The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-22

duce; nothing else in the world
Will do 1t. Prices are the only
thing that count and the only fac
tor that affects the farm situation
or solves the farm problem. All
others are window dressing"
Later on in the debate. in reply
ing to an appeal by the speaker,
Mr.. Cannon stated:
Il will ask my good friend, the
Speaker, what he expects to hap
pen to the price of cotton and corn
and hogs when the war ends. What
does he suggest in that contin-
gency? Let me say, Mr.. Chairman,
that when this war ends, the sit
uation will be worse than before,
because in 1920 we lent the people
of Europe $4,000 100000.
"The prosperity we enjoyed fol-
lowing the war, and the temporary
stabilized price Of farm products
was due to the fact that we were
consuming cur own money. We
lent that money to be spent in the
United States.
"Mr. Chairman, you can be very
certain we are not going to lend
them money this time. They will
get no money from the United
States. AS a result, there will be
an immediate collapse of prices
that will bring a terrific reaction
on this country such as we have
never seen before, not even in 1892
plead with the Committee on
Agriculture to at least meet and
express some willingness to con-
slider bill. There are half a doz-
en- measures offered do not
know which is good and which is
'bad-but they ought at least meet
and consider bill"
(Applause.)
throughly agree with Chairman
Cannon that the time has come
to get set for what will happen
when the war in Europe is over.
Surely, we have not forgotten the
lesson that we learned immediately
following the World War.
THIRD TERM TALK GROWS
The Democratic National Com
mittee met in Washington early
last week and judging from all ]
can learn there Is considerable sent
iment for a third term for Pres
ident Roosevelt. can well under
stand that. This demand comes
from office holders and millions OF
others who are getting government
checks. Naturally, they are anx.
ious to see Santa Claus stay on the
job.
The time has come for plain
speaking. Are we so bankrupt in
leadership that it is necessary to
violate the tradition against third
term for president? If so, we had
better send over to Europe and
bring Hitler, Mussolni, CIR Stain
over here to run things for us.
The tragic angle of the whole
thing is that the American people
are, I fear, rapidly approaching the
point where they want someone to
do their thinking and acting fc1
them.
President Roosevelt owes it to
the country to tell us what his
plans are. He has no right to take
the position that it is nobody's
business but his own. The office
he holds belongs to the people
The President is merely a temper.
ary custodian of that office.
c. G. ACADEMY EXAMINATIONS
On May 1916 the U. S. Coas
Guard will hold competitive exami
nations for appointments to cadet
ships in the U. S. Coast Guarc
Academy at New London, Connect
icut. This examination is open tt
all boys throughout the country, be
tween the ages of II and %, who
have the required physical and
educational qualifications. Any
young man interested will receive
full information by writing my
office. The New London Academy
maintains the same standards as
does West Point and Annapolis.
ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY
Considerable progress has been
made in the negotiations between
the United States and Canada on
the proposed st. Lawrence water.
way and power project and the
treaty is about ready to be sub
mitted for ratification by the two
governments. It is estimated that
the total cost will approximate 25C
million dollars.
The st. Lawrence waterway
would do much toward equalizine
freight rates between the North.
west and the coasts as it would
bring tidewater to the lake ports
thereby enabling agriculture and in.
dustry to better meet the competition
from more favorably located sec.
tions Of the country where they
use the Panama Canal.
BOWS TO PROTESTS
When President Roosevelt an.
nounced a short time ago that he
would shortly submit another re.
organization plan to Congress
which would provide for transfer.
ring the Forestry Service to the
Department of Interior, a storm OF
protests arose all over the country
and each day the volume increased
to an extent that proved alarming
to these sponsoring the proposal
A week of it was sufficient to con
vince the President that he was
proposing something very unpop
ular, not to mention unnecessary