The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-23

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Farmers and NRA
Despite the futility Of embargoes
and farm strikes to gain any relief
tor the deplorable conditions that
beset agriculture. no one who knows
the real plight Of the farmers can
blame them for grasping at straws
ia their present dilemma.
Until agriculture = given the same
consideration o other industry and
attempts made to restore parity, there
viii be continued resorts to embar-
goes, strikes, inability to pay taxes
or to meet the staggering debt which
hangs over agriculture-at present
writing nearly 10 billion orsan In
crease since President Roosevelt de-
liyered his Topeka speech Of nearly
four billion.
It Is admitted by most fair-minded
leaders In the two principal political
parties that President Roosevelt has
tried hard and strenuously TO make
good the pledges Of his party made
1t the Chicago convention. and reiter-
ated by him 1t Topeka, but the fine
spun theories Of his agricultural ex-
perts and the MIRA codes have not
brought any measurable relief TO ag-
riculture.
Before the theories Of Wallace and
Peek we're In full sway and the Blue
Eagle SCARED into high. there were
more evidences Of IN agricultural
comeback than there are now. Ex-
anime the market reports Of mid
summer and today. At the announce.
ment Of processing taxes, Thousands
Of buyers Of agricultural products
slowed up. The nation went off the
gold dollar. Credit frightened, traders
were more cautious than ever and
demand was absent because the
threat Of initiation hung like a wet
blanket over all forms Of business.
Seven months, Of course. is too
brief period In which to overcome a
depression which began four years
ago. But It appears to many in the
agricultural regions that the MIRA Is
''hogging' the road to prosperity and
that . multiplicity Of codes, while
putting some 4,o0o,000 men to work,
has actually added to the farmers
load by increasing materially his cost
Of living while bear market and
more debts continue to plague him.
This = the picture In brief.
The national administration seems
to be pouring In at the top again in
hope that prosperity will tr1ckle down.
There have been no drippings for the
farmer since the codes boosted the
prices Of everything he buys. OF
course agricultural unrest follows and
who can blame the farmers after the
promises made7
There are evidences, too, that many
Of the rules and regulations set up
to aid the farmers have not worked
the way the theorists promised. What
little imitation there has been-and
there has been some-has not aided
the farmer.
II prices Of oil and other commodi-
ties are to be fixed, how can the adj
ministration deny the farmer his
code under the MIRA with its price
regulation?
The plight Of the oil industry is
we'll known. Under the oil code the
price Of crude Is set at gill barrel.
This naturally brings the demand for
Ill sorts Of price fixing which, II per
sisted Ia. Win hiring about confusion
and general economic chaos unless
we arc On the verge Of abolishing all
forms Of capitalism for absolute state
socialism.
II cannot b overlooked that agri-
culture r. the basis Of all prosperity
out here 81 the wheat and corn belt
" Wese reminded Of that . man,
times during the recent natinnal
campaign that the references became
dull and pls&itudinous.
. But 4 = ut . true today a. ever
Agriculture rspresents nearly hal
the nations INDUSTRY.
Can thsrs = MIRA prosperity fot
one half md abject poverty for tn
other?
There are eegtain yseent phases d
the NRA which - not plsass man.
psopls.
Gen. jolaneen's ti,eeats 70 ssmacl
dawn" this = that inA1Gtsy = not Il
splf1t NTH aooesvslt's snnnsiation .
H New Deal Jolnnson's htimidn
tian 6 the pGs1 smacls too ualaeh o
> dictat0e1hip which = not conttihel
~ = hafmony and tn fine spf1i
g wAieh IL 1lus 1aGls was laslnchs'
4a4 haA ssnGally speaking, bsel
1aintalnel
laops MT - - im1nsdiate shift
~ ~ natbenal poliey toward asl1
clfe Il tn farm states ne % b
l1c a line for the New Deal. opcl
3fslt agsinst NRA schsnes -