The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-18

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want to say that all restrictions Is to
how little wheat We planted should be
Withdrawn. As It Is the farmer Is
harassed BY two unfavorable condi-
lions. The first Is tho high price Of
seed wheat and its scarcity. The next
one Is the fact that unless he plants
q certain amount Of wheat he u In
danger Of losing out on his benefit
payments.
SO we believe all restrictions Is to
how little wheat u planted be done
away and let the farmer plant accord
ing to his means 50 long as he does
not 60 over the amount called for on
his contract.
We have always maintained that
allotment contracts are both unfair
and discriminatory. In the first place,
they force the farmer to accept an al
lotment based In numerous cases on
what somebody else produced, and no
consideration was taken as to unfav-
orable conditions at ell. The man
who was hailed out, the man who did
not know the acreage sown Of amount
produced by his predecessor, both were
Disseminated against. We know Of
many cases In which farmers have
been forced to turn over to relief
agencies hogs that they thought they
had every right to keep or sell. They
were not even permitted to butcher
them for their own use. This hap.
lrened because assessors data was
taken rather than the farmers sales
slips, although, Is one Of the writer's
to the Peoples Forum recently point.
ed out, assessors data are unfair be-
cause 50 many hogs are never as
sessed because they had not arrived in
the spring when tax gathering time
comes, and are off the farm before
the following spring.
There Is q lot Of bitter denunciation
Of the AAA, and we feel much Of It
Is richly deserved. To force bankrupt
farmers to pay present prices for seed
and feed, to compel them to plant .
certain number Of acres to wheat re-
gardless Of their resources, and all
this under farmers benefit program
smacks much Of Dictatorship.
We also want to say . word for the
farm boy who IS going to be left out
IN the cold unless We demand justice.
We believe the government should
grant sufficient wheat to plant q Ger
tain number Of acres to every farmer.
or farm lad starting out for himself,
and that the seed should be paid back
bushel for bushel by those receiving
1t. We should erect elevators and
storehouses at strategic points In this
state and others. and In these should
b kept the necessary seed for the
| proverbial rainy day.
Regarding the farm boy, he has
been unfairly treated by the govern
ment. Except In certain instances, he
has been unable to enter tho CCC
and has had to depend upon his par.
ents for his entire support. It is =
well know fact the farm boy has been
given little government work, and, to
Us, this seems most unfair. Any farm
boy who wants to start out for himself
and who has the necessary land or
can get It, and who can use his faith.
ers machinery and equipment should
be helped BY the government to the
extent Of the loan Of the necessary
seed. We do not want to see our boys
lose all interest in farming. We want
to see them follow In our footsteps,
for we realize only too well that once
out of their natural environment,
they viii fare badly. II the govern
ment Is in earnest about wanting to
aid agriculture, It can prove its sin
certify In no better way than by as
sisting these boys to become self-sus-
tanning farmers.
The fear has often been expressed