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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
6
Henry A. Wallace, editor of Wallaces' Farmer and grandson of the founder, told a Williamstown Mass address on agriculture that famine threatens a world war. He urged population control as a remedy, a view echoed in talks to Pella audiences.
Mr Wallace comes from a family of clear thinking men, a clan that once supplied a cabinet member to the president. His father recently died, and he did so untainted by the corruption that marked that cabinet.
A speaker’s remarks are noted as worthy of careful consideration despite disagreements on causes of a present threat. The record acknowledges the speaker’s knowledge of conditions and the debate over remedies continues.
The speaker Wal lace asserts that agriculture and civilization are inseparably linked, arguing that the future of the Middle West hinges on agricultural prosperity as the foundation of overall prosperity.
Mr Wallace laments five years of farmer suffering in the United States and predicts another decade of hardship due to postwar conditions and discriminatory laws. He notes farmers are duped victims in the policy landscape.
In Mr Wallaces own words re ported this suffering is because the combination of our high tariff wall and European debts owed to this country make it exceedingly difficult for Europe to find means to purchase our surplus food products. While the Wallaces have been allied traditionally with the Republican party the perpetrators of the tariff iniquity we have had occasion before to commend the frankness of this editor for his independence of party.
The passage notes farmers in the region recognizing class legislation like the tariff and praising Mr Wallace for boldly pointing out tariff injury to the people of Massachusetts, the center of protectionism. His remarks are seen as gaining conviction compared with past years.
Mr. Wallace argues current conditions are temporary and relies on the old law of supply and demand to provide relief gradually. He notes that from 1897 to 1920 farm product prices rose faster than industrial prices, with most gains absorbed by land values, yet cultivation expanded beyond domestic needs.
The text notes postwar farm product prices fell below prewar levels and a shift of people from farms to towns. It cites Mr. Wallace predicting marginal acres will be released from cultivation, restoring agriculture to parity with other industries in about ten years.
Mr Wallace argues that the migration from rural farms to cities is a slow, necessity driven process. He notes farm families endure a very low standard of living until urban demand finally raises food prices. The public already understands this dynamic.
Mr. Wallace explains that cities’ hunger drives higher farm prices for twenty to thirty years until production speeds up. This rise triggers cost of living protests and labor unrest, influences international market competition that may lead to war, and after war ends deflation harms farmers with food surplus fears dominating.
A recognized authority argues price movements are an economic issue for farmers not politics. He warns against following protectionist tariffs as beneficial, labeling them class legislation that robs one group to aid another, and urges farmers to focus on economics for success rather than political relief.
The address argues agriculture is not a skilled industry and will struggle under tariffs and prices. It notes the potential for a 1960 resurgence with cooperative farming, coordinated marketing, and new rural civilization ideals. It emphasizes uniting farmers into effective organizations as key progress.
The speaker urges farmers to pursue more than profit from land values and to build a distinct rural culture with genuine depth. He suggests hardships from 1920 to 1935 may create an agricultural ideal with power to shape civilization, tying agriculture’s future to civilization’s broader trajectory.
A column recounts a church visit and a blunt sermon, mocks erroneous Legion drunkenness reports, and critiques sensational press coverage of Jesse James lore. It recalls misreported events, a World War veteran’s fall from civic grace, social service intrigues, and local mishaps from Earlville to Troy Mills.
A house crushed by a pealed roof killed Mr and Mrs Comeback, their four children, a servant girl, and the hired man. Nearby, trotting horse John B. choked to death after being tied to a corn stalk as rain dampened the yard and the stalk grew, lifting the animal twelve feet.
Eastbound and westbound passenger numbers listed with local freight times. Freight for shipment on locals must be at the station by 6:00 p.m. the evening before. Local freights carry passengers. Schedule includes 9:15 a.m. and 9:22 p.m. departures and 5:43 a.m. and 12:25 p.m. arrivals.
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