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Editorial
September 6, 1938
The Times News
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Editorial by Gen. Hugh Johnson criticizes five years of failed U.S. agricultural policies under the administration, highlighting wasteful surplus management tactics like destroying crops and livestock, failure to achieve price parity, and proposals to subsidize foreign wheat sales, calling the program a flop.
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FIVE YEARS—AND VERY LITTLE PROGRESS
He has had five years to do it. He has tried every trick in the bag to avoid surplus, killed baby pigs and pigs unborn, destroyed corn and cotton by plowing under, bought tons of everything from eggs to oranges and given them away. He has maintained artificial domestic farm prices, not high enough to give farmers their promised price 'parity,' but high enough to give farmers export markets for wheat, cotton and animal fats—forever.
He hasn't reduced the unmanageable surplus which is at the root of the problem. Now, in political desperation he juggles the figures to avoid trying his own medicine on corn, and instead of giving purchased surplus wheat to our destitute, he proposes to subsidize a lower price for it to foreigners out of our treasury.
In spite of the hundreds of millions he has squandered, farm prices have not been maintained at parity and if the whole policy and program is not a proved flop, what do you call it?
—Gen. Hugh Johnson in Charlotte News
He has had five years to do it. He has tried every trick in the bag to avoid surplus, killed baby pigs and pigs unborn, destroyed corn and cotton by plowing under, bought tons of everything from eggs to oranges and given them away. He has maintained artificial domestic farm prices, not high enough to give farmers their promised price 'parity,' but high enough to give farmers export markets for wheat, cotton and animal fats—forever.
He hasn't reduced the unmanageable surplus which is at the root of the problem. Now, in political desperation he juggles the figures to avoid trying his own medicine on corn, and instead of giving purchased surplus wheat to our destitute, he proposes to subsidize a lower price for it to foreigners out of our treasury.
In spite of the hundreds of millions he has squandered, farm prices have not been maintained at parity and if the whole policy and program is not a proved flop, what do you call it?
—Gen. Hugh Johnson in Charlotte News
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Farm Surplus
Agricultural Policy
Price Parity
New Deal Criticism
Wheat Subsidies
Crop Destruction
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Hugh Johnson
He (Implied President)
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Failed Agricultural Surplus Policies
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Administration's Farm Program
Key Figures
Gen. Hugh Johnson
He (Implied President)
Key Arguments
Tried Every Trick To Avoid Surplus But Failed
Killed Pigs And Destroyed Crops Like Corn And Cotton
Bought And Gave Away Surplus Produce
Maintained Artificial Prices Not Reaching Parity
Hasn't Reduced Unmanageable Surplus
Juggles Figures To Avoid Applying Policy To Corn
Proposes Subsidizing Wheat Exports To Foreigners Instead Of Aiding Destitute
Squandered Hundreds Of Millions Without Maintaining Parity
Entire Policy Is A Proved Flop