Milford chronicle., 1933-05-12
THINK OVER PROBLEMS
Critical Issues

: Ordinarily big problems of gov
ernment may be summed up by COM
ments concerning a few outstanding
problems. But with the present sit
uation that involves direct contact
between the President and the lead
ers of the European governments
over war debts, tariffs and the kind
of money the United States will make
and use, the situation is more COM
pick right now than it was in war
days. -....
Despite big breaks in opposition
to some of the Roosevelt policies
there is the same abiding faith in
President Roosevelt that was voiced
so loudly in the halls of Congress
at the very beginning of his admin
istration. The only difference is that
some of the ADLER Senators and Rep
resentatives are ready to call halt
on the race to Vacate their powers
and their duties by passing the
buck" to the President of the United
States. In short Congress, is grad
ually recovering from its dispOsi-
| tiOn to lend itself as a rubber stamp
to the White House. This is good
sign since it lends assurance to the
feeling that democracy will hold the
fort at the Capitol.
War Debts
1t begins to look more and more
as though Europe will crawl out of
the payment of their war debts. OF
course someone has to foot the war
bills and if Britain and France sue
ceed in securing further delays in
debt-paying the American taxpayers |
will have to make up their minds it
is up to them to pay for the enthus
iasm of 1917 in thinking they could |
secure the peace of the world for
ever and forever by such sacrifices
as were made by our American men
on Flanders Field.
"Quaek Remedy"
If anyone wants to know what the
farmers think about the proposition
to provide farm relief" by compell-
ing motorists to use corn alcohol
blend motor fuels and pay higher
prices therefor, he can learn from
John S. Simpson, president of the
National Farmers Union. .a,.'
In fact, President Simpson al
ready has told the U. S. Department
of Agriculture what he thinks of the
scheme. Briefly, he terms it a
"quack remedy" The farm leader
recently explained that experts of
the department had informed him
that alcohol cost 40 cents a gallon 7
to make from black-strap molasses,
the cheapest source, and that manu-
facture even from Is cents per bush
ell corn would increase the cost.
They informed him further that this
Accent alcohol would be mixed
with gasoline costing less than four
cents a gallon. i
Simpson, that all the crude oil be-
longs to the farmers; that it is a
farm crop just as much as cotton or
wheat. | also called attention to ]
government reports that practically
every state has oil potentialities. {
"In states where oil has been dis {
covered farmers get annual rents or
eases given on the underground {
crop. For many years in Oklahoma
received. 81 per acre on 400 acres
If land that was more than 100 q
niles from the nearest oil well. 1t 9
vas rent money from my beneath t
crop. 1t paid my taxes. !
81 am forced to the conclusion it
would be folly to require the users
# motor fuel to purchase 40 cents S
! gallon fuel when there is an over
production of 312 cents per gallon t
uel. 1t would be discrimination to a
ay to the farmers who have oil be- O
leath the surface of their farms, we
will by legislation, cut off the mar n
ret for a certain per cent of your.
ILL.,. 1t would be like passing a bill |;
or the cotton farmers in which all h
lothing had to be made of cotton. "
81 am not sure but what certain n
interests bring up these side issues a
or the purpose of muddying the wa e
ers and getting out attention away
rom the real issues" G
Getting Down To Facts A
Washington politicians, trying to N
Dok at the much-heralded Better
lines" through the eyes of the Ma O
ions farmers, were bit surprised
t the wise words spoken to them N
he other day by Tom Cathcart, edi-
pr of The Country Home, a national Il
arm magazine. al
Whats the outlook in agricul-
lre?" the politicians asked Mr. n
WELL" the editor re- W
ponded, deliberately, this spring W
he grass came up green as usual rC
he little pigs immediately started
, grow into hogs. The COWS still eC