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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
4
The Paris Post in Bear Lake county announces new management after eighteen years under editor Wallis. The paper remains a conservative independent, pledging unbiased news and no political axes. Ralph L. Sommers signs the note and asks readers for cooperation.
Boake cites Carter arguing that free competition and private initiative have built American prosperity including cars, homes, and consumer goods. He warns that limiting efficiency through regulation would halt progress, raise taxes, and crush private investment, urging a gradual reduction in government spending to revive durable-goods spending.
The six member committee report urges a national transportation policy for fair regulation of rail water highway air and pipeline. It calls for revising rate making ending the long and short haul clause and abolishing the Inland Waterways Corporation. It favors a new independent transportation board to study economics subsidies and needed laws and warns timely enactment is essential.
The passage argues that one farmer cannot bargain with middlemen, but a united group with a well funded bargaining agency and capable executives can negotiate on equal terms with buyers, and that practice confirms this cooperative approach is practically effective.
A National Bureau of Economic Research study warns against spendthrift policies as durable goods and privately funded construction drop from 19.0 to 6.5 billion annually. The piece notes record federal spending and cites economists fearing long term ruin while highlighting post Lima efforts to foster Western Hemisphere cooperation and peace. It references a Harvard Latin America scholarship drive and Foreign Policy Association luncheons promoting public support for understanding U.S. policy.
Letter to the editor reflecting concerns about prowar propaganda in schools and the risks of promoting an offensive war against Germany. The writer criticizes patriotic rhetoric, questions arms buildup, trade barrier myths, and warns against stirring young students with militaristic imagery while urging peace and learning in schools.
Idaho reveals how the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation operates to remove farm surpluses and stabilize prices while donating commodities to relief recipients. Warehouses in Coeur d Alene Lewiston Pocatello Twin Falls and Boise repack and distribute to about 150 stores. about 140 915 clothing items and state produced goods have been placed with roughly 14 000 families monthly. The program serves about 10 percent of Idaho residents with 13 285 cases monthly, aiding diet and welfare and reducing waste in farm surpluses.
Federal Land Bank of Spokane reports 1938 Idaho farm sales about one third below the 1937 peak. Total district sales reached 2.83 million dollars with 32 percent to tenants, 40 percent to existing owners, and 20 percent to investors. Down payments averaged 18 percent.
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