Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-05

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enactment into law. I take leave tc
beg that the whole energy and atten.
tion of the senate be concentrated
upon 1t till the matter is successfully
disposed Of And yet feel that the
request Is not needed-that the mem.
bers Of great house need no urging
In this service to the country.
IT present to you in addition, the
urgent necessity that special provision
be made also for facilitating the cred
Its needed by the farmers of the coun-
try. The pending currency bill does
the farmers great service. 1t puts
them upon an equal footing with other
business men and masters of enter
prise az 1t should; and upon its pas
sage they will find themselves quit OF
many Of the difficulties which now
hamper them in the field Of credit.
The farmers, Of course, ask and should
be given no special privileges, such
as extending to them credit of the
government itself. What they need
and should obtain Is legislation which
will make their, own abundant and
substantial credit resources available
as foundation for joint, concerted
local action In their own behalf In
getting the capital they must use. It
Is to this we should now address our
selves.
Farm Development.
1T has, singularly enough, come to
pass that we have allowed the indus
try Of our farms to lag behind the
other activities of the country In its
development. need not stop to tell
you how fundamental to the life OF
the nation Is the production of Its
food. Our thoughts may ordinarily be
concentrated upon the cities and the
hives of industry, upon the cries Of the
crowded market place and the clangor
Of the factory, but It Is from the quiet
interspaces of the open valleys and
the free hillsides that we draw the
sources of life and Of prosperity, from
the farm and the ranch. from the for
est and the mine, Without these every
street wauld be silent, every office de-
serted, every factory fallen into dis
repair. And yet the farmer does no,
stand upon the same footing with the
forester and the miner in the market
Of credit. He is the servant of the sea-
sons, Nature determines how long he
must wait for his crops, and viii not
be hurried In her processes. He may
give his note. but the season Of its
maturity depends upon the season
when his crop natures, lies at the
gates of the market where his pro-
ducts are sold. And the security he
gives is of character not known in
the brokers' office or as familiarity az
1t might be on the counter Of the
banker.
: The Departments.
"The agricultural department Of the
government Is seeking to assist al
never before to make farming an efi-
cient business Of wide cooperative
effort, IN quick touch with the mar.
kets for foodstuffs. The farmers ant
the government will henceforth worl
together as real partners in this field
where we now begin to see our way
very clearly and where many intelli.
gent plans are already being put into
execution. The treasury Of the Unit
ed States has. by timely and well.
considered distribution Of its deposits
facilitated the moving Of the crops ir
the present season and prevented the
scarcity Of available funds too Otter
experienced at such times. But We
must not allow ourselves to depend
upon extraordinary expedients. W.
must add the means by which thu
farmer may make his credit constant
ly and easily available and command
when he will the capital by which t.
support and expend his business. W.
lag behind many other great coun'
tries of the modern world in attempt
ing to do this. Systems Of rural cred
1t have been studied and developed OF
the other side of the water while WI
left our farmer to shift for themselve!
in the ordinary money market. Yoi
have but to look about you in any ru
raj district to see the result, th'
handicap and embarrassment which
have been put upon those who pro
ducc our food.
Conscious Of this backwardness ant
neglect on our part, the congress re
Gently authorized the creation Of
special commission to study the vari
GUS systems of rural credit which hav'
been put into operation in Europe
and this commission Is already pre-
pared to report, It's report ought t.
make 1t easier for US to determine
what methods will be best suited Il
our own farmers. hope and believ'
that the committees Of the senate ant
house will address themselves to thii
matter with the most fruitful results
and / believe that the studies and re
Gently formed plans Of the department
of agriculture may be made to serv,
them very greatly In their work o
framing appropriate and adequat
legislation. 1t would be indiscreet ant
presumptuous in any one to dogma
tize upon so great and many-sided
question, but I feel confident tina
common counsel will produce the re
suits we must all desire.
Antitrust Laws.
Turn from the farm to the world o
business which centers In the city ant
in the factory. and think that al
thoughtful observers will agree tina
the immediate service we owe tn
business communities Of the countr
is to prevent private monopoly NOR
effectually than it has yet been pre-
vented. l think 1t will be easily agreed
that we should let the Sherman anti
trust law stand, unaltered, as 1t II
with its debatable ground about II
but that we should as much as posi-
BILE reduce the area of that debatabl
ground by further and more explici
n