The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
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his audience as he spoke on the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1888
and made a plea for cooperation Oh
all farmers everywhere. He SAID
there should be no such thing as
Mason-Dixon line but that all farm
ers everywhere should cooperate in
a program to benefit all of them
Hon John Bankhead discussed
bill which he plans to present to
Congress in it's forthcoming session
which provides for those producers
who want to further reduce their
cotton produced by allowing the cot
ton already held by the government
to be prorated on the basis OF q
maximum of one-third of their nor
mai 5-year average production.
The proposed legislation brought
favorable response. 1t is believed by
Speaker Bankhead that a 13-million
bale crop will be produced in 1889
with normal conditions. He would
ike to cut milhon bales off this
with the proposed legislation.
The subject of Industry, Labor
and Agriculture was discussed by
Mr.. Hartman, Mr.. Ogburn and Mr..
Gregory.
Mr.. Hartman, past president of
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce, is
also chairman of the committee APP.
pointed by President Roosevelt to
study labor conditions in England
md Sweden.
Mr.. Hartman criticized industry
attitude toward labor in the Unit
ID States, saying that England and
sweden had, for many years, recos-
nized labors' right to collective bar
gaining and had even encouraged
abor to join unions. He made an
interesting review of labor conditions
abroad and said striking was con-
sidered treason to the government
which stands as anenforcing agent
behind agreements made between en-
ployer and employees. He said these
agreements had been in effect foI
uwenty-odd years and that there was
ess trouble abroad than in the Unit
ed States.
Mr. Ogburn, counsel of the Ameri.
has made an intensive study of the
!aborers' income, saidthat labor helC
out a friendly hand to the farmer
but that the farmer had rejected
it. He said there were 4 million
laborers organized and that with
one million farmers organized tht
| two could cooperate and secure bene
ficial legislation that otherwise nei
| iher could effect. He said labor hat
stood ready at all times in the pas
TO aid in legislation affecting the far
mers and cited instances where
had helped farmers. He said labo
would continue to aid the farmer,
in the future in any way it could.
Mr.. Gregory, associate pubhstle
of "Wallace's Farmer" attacked th
plan offered by Mr.. Ogburn and sail
that labor and the farmer could new
er cooperate.
Mayor La Guardia spoke to tn
convention representing the consum
er. He termed his address the "Voic
of the People" He said the amour
of money received by the eight mil
ion people in New York City sound
ed like lot, that $40 a week receiy
ed by a milk wagon driver sounds
like an awful lot of money, but tina
when the sum was broken down
amounted to not quite as much a
u sounded, due to the high price o
living conditions.
Mr.. La Guardia attacked labor, in
dustry and agriculture. He said W
.'2llked about a Surplus" whereas
there is no such thing as a surplus
IS long as people are hungry, with
out food, clothing, jobs and the neces
sites of living.
His proposed solution was indus
ny, labor and agriculture represen
,atlves be appointed by the Presiden
os a committee to an1ive at a sol
lion which would be acceptable t
all and give the government the pow
ar to enforce the agreement.
Hon. Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma Sen
ator, also addressed the convention
recognized authority on financ.
Senator Thomas gave an interestin
discussion of our monetary syster
End tod how the United States ha
stored up two-thirds of the world
upply of gold and one-haif of tn
silver. He criticized our system, say
'ng that We had never been able {
make our monetary system fluctu
ate as we do our commodities. H
said one dollar should be one hun
ired cents.