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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise lists its publication as a weekly Thursday morning paper edited by Elizabeth Priest, a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, with postal details showing second class mail matter in Fayette County, Iowa.
Fred Biermann notes the June 16 adjournment passed without fireworks as members faced a likely contested future. Within 24 hours Congressman Gascue of South Carolina and Senator Copeland of New York died of heart trouble, underscoring his belief many lawmakers fall to heart issues. Copeland, a doctor, warned peers to take it easy amid relentless work.
A speaker reflects on the adjourned congress and its impact on agriculture. He asserts the legislature aimed to help farming, claims a solid record, and invites readers to judge by enumerating measures enacted.
A new farm law is described as intended to do great good for Iowa agriculture. The measure promises benefits to farmers and rural communities, with officials asserting positive economic and productivity impacts for the state.
The Commodity Credit Card would back loans on corn when prices fall, aiding corn and hog markets. If in effect in 1937, corn drop from 1.35 to .35 might have been averted. An ever normal granary could boost Iowa agriculture and next year's acreage allotments should be fairer with experience. Marketing quotas require two thirds of farmers to vote for them and protection for farm processors under wage and hour rules.
Senator Gillette and I won passage of a farm bill extending 3%% and 4% interest on Federal Land Bank and Band Bank Commissioner loans until June 1940. The bill, vetoed by the President, was overridden on the session's last day. It marks the second such congressional override in history. The law backs rural electrification, with $140,000,000 for loans to lines and about a dozen projects in the 4th district. The relief act adds $484,000,000 for roads and allows cheap lime sales to farmers from relief projects, aiding northeast Iowa farms.
The relief bill adds that farmers in need of work are eligible for WPA work under provisions from the Farm Security Administration, highlighting continued government employment programs amid agricultural distress.
The speaker cites Farm Tenancy and Farm Credit Administration actions, noting allocations of 25 million to help prospective buyers and 15 million appropriations, while a larger 175 million figure is mentioned. The record argues the congress aims to aid agriculture and soil conservation, asserting broad benefits to farmers and related interests.
Euelah Gunderson and many others spent weekends visiting relatives or hosting guests across Clermont area homes. Visits included Cedar Rapids, Gunder, Fayette, Waukon, Dubuque, and Castalia with several trips to Lake City, La Crosse, and Des Moines for events and reunions.
Monday departures and Sunday visits fill the region as families and friends travel between Cedar Rapids, West Union, Arlington, and other towns. The piece catalogs numerous meals, dinners, and gatherings, with several friends and relatives staying or traveling, plus a humorous note about mustard mistaken for engine oil. It also mentions a declined summer invitation from Mrs. Roosevelt.
The Vinton city council voted unanimously Saturday to keep the municipal pool closed unless a $20,000 bond is posted for protection. The state health department warned the pool could be a source of infection and ordered it closed on June 14.
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