The economic crisis grew ever more severe, and the United States suffered a crushing blow. On one side, countless unemployed Americans had no money to buy food and other necessities, and could only barely survive on government relief. On the other, the Agricultural Products produced by major farms could not be sold and could only be destroyed where they stood. Along both banks of the Mississippi, countless ranchers poured milk into the Mississippi, dyeing its waters white.
Those ranchers would rather pour out all their milk than sell it cheaply to those who could not afford it. This showed just how black-hearted capitalist merchants could be.
Of course, those ranchers had no choice either. If they sold at low prices, they could indeed sell the milk. But once the economic crisis passed, what would happen to the prices? If they raised them, they would certainly face a boycott from the public. Their losses would be even greater then. So they would rather keep prices at a high level and pour away whatever they could not sell.
The United States, this powerful industrial nation, was left in a sorry state by the economic crisis. Herbert Hoover's government was even more helpless in the face of it. Although the government implemented many measures in an attempt to fight the crisis, none of them proved useful. This only made Americans even more disappointed in the government.
Hoover was also terribly unlucky. The outbreak of the economic crisis was not entirely his fault. His predecessors bore inescapable responsibility as well. But his luck was poor—who told him it had to happen during his presidential term?
Hoover felt utterly aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do. He could only carry this black pot.
This economic crisis lasted for a long time. Several years passed,