Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-11-05
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it must occupy In our economic
structure. 1t will occupy a new place
because it will readjust itself, but
it has not done so yet and the con-
sequence Of. this condition is, in my.
opinion, coal mine labor is due
for some very hard shedding in the
next decade, Notwithstanding the
honeyed words of the politicians.
Now, to turn to the part that gov
eminent plays in bringing about
present conditions
blame I have attempted
Den1dgogues to show how greed
on the part of both
capital and labor was responsible in
measure for building up what
amounts to i1l-will among many
coal consumers. But the industry it.
self is not wholly responsible. In
deed, rather hold the opinion that
government is as much responsible
for conditions as the industry itself,
and when say government, ] must
limit my reference to political den-
agogues. They always have been
shortsighted and they are still short
sighted. They have been and they
are now willing to sacrifice great
masses of men and money for per-
sonal political gain of an entirely
.transitory character.
I have said before in these col
unns that the country is being sadly
kidded--it is almost tragedy the
wonders of such parasitic organize
tions as IVA. The public ownership
crowd have had a willing leader in
President Roosevelt and his
hangers-on have promoted his poll
cies of public ownership without be-
ing honest as to the ultimate goal,
or the eventual effect.
It is not alone that there have
been millions wasted in the develop
ment of the Tennessee valley electri-
cal mirage. 1t is not so much that
taxpayers throughout the country
will be paying a bill and paying it
over and over again, that causes me
to complain. 1t is not so much that
the Tennessee Valley Authority will
never be economically operated or
become self-sustaining that brings
this outburst. 1t is the fact that
when government, national, state
or local, leads the way in this direc-
ton, it yields an influence upon
certain percentage of our popula-
ton. Since public ownership advo-
Gates, in many instances, plain So
cialism, where in control of these
agencies such as IVA, it is per-
fectly natural that they present to
the taxpayers only the most rosy
side of the story. They do not dis,
close to the taxpayers the adverse,
the costly side, of the situation. Ma
turally then, hundreds of thousands
of people believe that government
can do this sort of thing better
than private enterprise. They be-
come convinced that private initia-
tive has been turned into a spigot
through which Individual pocket
books are drained. They do not real
ize that their pocketbooks are being
drained much more heavily through
public ownership by means of the
taxes they take from you and me
and everyone else. That is the sad
story, made worse by the fact that
through nearly four years the Wash
ington government has been encour-
aging people to believe public own
ership propaganda and distrust and
n Y,rixrofn irunctr,o
Recent Treasury figures show that
the Resettlement Administration has
paid approximate
Expensive ly $27, 100000 of
Dream it's total appropri-
alton of $134,518,-
900 for administra expenses.
That is, the organization which is
the pride and joy of Professor Rex
ford Guy Tugwell has paid that
amount of money to job holders in
trying to carry out the professors
impossible dream.
While the sum shown as used for
administrative expenses by Profess
sor Tugwell is small, compared to
the billions Of total waste in the
Roosevelt administration, the prop
er way to consider this circun-
stance is on a percentage basis. If
you take your pencil you can cal
culate that about 20 per cent or one
fifth of all the funds appropriated to
Professor Tugwel for resettlement,
has been used in management Of
his plan. 1t may be a fraction under
20 per cent, but it is so close that
even the fastidious Mr.. Tugwell
would not quarrel about the diff
ference.
One-ffth of an appropriation that
is designed theoretically at least to
serve for relief purposes is entirely
too much. 1t is not as great per-
haps as has happened with one or
two other relief appropriations, but
it has always been claimed that the
Tugwell scheme was planned to re-
establish those who have been re-
settled on a permanent basis. That
is to say, it was planned that the
bulk of the money should be used
in providing those people with a
fresh start in life, but I cannot see
where they are getting the full meas