Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-08

feel that the request II not needed
- that the members Of that great
house need no urging in this servics
TO the country.
j present to you, In addition, the
urgent necessity that special proyf-
sion be made also for facilitating the
credits needed by the farmers OF the
country. The pending currency bill
does the farmers a great seVice. Il
puts them upon an equal footing with
other business men and masters of
enterprise, as 1t should; and upon its
passage they win find themselves
quit of many Of the difficulties which
now hamper them in the field OF cred.
it The farmers, of course, ask and
should be given no special privilege.
such as extending to them the credit
OF the government itself. What they
need and should obtain is legislation
which win make their own abundant
and substantial credit resources avail.
able as a foundation for Joint, con-
certed local action In their own be.
half In getting the capital they must
use. It Is to this we should now aid.
dress ourselves. .,
Farming Allowed to Lag
IL 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 ten
you how fundamental to the HE 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
changer of the factory, but 1t is from
the quiet interspaces of the open val.
leys and the free hillsides that we
draw the sources OF life and of pros.
perity, from the farm and the ranch.
from the forest and the mine. With.
out these every street would be ST..
lent, every Office deserted, every fac
tory fallen into tiisrepair. And vet
the farmer does not stand upon the
same footing with the forester and
the miner In the market Of credit. He
Is the servant of the seasons. Nature
determines how long he must wait for
his crops, and will not be hurried in
her processes. He may give his note.
but the season Of its maturity de.
ponds upon the season when his crop
natures, Hes at the gates of the
market where his products are sold
And the security he gives Is Of 4
character not known IN the brokers'
once or as Familiarity as It might be
on the counter of the banker.
The agricultural department Of the
government Is seeking to assist as
Ilsyer before to make farming an eff
.ciert business. Of wide cooperative
effort in quick touch with the mar
kets Tor foOdstuffs. The farmers and
the government will henceforth work
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 United
States has, by a timely and well-con.
sidered distribution Of its deposits.
facilitated the moving of the crops In
the present season and prevented the
scarcity of available funds too often
experienced at. such times. But we
must not allow ourselves to depend
upon extraordinary expedients. We
must add the .means by which the
farmer may make his credit constant
when = IL MI, 49, osr, anu coillIanu
TO support and expand his business.
tyiee - th ,,,a 49,, $3.50 $3.50 couL-
ins * ~ tt,s s, !" y. - = $500 =
credit hava 49,, ,t.., $3.50 = ~
onad IN ne ,,tta, ssSa :, a ~. uese.'
white ws Isst -. 49,. .nS sse.
thenselvas 4 tha ,..s.s - si,lls III
maTlrat yo,, haye ~ - I 10y
vr,,. q, ~, -, s.nae IooA apout
result the handicsn 80 - ses ans
s, $50 ,,,,,sss. anu ass
VIC nro.,,,co 49,. 49,, iul ui,n ello1e
I,.tls -. i. : . -. Is.
cnnseioua ~ , ais ~ &,
neglect ~ n,,r , ras. t,,a @.ness anu
Gently anfho-i1s n. ~ 80 ss 90 e
special comuission 70 stns evs1 sra S var,.3l
ms svstans - r,,,.t $500 ss..,. ny go
have haan nut into anasa...s = : III ~.
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