The Hondo Anvil Herald. (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1939 Page: 6 of 9
nine pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
March, 11*39
“ura* ses-sa— asrauer i’stn **
be necessary to have the laboratory
work done, of course, at A. and M.
* °OODTZi?X£S»tEa** Engineer
iiiss
. k*ffi
to conserve the land. All of this
IU ttuiavi » v v».s- -------*
work is very closely associated with
the ceneral problems of agriculture
■ _ :______t i .W ni'.wli' hv
Secretary Wallace accorcu.'K - - —; — “^e's now dealing with the
Clayton Rand is various phases of agriculture in the
written four Je * 1 & state be consolidated under one head
A thAn Arkansas editor sent in the . |s a statesmanlike measure insofar as investigations "made by
following suggestion: “Forget it”. He it looks to ?UChembraces llmost the i this department probably could and
could have told him to wake up from proposals made by Commis- would Jrom toe ^ t^.^out
itable for agriculture which could be
very profitably utilized for game
preserves. _
“The State Board of Water Kngt-
neers is likewise very closely associ-
ated with the general problems of ag-
riculture and livestock raising- 1. ndor
existirg law, this department is di-
could have —__-
his nightmare’. ^ _ oYoner Fred W. Davis nearly twenty-
The farmer whodiversifies judi- five years ago and^advocated by his
The farmer who diversify, ^VceWor, clo. B. Terrell, during his
ciously best conserves the fertil > ten-vears incumbency of that office.
his soil and at the *1 TL'^aim Briefly the measure would abolish
a better return therefrom. The farm >endent or separate adminis-
that produces more of the proyenoer agencies the Livestock Sant-
<sr>sw — r~.th-h-.......„em
er j »W w.« ®hC.“Go'i»d 1 fhfcon,“rSiin’of land, reclamation
Apropos of the effort to pass a so- ^P^eer a'c^nz^it.s'"and San ,1a-; of land and drainage, all of w hich are
called “Fair Trade” law through the Washington, Commissions the vital to the agricultural ard stock-
Texas legislature, it would seem un- cm to interests of this State.
fair to prevent a merchant from sol- •<tdtt- ( 11Ul . *d ’and Plant I “The Livestock Sanitary Comniis-
line an article at a sacrifice rather Con.iol Boai » - . Foard sion is composed of three members.
.h.VcVry i, ind.fini.ely, or ,«vo. " ‘?hPbiHTr£ The «n.„.Pdu.i., of the C-mi™-
hlUIl m it'iupv'ovxi --
The general duties of the Commission
may be summarized as to protect do-
mestic animals from infectious dis-
eases and to enforce quarantine lines
from ^nT season to another. vidts, 'foTThc'creaTion S'the’state
ever, the practice of jobbers sell ng I)t partrnent 0f Agriculture and Mar-
the same goods in the same quantity, t be sub-divided into divisions '--«»«» —— — -------- ----- , • .
to a chain store at a lower price than ’oo-.-iculture livestock, game and to promulgate rules, etc., all of which
they charge the independents in the Kforests and parks, reclamation I directly affect the interest of every
same town deserves to be outlawed. Jj* f ’ conservation, feed control j farmer in Texas who is in anyr sense
“3-T0^0--rrnnpH from end personnel and such others as it I engaged in the raising of livestock.
“Thousands of aliens dropped from ■, . . j.em(d desirable
Rolls in wide WPA Yhakeup”. flight iater be deemed desirable to
screams the headlines Sunday morn- aaa.
“The duties of the Game, Fish and
Oyster Commission are, of course,
screams the headlines Sunday morn- at"‘, . f centrai a|-encv well known, being to conserve game
in, following the .coins.into of f~t»f , ^knoin „rt>“ ComULo/-I -"« ~ -M »»
a new relief bill. Lets see. It wa_ Agriculture along our coast line.
Roosevelt who wasn’t going to let or £meTf the Governor’s arguments j “The general duties of the agricul-
anvbodv in this country starve. Are, fto,“e 01 “"JV ' J tural department are, of course, well
the unemployed aliens in our midst ^ ^ to^excerpts front his message ! known and might be summarized in a
in no danger of starving. If so how n-insmissal are as follows- [general statement that its duties are
much less endangered should our na- of tiansm sa , a * agriculture, to promote agriculture, horticulture
tive-born be’ If nohodjr fa in danger 'Rowing, and i and livestock raising,
of starving why the WPA any long ^ conservation ard reclamation of “Texas A. and M. College is
er? ^ the jand 0f the State as well as the charged with the responsibility of m-
--°°° conservation and restocking of the specting and testing feed stuffs of-
There are two factors connected la^dg of the state w;th game, are all fered for sale within the State. 1 his
with the effort to increase the legal yital problems of State interest which is primarily a police duty of the State
could be more effectively handled if , and should be performed by a State
limit on truck loads that do not seem
to enter into the discussion. First, it
you double the load you reduce the
necessary number of drivers bj
exactly one-half, to that extent ag-
gravating the unemployment situa-
tion. In the second place, as you
eliminate the littie man with his
small truck you build up a monopoly
for a combination of heavy-truck
owners to the advantage of the
monopolists and the detriment of the
ANVIL SPARKS
SPARKLETS
THE SONG OF THE LARK.
his own limitations!
t
v“~ Thig Life’s greatest handicap is lack of
service received by the public. This . *
condition already obtains in much of
with the coming of spring!
WISDOM.
condition already obtains in much of
the bus service being rendered today.
Fair competition means better ser-
vice on the average.
--0O0-
For seme time Farming readers
have been reading the articles by T. •
C. Richardson, Secretary of the ,, mistakes
Breeder-Feeder Organization of Tex- ajre the wi?dom to
as. Promoters of this movement are £ £ in tht, Pame errors
in earnest and in a letter issued b\ * ,K
one of their spokesmen it is urged . Repeat.
that loeal hardware and Implement *
dealers, bankers, druggists, lumber SPRING jf f n th sea.
dealers, publishers, county agents. —Is the fairest gut 01 an
vocational agricultural teachers, and sons burgeoning
all other business ard professional! Is tne season 1 n
»«!»*pfom*8e
™"r‘ 0?"Vco'^oll Ln*d*'«r»7” hi ... .ht beauty
7ZSZ ST™ - a«a., |||ivi.<r. ■*•>>«"«• - b'«
1P39?
It is a smart man who is wise to A lone lark perched on a telephone
.. . . . wire
Trilling his song as if he ne’er would
tire!
Oh. w hat marvelous thoughts, could
T they be read,
That heart is still young that thrills Are coursing, surging through that
- - - - ---• tiny head?
Winter days, dreary with their chil,
and blight.
Are past, like ugly dreams that come
at night.
And the glorious warmth of return-
ing spring
Stirs the impulse to rise on soaring
wing—
A wing that shall carry him on afar,
Following the track of the northern
star,
To where his fledglings soon shall
safely nest
Warm against his mate’s soft moth-
er-breast.
A moment he trills and away,
Soon lost in the abyss of day!
But the notes he sang linger still
In the heart of me and thrill
My being to its very core,
And shall he mine forevermore!
—FLETCHER DAVIS.
execution of the law controlling the
sale of feeds within the State should
be in the Department of Agricul-
ture.” ,
Any man who has given thought
to those matters must agree that the
Governor’s s atements as quoted
above is a statesmanlike presentation
of the proposal. They are worthy of
acceptance and the consolidations
should he made.
The Governor summarizes:
“I believe that we should take ac-
tion which will give farmers and
stockmen of this State more recogni-
tion than they have had in the past
in dealing with the general affairs of
the State, and I believe that the de-
velopment of a strong department,
such as is herein recommended,
would serve to accomplish this pur-
pose. The Department of Agricul-
ture ard Stockraising needs to be
just as close to the people as is pos-
sible.”
It is unfortunate in the extreme
that the means recommended by the
Governor and accepted in a modified
form in the bill for bringing all this
service “just as close to the people as
possible” is to take the selection of
their Commissioner of Agriculture
out of the hands of the voters and
place it in the hands of a ( omrnission
of seven to be appointed by the Gov-
ernor.
In such a government as ours is
intended to be, the collective w-isdom
of the masses as expressed at the bal-
lot box is presumed to be—and must
be so accepted if we are to maintain
-elf-government—-the superior and
rightful authority for selecting those
who are to be our public servants.
The selection of a Commissioner
of Agriculture rightfully belongs to
the sovereign voters, and if they are
not capable of making such selection
they are not ready to have their gov-
ernment undertake the functions
which it would be his duty to admin-
Furthermore, if it be assumed that
the Governor can select seven men
who can select an eighth man 'v^0
can better serve the people than the
people themselves can select, it must
be deemed unwise to expect them to
work for their expenses alone.
Such arrangement, rather than
bringing the Department close to the
peoole, means the building up of a
poweiful political machine in the
hands of the appointive power and
opens a way to graft to those dis-
posed to profit in that way.
The measure is open to the further
objection that if considerations of
economy are to figure, why the large
salaries?
With the average annual earnings
of the farmers of Texas probably not
exceeding— if even averaging—$600
why pay their Commissioner ten
times that? Especially when some of
the best statesmen of Texas have ad-
ministered it for about half, or less,
of that amount and many more would
be glad to accept the task at the old
pay? , , ,
Is it in vain to hope that these de-
fects in an otherwise wholesome and
needed measure may be removed and
a great Department of, by and for
farmers be established and not an-
other political machine for politicians
to manipulate?
-0O0--
Wise spending is the true economy;
I the other kind is wilful waste!
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Davis, Fletcher. The Hondo Anvil Herald. (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1939, newspaper, March 24, 1939; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth563316/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.