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FARM AID IS HIT
; BY EX-GOVERNORS
I Allen and McKelvie Hold
j j Problem Is Not One for
j | Legislation.
«
Wisdom of political cures for apri
' eulturaJ ills arc questioned by two
, former Republican povernors in ar
* tides appearing in tlie September is
* (sue of the Nation's Business, official
! rrcan of the Chamber of Commerce
pf the United States.
Henry J. Allen of Kansas declares j
that conditions In lowa are not typical
* of those elsewhere and cites specific j
I examples of prosperity among farm-.
era in Kansas, while Samuel R. Me-.
Kelvie of Nebraska says he is not one j
, of those who believe that "unless the j
strong arm of the Government inter- ]
, venes the farmer is headed for the j
bowwows.” i
The present condition of the lowa ;
' farmer, Mr. Allen says, "is not the j
result of poor crops and bad prices, j
but is the reaction from a plant specu- i
* lation In real estate," which cannot
’ be cured by law.
"No Remedy for Runted Boom.”
» - There is no legislative remedy for j
p hursted boom." he asserts, adding |
that time necessary for readjustment
is “nature's only remedy.”
"There is only one immediate rem
edy for lowa farmers, to wit. another
World War," he continues. "The
1375 ,000,000 of subsidy proposed by j
! the Haugen bill wouldn’t be a drop in
! the bucket. Some of It would have
; to gn to other States anyway.
