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FARMERS MEETING
The fanners’ rally Friday man Mansfield, Com. Mc-Don-ta farmer to build up his soil,
afternoon at the American laid, other distinguished guests Let’s do away with the idea of
Legion Hall was widely at-1 and friends: After sitting here | the government aliotting acre-
tended. hundreds of farmers!for some time and listening to!age. We will get the worst ol
OBLIVIOUS OF DANGER
UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE
from all over the county com-i these speeches and pertinent
ing to hear our legislators and j questions asked by the far-’
agricultural experts discuss j mers, and the answers to them
measures regarding crop con-jl am encouraged and feel like
trol, soil conservation and the j there is an earnest attempt
cotton problem ^ After Com- made to solve the agricultural
missioner McDonald finished problem. I believe that when
his talk, farmers engaged in farmers come in to meetings
a round table discussion.
At 1:30 our Chamber of Com-
merce Pres. F. K. Bucek, called
the meeting to order, and Co
Clerk J. F. Bozka opened the
meeting, and asked the far-
mers to feel free to ask of any
of the speakers any questions
they wanted to; he told them,
too, that it was their meeting,
for the purpose of discussing
their problems. He then in-
troduced the Honorable J. E.
McDonald, Commissioner of
Agriculture, who among other
things said:
“Ladies, gentlemen and far-
mers, you know I always feel
at home when I am with a
farmer. I have grown many
crops before my term of office
as your commissioner. I came
from my cultivator to this of-
fice. The year I was elected, a
negro and I plowed my cot-
ton crop. All I have is tied up
in cotton in Limmestone and
McLennan (?) Counties. I
think I have done everything
you gentlemen have done. My
hands touched the plow, from
morning till nite. My shoul-
ders pulled the cotton sack all
day long; I have picked as
much ai 637 pounds in one
day. 400 pounds many days.
I have done any and every-
thing on my farm in Central
Texas.
You farmers have an in-
dispensable vocation, that of
producing food and raiment.
We need our bankers, doctors
and lawyers; they fit in with
our life, but we could dispense
with them. We need food and
raiment produced by the far-
mer. Agriculture is the only
like- this, and talk over these
problems, that we are going
places, and that the net result
will he that we will have a
permanent farm policy enacted
by Congress in the near future.
We have had a question as to
where to get money. I say to
you that money can be had. It
will be found to put agricul-
ture on a paying basis and on
an equality with industry.
Agriculture is entitled to its
place in the sun. It gives the
world its bread and clothes,
and must be put on a plan
that will permit us to use a
just share of its products. We
must raise its standards.
“As has been properly said
concerning our consumption of
cotton under the bad condi-
tions and depression, when you
pay the farmer 20 cents for
that portion he raises, you will
find that farmer buying things
that are necessary for life.
Pay the farmers a parity price
with the things they buy.
“Why should we people in
Texas, who are dependent on
the export trade, permit those
people ,who are also cotton
producers, to take advantage
of our situation and benefit
from it?
“Wi© must work out a prog-
ram for the farmers of Tex-
as, a way to work out a world
market for their surplus. We
are the losers, because we have
lost our foreign market. We
have not solved the problem
by stopping over-production.’'
Mr. Roy Saunders from Ex-
periment Sta. at A & M (in-
troduced by Mr. King) spoke
on “The Importance of One-
indispensable vocation. If it iVariety Cotton”:
were not for.agriculture, there! “We can grow better cotton,
could be no other business.! We are now producing about
it. It’s production we want al-
lotted.
Mr. G. C. King, County Agt.,
introduced Mr. J. W. Chap-
man, Ass’t- Engineer and Sec’y
of Conservation Board, of A.
& M. College, who spoke on,
“Why We Should Have Soil
Conservation.”
After Mr. Chapman finish-
ed, Congressman J. J. Mans-
field (introduced by Mr. Boz-
ka) spoke as follows:
“Mr. Chairman, Com. Mc-
Donald, Senator Sulak and
other distinguished speakers,
and gentlemen of Lavaca Coun
ty: I am not here today to
tell you what you should do.
I am here for you to tell me
what I shall do. I am your ser-
vant and I am trying to be
your representative. And what
ever the farmers of this dis-
trict agree upon after thorough
consideration, whether it meets
with my judgment or not, 1
am going to use my best
efforts to carry out your prog-
ram as you want it. I do not
always agree with tiie farmersf
nor with the Secretary of
Agriculture. I do not always
agree with the President- in
every detail. I do not agree
with you in the main, but I be-
lieve we1 are all hopeful of at-
taining the same end. II am
glad that Mr. McDonald and
others are here today to ex-
plain these matters to you so
that you can discuss them and
make1 up your minds and in-
struct me.
“We have heard a great
deal about the tariff. I am not
a tariff man and never have
been. I have voted against
every tariff bill since I have
been in Congress. The farmers
themselves are not free trad-
ers, tho they make believe they
are. When you farmers de-
mand tariffs, you cannot blame
the manufacturers for making
the claims that the farmers
themselves make. Most peo-
ple protest against tariffs.
“A tariff is the hardest
We have often noted crowds
of young people going to or
returning from some social
function, usually nowadays rid-
ing in automobiles or buses,
singing at the top of their
voices and bent on having a
big time. Too often the noise
of their singing and yelling
distracts the attention of the
driver or prevents him from
hearing the ringing of the beil
or shrieking whistle of an ap-
proaching train until it is ever-
lastingly too late.
Too late the auto or bus,
laden with happy hearted
youngsters, dashes up on the
railroad track in front of an
oncoming train and in a sec-
ond there is a crunching
sound as the steel monster on
the track crashes into the load
of happy humanity, and in
another second dismembered
and crippled bodies are strewn
along the track for a quarter
of a mile or more.
Who is to blame? The en-
gineer says he rang the bell
and blew the whistle, but the
youngsters bent on exercising
their lungs made so much
noise that none of them heard
the train until it was too late
to turn back. Many such joy
rides are turned into mourning
as dismembered bodies are
tenderly taken up and soon
thereafter are placed in their
graves.
An accurence of this kind
was recorded at Mason City,
Iowa, just a few days since. A
big bus laden with happy
youngsters and their tea-
chers driving along the
highway, singing and yelling
at the top of their voices, ran
right up on the railroad track
in front of a fast, stream-lined
train and in a second the big
bus was torn asunder, and
dead and dismembered bodies
were strewn along the track
for a distance of more than a
quarter of a mile. Ten were
killed, and this included sev-
en pupils and three teachers,
and nineteen injured, some of
whom will likely die. A terri-
ble tragedy, truly, and due
solely to thoughtfulness and
carelessness. —Weimar Mer-
cury.
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gent man we have. That can' America, and making about
be proven by going back to the lowest acre yields in
the years 1932 & 1933 when
we had so much trouble,
.which was certainly not the
farmers’ fault. They had their
warehouses full of food.
If our present-day problem
is to be solved, it cannot be
solved by the man who has
never farmed. Only the prac-
tical farmer can solve it.
Our agricultural laws are
definitely passed by Congress
and they largely determine
our future as agricultural peo-
ple and farmers.
Every business man is an
indirect farmer. If the farmer
America. Let’s have quality
in our cotton. We can raise
our production or raise our
quality. You can improve pro-
duction by selecting high-yield
ing varieties. They always
have sold best and will
always sell best until we
find something new about
manufacturing cotton.”
Mr. Cliff Day from Dallas,
Secretary of the Texas Agricu-
ltural Association (introduced
by Mr. King) spoke on the
“Importance of Farmer’s Or-
ganization” :
I have enjoyed listening to
does not succeed, neither does |this interesting discussion.
_ ' ITTAiiH AV* h A^TT O n AT X/ All
the business man. Our presi-
dent and congress realized
this several years ago, that
there could be no happiness
or prosperity until the farmer
was on his feet/’
Mr. McDonald talked
wonder how many of you are
satisfied with this year’s cotton
crop? Can any of you do any-
thing about it as one man or
change the price of cotton? Is
there a solution to it? We
[should find that solution and
•, i i« n nut it into immediate execu-
the production and consump- P Thru cooperative effort
and abroad^” and* d^iscussed^he Ian<^ organization, we can do
ana aoroaa, ana aiscussea -lie somethin about this. If you
importation of cotton m this haVe agfarm program don’t
country from foreign countries
that have over-production.
He was asked, “What can
we do to get a good price for
cotton next fall: The Domes-
tic Allotment Plan seemed to
you think you have a right to
make suggestions now and
then? You need an organiza-
tion to make your suggestions
thru. Ask our leaders or spokes
ul nnuuntiat x tetr, accmeu tu , what yOU wa”t. Our
He said that Tls the % | organization, say that we do
production that win put dft "eedfa P™S
lars into our pockets. It would
and for all the cotton we raise.
establish the best production
basis.”
Mr. McDonald set out the
4 objectives under the Roose-
velt Administration, namely,
Production Control, Crop In-
“If congress passes acreage
control laws, it will be disas-
trous for us. Within 5 years
we farmers, you businessmen,
surance, Soil Conservation and | the whole United States, will
the Ever Abundant Supply;'be meeting to pass a law to
and discussed important fea- get up a tariff barrier to pre-
tures in connection with each.! vent foreign countries from
“Parity prices are right, j shipping so much cotton and
They are not parity income, j other raw materials into this
The Domestic Allotment Plan j country. If we have acreage
would give us parity prices.” ! control laws, this will encour-
“We could build up consump a£e t°reign production. Ask
tion by use of cotton goods in
different lines, for instance,
cotton bagging to tie our cot-
ton bales, instead of jute.
for a domestic allotment plan.
Our Government has
holding the umbrella
foreign markets long enough.
The farmer is the most intelli- the poorest grade of cotton in,thing on earth to deal with.
* ’ You can’t get a tariff bill thru
Congress in less than a year's
time.
“Not more than 1-3 of the
members of Congress repre- 1
sent districts where cotton is
grown. % of the members of
Congress came from districts
where union labor is the con-
trolling feature, and it goes
without saying that their first
duty is to protect their people.
“Suppose the Dept, of Agri-
cultural has already, up to
this time, mapped out its prog-
ram for the legislature. Sup-
pose that it is different from
the program you need most.
Do you want me to vote for
your program or to vote for
the program of the Dept, of
Agriculture ? Do you want me
to sign on the dotted line or
represent you who sent me
there? Those who go against
the administration are accus-
ed of being disloyal.
“I do not know what your
views are about the Domestic
Allotment Plan, but I want
you to think over it. When we
m this country curtail our pro-
duction with a view of raising
the price of cotton, we not only'
raise the price in Texas, but
in India, Russia, Brazil and
all other countries, yet they
make no sacrifice as we do
in order to get • that price. If
we could get those countries
to reduce their production,
then it would be an easy mat-
ter.
“Four years ago, I had
clerks check up on cotton
trade of the different, coun-
tries, and found that 92 per-
;ent produced in Texas went
to foreign markets, and less
than 8 per cent was sold in
the United States. We have
no mills in Texas of any con-
sequence. About 2 per cent is
milled in Texas. We have to
send our cotton abroad or to
the spindles in this country in
the New England States or
been the Carolinas.
“If we keep on curtailing to
a great extent, the time, is
bound to come when all the
foreign trade will get its cot-
ton from the countries abroad
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25,810 bales of cotton were
ginned in Lavaca County up
to Oct. 18, 1937, as compared
with 7,237 at the same date
n 1936.
H. J. Strauss, Special Agt.
over
Senator Sulak (introduced !^e wan^ that protection oui-
by Mr. Bozka) came next and Te*ves* „ J , .
essed himself thus: 1 ‘‘Acreage allotment is wrong.
:Mr! Chairman, Congress- That removes the incentive for who are in competition, and
we would then be reduced to
our home production of 7 or
8 bales. Can the South live on
7 or 8 bales? We produce a-
bout double that now, and
still we have a hard time mak-
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ike the idea of having to go
thru all this business of uncer-
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don't know from one year to
the next what they can de-
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general don’t know. Is not it
possible for Congress with the
help of the people to work out
some plan that will get the
farmer more or better bene-
fits? And at the same time
give him assurance that he
can receive that permanently,
not for just one year. We do
not know in a few years what
Congress will do for us. More
than 2-3 of Congress does not
represent cotton states. We
have a hard time talking these j
people into any program for
the benefit of cotton.”
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w. t. McLean, owner of the Sun- £Ch00] master, “the word ‘nove
shine Farm, had the misfortune Sun- N ,, , mpari„ ^hort tale -
day morning- to lose nine head of re- eanS 3, S O
gisteped Jersey cows due to the cows ; YOU may Write in yOUl* COpj'
eating- a new second growth of red books a sentence containing
top cane, causing an acid poisoning. the word ”
The cows 60 head, were turned in- . f Inter he
to pasture about 7:30 o’clock in the . U1 minutes later ne
morning adjoining the field. A gap picked Up Jollimy .BlOWllS GI-
was open into the field, the herd fort and read aloud: “Yester-
going in and started grazing. A short day j saw a fox terrier runn-
time iater K. R. Daniels, manager of • down OUr street with/ a
the field, noticed three cows were ill . ° . . , ,/
and down. Ho drove the herd fi'om ■ tin can tied tO llIS novelette.
Hie field, notified Mr. McLean and _
they went to work giving others of
the animals affected, treatment. Six Ho y°a remeniDer the Sail.Ox
of these died. Watkins Liniment was j wiTO, HSked Wilcit lie d done
the remedy used, and proved effective- ; with his WagCS, answered,
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