The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-11-03
Federation's QUESTIONABLE on
National Legislation Re-
ceives Many Responses

Predictions that farmers are go
ing to split" their votes on Nov.
8 and vote for the man rather than
the party are made by officials of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau, who
have spent a great deal of time
afield in the past few weeks work
ing on behalf of Amendment No. 1,
the income tax amendment.
Judging from replies received to
the Farm Bureaus national legis-
lative questionable, it will be posi-
BILE for farmers to vote for candi-
dates on any of the three state
tickets or split their votes three
ways and still support men who
will support farm legislation, as
QUESTIONABLE replies indicate con-
siderable personal latitude on the
part of candidates, and party lines
apparently do not exist so far as
farm relief legislation is concerned.
In the main, candidates are favor
able to the farmers legislative pro-
gram, as set forth in the question
-aire sent out on behalf of the go.
600 members of the Minnesota
Farm Bureau.
The QUESTIONABLE, showing the
farm bureaus attitude and the at
titude of the congressional candi-
dates, follows:
Shall federal appropriations for
agriculture be increased, decreased
or maintained? The farm bureau
believes they should be maintained.
Candidates holding similar views
are Victor Christgau, Robert C. Bell,
Conrad G. Selvig, Magnus Johnson
Harold Knutson, Emil E. Holmes,
Einar Hoidale, John p. Coughlin,
August Andersen, Theodore Chris
Hanson, Silas M. Bryan, J. A. A.
Burnquist and c. F. Gaarenstroom.
John Bowe believes they should be
increased and N. ]. Holmberg holds
that they should be decreased. Mr..
Christgau, incumbent from the old
first district, is a sticker candidate.
Shall the federal marketing act be
maintained. The farm bureau be-
neves that it should, and it's opin-
ion is shared by Christgau, Bowe,
Bell, Selvig, Holmberg, johnson,
Holmes, Hoidale, Coughlin, Andre
sen and Knutson. Nolan and Bry-
an believe that the act should not
be maintained.
Shall the marketing act be
amended to include the equaliza-
ton fee, the debenture plan or the
allotment plan? The farm bureau
holds that it should be amended to
include the equalization fee, its
views being shared by candidates
Bowe, Knutson, Bell, Selvig, Holm
berg, Johnson, Hoidale, Coughlin,
Andersen, Gaarenstroom Christgau
and Nolan. Bell, Selvig, Johnson,
Coughlin and Christgau hold that
it should include the debenture and
the allotment plan is favored by
Selvig, Christianson, Gaarenstroom,
Christgau and Bryan. 1t will be
noted that some of the candidates
favor all three plans to buttress up
the marketing act.
Should the powers of power COM
panies be curbed, by government
regulation or by government own
ership? The farm bureaus views
favoring government regulation are
shared by Bell, Selvig, Holmberg
Knutson, Holmes, Hoidale, Cough
lin, Christianson, Christgau, Burn
quist, Andersen, Gaarenstroom and
Nolan. Belief that the government
should own public utilities is held
by Bowe, Johnson and Bryan.
Shall Philippine independence be
granted, either absolutely or con-
ditionally? The farm bureaus view
In absolute independence is held by
Bowe, Knutson, Bell, Selvig, Holm
berg, johnson, Hoidale, Coughlin
Bryan, Nolan, Christgau, Burnquist,
Christianson, Gaarenstroom and
Andersen. Holmes believes in con-
ditional independence.
The farm bureaus Endorsement
of a national governmental land
utilization policy is shared by all
candidates who responded to the
farm bureau QUESTIONABLE. All re-
porting candidates also share with
the farm bureau a belief in the ne
ceSSity for national maternity ana
infancy law similar to the Shep-
pard-Towner Act.
Question eight asks the candi-
dates whether they favor having
the federal government provide fol
re-financing of farm loans on long
er time amortized basis with lower
interest rates, either through some
measure similar to the Frazier bill
or through revision of the federal
farm loan system. The farm bur-
eau favors both alternatives. Can
didates Bowe, Christgau, Knutson,
Bell, Selvig, Johnson, Holmes, Hoi-
dale, Gaarenstroom and Bryan IA
vor the Frazier bill, while Hoidale
Christgau, Andersen, Holmberg
Selvig and Knutson favor revision
of the farm loan system.
Should the present monetary sys-
tenn be changed. The farm bureaus
belief that it should be changed is
shared by all reporting candidates
except Mr.. Burnquist.
Should the Federal Reserve
Board be given authority to stabil-
ize commodity prices by the regula-