The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-15

the secretary of agriculture will be nei-
Their as good nor as wise as Mr. Wallace.
You can make your own guess as to
the possibilities under the regime Of
secretary of agriculture who was not
big enough for the job.
These circumstances and conditions,
In the minds of many observers here,
point only to one thing now: the Ad-
justment act and the program drafted
hereunder is not as popular as 1t was
before 1t went into operation. Judging
from correspondence received by rep
resentatives and senator's, the Adjust
ment program Is actually repugnant to
| some sections. / believe it only fair to
state, however, that the Adjustment
program is not blamed wholly for the
increase in prices but always in times
like these and under circumstances
like those to which attention has been
directed there has to be goat. APP
parently that goat Is going to be the
Department of Agriculture and Its
step-child, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration.
While all, of the newspapers are
printing many columns in review of
two years of the
Garner Roosevelt administra-
Overlooked ton and much atten-
ton is being paid to
President Roosevelt, it seems to me
that one stalwart of the administra-
tiOn-Vice President John NJ Garner
is being somewhat overlooked. 1t seems
to me, also. that this should not be the
case because all observers agree that
MIR. Garner has placed the vice presi-
dency of the United States on some
thing of new plane.
Much levity always has been directed
at any man holding the job of vice
president. 1t is true that the vice pres
ident is seldom, If ever, out front, as
the expression is. With Mr.. Garner,
however, it has been decidedly differ
ent. l believe, from all of the discus
siOns that have heard since his elec-
ton, Mr.. Garner has filed, and is fill
ing, very constructive post in this
administration.
Although Mr.. Garner weighs about
the same and is no taller; while he
dresses much as he did before and
his wit and humor is much the same, it
certainly can be said that he is a
much bigger man in the eyes of the
people of this country than he was a
few years ago. In other words, given
the opportunity, Mr.. Garner has per-
formed in way that probably will
record him in history as among the
outstanding individuals who have filled
that second ranking elective post In
our government.
1t is not generally known, think,
how much influence Mr.. Garner yields
in the Roosevelt administration. He
sits with Mr.. Roosevelt and the other
members in the cabinet meetings and
there is no doubt among observers here
that those men lean upon the long ex-
perience which the vice president has
had.
The port of Baltimore, Nd, wit
messed an unusual sight the other day,
arrival of shipload
We Import of corn from Argen-
Corni tina. 1t was the first
full cargo ever to ar
rive in that port and caused some OBJ
servers to remark that it appeared to
be carrying Goals to Newcastle"
This would have been true under con-
ditions such as we used to have In this
country before the Inauguration of the
Agricultural Adjustment administra-
ton. The AAA has made the differ
ence. Last year, the AAA set about
reducing the corn acreage in this cOun-
try because it was the conviction of the
New Deal that production had been
ment was decreed. To accomplish that
end, the AAA offered to pay farmers at
the rate of thirty cents per bushel for
not growing corn. The plan worked as
1t might naturally be supposed to have
worked and there was the expected
curtailment Of production.
But nature took a hand and the
drouth settled down over the vast corn
producing areas Of the Middle West.
So great was this disaster that there
is not now sufficient corn to meet do
nestle requirements. Importation of
corn resulted. and the port of Balti.
more had the novel experience of see
ing corn shipped in instead of out.
Secretary Wallace has defended the
AAA policies on the ground that they
were exceedingly flexible and could be
used to increase or decrease produc-
ton as conditions required. 1t seems,
however, that corn has habit of grow
ing only during the summer months
and if the production in that period is
insufficient the winter months must
witness shortage
AS In the case with corn, such 1t is
likewise with pork. A Department of
Agriculture announcement the other
day said that the slaughter of hogs
this winter and during the fOrthcom-
ing summer probably would be well
below normal. The announcement did
not advert to the AAA policy carried
out last year when something like six
million pigs were slaughtered and con-
verted into fertilizer. Nevertheless. OBJ
servers here have consistently linked
the two circumstances together. They
also insist there is a direct connection
between the policy that resulted In the
killing of pigs and the Increasing
prices for pork products which con-
sumers must pay.
In the meantime Secretary HULL and
his State department associates are
proceeding with their program for
negotiation of reciprocal trade treaties