The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27

year production. The vOysr.
ment is really demonstrating ~,
it is willing to rob Peter l. ~. ~4'
to pay Paul. ''u4
N. R. A. Shaky
Fearful of what may haDDea :,
the N. r. A. programs, which !, !.
day more shaky than ever. \.
government considers it importsS,
to put a few dollars into 4 g.
farmers overalk, hoping hs vim
spend it Immediately. Next vss,
We'll, let next yelr take cars :
itself. The pressing task. ms
now, is to fool the people into n
lieving the illusion of prosDeritv
In the future, though, the gc.
eminent will not risk the opnn
sition incurred by a plow-up cam.
paign. The people in the ursl
districts might not bite again. :.
pecially since the amounts they n.
ceived were very small after he
government, the bankers, nnd II,
landlords had substracted their
share.
Rental Payments Will Vary
In 1884 the government proposes
to pay the farmer a rental on each
acre of land withheld from cotton
production. AS in 1888, the chief
beneficjaries of the reduction cam
paign will be the large landOwn.
ers who control the most fertile
tracts. Rental payments will vary
according to the relative produc.
tivity of the land withdrawn from
cultivation. The schedule Is "a
| follows:
For land producing approx.
mately rs to 125 pounds per acre
not over So per acre; 225 to SOI
pounds, not over 81 per acre; S2
to 400 pounds, not over 50 pc
acre; and 400 pounds and NOR
mot over 81 per acre."
That there is an excellent chanC
: for politics and favoritism to DE-
termine the amount of the rental
is shown by the fact that the gov
2 eminent does not bind itself y
. pay any specific amount for an
! class of acreage. The rental sun
provided for are all maximu
8 prices. The small farmer, bOur
s by an iron-clad contract to tai
0 whatever the government may 81
. him, will most problbly find hin
self subject to the whim Of Il
e local county agent whose actiO
r are governed by the wishes Of I
d local Chamber of Commerce.
: Benefits With Strings
! Attached
/ To make the proposition mo
/ attractive, the government v
provide "benefits"-with StrlT
- attached to them. These be
! fits" remind one of the glib mai
6 zine agent who generously dOna
l. a 25-cent thermometer when
Il gets over S. for a subscription
The government will pay a Oe
fit on the domestic portion Of
crop (roughly estimated at ~
cent? if the average price D
season is below the blir excha
or parity price. That is, 1t $
it will = and here is where
catch comes in. The amount q
y rentals will be deducted from ID
mis-named benefit payments.
On such "a basis, the broker
get the farmers cotton tor ~
ing. The farmer will be 9
PEELED to sell at any price Ii
der to reimburse the goVernn'
g If through manipulation Of
= market and increased prOduss'
by foreign countries, cotton en-
sw fall below ten cents next yesl'
es- farmer will be forced to sen
of hogs and cattle in order 70 :,
an himself of debt to the comn ~
to credit corporation. There WIN !.
ion main the unpaid debts to y
Vill tradesmen; and always danger
Inc ly near, the threat Of fOrecl0''
20. va Share Choppers Hit Worst
an The living standards I"
es- share-croppers will become =,
further depressed. Next "
bic they do not migrate 70 Tow ,.,
ss- become RFC labOrers works N
hat subsistence only, they !, WI =,
list forced to share their sniah = :
big with other impOverisneI. H..
Iazi farmers. Acreage redu s,l y
rye them means simply "dOuD 3',s n
De's get off the land" Ine Ut n,
ing "share-the-work" scheme
lers ferred to the countryside e..
ave. ave In most cases the lsn SsOrs-ci
am. AM reduce their number o. - sn shs 3
Os S1 pers to correspond Win ~
ned age reduction. .c,ovy
,ont Meanwhile the sns,s ne sis
Gift and small farmers si1lnss nut Il
one ton, see nothing ansS0