| Show w JI J I 1 oj A R Your Congressman in zing Washington BY HENRY A. A DIXON U U. S. S Representative In from Utah's First Flur District The Th Farm Bill BUI Hodgepodge Mark Twain spoke prophetic words when he said that the farmers farmer's most serious problem were the Democrats and Re Re- publicans The House Agriculture Committees Committee's Committees Committee's Committees Committee's Com Com- new omnibus farm bill which I opposed before the Rules Committee Monday and on the House floor Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day is a striking example of the truth behind the Twain statement The farm problem has become become be be- come so 80 completely political and emotional that is a farmer fanner knows when he is well off orf he will keep as far away from government controls as he can get The crops that are receiving the most subsidy have the greatest controls and are In Inthe Inthe Inthe the greatest trouble Conversely Converse Converse- ly those farm fann commodities receiving receiving re receiving re- re little or no government help cattle hogs potatoes enjoy the best marketing pos pos- The old illusion that the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government could play king midas and turn to gold everything it touched Is a deceiving deceiving deceiving de de- de- de mirage in the farmers farmer's field In some areas of activity the federal government can and has operated with remarkable efficiency and results but taken taken taken tak- tak en as a whole our farm fann policies of of the past 15 years have haye heavily burdened the consumer er the taxpayer and the farm farm- er Some of our nations farmers are ahead of the politics in understanding this For Jor example example example exam exam- a week ago Farm and Ranch magazine reported a poll of its readers that astounded the editor Of more than 2000 responses per cent wanted the government out of farming fanning This omnibus bill was a anew anew anew new attempt to repeal the law of supply and demand It was wasso wasso wasso so complicated that not even Its authors could explain what it meant or tell us what it would cost so unworkable that thata a genius couldn't administer it and so involved that it would have required thousands of additional additional additional ad ad- government employees to operate it It would have cost at least 2 bullion a year for new supports compensatory payments and price increases for the consumer It is estimated that prices would go up 9 cents a pound poundon on butter 8 cents a pound on cheese 1 cent a loaf on bread 1 cents a quart on milk if the bill p passed The gimmick was to include Include in- in clude elude in the bill Public Public Public Pub Pub- lic Law permitting exchange exchange exchange ex ex- change and barter of surplus crops the school and hospital milk program the wool bill all worthwhile programs and run them in with unsound programs programs pro pro- grams ams opposed by the Farm Bureau The President Secretary o 01 Agriculture and many of u u. have been pleading with th the House Agriculture Committe for months to separate tho- tho sheep from goats In this hedge hodge hodgepodge podge bill but those In con control control control of the Committee stead refused to do so Thursday afternoon the Hou lion Thursday afternoon the House rose In Indignation to strike the many tailed many tailed monster down by voting not to allow debate debat on the bill by a surprising ma majority of ot 43 votes I was heart Uon tion of my In hot bot ened by this statesmanlike ac parties arties This Is a ref drift toward Secretary Benson principles and toward the farmer out of ot political bon hon dage The school milk program P PL L L. add the wool bill haw have such universal backing that think we can now bring then then- out separately under suspension suspension sion slon of the rules get a 3 2 majority majority majority maj maj- vote and pass them am an beat the June 30 deadline Otherwise Oth one million school children children children child child- ren now In hospitals summer camps summer school woul not receive milk our woo wool growers could not make plans and Secretary Benson could n not t barter and sell farm surpluses for foreign currencies Dela Delay Delayon on these programs has already alread been extremely costly My Favorite Story Roll Call the newspaper on Capitol Hill lull asked me for foi publication last week for m my favorite story I offered them the following bit of true Utah historical lore to Frank Webber of FFrank Butch Cassidy said sald Tm Im not as bad as rye Ive been painted I done a poor feller feUer and his wife a good turn this trip As I was cuttin across th the hills I come to a run down lookIn lookIn lookin look- look In outfit where I stopped to get et something to eat and an anold anold anold old man and woman was there They tried to make a home but old age hit they imagined and the fact Is they were Just about to be run run out of the place by a feller feUer who had a note agin emI emI em cm I asked em who the gent was and they said they looked to see him show up any minute Which way will he come In I asks And the old woman pointed point point- ed to the trail tran I made the old woman take the amount due and I told her to give It to the feller feUer I said good bye and left I hid out along the trail tran and along comes the feller on a horse He has on black clothes and I had a hunch this was the collector so I watched him and he went Into the old log cabin and the old lady let him In Mabe five minutes later h ho he comes up the trail tran I stopped him took the five hundred and here I am am |
