The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-16
THEY ARE STILL BUSY SAVING THE
SOUTH

President Roosevelt has asserted that
the South is the nations No. l economic
problem: and this is followed by lengthy
report and dissertation by the National
Emergency Council one Of the Roosevelt
agencies, which c0rrOborates the Presi-
dents charge against the South.
The NEG report is too long and ponder
Gus to receive detailed consideration in
our limited space 1t has received very
little unqualified approval in the South
Many OF its findings present facts, some
Of them are exaggerated. 1t is generally
recognized that, despite the distinguished
personnel Of NEG, it remains an agency
of the raw deal, and it's business was to
see the South as Roosevelt claims to see it
and make a report endorsing his conclu-
sionS. Its membership was picked for that
purpose and with that end in view, which
is not to say that it's members did not pre-
sent their honest opinions in this report
That type of raw dealers can be perfectly
sincere and bring in exactly the kind Of
report that was brought in.
OF course, the probability is that this
whole thing will amount to nothing. Roose-
welt, with his we'll known capacity for
changing his mind, will probably forget
the subject in few months. If he sticks to
it. it will be because he thinks political
expediency demands it. The move is made
for strictly political purposes and if it fails
~, hot wi
be dropped promptly.
All that could possibly result from this
drive would be political maneuvering and
manipulation, a sham show of effort to
build up the South through federal gov
eminent meddling and control of the at
fairs OF southern people by raw deal bu-
reaucratS.
All intelligent southerners know there
is no such thing as business and industrial
development and prosperity and economic
advancement through political or govern
ment manipulation and borrowing and
spending of public money. There are pos
sible certain federal laws which undoubt-
eddy would prove of material benefit to
the South. Roosevelt has had six years in
which to have his Congress pass such laws.
None have been enacted. One of these
laws, one calculated to be of vast assist
ance to the South in solving its problems,
would be a law revising and reducing the
tariffs.
The raw dealers have had ample oppOr-
tunity to deal with the tariff. What have
they done about it? They have not men
toned the subject, in or out of Congress.
In the meantime the South has continued
to suffer and world cotton market has
been lost to this section.
The South will act unwisely indeed if it
waits "a hours for help from Washington
in solving it's problems. What is done here
will have to be done by our own people,
acting on their own initiative, and by the
use of their own brains and Drawn. The
right kind of southern citizens do not want
any special favors from the central gov
eminent, nor do they want any paternal-
istic, sOcialistic, bureaucratic interference
and meddling from that quarter; or any
Russianized attempts to transform the pop
ulation of these Southern States into serfs
Of'the central government.
The chief concern of intelligent, patri-
otto southerners in this matter is that the
Almighty may preserve our States and
quickly deliver them from the blight of
raw dealism