The Sidney herald., 1955-11-17

S missioner of agriculture foo.
, nIoie IMAM TWO years ago when h
4 urged that Montana high nro+oi
7 wheat be excluded from tbe gen
ID acreage alIotments control
: soon to be invoked. Mr. -
pointed out that Montana'e 49,
Is not In surplus and does NOT :,
practical effect, contribute ~ ~
national over-production who
the acreage allotment law seal.
to eliminate. seek
Through the efforts 81 60
gIeSSman Wesley A. D'Ewart anc
otners' the Kruse principle Wa.
Incorporated into law. The sec
rotary of agriculture was en-
powered to accord nonSI,rn11-.
nIgh protein wheat indenendan4
status, but it seems that Secretary
Ezra I; Benson has not seen fit
Winning for Montana wheat -
rating it merits in the nationaI
economy, as influenced bv the
price support program, should
eoinnend itself to both political
partles IN this state, making it a
Solld front crusade rather than 2
political partisan issue.
Dr.. Kelso is eloquently right
When ne says that so far as Mon
tanas high quality wheat is con-
cerned, wheat is not just wheat.
The appalling death toll on
Montana's highways in recent
weeks is indeed disturbing. At
this writing there have been
more than 20 fatalities for the
year compared with the same
period in 1854. Perhaps the exhor-
tatlons Of Gov. J.. Hugo Aron-
son and Glenn M. Schultz, super
VISOR OF the state highway patrol
are having some helpful effects
OUT obviously this has not been
enough to keep drivers from kill
ing themselves and others.
speed and liquor appear TO he
the main factors in PRODUCING
Ihls slaughter. This is true de-
spite the increasing emphasis he
-ng put on these factors bv state
authorities and others concerned
Mlth promoting highway safety
Inc highway safety program has
1ogged down in some places. bllt
highway patrol, working with
agencies and groups, is MAX
commendable progress il. safe
irving education, incIuding con-
eS IN high schools.
l believe it is a tenable CON
fusion that these educational af-
ortS are saving lives and r IN
direction of the ultimate 60
Itlon, SO far as there NAV he
Inc great majority Of drivers
amenable to this sort of in.
luence, but there are ALWAYS
ioSe VINO understand only the
ma OF language the Russians
nqerstand, which is the harsh
decisive language of crack
without wishing to be cynical
seems to me that some If +baao
mes soon u officials will have
suspend the making of speeches
ng enough to use every faciIi-
they can command to con+ro1
10 discipline drivers who can he
'rSuaded by no other sort IF
aSoning. "
highway patrol officials are
Screet about discussing this
Lollcly, but they complain of
lIlculty in getting drunken
lver convictions in some of +ba
stlce courts. OF course. there
e Two sides to such a matter. #
be recognized that police
as a class are inclined 70
nslder a person guilty OF thew
'uld not have cited him into
lrt. 1t must be recognized also
some judges and some juries
a rather dim view of certain
IDS of prosecutions
mere r notable executions
the qualifications and atti1
les OF too many justices of the
ice and city magistrates hardly
assure up even to the minimum
aLtles that even such humble
ounaIs should exempIify. The
les OF some Of these dispensers
Justice would be amusing if
ice according to law were NOT
n a vital and serious matter
Il discussing highway law en-
yemen with a veteran attor-
VINO has some official con-
4 with the subject, he made
pertinent suggestion that spe-
Traffic courts, presided over
lawyers, might be the answer
tnls problem of unconvention-
not farcical justice at the
as OF capriciouS and unouali-
magistrates.
q concert with other c+o+a
I executives, Governor Aron-
mas proclaimed December
- LAY Safe Driving Dav
StreSSlng a nationwide cam
"a from November 81 To Ne
per ~ TO induce greater pub
cooperation in cutting the
way death and injury toll
OBJECTIVE is most Iaudatorv
the stark fact is that in aIi
~ llany cases the brain power
~ tne wheel is not develop