The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-09-07
Committee Organized
To Get Farm Relief
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was going but felt that it had some
place to go. Organized to cooper
ate with all Government agencies
to facilitate and aid farming in
terests in every way possible. The
first general meeting was wheat
allotment control meeting held
Aug. for the immediate district
adjacent to Sank Centre. A second
wheat allotment meeting was held
in August and several committee
meetings, that of August IT being
attended by 40.
The committee, originally having
six members, has now grown to a
membership of over 40, with execu-
tive committees or councils at Sank
Centre, Brooten and Belgrade for
the handling of drouth and hail re-
lief applications. These executive
committees were found necessary
because it would be impossible for
one central committee to- intelli-
gently pass upon all applications
from the sixteen townships which
the general committee will prob
ably cover for feed relief applica-
tionS for those farmers who are
short of feed and unable to buy.
These 16 townships include four
in Todd county and it was intended
to cover Sank Centre trade territory
in Pope county but there now be-
ing Pope county relief organiza-
ton, the entire county may be
handled from Glenwood.
The problem of getting relief and
the proper distribution of the same,
will probably be the main work of
the committee for most of the
winter. Since organization the
committee has been in touch with
Washington officials, several con-
gressmen, Gov. Olson and others.
AT the present time, the committee
= is most anxious to obtain Federal
as we'll as State assistance, and at
this time it appears that some ad-
ditional aid along this line will be
obtained. The magnitude of the
problem can best, be shown when
conservative estimates place 1000
farmers needing help in the western
half of Stearns county. On the av-
erage, these farmers need a mini
mum aid of at least $4,000 each, in
other words $1OO,0O0.00 is the mini
mum requirement and this could
easily grow to double that amount.
The committee has applications
from the State Executive Council.
VIM. H. Lamson, secretary of the
IN
Centre Friday, commended the
Community Club highly for the or
ganization which had been set up
and stated that the Executive Coun-
Gil would be glad to cooperate as
far as possible with this committee.
The drouth relief bulletin drawn up
by the Council is as follows: 49,.
The Executive Council of the
State of Minnesota, which is
composed of Governor Floyd B.
Olson, Secretary of State Mike
Holm, State Auditor Stafford
King, State Treasurer julius A.
! Schmahl, and Attorney Gener-
! al Harry H. Peterson, has made
an appropriation of $4,000 for
drouth relief, mostly to cut and
bale hay, and will make ad-
ditional appropriations for
grain as needed.
The purpose of this relief is
to help farmers carry on who
would otherwise have to give up
or to sacrifice their foundation
stock of mich cows and brood
sows. It will not be given to
those who can get help by the
use of their credit, nor will it
be given even to the needy for
the purpose of feeding or fat
tening surplus stock. Herds
must be cut down to a reason
able amount of breeding stock.
To those who do not have and
cannot get feed for such stock
the state will give both hay
and grain, free of charge, in
such amount as may be allotted
by the county committee and
approved by this Council.
No note will be asked or re-
quired. Those who wish to give
a note due November 1, 1894,
without interest, may do so, but
pdylQ6QL VI any SUCH hOIC Will
be optional, as the state cannot
enforce payment. Therefore,
the giving of note will not en-
courage the giving of relief.
All needy will be treated alike.
A drouth relief committee
has been named in each county.
Applications for relief must be
filed-with that committee upon
blank forms furnished by the
Council. They must be sworn
to before a notary public, town
clerk or justice of the peace.
The county committee is an adj
visory committee. It will check
each application promptly and
either reject it or make recon-
mendation of the amount to be
allowed.
AS to hay, the state does not
know yet how much it will get
to distribute. Most of it will be
wild hay cut in northern
swamps. It will be furnished
first where roughage is needed
most and then to the others.
If there is a surplus it will be
sold at about cost. Both hay
and grain will be shipped in by