The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-19

doctor" Needed in Every County
Rosoevelt's Great Idea Bearing
Fruit.
Especial to The Caucasian)
Washington, d. c., Dec IT, 1912.
Since the assembling of this Con-
,ress the Democratic members at
both ends of the Capitol have dis
,ussed the question of patronage
more than any other subject. 1t Is
how their views about
the civil service have changed since
the election, and they see visions of
the pie-counter. If they were not
afraid of revulsion of public senti-
ment, we think 1t safe to say that the
next Democratic Congress would wipe
out the whole civil service system.
Indeed, there has been much serious
of how to evade or nullify
the civil service laws in order to Sc
cure more appointments.
The Holding Up of Nominations.
This spirit has also been manifest
ed in the determination of the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate to refuse to con-
firm appointments sent in by Presi-
dent Taft and to hold the same up
until the fourth of March SO that va
cancies can be filled by Democrats.
So earnest and serious have the
Democratic Senators and Congress
men become over this matter that
caucus was held to take action. The
caucus determined that all political
should be hefdup and
that only those whose app0intments
were regulated by law or whose
President should be confirmed, like
foreign ambassadors or ministers,
who can be recalled at any time. 1t
was also decided to let army and
navy combinations go through, in
asmuch as they were promotions un-
der the law.
Here we have a striking illustra-
tion of one of the defects of govern
ment run by parties. There seems,
however. to be no remedy under
government like ours for such condi-
tions as long as human nature re-
mains as it is.
Cheap Farm Credit.
The other day the Governors who
had been attending the House of
Governors" in annual session at Rich
mond, Va, came on to Washington
and had conference with the Presi-
dent and also with a number of the
members of Congress about some of
the more important subjects discuss
ed at their Richmond meeting.
One of these questions was to de-
wise scheme for establishing a sys-
tenn of farm credits, by which the
farmers of the country could borrow
money at as low a rate of interest as
could business enterprises.
There are a number of systems Of
this kind now in operation in Europe
The one in operation in France is
probably the most successful.
In short, the plan is one by which
the farmers can invest their money
in what might be called a farmers
bank or depository, for the purpose
of being loaned to each other at a
low rate of interest on farm land for
security, but the same to be operated
under Government supervision. Some
countries go further and provide that
a part of the nations surplus funds
in the National Treasury shall also
be loaned under the same system.
Clearly, this should be done in the
United States, because we have al
ready established the precedent of
lending the Governments money to
Wall Street whenever Wall Street
gamblers manufacture a panic or call
for Government deposits on one spe-
cious plea or another. If there is no
other way to give to the farmers of
the country sufficient capital at low
rate of interest. then it is the duty of
the Government to provide funds for
that purpose and a banking institu-
ton for making the loan. This should
be done by the Government even IL
it were necessary to sell bonds to
raise the money.
But now since the postal savings
bank system is established and the
people are depositing their funds in
these banks all over the country and
the Government is paying them only
2 per cent interest, why should not
the Government lend this same mon
ey to the farmers at two and one
half per cent, or three per cent at the
outside, which is much less than half
the average rate that farmers are
forced to pay to-day?