Show eco W 3 as that amt affect the h dla ner palle aa and tux tax of every individual national mill and I 1 arob lelih arow irl welfare man proposes god disposes says the old provo proverb rl it proves a i fact that lins ling the department of agriculture and hi hilgh gh government 1 officials giddy and dismayed milli administration program tor for the former lins has been crop and acre ago reduction working on tile tile ory mot unless drastic drase notion were the lie american market would iio with agricultural surpluses a for or many yeara cars to come thus keeping prices at bankrupt levels steps were taken jaken to kill pigs alga plow 1111 under lor wheat and cot cotton toll and otherwise a tempt attempt to adjust demand and supply the government paid out cheeks to talling to farmers in order to recompense them for crops thus destroyed everything went along well wellan 1111 tit til the lie power of god appeared lipp eared in ili tile alio form of the lie worst drought in ili genera generations tiong the wheat and cotton crops of whole states were literally i 1 burned to dust cantlo tiled of thirst I 1 and starvation high winds whirled away peed find topsoil top soil soll making a desert of at what alint lind had boon been tile finest and richest farm land in ill tile colin country try outside of afflicted areas the american people had little idea of what the result of this jilts would be they rend tile headlines felt pity for the alio farn lers whose years in ill boino had vill ishol agreed that the government should administer relief lief what they ild did not adt realize ans alls that the alio drought following upon lilah likin inneo campaign to destroy pro duve had turned tho the crop surplus into a i crop deficit dof feit and that means but thing S 0 a ring food pr 1 c 0 9 to to tile lie consumer private crop ox ex ports say that it will take five fire or I 1 mix years to malco make up ill for the crops I 1 wo have lost everyone 1 everyone of these cheso exports experts aro are of the he belief that during the coming winter food prices wll w il ho be higher than for many years past pant and that coming lit at a time tile me national income la Is still j I 1 heavily and millions or 0 families are earning just juat enough to ket by oil contains tile the fruits of po i tragedy 1 president roosevelt secretary wallace and others hdm have said that nil fill the power of government will be used to prevent pr avent that the file coll consumer Rumer will he be protected but no law aw exists e which call keep farmers e rs from hanging onto what crops they have left in alie hope of higher lil glier prieva no power lias has yet been call ed into play lay that can call prevent spec illation allamong nil all along tile the line from farm to grocery store stord washington Is worried andi ana uncertain certa inand and in the meantime the government Is in tile alie odd position of forcing crop reduction on oil one hand band while administering relief to crop sufferers on the otherl oo 00 the hand band ot of politics politics not to too owell well yelled veiled Is beginning to appear in many supposedly dispassionate surveys of the business situation it la is an ancient axiom that any smart statistician can produce figures that will prove almost anything lt it is equally axiomatic that you can color bolor tile the true facts L concerning corning con business bust by either overstatement OZ or under statement without actual tolling an untruth republican sampat sympathizers lit z a r a a ire r a now no V socking seeking to make lie file public believe thai in business 51 0 s Is bad is getting worse democratic backers are trying to persuade it that business Is recovering that definite improvement Is iii taking place all ilia time tile the truth as Is so often tile the case lies ile between Wye these extremes of opinion Is still belll suffering from tho summer bummer decline but in some fields production Is above what wh atilio alie normal seasonal expectancy would have led us to expect prices for many commodities seen seem fairly steady those of agriculture lue due to drought well up and ri rising sing basic heavy licary industries ind list steel lumber tire ore at advery very low ebbs however main fly in hi the ointment la atall till labor trouble by tile the time this Is read some textile workers may have hare walked out paralyzing tilt alio industry whether they do or not hot is 1 not lot especially important so tar far as tile the conff 1011 view Is concerned tile the fact to baert le kept in mind la Is that labor lias has been made dissatisfied Ils satisfied and forces are arc tit nt work to keep Ls ep trouble brewing in a campaign to unionize Ize industry per cent the appeal made to labor la Is that if it lows lomet now its couse will be set fiet back a cen century on the other land hand conservative leaders believe radicalism find and strikes will shake public confidence in organized labor at MIA time thile that pic dantion atlon is better than force of obvious terest interest in to business b i fire are tile the state primaries which so fur far hire demonstrated very little on rate Ir vur economic highlights continued train ram rate one on most democratic nominees aroca are en illus lastic new deal men meil mt republican candidates are equally enthusiastic thusia opposition tho the president has lot let it bo be known that lio lie hlll not give direct support to any candidate and that came as it a blow to many political hopeful mr air 14 s wisely refraining from froin following tile the example of the tragic wilson allson who 1010 asked askdal the country to return democratic majorities to arid and senate benale was by the elec borate and was waa completely discredited credit ca in lila his leadership many current democratic cardi candidates dittes will insinuate that the president wont bo be able to steep sleep nights until they bra safely elected but that wont janean bienn 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