Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11

advanced to businesses, banks,
n Irrigation districts OF this
state, and the farm credit admin
istratlon recalled the $51 ,000, 900
already advanced to the farmers.
Suppose then, the Home Owners
Loan corporation shut up shop and
allowed the hundreds of distress
ed home owners TO lose their prop
critics to the mortgage holders.
Suppose the relief authorities halt
ed operations and thousands of
saw their food and feed
supplies vanish. Let us uppos
the government shut off the food
supplies for the thousands Of our
people In the cities and let them
fend for themselves. Surely, even
the blind can see that If the Qov-
eminent were to withdraw all aQ-
encies put in operation by Presi-
dem Roosevelt and halt their oper-
alton, disaster would not be far
away. Prices would start cascad-
ing, banks and insurance compan-
les would topple over like ten pins,
wages would 90 down, hours of
work lengthcn, and we might not
recover from the ensuing convuI-
sion In our lifetime"
And Wheeler's QUESTIONABLE to the
Republican critics, who by the way
offer no constructive substitute,
might we'll be brought home to every
county and hamlet in the state
yes, to each individual farmer, each
business establishment from the
smallest peanut yender to the big
gest department store, and to every
man who Is still without a job. We
have heard any number OF business
men In Plentywod and other towns
make the candid statement frequent
ly during the past year that, had 1t
not been for the federal money COM
Ing in to the county in the form of
allotment checks, federal land bank
loans, cattle purchases, seed loans
or direct relief, their business would
have gone on the rocks. We have
heard farmers-those who wanted to
be honest with themselves and fair
to the government-tell how they
had been able TO refinance their
seemingly impossible burden OF in
debtedness, save their farms and
continue with their farming opera
tons solely through assistance re-
ceived from the branches OF AAA.
we have heard heads of poverty
stricken families, with tear-dimmed
eyes, express heartfelt gratitude for
.sustenance Of ill-clad and hungry
children; we have heard cashiers OF
banks relate how deposits in their
institutions had scared since the fed
eral government had restored con-
fidence by guaranteeing the safety
OF the money OF their depositors; we
have listened to dozens OF inspectors
and field men for the different agen-
cies set up by the federal govern
ment-men from all ranks Of life,
some farmers, some exlbankers,
some school teachers-credit the
support Of their families to their job
with the government (members OF
the bureaucracy, II you please.l
$3.50
We venture the opinion that farm
ers OF Sheridan county, business men
OF our towns, or those who may still
be included with the ranks of the
unemployed, would be slow to ask
for the very program the Republic
cans now advOcate-that Of aband-
oning completely the huge relief and
recovery program set up and now
being carried on by President Roose-
welt. And, peculiarly enough, these
people Tor some of them at
least) are only too glad to accept
the benefits OF the agencies OF re-
covery that have made possible the
saving Of their homes, their bust
nesses, or their farms, and at the
time go up and down the high
ways damning the federal govern
ment for Its expenditures. The next
time some OF the Republican critics
would heap Goals OF fire on the heads
President Roosevelt and his ef-
to benefit humanity, 1t might
be timely to investigate just what
direct benefits those critics have re-
ceived at the hands OF the Admin
~lstration they would now destroy.
A huge debt-of course. The
drouth alone Of the present year to
say nothing Of the long period Of de-
preston over the entire country,
has been a huge debac1e. OF course
It will have to be paid back-that
seems to worry the critics. We
believe however, that a plan
will be devised that the bulk OF that
huge debt will be retired by those
who are most able to pay-those
who are reaping the greatest none
rewards from the steadily
mounting Improvement in business
and that Is as 1t should be. Extra
that will be paid by farmers
Or business men In Sheridan county
because of the national debt will be
small that they will be overshad-
many times by the direct bene-
which have come through the
general restoration OF business.
Senator Wheeler, In closing his
radio address. has well said, III we
Iose our fight In the United States,
millions all over the world will sur
render and remain in bondage for
decades. But If the progressives and
liberals win, il the followers of
Roosevelt are victorious and stand
'ast to their expressed ideals, 1t will
ours to bring to a successful con-