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Show AS I SEE IT They eay recession hits two fronts; It seems to me that this is erroneous. I believe that there is only one front and that weakness weak-ness is in Washington. You know that France is having a heyday on our free trade and foreign aid. When the FilgTims came to America their puipose was to get away from high taxes and Tory domination. But today where are we going? Right back into the same run. Through this so-called foreign aid and free trade, America is slipping into bankruptcy and bondage. Through our free trade we have lost many of our industries indus-tries and put a great many people peo-ple out of work. Now they are shipping cheap beef and mutton in, duty free, to finish off the the farmer and livestock business. busi-ness. Benson is doing everything every-thing that he can to cheapen what the farmers produce and increase what the farmers have to buy. I saw where the resident resi-dent was looking over his farm and cattle. It seems to me that he should employ Benson as his farm superintendent and let him see Just how they come out according ac-cording to his recommendations. As I see it, this being an election elec-tion year, the voters here in America should go and defeat any congressman or senator who believes in foreign aid and free trade. I don't believe in Isolation, Isola-tion, but I do believe in fair trade In accordance with our standard o? living. Big business si gdng overseas to benefit by cheap foreign labor and they are shutting down production here in America. In my opinion they may be getting some of our foreign for-eign aid. Labor better wake up and instead of striking, work for a tariff up to our cost of production produc-tion here in America. Clarence Lamoreaux. |