Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-05-30

control Of currency and credit mus,
or necessity, be vested somewhere
and insist that government control 1
TO be preferred over the type o
'bankercontrol that this country ha
experienced In the past.
The President and his advisors ar,
making every effort to speed tn,
spending OF the $4,000, 00O, 900 worl
relief fund, and desire quick action
In order that the expenditures vii
have a maximum effect In stkmulat
Ing business. ALREADY $500, 000, OO(
have been allotted for public roads
through the Department Of Agricul
ture. and divided among the states
Slum clearance and low-cOst housing
have been allotted $3.50, 900 900. The
State OF Wisconsin was apportioned
500, OOO. 900 In a lump sum for q pro
gram to be sponsored in that state
n Re-Settlement Administration
headed by Rexford Tugwell and do
signed to rehabilitate stranded farm.
ers Was given 800, 900, 900, and about
the same sum was allotted for river
development by Army engineers. In
terestiDg ie the allotment Of $40. 000,-
600 for the project to harness the
tides OF the Bay of Fundy. Other
sums will be rapidly allotted and, 1t
is hoped, Immediately used.
In a little more than a week, the
republicans Of nine states will meet
In a conference at Springfield, ILL.,
nois, in the hope OF Fastening the
time when control OF the government
will oDce again be in their hands.
While there Is some doubt that a ma
donal program can be outlined at
this meeting, 1t is worth noting that
the states represented cast nearly
thirty per cent OF the votes In the
1882 election. The preliminary call
indicates that an effort will be made
to promote principles and measures
rather than men OF candidates.
1t is interesting to observe that the
United States has recaptured its lost
leadership In South American mar
kets In one of the most remarkable
trade recoveries in recent years. The
ten South american republic in
creased their total trade last year by
twenty-five and a half per cent but
they increased f~orty-one and three
fourths per cent from the United
States. It Is pointed out that since
1929, we have occupied a very un-
position In South American
markets. For example, from 1929 to
1882, our sales to the Republics de-
creased much faster than the sales
OF the world at large, dropping eigh-
ty-two and One-fourth per cent as
against sixty-five and n half per
cent In 1884, for the first year, we
jumped into first place, selling TWEEN
per cent of all goods they
imported.
While deprecating any immediate
effort to create a national Progress |
Sive party, speeches delivered at the
recent celebration of the anniversary |
Of the founding Of the Progressive
Party in Wisconsin carried the prom
OF a new party for the future. |
Governor Phillip La Toilette declared
that a political realignment in Amer |
is inevitable and that it would be
by Progressives, not Reactionar-
les, but must be built up slowly,
state by state, rather than sweeping |
the country in a preaching crusade
that would die away and accomplish
nothing.
Mayor La G~uardia, OF New York,
in his message, warned that both
are burdened with standpat-
ters "whO have not had an original
Idea in the last half century" Wis
consin is often referred to as a lab
oratory to work out political prog
ress. Since the days OF the late SEN
ator Robert M. La Toilette, father Of
the present senator and governor,
5he state has been noted for its lib
sralism. Today nationwide interest
attaches to the wisconsin Pro
which has secured $780, 00,-
700 from the huge work relief fund
n order to carry out its program and
the United States the way out
If the present mOrass OF depression.