Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-16
OTHERS VIEWS
ATTACKS LANDON'S STAND.

10 the Editor:
l have just listened to Gov Landon.
Republican candidate for the Preei-
dency, over nationwide hook-up
and l feel so strongly regarding some
OF the opinions he expressed against
the present administration and our
President, that / feel compelled to
speak out. What shall say will pro-
badly be OF no consequence because
to every intelligent and honest think
ing person, it is no new theory.
Mr.. Roosevelt seems to be more
harshly criticized for his efforts in
behalf of the people throughout the
agricultural sections than for any
other of the many fine things he has
advocated. To me he is the only per-
son who has done more than promise
to help to the struggling farmer
IT'S true that drastic measures had
to be taken to bring about some sort
of balance between supply and de-
mand, and control seemed to be the
only feasible course. Control of crops
and livestock was something so new
that it was hard to accept or under
stand. Control, as it is used in this
connection, really means protection,
and who are the Republicans to o.
pose protection? For every time a Re-
publican casts a vote he is advocating
protection and control of industry
by means of the high tariff. The high
tariff has always meant a protective
tariff, thereby controlling and pro-
tecting industry. That is to say, own
ers of industry principally, and to a
lesser degree laborers. Just so, the
crop control is meant to protect the
farmer = the land-owner-and this
protection will necessarily reflect on
the farm. laborer. They, the industrial
labOrer and the farm laborer, will
benefit in just such a proportion and
to such an extent as the industrial
owner and the farm owner prosper
or they should. i"
Let us hope that control in the ag-
ricultural field will result in more ac-
tua1 benefits to the farm laborer than
has protection to industry has done
to the industrial laborer. There is a
great opportunity there for investiga-
ton, as neither the laborer nor the
stockholders have within the past five
or six years benefited scarcely at all.
There is a reason for this, am sure.
There Is another reason why the
farmers stood in such need. of Fed
eral control. Unlike. industry, they
had never been successful in cooper
ating or organizing. Industry and
their laborers have stood together
and controlled their businesses; not
so with the farmers. It made no diff
ference to the farmers If the tobac-
co companies had great supply stor-
ed away, and would not be put out if
no tobacco was grown for several
years. They went right on planting
tobacco. The same holds true with
cotton planters and other money
crops. Forgetting or refusing to pro-
vide foodstuff for his family or stock,
the farmer was ruined when prices
to buy food. Mr.. Roosevelt is not the
first person to realize that something
definite and drastic had to be done
about this situation. Many thinking
people have known for long time
that unless the farmers would listen
to reason and stand together in their
fight something very drastic had to
be done. The cooperative few years
ago made an attempt but the farmer
could not see any further than his
nose and kept on being the goat. The
Grange, a wonderful organization, do
ing a splendid work, has also tried
to preach Cooperation and Control to
no avail.
It was a bitter pill to attack the
liberty of liberty-loving people