The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-02
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TODAY
President Discussed Variety of mpor-
tant Mexican Situation Primary Elections Advocated
Policy of Conservation to Recognize States Rights

needed that the Members OF that great
House need no urging N tins service to
the country
| present To YOU in addition, tho mr.
gent necessity that special provision he
made also for facilitating the credits need
ed by the farmers Of the country. The
pending currency bill does the farmers a
great service. 1t puts them upon an
equal footing with other business men
| and masters Of enterprise. it should;
and upon ITS passage they will lind them
selves quit OF many of the difficulties
| which now hamper them in the field 0l
| credit. The farmers, OF course, ask and
should be given no special privileges, such
as extending to them the credit of the
government itself What they need and
should obtain is legislation which viii
make their own abundant and substan-
tial credit resources available as 4 folnda,
| tion for joints concerted local action IN
| their own behalf in getting the capital
| they must use. 1t is to this we should
now address ourselves
| 1t has, singularly enough. come to pass
that we have allowed the industry OF
our farms to lag behind the other activi-
ties of the country in its development. /
need not stop to tell YOU how frndamen-
J tai to the life Of the Nation IS the pro
duction 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 il is from the
quiet lnterspaces OF the open valleys and
the free hillSldes that we draw the
sources of life and Of prosperity. from
the farm and the ranch. from the forest
and the mine. Without these every street
would he silent. every office deserted.
every factory fallen into disrepair And
yet the farmer does not stand upon tire
same footing with tue forester and tie
miner IN the market Of credit. He is tie
servant Of the seasons Nature deter
mines how long he must wait for las
crops. and viii not be hurried in her pro
cesses. lie may give his note. hut thy
season of lis maturity depends upon the
season when his crop natures, lies at the
gates of the market where hi~ products
are sold. And the security he gives il d.
a character not known in the brokers' o..
flee on a Familiarity a. 1t might be GA
the counter Of the banker
The agricultural department If the gov
eminent i seeking To assist as never he
fore to make farming AN efficient biSi
ness. OF wide cooperative effort. IN guIeh
touch with the markets for fooj~tuits
/ The farmers and the government VII
henccforth work together ~ real partner.
in this field. where we now begin to .es
our way very clearly and where many In
telligent plans arc already being put int
execution. The treasury OF the UuItee
, States has by a timely aud wcil-Cnu~id
cred distribution of It's deposits. flcitlt
cd the moving Of the crops in the prcsca
season and prevented the scarcity q
available funds too often experienced a
such times But We must not allow au.
selves to Depend upon extraordinary o.
pcdients. We mist add the means II
which the farmer may make his cred
constantly and easily available and can'
maud when he VIII the capital by whici
| 10 support and expand h!> business w
| lag behind many other great COMMITTEES q
the modern world III attempting To 4
this systems Of rural credit have hcpi
studied and developed on the othel I'D
Of the water while we left our farmer
TO shift for themselves in the orlnaT
money market. You have hut to laa
+ about You in any rural district To zee tn
D result. the handicap and ombmgas>mc,
which have been put upon those who pro
70 | ducc our food.
Conscious OF this backwarducss an
; neglect on our part the Congress recent
y authorized the creation OF a special con
mission to study the various systems c
t rural credit which have been put int
: operation III Europe, and this commissio
is already prepared to report. Its rcpo1
: ought To make il easier for us to deter
= mine what methods will be hest suited t
u our own farmers. | hope and hclicv
+ that the committees Of the Senate an
II House VIII address themselves to th
matter with the most fruitful results. IN
e believe that the studies and recent
l, formed plans Of the department OF ar
"a cultue may lac made to serve them yer
e greatly ia their work OF framing appr,