The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-11-11
Politics Seen as Key in
arm Subsidy Problem
Acceptable Compromise Lacking; Presiden-
tial Veto Forecast for Any Bill Banning
Use of Economic StimuIant.'
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,us analyst and Commentator.

I'd Commentator.
purely political. They say the Re-
publicans naturally take the side OPP
posite to the administration because
they a win some farm votes as
champions of higher prices to farm
ers if they take this stand. On the
other hand, they believe that the
anti-subsidy bill will be vetoed
eventually and the Democrats say
the veto will be sustained. If so,
the Republicans will not be criticized
for supporting a measure which is
defeated. And the Democratic sup
port in the house agriculture COM
mittee, subsidy supporters say. was
bought" by allowing the present
subsidies for the products grown in
districts Of the congressman who
supported the bill, to stand.
The administration followers say
that it seems strange for the Re
publicans to raise a cry against sub
sides when tariffs are subsidies.
They mention the sugar Subsidy"
AS for complaint that the subsidy
on agricultural products would not
reach the farmer. they call attention
to the milk subsidies at present in
operation where the man who milks
the COW gets the subsidy direct.
Meanwhile, we know that the cost
of living has already gone up. We
know that we need full production
of foodstuffs. We know that many
farmers can't get the feed required
to raise the stock or to fatten it to
its most efficient weight for slaugh-
ter.
Payment of any money out by the
treasury does mean more money in
circulation but the subsidy pro-
ponents point to the kind of imitation
we get when prices aren't controlled.
The administration says it is better
to control a few professors and dis
tributorS, even if Uncle Sam has
to snoop into their books to see he
spiral of prices and living costs start
to mount.
In the next weeks you will hear
a lot more of these arguments.
Food Contribution
The other day when I stepped into
the broadcasting studio just as the
Farm and Home Hour had ended, I
found some cookies, some Brown
Betty and a meat loaf sandwich wait
ing. These samples had been saved
from a more elaborate layout of
good things made with soy beans
which had been the subject of the
F & H broadcast.
I ate them with pleasure. Al
though the meat loaf was Is per cent
soy grits. it tasted exactly like meat
to me. The cookies and the Brown
Betty we're excellent.
Soy -four and soy grits-the bread
had some soy flour in it-are both
on the market ready to contribute
vitamins. mineral. protein, vim and
vigor to wi food. reducing the con-
sumption Of scarcer and more ex
pensive products. A saving Of from
20 to Is per cent in meat and still
having almost identical food values
is nothing to be sneezed at.
Soy, it is pointed out, is not a
substitute but a supplement to other
foods and you would be surprised
how many tasty dishes can be pro-
duced with it. The Bureau Of HUI
man Nutrition and Home Economics
has a handy little pamphlet contain
ing recipes. and you a get M by
writing to the bureau. care Of the
department Of agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c.
There are recipes for mint loaf,
chile con carne. suggestions for use
Of soy with vegetables when they are
served as a main dish; soy in sauces
and mixed with cereals to give a
richer protein diet-many sugges-
tions for making what you have 60
further and accomplish more.
A Letter
Frankly, when l get a letter that
makes me real mad. I sometimes
mention it on the air. I shouldn't
ever do it. I suppose. because l usu-
ally get a flood Of sympathy which
perhaps I don't deserve but one of
the best replies I ever had was from
a man in Spearfsh, S. D.. who wrote
to me as follows:
Each morning at II a. m. MWT, I
u you in. NotU, I may be mistaken,
yet it seems to me that at times YOU
think some OF the letters you receire
are hitting belo,U the belt uhich has
always been considered couardly and
unjushfed. But in a great many cases,
il ue don't hit belo,V the belt, zoe just
make a total miss as ii seems that some
Of the stuff that is put out for us to fol.
lou shoes that there is NOTHING
above the belt to hit at"