The Redwood gazette., 1936-06-18

Udlduce between SOll-DullQlng ant
soil-depleting crops as will per
manently insure productivity with
reasonable benefits to cooperating
farmers on family-type farms, but
so regulated as to eliminate the
new deals destructive policy to.
wards the dairy and livestock in.
dustries.
Ito extend experimental aid
to farmers developing new crops
suited to our soil and climate.
5-To promote the industrial
use of farm products by applied
science.
6LTo protect the American
farmer against the importation of
all livestock, dairy and agricultur-
/ al products, substitutes, thereof,
and derivatives, therefrom, which
will depress American farm
prices.
To provide effective quaran-
tine against imported livestock,
dairy and other farm products
from countries which do not i'm
pose health and sanitary regula-
tions fully equal to those required
by our own producers.
SO provide for ample farm
credit at rates as low as those
enjoyed by other industries, in
cluding commodity and livestock
loans, and preference in land loans
to the farmer acquiring or refin-
anclng farm as a home.
9-To provide for decentralized,
non-partisan control of the farm
credit administration and the cleo
tion by national farm loan asso-
Citations of at least one-half of
each board of directors of the fed
eral land banks, and thereby re-
move these institutions from poll
tics.
10 To provide in the case of
agricultural products of which
there are exportable surpluses, the
payment of reasonable benefits
upon the domestically consumed
portion of such crops in order to
make the tariff effective. These
payments are to be limited to the
production level of the family type
farm.
Ito encourage and further
develop cooperative marketing.
12-To furnish government as
sistance in disposing of surpluses
in foreign trade by bargaining for
foreign markets selectively by
countries both as to exports and
imports. We strenuously oppose
so-called reciprocal treaties which
trade off the American farmer.
13-To give every reasonable
assistance to producers in areas
suffering from temporary disaster
so that they may regain and main
tain self-supporting status.
Tariff
Nearly 60 per cent of all i'm.
ports into the United States are
now free of duty. The other 4(
per cent of imports compete di.
rectly with the products of our in.
dustry. We would keep on the
free list all products not grown OF
produced in the United States il
commercial quantities. AS to al
commodities that commercially
compete with our farms, our for
ests, our mines, our fisheries, oul
oil wells, our labor and our indus
tries, sufficient protection shoult
be maintained at all times to de
fend the American farmer an,
=. the American wage Garner from
the destructive competition eman
ating from the subsidies of fore
ign governments and the import
: from low-wage and depreciate,
currency countries.
We will repeal the present re
ciprocal trade agreement law.
is futile and dangerous. It's effec
on agriculture and industry ha
} been destructive. Its continuatio
2 would work to the detriment @
! the wage Garner and the farmer.
We will restore the principle Q
the flexible tariff in order to NEE
changing economic conditions her
5 and abroad and broaden by care
e full definition the powers of tn
| tariff commission in order to eS
tend this policy along non-partisa
e lines.
We will adjust tariffs with
view to promoting internations
trade, the stabilization of currer
cies, and the attainment of a Pre-
: per balance between agricultur
n and industry.
4 We condemn the secret negotis
ton of reciprocal trade treatie
!, without public hearings or legis
: lative approval.
n MOnOpOlies
J, A private monopoly is indefer
: sible and intolerable. 1t menace
e and, if continued, will utterly dc
n stroy constitutional governmer
C and the liberty of the citizen.
4 We favor the vigorous enforce
: ment of the criminal laws, as we
n as the civil laws, against mono
poles and trusts and their off
Y cials, and we demand the enact
d ment of such additional legislatio
!, as is necessary to make it imposs
a ible for private monopoly to exis