Plentywood herald., 1934-01-11

proouoaon by Is percent. The ev,
uehce mus far leads me to beljev.
unAt go lar as the growers whs
have signed up are concerned tba,
Wali meet their obligations to tht
iepler. But what is perhaps O.
liioie Importance than the attain.
mehl OF a specific acreage goal
these cooperative growers have de
| nonstr@ed their Willingness to IN.
ueieo certain amount of social
alscaplane for the larger purposes
od tne group. The farmer who has
Pece OIL wheat land which he
must Keep out of wheat, has be-
lore nus eyes a constant reminder
Oh nus sacrifice: in his benefit paw
hieifs. and In the higher wheat
pIace which he has some Drospect
on eXpendlns, he has the effect OF
his sacrifice
ihe county production control
associations are In many respects
the most interesting features of
hese emergency adjustment cam
paagns. They are intensely demo-
caatac. ana they are proving TO be
e1aeotiVe Instruments of self-goy-
ernahenf. In them, as | see ii. lie,
Wnateyer possibility there may he
LOT TN development of genuine
soclal discipline. If the farmers
themselves felt the need for a more
complete control of production. lit
WOULD be relatively simple in any
lanmang county for the wheat asso-
clauloh, me corn-hog association
ana any others there might be. 10
pc merged into one productfnn
control association for all1 the mai
or farm products of that county 4
member Of such an association
m1gnt then sign just one contract
covering his whole production
scneduie And If anything like this
eYel qua come to pass. the people
IN thaF county would begin to
th1nk, not simply of wheat or cot
TON Or corn, but of all the import
amt adjustments agriculture as
Whole must constantly be making.
II we decide, as a result of Wig
orous, courageous public debate
the country over, TO adopt fine ma
taonhhstlc course and wish Ito stick
10 1t for at least 10 or Is years.
pnen huge area of farm land
must be kept out Of cultivation.
certain processing and handling
trades will have to adjust them
selves to 1t, and consumer purchas-
will have Ito be kept at
level high enough to support it.
each and all of these operations
demand planning. Or If we decide
Tor the International course, H(len
here will have to be radical lower
ing OF many tariffs, high-cost in
iustTies will have to be eliminated
lnd foreign purchasing power will
consciously have to be increased.
nus too requires planning. The
course, which might call |
or the buying OF some land to keen
{ ont OF production, a less radical |
oWeHing OF tariffs and more
moderate readjustment In indus
ry-this course, like the other
Wo, Just as plainly calls for plan
ling.
just as plainly a planned econ
my can get nowhere unless If isi
'acked by social discipline. InI
ome countries, there is a kind oil
ocaal discipline in existence. but ii
imposed from above. We are a
emocfacy, and we propose to re-
lain democracy. The only pos
Ible kind OF social discipline In a
is one that is imposed
pom the people by the people
Such a discipline canI
esuat, am convinced, from the
action, reaction. and dn
1ract1on OF one Individual on an
1her, from the very tangible feel
'g or gfve-and-take which deyel-
ps among THE individuals OF a
'oup which is on the march to a
'mmon objective.
There is nothing sacred ahous
'clal machinery. 1t will and must (
modified and improved from
me TO time. If there arises a SO
all discipline which can prova0r
e motive power for the machine.
ere Will still be the necessity that .
$ discipline be continuous, that Ii
OF such nature as to be oontina- I
ly modifying itself to fit chang
s environment and CHANGING |
SIX, and THAT, finally, 1t have the !!
wer OF resfaping and strengthen
e itself for the new tasks.
Many OF you will be quick to (
mark THAT there are possibilities
evil as we'll as good In social 1
scipline, and I agree. lit is the I
notion OF the Federal Govern
mt. In normal times as In tdmee 1
emergency, to keep before THE /
ople the broadest possible pic |!
re. Government cannot serve the
fish interests of one class at thel |
pense OF the general welfare !
thouit betraying Its true function. |
So far as agriculture Is concern |
we nave found from experience I
Ut certain regions and interests /
We been In the habit OF running
Washington all too frequently.
ereas others have perhaps not I
ne Tequently enough 1t Is es
ltial, let me repeat, that as we
Ipple with the broad economic I
ces which sweep over the world
# FARMERS more and more feel
T they are a part OF the Govern |
mt, and that the Government Is
'art o. them. IT follows that we
q TO develop an attitude OF dis
arestedness much as does the I
nest Type OF sportsman who
vs. tine game well not primarily |
order to win h1yf In n1,dar A.