Word: louisiana
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...What," he began sorrowfully, "would Sam Houston think if he would suddenly return to life and see the Governor of Louisiana telling the people of his beloved Texas what...
Extreme Drama. First to succeed in dramatizing the cotton situation was loud, extreme Governor Long. He called his Legislature into session, whipped through his bill prohibiting cotton planting next year under a penalty of $500 fine and 60 days imprisonment. The Louisiana law would be effective only when States producing 75% of the cotton crop took similar action. The economic theory behind this statute was that, if the South planted no cotton next year, this year's crop plus the carryover would more than double in value. Fantastic though the "Drop-a-Crop" scheme might be, it had one certain...
Invasion. Because he has all the economic conservatism of a poor boy who has become a rich man, Governor Sterling was hesitant about grappling the cotton situation Governor Long had tossed to him. For a week he hemmed & hawed. From Louisiana, Governor Long tried to stir him into action by radio appeals to Texas planters. Resentful of this political invasion, Governor Sterling exploded: "Huey Long's not running Texas...
...agitate Texas from afar. One night last week a great rally of 7,000 cotton farmers was held in Austin's Wooldridge Park. Governor Long had planned to attend but at the last minute decided not to, lest Lieut. Governor Paul Cyr, his bitter political foe, seize the Louisiana Government in his absence and unmake the Long machine. The Governor's 12-year-old son Russell went to the Texas capital in his place, explaining that: "Papa couldn't leave because he was afraid Lieut. Governor Cyr might make a mess." From slangy William Kennon Henderson's troublemaking Station KWKH...
...that Egypt, India, Russia and the other cotton-producing countries of the world would expand their production and gobble up the U. S. market if the South skipped a crop year. It seemed unlikely that the Texas Legislature, without active leadership from its Governor, would go as far as Louisiana's and outlaw cotton. As the House and Senate mulled last week, the legislation that seemed to have the most support called for a restriction of cotton to one-third of the State's available farm land, with a consequent cut of 50% in production...