Show THE TILE DAILY WASHINGTON 11 1 Round Merry erry- erry J Go- Go GoRo Ro un d Trade Tude Mark MarkBy MarkBy By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-At At the rate of half hall a million milion mil mil- lion ion dollars a day week after week for 12 months checks have be been n leaving Washington to cotton farmers first for plowing up the 1933 crop later for or planting less cotton in 1934 No innovation under the New heal Deal has been more more foreign to the he the traditional theory of American laissez faire economics To learn the effect of the cotton coHon reduction t program various agricultural investigators h hive ve traveled raveled south Among these were Mordecai Eze- Eze ze- ze kiel kid ciel economic adviser of the department and even Henry Wallace himself Wallace got no farther south than North Carolina but he came came back backwith backwith backwith with a picture of poverty among mong tenant farmers which haunted his memory for months Another study was was made by his department as to what became of the cotton checks How did the he tenant farmer spend his windfall Are co coton cotton cot cot- ton on farmers in favor of the crop reduction plan Money Ioney for Necessities To answer these and other questions letters were vere sent to several hundred farmers in one one Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa cotton area The replies were almost un unanimous in favor of at the plan and almo almost equal equal- ally al- al ly y unanimous that none of the cotton chec checks was wasted I I am ani collecting rents from more than farmers in Coal county wrote Patsy Gre a areal areal real eal estate agent of Coalgate O Oklahoma lahoma and T 1 know that 95 per cent of them that plowed plow up cott cotton n used every dollar they got to pay obligations obliga- obliga ions and to buy the actual sic of life I dont don't know of a single singh one that used the money for or the purchase of intoxicating drink or gr spent it t for anything foolishly Similar testimony came from a merchant in Mangum l Okla Okia A CIA man wife wise and seven children came in and bought ought a complete comple e change of clothes lothes for the fam- fam ily ly They did not have enough clothes to go to the he field to work The clothing bought consisted of overalls shoes work shirts and dress material Seventy per cent of the clothing sold to farmers with cotton checks went for jor work clothes lothes My business has taken a per cent increase in the thelast thelast last ast year In regard to what I spent for up plow-up colon cotton cotton cot cot- ton on wrote G. G E. E Boston of Adair Okla Okia I paid 7 7 for a doctor bill 1850 for one horse 1373 for or clothes for clothes 1250 for government taxes and 2 for a ton of coal The rest of the money was spent for flour and anybody d doubting me me having plowed u up my cotton are welcome to come and investigate Very few letters were received which did not report that most of of the cotton check went for debts The reply of W. W B. B Hill of Wetumka Okla Okia waS was typical Here is my statement about my plowed up cotton he said The UThe bank received it That gi jives gives es me no chance to buy m me something for my home lome I plowed up five acres and received 45 for tor it V Am ClAm sorry to say reported E. E W W. Holloway of Wilson Okla that the little I had left when I paid the government what I owed lowed th them thiem r i was was not much mien I lowed owed 25 and my roy check was 54 and I used 10 for groceries and the balance going to see my wife at Norman No I dont don't owe no one Dont Don't expect to anymore if I can can help it I think that Henry Wallace is doing a great greal good in the up plow cotton move and I also think as do all my neighbors that Mr Roosevelt is a great dent u b by United feature Syndicate Inc |