The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-20
GOVERNOR ASSAILS
ADMINISTRATIONS
AGRICULTURE POLICY.
Says Purchases Of Rye and
Other Products Abroad May
Bring Reputation

Unless the national administration
takes steps to halt purchases Of rye
from foreign countries, the people OF
North Dakota ARE going to repudi-
ate that leadership In ringing terms, I"
Governor william LANCER said Friday
as he pointed to q stack Of messages
from North Dakotans and from vari-
Gus parts OF the United States con-
graduating him on his action in de-
claring an embargo on wheat ship
ments from the state.
He is highly satisfied, he said, that
his embargo has practically the
unanimous support Of the people Of
North Dakota"
and telephone calls received" he said
as he displayed numerous messages.
"that an overwhelming number of
people are solidly back Of me In the
declaration of the embargo"
He stressed as major complaint
that the national administration per-
mits purchase Of rye from foreign
countries, declaring that unless this
is halted 1.-The world will know once
and for all that North Dakota people
are determined to fight for the inter-
ests Of the farmers Of the United
States"
Says Public Is Unanimous
Il was born In this state and never
before on any occasion have I seen
such unanimity Of opinion" the gov
ernor said.
1.-THE merchants. bankers and busi-
ness people Of this state are fighting
the farmers battle hand In hand.
They know that the farmer has been
given no code; they know that before
the embargo was declared the price
Of wheat was 40 cents 4 bushel. And
they realize that the embargo on
amber durum wheat and on spring
wheat already has had fine effect
on the market. They know, too, that
President Roosevelt is In need Of
every ounce of backing that he can
secure and that II the price Of wheat
and the products Of the farmer rise
and get up where they should be
that the NRA program will have q
very much greater chance Of success"
Governor LANCER said what he land
the farmers Of North Dakota cannot
understand" is why the president has
not had better success In dealing
with the farmers problems"
Why have the men in authority
at Washington only recently import
ed one million bushels of rye from
Canada with the duty paid for Chi
cago? he asked.
Claims Purchases Abroad
"Why have they bought one and
one-half million bushels from the
Argentine republic, with duty unpaid,
for Albany: why have they bought
six hundred thousand bushels of rye
from Poland for shipment to Albany
now en- route with duty still paid
why have they bought five hundred
thousand bushels Of rye from Hun
gary and why, in addition to these
purchases, have others totaling
roughly half million bushels more
been bought from Canada?"
In addition to that, LANCER con-
tinued, a few days ago, with the
farmers Of this state struggling for
an existence. fighting to maintain q
decent standard Of living" $4,000 me-
trio tons of rye were purchased from
Poland. This Is an equivalent to
very nearly million bushels more,
he added.
Zone thing is absolutely certain"
he continued emphatically. land that
Is just as sure as the sun rises In
the east. that II the administration
at Washington. whoever the persons
may be who are responsible, keep on
purchasing rye as they did only this
week from Hungary. Poland. Canada
and other foreign countries. that the
people Of North Dakota are going to
repudiate that leadership"
Stresses Farmers Problem
The governor stressed that the
president should be supported In his
recovery program. but that the time
has come to bring the problem of
the farmers welfare to a head II
recovery Is to become reality.
ut occurs to me-" he said, that
under the tremendous powers given
by the last congress to the president,
that when the daily newspapers an
nounced that American people are
afraid Of conditions here and are
sending their money to England and
other countries for afe-keeping, the
president and his advisors should
announce they will ask at the next
congress to take from such persons
the right Of citizenship"