Evening star., 1935-11-07

than 26 per cent. =
Throughout 1888 and 1884, ac-
coroing to the report Of the ma
tional relief administrator, 30.6 per
cent Of the relief burden was
financed from non-Federal funds
furnished chiefly by the county
and local governments This 30.6
per cent Of non- Federal funds in
Kansas compares with q States
which contributed less than 25 per
cent of their own relief monies and
IA States whose contributions to
their relief funds were less than
10 per cent Of their total relief ex-
penditures Kansas ranked fif-
teenth among the States in per
cent of non-Federal funds used for
relief during this two-year period.
Despite this added burden, the tax
load in Kansas was reduced.
Defends Self Reliance
Of Typical Farmers.
Your business men and indus
trialists of the Ohio State Cham
ber of Commerce should not think
of the farmer as a man who seeks
special privilege. Equality Is his
goal.
The farmer is rugged. self-re.
liant and proud Of his ability to
produce the necessities of life for
his family and the American work.
ers. But the farmer Is entitled to
expect for his crops a fair price
base comparable to other commodi-
ties.
To me the most hopeful sign
pointing to a sound economic re-
covery is that the whole country
is beginning to sense that q perma-
nent solution Of the farming prob
lem is a national as well as a sec
tional question. Farming is a bust.
ness Just as much as manufacture
ing, and is just as much entitled to
equal protection in the domestic
market.
1t is not my place here to dis
cuss the weakness or the strength
of new policies in Government. I
shall not attempt to characterize
them as successes or failures, or as
revolutionary or evolutionary. For
better or for worse such laws are
here. We are faced with a condi-
tion Of fact. not a speculative
theory. So, the major task ahead
in the main is not more laws, or
more programs or more expert
mentation, but sound common
sense administration.
Even with return of industrial
activity, there will be major social,
farm and economic problems to
meet. We must build against .
return of what We have been
through these past few years. We
must build on the realization that
this economic situation did not
come upon us suddenly, nor will we
get out of it overnight. But. as I
said before, while the errors OF
other administrative policies may
not of themselves be fatal, the er-
rors of an unsound fiscal policy
have always been ruinous to every
government in the history Of
civilization.
Problem Before Us
an Obligation for ALL"
The problems before US cannot
be settled by any group or class.
They are an obligation for all.
They cannot be solved by legisla-
tive action Of Congress or State
Assemblies alone. nor can the lead
ers Of industry and finance and
commerce single-handedly solve
them. There must be q genuine
cooperation with q renewed en-
rhasis on the essential purposes of
government, the protection of life
and property. We must recognize
that our problems have been
greatly intensified by our complex
industrial state and development
Of mechanical production. We
must face the fact that our eco
nomic difficulties now have basic
worldwide implications, whereas
previous depressions have been
more completely localized within
our domestic area.
Bearing this in mind. We should
remember that assistance to the
needy unemployed is not, on the
one hand. q privilege or q vested
right nor, on the other hand, is it
charity. 1t is q mutual respon-
sibility-a common obligation ere.
ated by the rapidity of our growth,
the complexity of our society. and
by our inability to cope success
fully with situations as fast as
they have arisen.
Every right thinking person sin.
cerely desires to see the need for
relief to the unemployed speedily
pass away. Until that time comes,
it Is reasonable-and nothing less
than just-that the Government
exert all its powers to prevent suf.
fering among the less fortunate.
There is no reason, however, why
we should not attempt to accom-
plish this as far as possible, on
q pay.as-you-go basis. We will
then pay for our own mistakes,
which is right and as it should be.
We should not expect our chill
oren to pay for them. Certainly
an increasing public debt burden
left by us to our descendants will
lessen the ability of succeeding
generations to meet their erher-
gencies. The leftover problems
Of our times should not be added
to the new ones of tomorrow.
That is not fair to the coming
generations and we evade our re-
sponsibilities If we thus pass on
the burden. This generation will
be the first to mortgage the future
in peace times.
Calls for Common Sense"
Operation Of Public Credit.
Furthermore, We should conduct
our current fiscal affairs so that
the public credit shall not be un-
dermined. Common sense must
prevail. No business can run very
long and spend more than it takes
in. If that should happen, the
poor, the unemployed would be
the first to suffer-for the Gov