| Show The Great Drought The year 1931 is rs the and hottest that has be been n recorded for lor 70 years year The great west of the United States is 11 passing passim through terrible experiences experience that are The United States Weather bureau says droughts hurricanes and cyclones cv clones arc are caused b bv contin contin- continued continued disturbances of oC circulation of the air mr These phenomenal condl condi conditions hons all Ill neither w cither calculations calculations bons The President cs cs to use all hIs power with nith the too government to help farmers and other sufferers Alread Already about head of cattle have hate been purchased most mOlt of theme in nt Montana and an In agri culture department stat statement ca say s i r e than 90 7 per cent of all ll beef animals bou bought ht in this state which would otherwise have dIed fro or starved started ed hate hn ha e been taxed cd COn cd and turned into Meat neat J 1 Likely another 2500 hea 1 I of cattle will III be purchased by the gov gov- government government and the a agricultural ad- ad adjustment id administration in a re- re recent recent re recent cent stat statement ment t tells how these drought cattle lIe ate bem being handled by the the- big packers and converted into canned and beef for relief purposes The plan is since similar mar Jar to that carried out with Ith pIgs that were slaughtered b bv the mil mil- millions mil millions lions hons The present program will III continue tl e c policy of controlling supply and md demand and relief and lull full cooperation bv by b th the government In full confidence that the new order is bett better r than the old WB the President is resisting pub puh lie hc criticism of his policies It is easy to agree with He but only once in a great whIle when he decides foi fat Ins Ills half of- of all of-all all t t-ic t e people that PresIdent R Roosevelt has hns a complicated and hl highly hy technical JO job to perform perform n Anyhow An ho allour all our hearts are beat beat- beating beating ing mg in sympathy for the drought suffers There will be time enough to dl discuss d cuss RooS Roosevelt velt programs later on |
