The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-10-10

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would yield them what they regard as
a4decent return for their labor and the
use of their land
Appeal to Farmers
This sounds more uneeonomIc than
even the present scheme But 1t would
appeal infinitely more to the farmers.
and, curinnsly enough. 1t Is almost
precisely what was offered MS farm
plank by Former Gov. Frank @. Low
den of Illinois. and which was so fatty
rejected by Coolidge. Hoover and Mel
Ion. In short 1t amounts to the export
debenture. with its equalization fee
provision. The only difference Is that
the equalization fee part of the scheme
does not appeal much to the farmers.
II any particular crop were very large,
so that heavy percentage of 1t had
to be sacrificed at sharp loss on
export sales. then the equalization fee
might easily deprive the farmer OF that
fair price lie Graves.
But the farmer Is a natural gam
bier He has to be. He CANDLES on
every crop he plants-agalnst nature.
And up to now on the market price.
crops are virtually the first sure thing
the farmers of the world have ever
had.
Perhaps because OF the trace OF
gambling which seems to be In every
human being, this Is not the phase OF
AAA which appeals most to him. Or
at least reports from all over the coun-
try indicate that II Is not. He wants
to gamble against nature-agalnst sur
pluses OF his crop from other coun-
tries competing In the. world market.
He wants the chance OF an occasional
killing with fat prices on big crop
ON his land, even though that big price
can be occasioned only by crop fall
ures elsewhere. "a
But while this is what he wants, he
Is not going to give up the security he
now has for the first time In the his
tory az mankind for the mere privilege
OF gambling. And he will not vote that
way.
Want Longer Hours
why doesn't the government work
us sixty hours week and give us
enough to live on?"
That Is the complaint of worker
after worker on the famous Passama-
quoddy tidal project, Just outside East
port. Maine, and close to beautiful
Camnobell0, where President Roose-
welt loved to vacation years ago.
u work eight hours q day. five days
q week. one worker told the writer.
"For that the government gives me sll
a week. have to- pay $40 week for
my board and room. so you see | have
to be pretty careful with that other
dollar"
Its just crazy" said a garage
worker, who was intently listening.
THE government ought to work these
fellows ten hours day, and six days
a week Then they would make some
money. They could buy things. Isn't
that what we are supposed to be need
ing?
Don't talk to me about the men
needing the time off for recreation
What do they do with their time off?
Two days--they have-and they lay
around the ends of the wharves and
bum cigarettes from us natives. You
see they can't afford to buy their own
But modern thuoght Is that a man
ought not to work as long as sixty
hours week" suggested the writer.
Say, mister, we used to work sixty
hours a week all the time, and we got
along just fine" retorted the garage
worker
But the government wants to take
care of as many men needing work as
1t can with the money 1t can afford
to spend" persisted the writer. Isn't
this the best way to do it,"
Anyway, More Money
well, maybe 1t would be better not
to work them sixty, hours" conceded
the garage man, but certainly they
ought to get s25 week. Why, mister,
lots OF these chaps have wives.
know lot OF them who have three
children. What do you think man
can do for a wife and three children
on Sl1 a week?
"Cod weather Is coming on. and
these fellows will have to buy lot OF
warm clothes. That dollar week
over board money, for the single ones.
won't 20 very far then"
Eastport looks like boom mining
town save for one thing-the money