SMALL FARMERS COME THROUGH
Drew Pearson, the columnist who
writes the syndicated articles cal]
ed Washington Merry-go-round, soys
in the January 24th., Seattle P.I.
that as soon as President Roosevelt
gets a breathing spell from the war
plannin0, that he is ^oin^. to have
a show-down on the farm propositior
with Sec. Wickard, and the Secret
arv may be looking for a job, when
’t is finished.
The President gave orders to the
"'Brass Hats" to give aid to the
small farmers in order to increase
food production, and that it was
ignored. One official tried to
secure the aid of the officials in
power to get finances for a pro
gram that he had lrid out, but was
ignored an ’ refused this help, so
he resitned.
The President has the record of
the achievement of a group of a
bout 470,000 small formers who at
the request of the Farm Security
Administration a year a^o, pushed
the production cf livestock, dairy
products, vegetables r-nd short
staple cotton. The records show
that this ^r-up consisting of a
bout 10/o of all the farmers in the
U.5., produced 32% of the total
increase in beef, 33% of dry beans,!
19/o of the chickens, 11/j cf the
peanuts and 24% of the increase of
i iP.x, etc.
Pearson states that one a.mazin0 ^
fact is that the small farmers do
not hire much labor, they themsel
ves do the work with their famil
s. Bi^ farmers on the other hand
nire labor which is scarce, and
buy machinery, which is also scarce
However, the Form Bureau Perforation
headed by O'Neill, still maintains
that "50% of the farmers produce
S0% of the crops, and we have ^ot
to depend on these farmers for in
creases, to heck with the rest of
them." This will be their selling
talk to President Roosevelt, but
it looks like they will lose, be
cause the President has already
shown a favorable attitude to the
stand of Jimt. Pj tton, head of the
National Farmer's Union, who champ
ions the rights of the small farm
er. The tronbc seems tc be mark
ing time and have not taken a stand
for or against. Evidently politics
will hinder a swift decision be
cause the middle west states are
strong Farm Bureau States.
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There will be a meeting of the Am
erican Legion next Wednesday even
ing* March 10th., in the Lounge.
The meeting is called for 8:00 pm.
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ed warm thanks for the many court
esies shown him by the people of
Palmer and vicinity.
Larry Marks returned from the
States recently and the beys are
reunited again. The boys have the
best wishes of the people c.f the
Valley, and we hope to see them
aeain soon.
it
Visitors this week, were Mrs. Kell
ogg, nee Steinberger, and /nc us
McKechnie, who were visitin- with
friends who attended High School
with them.
WELL-spring must be on the way—
because we have observed th se
farm vehicles,(sometimes used by
politicions to sway the populace
from the other side,) namely, "*an
ure spreaders” humming over the
fields, also one team fcunnln^ away.
A nice flock of wild ducks made us
a visit one night and helped them
selves to grain laying around old
shocks. HCJ HUMi what IS Oood for
SPRING FEVER?
Mr. Fitzimmons of the Standard Oil
Co. of Anchorage was here - n a bus
iness trip this last week. Mrs.
Fitz was with him.
<:•
Mr. I.M.C. Anderson, in chrr^e cf
the Anchorage Office of the F.S.A.
visited here this week. In an in
terview, Mr. Anderson stated that
his office had not received any ap
plications for a loan from farmers
In the Mr.tanuska Valley who have
loans with the A.R.R.C., but who
are not in the Colony Project. He
stated that he did not know what
the attitude of the F.S.A. va aid.
be regard!n^ loans from this source
Mr. Anderson did state that the
F.S.A. had not authorized any loans
to Colonists, and that the service
that he was appointed to 0Jve was
intended to serve the farmers of
the ether parts of th3 Territory
where funds were not a.vail; le
from the A.R.R.C. As applications
are on the way for loajas by mail
we will soon know what disposition
will be made of them in the near
future.
The Grange will meet March 11,
at 8:00 p.m. at the Grange Hall. A
t^ood attendance is desired.
Chas. Wils.-n.