The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

Senator McNary tion nm der
kie will further, and by every
means, seek to enlarge the
American market for farm prod
ncts-both by improving the
consuming power Of city con-
sumers and also by encourage
Ing the industrial uses Of farm
raw materials. Thirdly, Il will
search for formula for freeing
the American farm price from
the yagaries Of foreign markets;
putting the farmer on the same
footing with other American pro-
ducers, who sell at the Ameri-
can-not the wOrld-price."
Senator McNary's speech sounded
the keynote of the Republican cam
paign on the farm problem. He
criticized the Woeful failure of the
New Deal to solve the farm problem
IN a permanent and effective man
ner. He said, Actually, the basic
farm problem is no nearer solution
today than 1t was on March Attn,
1888. The New Deal has reached
none of its fundamental detectives.
lts farm program Is a thing Of
shreds and patches; settling moth
ing; merely putting of the day Of
reckoning. If I did not believe that
the New Deals Success could be
enormously bettered, I should not
as farmer and friend of the
farmer-be standing before you to-
day. II / thought that the best the
government of the United States had
70 offer the farmer was regimented
subsistence and q permanent state
o. disparity, then I should despair
TOR my country"
The speaker endorsed heartily the
statement, made on several occa-
sions by Mr.. Willkie, to the effect
that the present form Of the farm
program would be continued until
something better can be developed.
he said, Il know Of no one who adj
yocates Withholding from the farmer
the grants he now has-soil conser-
walton, parity payments, crcp loans.
and other benefits-until the pro-
longed emergency Is past and the
FARMER no longer is at disadvan-
ta.ge. ] have many farmer friends
who are gravely concerned over the
deficits which these benefits-to,
gether with all the New Deals e1-
penditures-are piling up for de-
ferred payment. The farm popuIa-
tion will pay its full share in meet
ing these bills. Furthermore. f6e
administration Of these vast SateT-
nalistic enterprises leaves much 70
be desired. The inevitable faults
OF bureaucracy-red tape, favorit-
ism, confusion and delay-plagl,e
these enterprises. They should be
decenttalized. Costs should be re-.
duced."
His direct statement giving his
view on the relative merits of
the New Deal administration of
the farm program and the Re-
publican policy was as follows:
THE New Deal, satisfied with
Its farm program, sees the ag-
grcgate improvement il has
been able to make In the farm
ers' lot maximum aim. see
1t as minimnR1. accept that
program only as stopgap sub
Stitute for something better I'm
til something better can be pro-
Vided. And assert, In full conf
dence, that the next admlnistra.
ton will be able to provide
something better"
In further explanation of the diff
ference between the New Deal ac-
complishments and the aggressive
Republican policy on the farm prob
lem Senator McNary declared. IAN
administration worth its salt will
strive for parity prices-not parity
payments. 1t will seek to make our
SURPRISES blessing and not curse"
Regarding the results Of the
New Deal farm program, the
candidate said, Surrounded bv
mountainous SURPRISES, or re-
serves, the farmer has been
frozen into a dependence on the
government. The New Deal. as =.
everyone knows, did not invent
the farm problem. Its offenss
hes IN the fact that, finding ag-
riculture Ill of functional dis.
order, 1t made the disorder
chronic.
He continued, Secretary wsl1ooo
mas renamed the agricultural sur
pluses. You will, of course recan
that the great gluts of wheat corr
and cotton that still plague the New
peal began as plain surpluses. Then
IN 1888, Mr.. Wallace changed the
nhffle, but not the snhsfancn a. -