The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-06-12

T~p~E 11H llI1.I 1itor c7oL Iafm pfod-
ucts andnp'or Securing of long
time loans at the lowest pos
sible rate Of interest appears
to be in the minds of our ablast and
most patriotic thinkers the para
mount pressing problems demand
ing speedy and correct solution.
In this opinion l concur, and | be-
lieVe it is the bounden duty Of every
patriot to contribute ali within his
power to speedy and workable So
luton of these great reforms. To
this end l have thought cut q plan
that [ am convinced will correctly
solve at least two Of these problems,
and offer them to the public for
discussion and Improvement Wher-
ever it is found wanting In this
plan | have aimed to dig down to
the bed rock of the questions, and,
with as few preliminGries as posi-
bic, erect the plan on that solid
foundation.
In the preparation of this plan I
have taken into confederate. the
permanent welfare Of every citizen
engaged in every needful business
or productive industry and have ar
ranged it SO that, in my opinion, all
of them will share equally in the
benefits growing out Of the opera
lions of the plan.
To discuss these questions intelli-
gently it is necessary in the outset
to separate them into three divi-
sions, namely: marketing staple
non-perishable farm products, land
loans, and marketing perishable
farm products. l shall, therefore,
discuss the plan in connection with
marketing wheat, corn, cotton, oats,
rye, rice, tobacco and wool, as they
are recognized as staple and non
perishable and are consumed within
twelve months after they are placed
upon the market even under our
present Wasteful system of market
ing. All economists agree that un-
der a just and economical plan of
distribution of these products over
production would be impossible.
We all know that mans necessities
for consumption have always kept
pace with his ability to produce.
The National government should
erect or lease sufficient warehouses
ard elevators in when to store the
products named at the most con-
venient points, and the Secretary of
CuG 1SdSuIy, uuU0I Inc CIVIL service
law, should appoint agents to oper-
ate them, the agents giving proper
bond. The producer should receive
95 per cent of the values of his
product, on depositing it either in
the warehouse or elevator, in legal
tender paper money at l per cent
per annum interest. The remaining
per cent should remain in the
hands of the government to pay the
1 per cent interest, the expenses of
operating the warehouse or elevator,
and as a guarantee fund against
false packing of cotton or wool; the
remainder to be paid to the depositor
at the end Of twelve months after
the deposits are made.
To fix prices there should be a
congress, composed of the National
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Governors of all the States or, if
preferred, one delegate from each
State, to be elected by the legal
voters in the State at the same time
and for the same term congressman
for the lower House are elected
This congress should assemble in the
city Of Washington, d. c., on the
first Monday in July of each year
for the purpose of fixing the prices
on that years crop of staple prod
ucts.
BY the first of July the statistics
of these crop productions, at home
and abroad, will be in the hands of
h. 70 Of A or1sio1 nVoI