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r Let Our Freedoms Stand"' ';; '
h The Zeal of soitia tfafantfora nf
: Americanism, intent upon , stamping
- out subversive elements, .is so great
that they would strike down some of
the liberties of all of the people in en
effort to eradicate what is, at worst,
a minor affliction. ; ,
The right of- free speech, for exam
ple, one of the great liberties of the
American people, becomes worthless
if the free speech is limited .to sub
jects that are approved by officials.
There would be no freedom of
speech in the United States if the
Government could decide the subjects
that-American citizens might debate
Likewise, there is no freedom of
SDeech if those who advocate what, w
consider un-American principles are
stilled in expression and prohibited
from talking
The way to prove the virtue of free
speech and to establish its virtue is to
practice free speech. There is no oth
er way.
Economic Justice for Farmers
We have never been able to under
stand the motive that inspires some
businessmen to constantly criticize the
farmers, u these business men were
half as flmflrt an i-Jiev am xmnnrtcari .a
be, they would know that the fortune
of their enterprises depends upon the
ability of farmers to buy their goods.
A large part of the population" of
the United btates derives its living
from agriculture. In some sections,
the welfare of the area depends al
most entirely upon the cash income of
the farmers in the surrounding ter
ritory. In other sections, the depend
ence is less direct because of the pres
ence or industry, but, just the same,
when the agricultural people atop
come to a halt.
Wa believe there fa ceneral nnininn
that national policies in the past have
not unduly aided agriculture, or given
the farmer an unfair share of the na
tional, income. The tariff that pro
tects industry is. to a certain extent
a tax, upon agriculture. So lonar as it
exists, the farmers are entitled to an
offset, whether it be in the form nf
conservation payments, crop subsidies,
crop loans, or cash' payments.
There are manv keen hiifu'nesa tyipii
wno appreciate fully the independence
of agriculture and industry. There
are smart business leaders Who under
stand that the success of their busi
ness this year depends upon crop in
come, just as the farmers' success de
pends upon it. These men are giving
themselves with greater concern to
the problems of sericulture and lend
ing their assistance to many under-
tamngs designed to stabilize farming
throughout the nation.
Can Lower Tariffs Save
The U. S. Money?
The neonle of the United States.
through their government, are spend
ing more than $12,000,000 a dav in the
effort to rehabilitate the economy of
other nations. Present indications are
that demands for 1949 will not be less
if the program, undertaken under the
Marshall flan is to be earned to a
successful termination
Facinsr this expenditure, it misrht
be well for the nennle of this ennntrv
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to consider whether the same object
ive can be accomplished throueh a
process that will save the (taxpayers
money. We think there is but the
ramifications of the proposal have
such a far-reaching economic effect
that the project would have to be
TJr fFVrT?' '. ' by ual demand for dollar balances'
w iJ to ti I 8 6 eM . WnP that faces us, as a nation,
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wjibu tiie agricultural people stop mat tne project would nave xo D
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of World War II, there has been
something of a shortage of coods w
companied by an unusual amount of
money, in- the countries receiving
assistance from this country, the eco
nomic situation has been complicated
oy, a :ack of American dollars, which
are essential to pay for the import of
goods, raw materials and machinerv.
Because the production of many im
portant items has been greatly lessen
ed in Germany and othe manufactur
ing nations as a result of the war, the
world as compelled to look to the Unit
ed States for present supplies. The
business men of other nations in .the
United States with their domestic cur
rencies but must have American dol
lars availaKe for navment of itheir
American accounts. The onlv wav
these dollars can be secured is throutrh
borrowing, through gifts or the sale
of goods and services to the people of
this country,
The question that arises is why do
not the business men of other coun
tries sell their goods and services to
the people of the United States and
thus get the dollars that they need to
purchase goods from this Country?
Ihe answer is the tariff policy of the
United States.
For many years, the United States
maintained the highest protective tar
iff in its history and one of the high
est ever imposed on any nation. For
eign sellers were unable to ship pro
ducts into the United States and make
a profit on sales after paying exorbi
tant tariff duties.
At the present time, a strong move
ment is underway in EuroDe to reduce
tariff bariers to promote international
trade but the whole scheme depends,
to a large extent, upon whether the
United States is willinsr to broaden
the policy initiated by the Reciprocal
Trade Treaty program. In a word,
the United States, if it expects to sell
to other countries, must be willing to
buy. Ihis means, there must be ad
ditional tariff cuts and the people of
this country must understand that in
ternational trade is a two-way street.
lhey must buy if they hope to sell.
ihe obligation that rests upon the
tariff-policy framers of the United
States is to reexamine the effect of
our tariffs in connection with our ex
penditures for the European Recovery
Program. With the world dominated
II u) continue lending- nr tnVinn-
American dollars in order to nromot
trade, or, as an alternative, reducing
some duties to permit other countries
to sea products in this country.
If there could be.a reduction of d
ties on certain specified products to
permit European countries to estab
lish satisfactory dollar balances in
this country, the people of the United
States might be able to save some of
the $12,000,000-a-day now being snent
for European relief.
Moreover, instead of getting noth
ing, or practically nothing, for the
money sent abroad, the standard of
living in this country could probably
be increased by the distribution of the
goods received from foreign nations.
As a by-product, it should not he
overlooked that the development of
free trade among the nations will tend
i to produce satisfactory conditions that
wan iena to support the effort to pre
vent i mure wars.
Shelter-Belt Proves Valuable
Many Americans remember when
President Franklin D. Roosevelt fur.
gested the nlantine-
shelter-belt on the Great JPlains, with
me idea ot providing a windbreak to
prevent the blowing awav of vnlnahie
top soil and the protection of the area
irom 3ome of the effects of drought.
There was much derision at the
time and, it appears, that the value of
a forest belt, North and South, was
somewhat impractical. Nevertheless, I
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inoiviauai shelter-belts and wind
breaks around farm and ranch build
ings, and elsewhere ho n j
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themselves, particularly during the
"vy snowians or the past winter.
This experience has given a or
impetus to the shelter-belt idea. The
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