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- Parte de Herbert Hoover Papers, Articles, Addresses and Public Statements
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OCR Page 1 of 128I am no believer in governmental compul-
sion as a method of attempting to build up
any kind of human activity. Compulsion is
an implement for the stopping of wrongdo-
ing. Rather are we to succeed if we set up
such helpful and sound organization that peo-
ple are attracted by self-interest to join in the
effort. I believe therefore that we must de-
vise machinery for the development of organ-
ization, the joining of which would be purely
voluntary and the advantages of membership
in which would be such as to swiftly secure
within their ranks the preponderating mar-
keting of particular commodities, and would
set in action the forces for the elimination of
waste which I have indicated.
Improvements in Transportation
In a wider sense of eliminating waste and
increasing national efficiency in long-view
policies there are other equally important
items to the farmer and our people in gen-
eral. For instance:
The consolidation of our railways into
larger systems will allow a sure readjustment
of rates in favor of the farmer because wider
diversification of traffic, greater economy in
operation, greater financial stability, and bet-
ter handling of terminal problems by the
railways.
The development of central generation and
interconnection of electric power companies
will decrease costs and give greater assur-
ance of supply of power which will affect all
industry and production costs.
The construction of the St. Lawrence, Mis-
sissippi, and other waterway systems, the im-
provement of the Columbia and Colorado
Rivers, will contribute in various directions
to decrease costs of transportation and in-
crease the volume of water power and the
security of irrigation communities.
A systematic large scale and vigorous han-
dling of the development of synthetic nitrates
at Muscle Shoals will contribute to the cheap-
ening of fertilizers.
A score of other constructive efforts could
be enumerated.
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