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Show RADICALISM 1 HELD DANGER FOR AMERICA American People At Crossroads, Cross-roads, Says Master Of Farm Grange. HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 14 (U.R)-"Unthinking radicalism" radical-ism" holds more danger for America than any other force with the possible exception of stupid reaction, Louis J. Taber. Columbus, O., Master of the National Grange, warned the organization today. Sounding the keynote of the annual an-nual grange convention which drew 20,000 agrarians to Hartford, Hart-ford, Taber said the American people were at the cross-roads of an important period. "One of the most serious mistakes mis-takes we are making," he said, "is forgetting that recovery and prosperity begin with the farms and homes and business establishments. establish-ments. It is time to quit looking so much toward Washington and more toward ourselves. Our Own Troubles "As we merge from the world's' greatest economic storm, let us not forget that many of our troubles are of our own making, and that our failure to adhere to the fundamentals in government and life has increased our troubles." The depression, he said, laid a heavy toll upon the farmer. Gross farm incomes, he said, declined de-clined from $17,000,000,000 in 1919 to $6,000,000,000 in 1933. Fixed charges remained unchanged. The farm dollar dropped to 81 cents. Better Outlook "Restored farm purchasing power pow-er still remains an essential step to national recovery as well as to rural welfare," he said. "Every constructive step that the administration, admin-istration, congress, organized agriculture ag-riculture and farmers themselves can take, should be directed toward to-ward bringing the farm dollar to par, not only for the good of agriculture, ag-riculture, but of the nation itself." it-self." "The farm outlook for 1935," he said, "is more assuring than in any years in a decade." The government's gov-ernment's agricultural adjustment act placed under control all burdensome bur-densome surpluses and the farm credit administration since June 1. 1933, granted loans of $1,322,-000,000, $1,322,-000,000, "thus rendering a tremendous tre-mendous service in stabilizing |