospel of riches through
scarcity is not one of universal
appeal. 1t is a resort to very
primitive methods and not the
employment of craftsmanship of
the highest order.
2. 1t would not give one pro-
Queer the equal benefit and ad-
vantages of the reduction in acre
age by some other producer. 1t
would bring home to each individ-
ual producer the results of his
own over-production. This is
Justice in the flesh with a big
in her hand and her eyes
open.
8. IT would not make the Gov
eminent a loser and the borrower
2 pauper as the present loan
policy is sure to do.
4. It would not encourage the
lse of low grade lands unsuitable
for wheat production; on the con-
-rary it would result in the selec-
ion of the lands best suited for
his crop. It would give the Ag-
'iculturaI College and the proper
authorities the opportunity of
selecting suitable lands for wheat
growing and even of exercising
some wholesome regulations over
'arming methods. This alone
would be a valuable %by-product of
he plan.
5. AS this allotment would be
,ased on the land itself and not
N the crop. it would equalize the
'eturns from wheat farming be
ween the good years and the
Door. 1t would be available even
n a year of total crop failure, and
serve as a sort of insurance a.
crop loss.
The Plan Would Bring Results
The plan may have its defects
md even it's unsound spots like
rice raising through a protective
ariff; but it is workable; it would
misunderstanding results, by
wheat farming somewhat
the same basis as other indus
1t would, to a considerable
Xtent, restore the farmers pur-
hasing power; and by so doing,
t would stimulate every other
inc of industry and business
throughout the United States. and
hereby reduce the deplorable un-
Employment in which millions up
millions of respectable citizens
now fostering.
How Soon Could the Plan Be
Made Effective?
If Congress, after due consider
tion, should see fit to try some
Ian along these lines and pass
be necessary legislation upon
onvening next December, the
Ian could be placed at least in
artial operation for the crops of
932. The unusual and distressing