Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1956 Page: 8 of 16
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CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, TOURS.. OCT. IB, MM.
THE CLAUDE KEW8
Politics . . .
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V
Strangely enough, three great De-
mocrats of modern times, Woodrow
Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and
Adlai Stevenson, all came from
what we might term the social
elite. Two graduated at Princeton
and one at Harvard. All came from
the social uppercrust—yet all three
have displayed a love* for the little
man, the common man.
On the other hand, some of the
greatest snobs we have ever known
were raised on a farm in poverty.
By some means they acquired a
little wealth, usually under a De-
mocratic administration, and now
they have about as much feeling
for the common man as an alley
cat has virtue. And we don't have
to leave Tulia to find some of
these characters.
No, Mr. Editor, it isn't 2nd Lt.
Eisenhower, the man from the
country town, who is our President.
It is a man completely under the
domination of General Motors and
Wall Street who has been sold on
the trickle down theory of pros-
perity, the European philosophy
that only the Goulds, the Rocke-
fellers, the Wilsons, the Dulleses,
and a limited number of earls and
counts are really qualified to run
the country and enjoy a decent
way of life. Meanwhile the farmers,
the laborers, the white collar work-
ers, the small men who tend their
shops, merely exist to do the
chores. They were all born on the
other side of the economic tracks
and it was never intended that
they share in the nation's abun-
dance. So you tell us.
These little people are compar-
able to the hundreds of other little
people who lived to serve ancient
kings. They were important and
necessary only to make life com-
fortable for the chosen few.
Only a blind man can fail to
see the obvious place of contempt
to which the present administra-
tion has assigned the farmer and
the little man. And labor would
fare no better if legislation didn't
stand in the way.
The present administration can
never successfully deny that it has
penalized the masses to make the
rich richer.
The only real issue in this cam-
paign is: Do or do we not want
the masses to share in the na-
tion's prosperity?
If we want only the crumbs from
Wall Street's table, then we should
vote again for Ike and his \^all
Street advisers. But if we want an
even break, if we believe that pros-
perity begins with the masses and
thus penetrates the entire eco-
nomy, if we believe that govern-
ment favoritism should never pre-
vent any segment of the economy
from enjoying a decent standard
of living, then we should vote for
a man who has both a heart and
a party that feel as we do—Adlai
Program Available
'57 Wheat Soil Bank
College Station — The Acreage
Reserve program now available for
participation by farmers for their
1957 winter wheat crop is the se-
cond of four such programs auth-
orized for wheat and the other
"basic" crops, according to Robert
G. Shrauner, Chairman of the
State Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee. Winter
wheat growers who wish to take
part in the 1957 program should
call at the County ASC office and
sign an agreement. Applications
are expected to be available toward
the end of August.
The Soil Bank legislation, enact-
ed late this spring, authorizes such
a program for basic crops over a
4-year period, that is, through 1950.
Each Acreage Reserve agreement,
however, covers the particular crop
for only one year at a time. For
1957, the program is being made
available early enough so that most
farmers should be able to make
their plans before planting.
Chairman Shrauner explains that
the whole purpose of the Soil
Bank's wheat Acreage Reserve is
to help reduce the acreage of
wheat below acreage allotments,
thereby, reducing excessive supplies
of the crop. Land "reserved" under
the Acreage Reserve may not be
cropped or grazed for the period
of the contract. For this reduction
in his wheat acreage, the farmer
receives a payment to offset the
income he would otherwise have
received from the diverted acres.
The Chairman emphasized that
placing wheat in the Acreage Re-
serve will not reduce future wheat
acreage allotments.
Farmers who wish to divert land
from the production of tilled crops
to a conservation use may also de-
signate acreage for inclusion in the
Conservation Reserve for periods of
up to 10 years, or up to 15 years
for tree practices. For this, they
may receive two types of payment:
An annual payment for "reserving"
the land from productoin, and a
payment for the first year of the
contract covering a substantial part
of the cost t)f carrying out an ap-
proved conservation practice on
the land.
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Q—Is the Cotton Industry doing anything to Increase use of cotton
textiles In competition with synthetic fibres?
A—Yes. The Textile Industry has a comprehensive research project
underway for this purpose. In England a Manchester textile firm
has created a new cotton fabric for both men's and women's wear
which it claims will remain "crisp and smart looking throughout
the hottest day and has the general appearance and handle of
linen, yet it will drip-dry in a few hours and needs the barest
minimum of pressing."
Q—Do Farmers oppose quotas and tariffs on Imports of farm equip-
ment and supplies?
A—Homer L. Brinkley, Executive Vice President of the National Coun-
cil of Farm Cooperatives testifying before a House sub-committee
recently said: "Regarding imports of farm supplies, Farm Coop-
eratives, everything else being equal, patronize domestic indus-
try and want sound domestic industries maintained under competi-
tive conditions As a matter of self-preservation for farmers how-
ever, they oppose the imposition of quotas and tariffs on imports
of farm equipment and supplies, which can have no other effect
than to raise costs of farm operations."
Q--VVas the recent announcement of 9% increase in net farm income
during the third quarter a fact?
A Yes The gain however was due to cash payments under the soil
bank program and some $58 million in incentive payments to wool
growers Some heavier farm marketings were offset in large part
by increase costs of farm operations
i'an you give me the status of farm mortgage debt?
Farm mortgage debt as of January 1 this year totalled $8,962,000,000,
the highest figure since 1032. The Federal Land Banks reported their
mortgage loans showed a 16% increase; the Life Insuiance Associa-
tion of America reputed farm mortgage loans up 11% in year end-
ng June 30 and 7T& for first half of 1956. Interest rates average
3%.
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