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II Iffy i ruciftj the Farmery
lo those who have followed the testimony of the
Senate and House investigating committees it does seem
that Secretary of Agriculture Wickard has given the
farmer the great big double cross.
Before the passage of the price fixing bill Secretary
Wickard was loud in his criticism of Leon Henderson and
others who were trying to fix the prices of commodities
of the farmer. He appeared before the important Agri
cultural committee of the Senate and pretended he was
in favor of adequate prices for the farmer.
This powerful Senate committee stood pat for decent
prices for the farmer for the products he raised. They
refused' to give Leon Henderson the power to fix farm
prices and insisted that Secretary Wickard should have
the power to veto any price which he made which was
unfair 4o the farmer. After he had given the Senate
committee this assurance they passed the bill with this
amendment.
Now that he has this power, he and Leon Henderson
are sleeping in the same bed. He now agrees with Hen
derson that the farmer should be penalized and have to
sell his products at a price which is unfair to say the
least. It looks on the face of things as if he had his fingers
crossed when he made that statement to the powerful
Senate committee.
Tom Under, our energetic Commissioner of Agricul
ture, has made countless trips to Washington in the in
terest <Sf the farmer during the hearings on this bill. It
is due to his efforts principally that the Senate insisted
on the "veto clause for Secretary Wickard.
Mr, Linder also believed that Secretary of Agricul
ture Wickard would certainly look after his own after
he had made several statements to that effect. He had
no idea that the Secretary w’ould double cross all the
farmers in the nation.
In the recent issue of The Market Bulletin, Tom Lin
der has this to say:
Secretary Wickard deceived Congress when he
appeared before the Senate Committee and pre
tended that he wa? in favor of adequate prices for
the farmers.
He deceived all those senators and congressmen
who are friends of the farmer and who voted for
amendments to curb Henderson's depredations on
the farmer.
He deceived the farmers when he appeared be
fore the Senate Committee and pretended that he
was not in accord with Leon Henderson’s starvation
prices for farm products.
He betrayed his own farm organization, operat
ing under his own Department, when he deceived
them into getting telegrams to Washington asking
that he be given the veto power in the case of ceilings
on farm products. They were deceived into believing
that he was not as hostile to agriculture as Henderson.
The Commissioners, Secretaries and Directors of
Agriculture of the several states, together with repre
sentatives of all farm groups, should have a national
convention at once and agree upon an affirmative
course to pursue.
Unless this is done—unless Ginsberg, Wickard,
Morgenthau, Henderson, Baruch and Company, are
stopped, they will create confusion and unprepared
ness by the side of which Pearl Harbor will be as
child’s play.
Secretary Wickard is supposed to be the friend
of the farmer. I would like for him to answer one
question: Why should the American farmer pay
more for supplies than he paid in 1919, and at the
same time sell his products for less than half of what
he received in 1919?
Tom Linder deserves the thanks of all the farmers of
the nation for the splendid manner in which he has fought
their battle and if the Secretary had not turned tail he
would have won a glorious victory.
Lahar Manapaty l nsaunii.
The employer members of Labor-Industry Conference
Board appointed bv the President to negotiate an agree
ment whereby J industrial production will continue without
strike? or other delays for the duration of the war. have
agreed to do everything in their power to peacefully settle
disputes. But, as they point out in a public statement,
labor must not be permitted to use the emergency to
ehforce a “closed shop nation,” in which no man could
obtain or hold a iob unless he belonged and paid dues to
a-union.
! The statement savs: ‘“It would be a serious mistake
td abandon , , the . principle .. that ., , the right . , , to , work , should , . , not .
1>£ infringed by government through requirement of mem
bership in any organization, whether union or otherwise,
“The closed shop is the most highly controversial and
emotiona! question in industrial relations today. To ac
cept it as an issue for government arbitration would in
tensify agitation. increase l.bor disputes, »nd diver. the
energy of both labor and management from the vital
of production . . . From our experience, we are
tl?at the continual presentation of this issue before govern
ment agencies would seriously impair the nation's
tive activities.”
1 A universal closed shop would amount to nothing
more of- less than a labor monopoly. A handful of labor
leader* , — who , not , subject , . . to . public ... control . , ot . any , kind, • ,
are
wouldl–'e virtual czars of the country’s production
'es. JSpt a wheel could turn without their permission.
I \Yt must never give any group domination over this
puntiw-. We will lose freedom here at home if we ever
Jach Ifie point where the right of a man to a job depend?
•>on union mmebership. What the nation must have now
i- nrrductic’’- and every man and woman, union or non
' nuri do their part.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
| Su nday School Lesson |
Hi
The Healing Ministry of Jesus
lesson: Mark 1:35—3:12; Luke
4 42—44; 5:12—39.
Golden Text: He had com
passion on them, and healed their
sick. Matthew 14:14.
Capernaum was to be the head
quarters of the ministry of Jesus,
as Antioch in a later generation
was to be the capital of the spread !
of Christianity. In last week’s les- I
son we found Jesus performing i
acts of mercy in this city. He left
to make a brief preaching tour in
another part of the country, and
we are told that "he entered again
into Capernaum after some days.’’
On this occasion he did not im
mediately begin to heal. In fact,
Jesus was mueh more interested
in preaching than in healing. He
healed because every merciful
impulse impelled him to do so. He
preached because he knew his
teachings would undergird the!
i,te ot ma “ through all eternity,
To this very hour his words can
minister to a mind diseased or can
pluck sorrow out of the heart. His
teachings carry the power to
cleanse the soul of sin and to
bring purity and peace to the
soul.
There were four men in Caper
naum that day who entered into a
solemn agreement with each other
L. carry a sick friend of theirs to
fhe Lord.
The «ck man was afflicted . with ...
H ’* 1 were diseased
and he could not control h.s move
w " SOm ? h '" g
symbolic m the nature of the
man a affliction. Reading between ;
brought this W ailment V t upon h himself ' ha *
through the excesses of an evil i
life. But even more significant j
was the fact that it was a type of | j
disease that left the man immobile
and unable to do anything for
himself.
Sin does that Very thing wi'th
our souls. When we fall victim j
to its fascinations, our fine sen
sibilities become dulled, our will
power diseased arid weakened.
Nothing this man could do for
himself was of any avail. And so
it is with us; the power of the
human will is unable to cope with
the bondage of sin. We have to
come or be brought to Jesus Christ j
and let him impart to us the only
power that will break the bond
age of iniquity.
But this man had four faithful
friends who determined that they
would allow nothing to keep them
from bringing this afflicted one to
the Healer. As they approached
Simon’s home, they encountered a
great group of people around the
door, listening to the gracious
word of Jesus and manifesting
great annoyance when the four
friends asked them to open a way
that they might carry the palsied
man to Christ.
There is a variety of Christian
believers today whose only desire
is to go to church and listen to an
interesting sermon. Frequently
such people are wholly indifferent
to the desperate needs of a lost
world, and their selfishness keeps
many a needy person Pom coming
to Christ.
Note the four friends. First of
all, they were unselfish. Their
one aim was to bring a sick friend
to the Man who they believed I
could heal him. In the second j
place, they were faithful. If one
man had allowed anything to keep
him from being on hand to hold
up a corner of the pallet, the
palsied man might never have
reached Jesus. In the third place,
they were determined.
When they found they could not
get through the group of pious
but selfish people around the
door, they mounted to the roof of
the house by an outside staircase, |
and throwing all discretion to the
winds, thev began to dig out the j
roofing until they had made a hole
big enough to enable them to let
the sick man down before Christ. !
Everyone was annoyed with
them except Jesus. He was tre
mendously pleased. They cared
more about helping a friend than |
teresting P t€y ., dld abcut sermon. They to cast an con- in '
ventional methods aside, and this
no doubt pleased Jesus, for lie was
accustomed to do the same thing,
They knew, with a certainty noth
ihg could shake, that this Jesus
of Nazareth could help their
friend if they could only get the
poor man to bmi.
This should teach us the lesson
that going to Jesus is not always
easy, but it is always infinitely re
warding. Both in helping others
and in striving to reach him our
selve? . we ha\> to be persistent,
’** 51l f* ,0 endl * re criticism, and
“
sired
~j esiIJ , s «* ing their faith saith
unto the sick of th f palsy. Son.
sins are forgiven ”
Jesus made it plain to everyone
that lf he onIv cured this man’s
sickness and let his sin go un
cleansed, the healing would be of
mtle consequ , nc *
Jesus was always looking deep
er than the body, or the state of
men s health, He knew that sin
>» not merely an act; it is an in
ner corruption which eventuates
in wrong imputsf*. desires, and
actions. His ministry was to set
men rieht at the core of their lives
When thia was done, all thing 0
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else would come right of them
selves, and each issue of life
would flow pure.
The word "son,” with which
Jesus greeted the afflicted man, is
quite significant. There was a
tenderness about Jesus which must
have been one of the great reas
ons why people loved him so dear
]y. He took the wrinkled hand of
Peter’s wife’s mother in his hand
an d ( stroking it gently, raised her
up from her bed of pain. He call
ed this paralyzed sinner "son.”
At Jesus’ command the palsied
man rose and walked off, carry
ing his bed, He was a free man
now, and Christ made him so.
This was symbolic of what Christ
does for the needy in all genera
tions.
But there were certain scribes
and Pharisees, probably occupy
ing seats of honor, to whom this
whole scene was highly displeas
ing. True, an afflicted man was
healed. But this was a thing of
no consequences to them. They
were heresy hunters, and detect
ing in Jesus’ words, “thy sins are
forgiven,’’ a slight odor of heresy,
they whispered maliciously among
themselves and pronounced the
whole proceeding irregular and
disgusting.
Jesus perceived “in his spirit”
that they were making these re
marks about him. He was a man
of marvelwjs intuition. He knew
his enemies always , even bttter
than th * y knew thems<f , vcs . Qn
this occasion he must have smiled !
inwardly at , east ag he caught K j
with „ clevCT ruse
rabbis had long main- |
tained that there could be no
healing without cleans- |
of the inner life by the for
of sins. So Jesus forgave
man first.
“Which is easier,” said Jesus. 1
heal the soul or to heal the
There was no answer. If
had dared to say it was easier
heal the scul than to heal the
they would have spoken
to the whole tradition of j
faith; so they kept silence
then immediately healed the
physically, and even the most j
in the crowd perceived
as the learned rabbis them
had maintained, a man’s
must be forgiven before hi?
can be healed.
The healed man, pushing his
through the crowd and carry
his own bed, must have been
sight which dismayed them. If i
had really been seeking the
they would have known that
Jesus of Nazareth was gen
and they would have follow
him without question.
The people were amazed
had no rationalistic explana
as the sophisticated might
had. If there was heresy
blasphemy in Jesus' word?
attitude, they knew nothing
about it and cared less. All they
knew was that an invalid had
been changed instantly into a
man, and they knew that,
only the power of God could
achieve this.
Furthermore, with all the spon- !
taneous ardor of their hearts they
gave God the glory. The religioui
authorities of that day were
bigoted, prejudiced, and mean
spirited. The people, on the other j
hand, because they spent their |
time facing life's hard realities j
every day, knew that this Healer
was a sincere and genuine man.
that God was on his side, and that
lie was a gracious instrument for
the achieving of divine ends.
Jesus chose his disciples from
among the common people be
cause they were unspoiled by
formal education, and the sophis
tication which often accompanies |
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