Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-30

and farmers were told what
they could and could not do.
Many farmers in the Impe-
rial valley, as we'll as in all
other parts of America must
recall the regulations pass
ed down. For instance, who
has not h card of Potato
Stamps, Fat G h e c k S f o I
NOT growing corn, wheat,
flax, and many other prod
ucts. One might say that
the more fortunate farmers
should, out of sheer graft
tude, support t h e present
administration since we all
know that is is much nicer
and easier To receive a fat
check for NOT growing a
| thousand or two acres of
grain than it is to actually
grow eighty acres of almost
anything one could name.
These matters call for no
apologies from our Wash
| ington wizards of the soil.
/, for one, am fully agreed
with the program-in fact,
the only way out was to kill
our pigs, our cows, plow un-
der our grain and other sta
piles, and to curtail produc-
tion. At first this seemed
rather foolish to me, but |
have since received definite
and accurate figures on our
imports for 1886 and a por-
tion for 1886, and l can
readily see that something
of this nature h a d to be
done since more cattle were
imported in to America in
1885 than in the four pre-
vious years combined. The
first four months of 1886
showed an increase over the
already startling figures for
1885. More wheat was i'm
ported last year than in the
twelve preceding years COM
bined. More corn was i'm
ported during the first four
months of 1886 than was i'm
ported in five full years
prior to 1885. Butter, bar
ley, oats, and other imports
all show corresponding
gains. Now it is not hard to
see what would have hap
pened had our farmers been
permitted to grow all the
crops they wished to grow.
We just could not hare fax
en- care of our reciprocal i'm
ports and might haze caused
some discomfort to our for
eign friends.
Many of you have heard
and read much concerning
the fourteen billions of dol
lars spent for relief and to
relieve t h e unemployment
situation. Discussion of this
seems futile since we have
100000 unemployed five
years ago and have the same
number today. In this res
pect, the books balance, ex-
cept for the fourteen bill
lions.
Some people are more or
less alarmed at some of the
phrases used by the Presi-
/ dent in some of his so-called
"Fireside" talks, one favor
ite being the term money
Changers" | might possibly,
become disturbed if | could
fin d out just exactly to
whom he is referring. He
most certainly cannot be re-
ferring 10 the A m er / C a n
Bankers since he is practic-
ally wholly dependent on
them 10 absorb the many
billions of bonds put out by
the Treasury. All of these
matters are highly eontro-
versial, and their merits are
debatable. Some hold on
opinion and some another.
There is another phase OF
the administrations activi-
ties which, TO me, has a very
sinister aspect. / refer to
! Communism and the prog.
ress made by il in the past
I few years of the New Deal,
/ 1t is entirely conceivable
that citizens will differ over
the Interpretation of many
of the public utterances OF
speakers; however, | re e
safe in saying that there Is
very little difference OF
opinion regarding the abb
stract question of American
/ ism. Most Of US believe that
our form of government Is