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Show EITFCTS ErFFCTS OF DROUTHWhile DROUTH DROUTHWAJJe ' WAJJe 'V.hJle V.hJle VhJle While . it is too earli earl- earl early earlto , } - . to make flmi fil1'11 fil111 fusel ' estimates ofthe of . the effect of this yeai yeal year s drouth Si it seems ine\1tablc ine 1tablc inevitable ine1tablcthat inevitablethat inevitablethat \ that large imports of farm prednctsill products predncts \ will \\ill ill be necessarj necessary necessaryto necessarjto to supply the countl countrys " s needs during the coming ycir ye1.r ye1r yc'ir yc'irYet ye1.rYet ycirYet . ' Yet the gocnllnent111 go\ go goeminent go\cnllnent go cnllnent government \ eminent \ will \111 111 ' this year ; car ear ' pny P'ly Ply some 500 500m 500million 500million m million lion dollars to farmers for "soil soil " oH consenation conservation conservation"practices conservationpractices " practices , " whereby "hereby hereby thereby the acreage of staple crops has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been reduced This is 15 in addition to theact the \ vast \act act ; suns 5urlS sums tobe to tobe tobe be expended cpended " ( for the relief reIlef of farmers in m the drouth- drouth drouthEtdcl.en drouthstricken drouth-stricken drouth stricken - Etdcl.en Etdclen stricken . areasImports areasImports areas areasImports Imports of " wheat "heat heat cheat and corn are likely t to be beespecially beespecially especially l1y heavy , and ma may mav } e exceed .cced cced > . those of 1935 , when when27,439,000 when27439000 27,439,000 27439000 , , bushels ofheat of " , - wheat -heat heat and 43,242,000 43242000 , , bushels of ofcom ofcorn ofcorn com corn ifrom from foreign countries leaped high tarriff tarrHr bar- bar barners barners bar-ners bar ners - ners to take the place of " what "hat hat should have ha\e ha e \ beenraised been beenIB.ised been.raised beenraised IB.ised IBised raised . . on American Amencan soil 5011 . . Besides Besidl'S BesidlS ' wheat and cornc corn , \ we \\c c se \ imported last year yearin ear , , -in in m - rountf round numbers , , , approximately 10 million pillIion pi hlon bushels bushelsof bushelsof of oats , 10 million ml1110n bushels of ) rye r'C rC ' , 5 million m1lUon pounds of ofnee ofrice ofrice nee rice , 320 million pounds of barley malt , 22 milliQnpounds millionpounds million milliQn millionpounds - - -pounds pounds --pounds - of butter , , and large"quantltles largequantltles larges large " quantities quantlties of other farm farmproducts farmproducts farmproducts farmproductsWhat products . . What at has happened in the last three jears years yearsshoul4xdemonstrate ears .6hou1d.x.demonstrate 6hou1dx.demonstrate 6hou1dxdemonstrate shoul4xdemonstrate . should . . demonstrate the futilt futility { of trying trymg to effect asultbefe a : a . ' v ; . su1t sultbefe sultbefeation suitabfe b1 b11 -1 1 - re iuIat1on ulation ation of farm proauction pr&iuction priuction pr duction & by govern- govern government governmental govera-mcntalSintcrference govera mcntalSintcrference - ment mental l J fnterference terference Such intederence interference interference has deprived deprivedA deprivedthew A < . I 1.11ef 111ef thew . thewy thewjrlcan the y AHerfcan jrlcan rlca.J'l rlca.Jl rlcaJl . ' farmer of a large . , part partof part ' ot- ot othis ot of - his home hom homemar -mar mar - f f1uld f 1uld rid and has played into the hands hands of " ! foreign or ign .pro pro . < iuafs i ( ? rs ; ; while Wh11e our exports have have ha.ve . dwindled a1moSt almost torv tori to tong 911h _ rv rv1 ri riyyr , \1 1 \ yyr yyrw yyrg - ' # . , - w . ng g 1o Point pomt . . : ; , r , . - . If . , . s ? ' si sa ! ' . . i a civel-chair civel chair vel > - Chalr "expcrts'Jn expcrtsJn " 'experts experts ' " ' Jn Vashiragton on hatie 'e e ' 1maije made maije ma4e maijer r Tll agricultuadS , rather lather tber sorry mess ofihe of4he or ' ' ' he hewh Whole Wholeagricultuad wh whole le ' agncultlq-a1 agncultlq a1 agricultuad agncultlqa1S1tu1itle4 agricultu { - 'al al 'alstnneas ' S , ' " S1tu1itle4 situatl : ; . tb { ) ' the detriment of uce ucers and and , c con- con con5un1klike ; - 5un1klike sum . stnneas : ( like hke . . . . , . ! . ; ! A o : 'So So ' . " v " ' r , . rice , j- j jj - ice iceJ icec " - : ! ' " } . c ( . . j - ' " J . f- f fo ( - ti ) |