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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1926
Page
5
May Sprinkle a lifelong county resident and educator pursues the county superintendent seat. The candidate claims deep knowledge of the school system and rural schools and pledges to improve school conditions if elected.
Editorial endorsement praises Annie E Nelson as Democratic candidate for public administrator. It lauds her pioneer family background, World War veteran husband, careful office conduct, courteous service, and predicts she will win re election.
Justice of the Peace L P Phillips has served fairly and impartially at the county courthouse. He officiates marriages and answers calls at all hours and is described as thoroughly reliable. He is a candidate for re election and asks for support at the polls.
In the year ending June 30 1926 US wealth rose by fifty eight billion dollars while agriculture fell nine billion. The transfer hit farmers and rural communities hardest as merchants bankers and professionals share the losses. The writer warns that urban wealth grows with cheap food and raw materials as small towns decline and chain stores and mail order houses rise.
The article argues that tariffs favor the few and harm farmers. It cites the 1920 federal farm census showing agriculture capital assets at 638 billion dollars, dropping to 46 billion by 1925, evidencing a massive deflation loss of 17 billion.
A speaker argues farm losses totaling billions over a decade contrast with overall national wealth gains under a Republican tariff regime. He criticizes high local taxes and federal burden, urges relief for farmers and all consumers, and cites a Commerce Department table showing reduced purchasing power of the farm dollar since 1918. He notes corn and livestock losses, corporate profits, and calls for tariff adjustment.
The narrative describes farmers turning to barter for food and materials as they lose population to cities. It notes shrinking surplus production, ongoing pinching out of the rural lifeblood, and farmers laboring harder while savings vanish, with unclear causes.
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