The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-11
AAA BROADS|DE
FIRED HUEY
BY WALLACE
New Dealer LaSheS Chief
Critic in Longs State
of Louisiana.


ALEXANDRIA, La, May IL
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace invaded Huey P. Longs
home state today and fired a New
Deal broadside at the dictator who
has accused the Roosevelt Admin
istrction of wrecking the farmer.
Whether by Encouragement with
national Democratic leaders or not,
anti-Long Democrats seized upon
the occasion to make it a rallying
point for all home enemies of the
Kingf1sh.
In speech to several thousand
farmers gathered in the square of
this town, located in the heart of
Louisiana's fertile cotton, cane and
rice country, Mr.. Wallace staunchly
defended the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration as "the farm
ers best friend"
It was the New Deals answer to
Longs scathing attack delivered in
an address to Midwestern farmers
at Des Moines April 81. Long has
been one of the sharpest critics of
New Deal policies. He described Mr..
Wallace as "the ignoramus of Iowa. "
Mr.. Wallace declared the AAA
was following principles laid down
by Thomas jefferson, who was
first, last and always an agricul-
turist." He said jefferson believed
the farmers should have equal
rights with industry, that they
should receive a fair price for their
labors, and that they should always
have voice in the government of
the nation.
Termed Workable Tariff
"Since the farmer has to buy in
a protected market, the farm pro-
gram of the New Deal found a way
to help him sell in a protected
market. For the first time, through
the device of the processing tax, the
majority of farmers have tariff
that actually works, he said.
THE AAA borrowed the centraliz-
ing power of government so that ag-
riculture might at least win back
little of its fair share of the ma
tional income.
Now that these governmental
powers have been used by millions
of farmers for two years, the cry
has arisen that they must be taken
away. I do not hear that cry from
any large number of farmers. They
know that a moderate use of these
governmental powers has helped put
them back on their feet" he said.
Cites Rise in Receipts
Pointing to the rise in receipts
from farm marketings in Louisi-
ana, Secretary Wallace offered this
as proof of the benefits under the
AAA.
ut is around the cotton adjust
ment program and processing tax
that the enemies of the New Deal
for agriculture have rallied. They
haven't quite got the nerve to say
the cotton farmer is making too
much money, but if they win their
1IBI1G dSdulSt UiAG COUbOIl OSIdul,
the cotton farmer will certainly be
making far less money" he charged.
Turning to the are-cropper
problem il the South, Mr.. Wallace
said:
THE minimum wage for textile
workers i'll the South, under the tex
tile code, is 80 cents an hour. Dc
the men who grow cotton do as
we'll? I have an analysis made in
Georgia and Texas, including all
necessary items Of expense and re-
ceipt.
In 1884 16-cent cotton brought
the acreage share-cropper IN Geor-
gia wage Of 14.6 cents per hour
in Texas, Is cents an hour Were
these share-croppeers to get 30 cents
an hour for their labor on the cot
ton crop, as the textile code pro-
vides for textile labor, the price of
cotton would have to be around 80
cents pound.