Plentywood herald., 1934-08-23
Count Your Blessings

Largely responsible for reduced leYTeS by School
districts in Sheridan county, reported in last
weeks Herald is relief funds which into the
county towards the last the school year The mon
ey came, not only when much needed to keep schools
open, but will react to the benefit of every tax
payer in levies against his property for the coming
year
At times when We are prone to criticize the ma
tonal administration, and the money it spending
relieve human suffering it is well pause and take
inventory of the direct benefits people have re-
ceived They become almost too numerous to recount
Direct relief through FERA can already be count
ed in the hundreds of thousands. Payments from the
wheat allotment program will exceed three hundred
thousand dollars. There will probably be another
hundred thousand the sale of cattle to the
government
Many projects of the PWA, both directly and In
directly working to the benefit of home citz
enry. Hundreds of numbered in the ranks Of
the unemployed in this. county have found work on
highway projects at Fort Peck, and other smaller
projects included in the governments program to re-
leve the unemployed. Many more-both men and
working in offices where the recovery agen-
cies being directed
Through the CCC camps many of our boys have
not only found healthy employment but means of
devoting their time to educational development. These
young required send back twenty-five dol
lars each month to their parents They keep five for
all the critics of the Administration and its policy
mapping national recovery program, CCC camps
have in for the least criticism They find 1t diff
feu to pick flaws in the work that Is being carried
on by these thousands of youths of country
Then to the several separate institutions
up through efforts Of the federal government pro
vidng loans to farmers in agricultural regions at low
rates Of interest. And. not only will the reduced rate
farmers thousands of dollars term OF
thp af ic In
cases going to make it possible for him to save his
property which otherwise would have of necessity
gone into the hands of creditors Aside from the
larger loans provided through the Federal Land Bank,
the numerous other agencies have also made large
funds available for the feeding Of stock the purchase
OF seed, following and general seeding opera
tions in the spring.
Federal Land Bank loans work to another distinct
advantage of people that may be easily overlook
ed Many thousands Of dollars have already been paid
In delinquent taxes in the county through this source
which otherwise would only have been mounting high
and higher to make the financial condition of our
county all the embarrassing and our debt more
burdensome.
The government has extended its aid to thousands
Of home in towns and cities providing funds
through the Home owners Loan Corporation which
have in many saved the property from foreclo
sure Assistance has been offered to industry to
vide loans which banks were no longer in position
to make. And, in turn, deposits in banks have
been made
Even though may be among those who have
not benefited directly through these many agencies
let not be nggardly enough to deny that 1t has
worked for the good of all OF all the hundreds OF
people who have been given employment, their
money is largely spent at home Materials used in
construction various projects add to the business
OF many lines of manufacturing and transportation
companies And there is scarcely business profess
sion In any town which has not benefited In some
degree from some branch of the national recovery
program.
Yes, the government has spent and will continue
to spend billions of dollars for the relief of dis
tressed nation. And, reasonably enough it will create
a huge national debt that must be paid but Judging
from tax laws already placed the statute books
by Congress, it is Just reasonable to conclude that
the heavier burden Of that debt will be placed the
shoulders of those who able pay If this DONE
and nationwide plan of government supervision
be devised which will make 1T impossible for in
dustry and business to their increased tax pay
ments from boosted prices the consumer we shall
have little to complain
Granted that the present system of national
recovery is perfect should be fair enough and
honest enough to evaluate its good affected
our living Who is there that would like to have
tried to get along without the governments friendly
hand OF human sympathy?
Given anything like favorable break, this coun-
try will In make big strides towards re-
turning to conditions which once enjoyed When
that time comes, there will be many who will not for
get an Administration that saved us from dispair
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Stabilizing Farm Prices
Secretary Wallace declares that the basic crop
control plan will not be changed but it win be adjust
ed to conditions, mainly those of supply and demand