Evening star., 1937-05-18


HaWleyism concede that If farmers
are to exist in an economy dominated
by corporations, they must be given
rights which at least partly Offset the
corporate powers?
They not only refuse to make any
concessions to the farmers and other
unorganiZed economic groups, but
they jealousy guard the special priv
ileges accruing to the powerful BEN
eficiaries of protection
Triple A Ruling Was Hailed.
Moreover, the people who hold most
tenaciously to the theory OF high
tariffs and other economic privileges
for corporations are largely the same
as those who hailed with delight the
decision Of the United States Supreme
Court in the Triple A Hoosac Mills
ease, wherein the court held that
agriculture is purely a local matter.
The force and effect Of that decision
was to deny to the farmers any rights
equivalent to the rights OF corpora
tons. This legal Interpretation stands
in the way of effective national CO.
operative programs among farmers.
The farmers, on the other hand,
believe that the court holds to legal
fiction; that the requirements of agri-
culture are national in scope, and that
the interests Of the industry are
Nationwide. For that reason, among
others, the farmers, individually and
in groups, are standing stanchly be-
hind the President In his request for
judicial reform.
The American people are not going
to be misled by the arguments Of those
who would for purely selfish and per-
sonal reasons defeat the purposes Of
sound economic recovery. There is not
a city or town in the United States
which is self-sustaining. The larger
the city the more dependent is it upon
the purchasing power Of the people
living in the outlying sections. The
normal buying power of 80 million
farm people is necessary to keep the
Nation marching ahead toward social
security and financial independence.
Those extremists in Congress and
outside, who try to strike down the
farmers economic reconstruction pro-
grams are, in effect, advocating the
same policies Of discrimination which
this Nation followed through the
twenties. Our course is clearly one Of
enlightened progress. A return to the
old policies of those years would only
serve to return US to the morase Of
misery and remorse out Of which We
have but too recently emerged.
Demand for Soil Rebuilding.
The majority Of our people can be
relied upon to reject the advice OF
reactionaries, who would have US re-
turn to a policy of soil waste. and over
production; discrimination against
agriculture and national depression
The people Of the Nation. city dwellers
farm policy, which will rebuild the soil,
protect farm income, safeguard the
consumer, and keep agriculture moving
forward in step with national recovery
and returning prosperity.
Against the danger Of surpluses and
for an expanded European market
through the reciprocal trade agree
ments and in other ways Against the
danger Of natural disaster we must
keep adequate reserves OF food and
feed on hand. Crop insurance should
hA @avAo0pNa| A q
centage Of the land should be put into
drought resistant crops.
The great concern Of all Of us,
whether We reside in the cities or on
the farms, is the mounting cost Of
government, and the rate of taxation
Many of our people believe that the
national emergency is passed for which
much of the recent legislation was re-
quired. They contend, and not with
out some justification, that the only
way to curtail expenses, is to stop
spending 50 much money. These pro-
grams for soil conservation, crop con-
troll, and rural identification do cost
money.
am for economy in government.
When took over the responsibilities
of state in Iowa one Of my first de-
mands was that governmental expen-
ditures be placed in . strait-jacket.
We passed the budget and finance
control act and with State con-
troller was lodged the responsibility to
keep our expenditures within our in
come. I believe that we should at
tempt to run our Federal Government