The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-22
THE PTIRTf :
BY LEvERNE HAMILTON Wv
THE TRIPLE A WICCLE"
OF FAN DANCER ROOSEVELT

ant ant, farmers 0 Sot t5 and latSse' u
off" let me cite lite t i5nelr big sr' ~
own own Tom Campbell am 6oeS case Of 'sS
d tSsgs tracts of land from %S0 !. rSS
Tom is one of ,bo..
a scientific farmer OSe rare bn,
s genuine pioneer. His ne aei. Is slls /,
ting the S other f t1s kale and g.
sack, and his pion ,.U@ hold h,
well l will show Won SSr o55sg trait-
Tom (scientificallr, ~
from the Indians lSa i / rents l,a
the munificent sum N O y gObs tr
dollar to one fifty fEgu D o. from iron On S
So when the Triple a. 4 ,1 acre aj
came the rage, T = ,|ggle be
s scientific brain to w rTIi ;,,i set Gl
excellent results tb @t'I WITH sud
down around fifty t tSou he 55sgga
cons cons Tor mot raising n ofIlS S :
; out H:ar:king back to the o oIoppa
called the old saying If a. ae y
neers that "the cnIy S ~ u e ES
IS a dead Indian" and c sUUo mdg
ne put all of his Indian Io5 55Snil
on the relief rolls when tS Landlord .
starve to death as randi 'y Y. '00t
mlnlstrator Hopkins conIG S y AZ
to pass. OOulu Orlngt
So much for the triple Li...
Of the great Fan Dancer = Nv "'sN
lty commission (and what lI - ' y
pelatlon to apply to the niHs = OK
was finally called in and .' S,S SSo,
to relate when we consider '" 'oS.
OF the decisions of the SuD 1sn.
Cney neld that the tribe /
wilggle was just another Damn
law. and that act likewise D5 sg.j
INTO the limbo of "wiggIes thai N.
falled," to be replaced aImos !
once with the Soil COnseysi~
Program which has at least n,
merit of being a professed sttenT
10 induce the farmer 70 m,r
enough loose dirt to cover bis ~
slan thistle seed and at the SAM
lime putting a nickle in the pocIs
II the small farmer for ever
dollar bill that it empts
nto the sock of the wealthy land
holder.
Now lest any skeptical readg
offers the criticism, which | b
icipate, that no one has Offsa
Inything better than the progn
proposed by the great Fan Dana
nd attempts to put me on b
pot by suggesting that do 81
want to say here that before %
trough with this series | will d
er suggestions to cover that U
ONT and these suggestions Vi
e so logical than any person o
ess he be of the mental type
'armer Simple whom descna
4 the previous paragraphs v
Omit their soundness. / may
90 that nine out Of every ten
rage farmers when ccntTol
nth the problem would Ole
imilar suggestion, for It IS p
matter of common sense
AS proof of this assertion
ant to cite an incident when
tally occurred in one Of our v
m states, and l have this
punt at first hand.
In this state at the early s. q.
{ the depression this coma.
as found: farmers had Pr'a-
oundantly; they had Their
lies filled with grain Whlcn
Duld not sell; wheat was A
venty cents per bushel O
arket; the farmers had
ID a surplus of food stulls
e state was facing The he.i
tv of raising funds to ta,
its unemployed, while the b.
s could not get enough T Is5
ops to pay their taxes ST.. t.D b
the time when the sta s.si,
ing required to raise iu
Divide relief. .bbb
This suggestion was na9 sss
err of the state: ~
s ,eat a at approximately o.
ie per b. bus her, and other pr y
rm products to be II E-bss
yIy; the state accept ,1 WI
Ter farm products I'LL igai, ~
rs in payment q 't,. tnf INTO
We the wheat nilled l ors
! the he other products rd
Y UllO Os thus P
siderable emplOymis51sT I'D
industries, and .l Il,s. tt
,uld then distribute Iooy
ducts to the ua men Re