Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-24

They taught farmers how to raise
large crops at low costs for big pro-
fits. They brought "Big Business
methods to the farm. We had a great
farm boom until harvester companies
began selling the Sameequipment in
Europe, South America and other sec
tions of the world. This was a double
blow for our farmers lost both their
advantage of low-cost production and
their foreign markets. This has ag-
gravated the over-production problem
in the case of agriculture because peo-
pie eat less wheat, corn, and other
cereals as they become more civilized.
Furthermore, people then prefer silk
and rayon to cotton Or even wool.
The Farmers Future
Nevertheless, 1 believe that the fu-
ture Of American agriculture has ,in-
limited possibilities. But also believe
that its success depends upon raising
larger crops rather than smaller. Sec
rotary Wallace says that tariffs
should protect agriculture as we'll as
! industry. agree to this. He further
says that as manufacturers shut down
and reduce the surplus Of goods when
the price is too low, so the farmers
should do likewise. agree to this al
so. But the government does not as
sess a growers tax upon agriculture
in order to secure money for distri-
button to manufacturers when they
shut down their factories. Further
more industrial shllt-downse are vo1un
tary.
Agriculture should have every pri-
i Il
But both should be subject to the
same laws of supply and demand.
Both should suffer when they make
mistakes; and both should profit
when they act wisely. Neither agri-
culture nor manufacturing should be
fed from nursing bottle after reach
ing the age Of majority. Everything
| in nature operates upon the profit
| system. Every plant which does not
Pressed itself dies out. Politicians are
| doing lasting injury to this country
when they pretend that the law Of the
| survival Of the fittest no longer APP
! plies. It always applied and it always
will apply.
The Farmers Hope.
Temporarily the situation is con-
fused; farm regions which feel AAA
abandonment may buy less literally
T am confident, however, that pros
perity will return to the farmers, but
not through New Deal" pills and
! .quaclz medicines. This prosperity will
( be due to the work Of chemists in
| laboratories rather than to the talk
Of politicians IN Congress. Henry Ford
| with his experiments with soy beans,
i. dnir 90 'eaS n.ct
| than are all the Brain "Trusters with
their experiments in legislation. Tho
! farmers real shope-and that means
the hope of the city man, too--lies in
raising different crops and In find
ing industrial uses for present crops.
! While people can eat only SO much
there is. no. limit to what they can
use in a thousand other ways.
I especially commend the work of
the Farm Chemurgic Council with
headquarters at Dearborn, Michigan.
Instead of restricting production, this
! council believes that the nation can
| get richer. only by producing more.
Only as more is produced, is there
more to divide. Henry Ford and his
experts claim that $4,000, 10000 acres of
farm land could Immediately beu sed
for making industrial products If the
politicians would only use some COM
mon sense. Here are some examples
of products which can be made from
farm products and the acreage they
/ could use:
100000 acres for power alcohl
| 100000 acres for paper stock
| 100000 acres for vegetable Ffibers
! 100000 acres for litfseed
| 100000 acres for cotton road con-
! struction
| 100000 acres for plastics
100000 acres for tung eoil and soy
! bean kon -
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