The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-04

tive production and each farm
in each nation a competitive
producer to every other farm
of that nation.
If there is such a thing as Gree
Enterprise, the individual farmer is
it. so HE THINKS. Actually he
is laboring under system of highly
organized business control of the
processing and distribution of the
commodities he produces.
It's true, farmer has more or
less free will to till his soil and pro-
duce products competitive to all
other farmers, in a manner most
satisfactory to himself, and his own
welfare, more or less governed by
the taxes levied against his farm,
which he must pay each year, in
order to retain ownership to it. So
thereby he becomes regimented into
a system of forced production.
Which does to very large degree,
contribute to the depletion of his
farm acres.
After reading in "Facts for Farm
ers", the proposals for long-range
farm program for the United States
as submitted by WOULD BE spokes-
men for the agricultural people, be-
fore the senate and house agricul-
tural committee of Washington, d.
c., during the past two years. And
1. IL
ton of the Farmers Union Grain
Terminal Association at st. Paul at
which, | heard several top notch
speakers talk on the subject of farm
and marketing problems and parity.
Sen. George d. Aiken of Vermont |
of the Hope-Aiken flexible farm
price act-passed by our late Both |
congress. He voiced a strong plea |
that parity to farmers for their COM
modities should not be more than |
908o and should in cases of so-called I
over production, be scaled down to
60%.
To me and a lot of other farm
folks-and quite a sprinkling of bus
mess men too. The Hope-Aiken
fleible farm price act, is vicious !,
attact on the general welfare of our
nation. And why any session of
could or would pass
a legislative act is beyond our power
of reasoning, for the following rea-
son.
Each and every year, from the
top six inches of the earth's crust.
A new wealth is created. All life
Of the non-agricultural people - :
would be wiped out in two years or
less of non-production by those
whom are trying to make livelihood
from the soils of their farms. Parity,
is word not very well understood |
by the public as whole. And was
not understood by the 80th Con-
at all.
Parity, is just a short word for
cost, which the agricul-
,ural people must have in order to
Keep in a position to continue pro-
lucing agricultural commodities, !
rom their farms, in sufficient guam
,ity to feed and clothe the nations :
people and bring into existance a |
lew wealth each year, without de- ,
,letment of that source of wealth '
the land).
With parity, production cost at
my index point of less than 1907,
simply means this. The consum- =
RS Of the nation by act of congress r
ave procured class legislation 0
they can, if they so choose, d
rocure the commodities of agricul- i
ure at from 900 to .60% of their
PRODUCTION costs. And it's a we'll ;,
fact that they so :
hoose, to do it just that way. E
In simple words what does 90% \
arity mean to a farmer and a con- .
inner. Well here it is. A farmer +
markets 100 pounds of farm COM $
lodity and receives payment cover
1g 80 pounds. So the consumer is Il
eceiving 10 pounds of the commod- b
", FREE. If the scale is 60% of D
arity out of 100 pounds marketed O
y the farmers, the consumers re- a
Give 40 pounds FREE. f;