The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-01-12
What Others Think
selfshness Toward the Farm Relief Plan


The democratic administration, in conformance
with it's platform pledges and with the assistance of
leaders of all three large farm organizations advice
from economists and plea from suffering agriculture,
has prepared the allotment bill the most workable
plan of farm relief.
1t is conceded on all sides that there can be
resumption of general business until the price of farm
products is raised.
Would it not be reasonable to suppose that large
business organizations would try to promote such
bill? 1t would, but they not doing
Instead the miers are yelling that raising wheat
to possibly 80 cents, the prewar price, will pro-
hibtive prices for bread
Why?
Bread sold for five cents a loaf before the war
and bigger loaf than the one that brings nickel
with 80 or Accent wheat.
The packers testify that if pork is raised couple
of cents pound, it will have to out of the pro-
ducer In the next breath they beray their fears for
the welfare of the producer by claiming that it will
the packers money! that it will raise the price Of
pork to point where the public will other kinds
of meat.
Why should it? Everybody knows that hogs are
far too low in comparison with what the producer
buys.
The farmer who raises hogs is entitled at the very
least to five cents pound The people who deny it
to him must do because they want to buy from him
at starvation prices.
Manufacturers of finished products, who have cut
wages to the bone still looking for bigger prices
than what they willing to pay the farmer who
feeds them. They'd like to pay him half cent
pound for hides and get So $40 for pair of Shoes
they want practically the same old prices for farm
machinery. The interest rates holding up nobly.
The tariff IS still keeping away competition for
featured goods.
The Reconstruction Corporation loans funds to
railroads that are so badly busted of them will
the light of day.
Rut vUhe Ike for aofce
his hogs wheat cotton to make the tariff
effective, it's "unsound, unavoidable socialstic."
Let's try it, for year, anyhow. The allotment
plan may be honored in its enemies.-Farmont Daily
Sentinel.
Congress is in session. What damage it will do
is not yet known The legislature will convene next
week. There will be plenty talk. Do not worry about
things Behind the clouds the still shines-Grand
Rapids Herald-Review.
Frank w. Murphy of Wheaton is being considered
by Presidenelect Roosevelt for the agriculture port
folio. Some 80 candidates have been brought forward
for the place. It pays better than Thanksgiving
field Advance-Press.
1t seems that democracy is the form of govern
men in which the supports the people in
stead of the people supporting the Recommendations
Falls Argus Leader.
One st. Paul department store showed that it was
not afraid of the election results 1t used Is pages of
paper to advertise one-day special sale. This just
about sets record 15-page ad costs several thous-
ands dollars. 1t is bod example of confidence in
newspaper advertising. Springfield Advance Press
The Monticello Times the fact that a
"Trade at Home" card in window of a store there
was printed in Minneapolis. Oh, well, that's about as
much there is to most Of the on that SUBJ
ject.-Park Region Echo.
A governmental bureau has more lives than cat.
-Montevideo News.