Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-08-01
WALLACE VISITS
WASHINGTON ON
NORTHWEST TOUR
Soil Conservation, Agriculture Ex-
pertinent Stations, Farm Prob
lens And AAA Interest ..Secre-
tary -. :.

Soil conservation, agricultural
| experiment stations, agricultural
adjustment programs, Pacific
Northwest wheat farmer and fruit
grower problems and national for
ests were the primary interests of
Henry A. Wallace, secretary of ag-
riculture in his visit to Washington
July 1925. Two addresses, one be-
fore the National Federation of
clubs convention, Seattle, July IS,
and the other before Washington
Oregon and Idaho farmers, and bus
mess men at Walla Walla, July %,
were interspered in the itinerary.
Searching for New Frontiers"
was the theme of Secretary Wal
lace's Seattle address, Tracing the
historical and political development
of the "West" as the last great
frontier of the nation, he showed
how with the passing of the last
frontier, social and economic change
was inevitable and outlined some
of the current trends. The talk was
concluded with applications of the
new order to agriculture and the
important part women will play in
bringing about the necessary change
Before proceeding to easetrn Wash
ington, the Secretary spent July 10
and 20 circling the Olympic PENN
sula accompanied by C. ]. Buck,
regional foresterj Portland.
Reaching the Palouse country,
Northwest wheat belt, early the af
ternoon of July FL. Secretary Wal
lace saw at first hand the work of
the Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman
CCC Camps in preventing the in
of erosion on the fertial wheat land
Campuses of the University of Id
aho and the State College of Wash
/ ington were visited enroute. After
inspection of federal forage nurs-
cry at the agriculture experiment
station. the party went to the Pac-
ific Northwest Soil Erosion Ex-
pertinent farm near Pullman, to
study the -hundereth- acre plots
used to test all practical crops and
cropping systems for erosion pre-
, vention on large scale farm.
Agricultural college, extenion
service, experiment station and soil
conservation heads from the I'm
iversity of Idaho and the State Col
lege of Washington entertained the
Secretary with an informal dinner
at Pullman Sunday evening. Wen
natchete fruit growers, discussed
possibilities of apples made basic
commodity under the AAA, market
ing agreements, exports, transpor
tation and financing difficulties
with Secretary Wallace, early Mon
day morning.
Enroute to- Walla Walla the
party stopped at Colfax, county
seat of the largest wheat-producing
county in the United States,; to in
spect the aerial survey of the coun-
ty wheat lands. Secretary Wallace
addressed an audience 5000 in pion
eer park, Walla Walla Monday af
ternoon, July %. Special tribute
was paid to the late DR.. w. ]. Spill
Imam, experiment station agricult-
turist at the state college from '94
1901 as the father of theallotment
plan emgodied in the present AAA
and for his Independent discovery
of Mendel's law in it's applicat tons
cerals, in Secretary Wallace's in
troductory remarks.
After stressing the Importance of
soil conservation programs now I'M
way in the Inland Empire in relatio
to the future of the Palousef coun-
try, the Secretary explained the gen
eral philosophy of the agricultural
adjustment program and the right
of farmers to enjoy the same cen
tralizing power of government now
enjoyed by business and labor
Changing of the United state sfrom
a debtor to creditor nation after
the war; with it's subsequent effect
on agriculture, was given as the
basis for present day difficulties in
adjusting the agricultural situation.
Secretary Wallace closed his adj
res with a plea to farmers to unite
in supporting their program and to
business man for better under
standing of the fundamental pur-
pose of the AAA.
The Secretary lief tfrom Pullman
the morning Of July % for Great
Falls, Montana, via the forests of
northern Idaho and western Mon
tana.