The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
ASSISTANCE IS
NOT NEEDEDIBH
THE FARMERS
From the Government through
Use of Government Cash or
Credit, Says Houston.
NATIONS NEW BANK Law
is Pointed Out as Good for Far.
l11ers But He Wants Grain
and Cotton Warehouses.
tay AasoelAren enEni, !

~. tsv ASSOCIATED tRKsSa
WASHINGTON D. c., Dec. a -
That there is no emergency Wliiclf
Justifies government assistance f0 <
farmers directly through the uSe oi
government cash or credit. was the
position taken by Secretary Houston
Of the Department Of Agriculture. In
discussing rural credits In his an
nual report Just submitted to PresI5
dent Wilson. Secretary Houston,a
statement was regarded as indis
eating the policy OF the administi;
ton. l:s X
Secretary Houston pointed out
that the new bank law takes Just
and particular knowledge Of the far
mers requirements" He suggested
that any credit needs Of the agricti
tural community beyond those cared
for under the federal reserve law
should be cared for by a system Of
funds. by means of which the COM
Ibined credit Of farming Communities
could be utilized. and by a system 6l
land mortgage banks, likewise, pfi
vately capitalized.
There seems to be no emergency
which requires or justifies govern
ment assistance to the farmers d
rectly through the use Of the govern
ment's cash or the governments
credit. said the report. Tho
American farmer is sturdy seif-fes
liant and independent. He Isl mott
In the condition Of serfdom IN which
were the European peoples for whom
government aid WAS extended
some form or other during tlie
I'm ad76cating a land niortsaFe
banking system and q system Of rs'
| operative credits associations the
port asserted that the use of the
funds loaned for productive pjlt
poses on the farms covered by the
mortgage should be insisted upon.
Mr.. Houston's report reviews the
investigation OF the 1narketfng
and distribution system and
while the study is not yet sui
ficiently finished TO admit Of hnAl|
conclusions the work thus far shows
the need Of a reorganization OF the
distribution process. He says: <.
During the present grass seaeofi,
for example. Chicago has received
Mexican. Canadian and Florida ca
tie at about the Same time. Steers
raised In California by an Oregon
operator have been shipped through
Denver and Omaha and their beet
sent to points on the Atlantic coast
Hogs raised in Illinois and sold sat
indianapolis have been slaughtareil
lat Boston and a part Of their cured
bacon shipped to Los, Angeles. Mich
1gan dressed veal calves Expressed 70
South Water street commissiott
houses at Chicago have been Returns
ed to the identical shipping points
from which they came to ill orders
from local retail marets.'
Secretary Houston asks Congress
for an additional emergency apptn
#priation Of several million dollars OF,
account of the recent outbreak OF
the foot-and-mouth disease among
cattle. He said that II the interval
between the last and the present seat
sion OF Congress had been longer tne'
department would have been without
sufficient funds to meet the situation
"9The department" he said, has
pursued its former policy Of ptiH
chasing diseased and exposed cattie
at an appraised value and slaus sttey
ing them and burying them. It has
established a very strict quarantine e Il
great and 1t will be necessary to ask
alton OF several millions Of dollars,
The interests at stake are vast and
Justify any reasonable expenditures.
The report sets forth the actiyitie
of the department In establlshin
standard grain grades. and in the IN e
itial administration OF the new c6t-i
ton futures law which the secreta
calls the first definite systemat tic
legal approach to the solution bI 4
'difficult problems ir this field Of dia,
tribution. The secretary RECON-
mends consideration of legielatip 70
establish a permissive ware-hptisiiie
system for grain and cotton he
pointed out that the warehouse a.
cilities for cotton in the South are
not centralized. 4
II the warehouses now in exist
e1ice,'' said the report, were re-
modelled SO as to comply with the
underwriters requirements, and were
bonded, and If adequate business
methods were adopted the financing
of the cotton crop would be material
ly Improved. Such system would
furnish relief In time of emergeneE
and would form q useful part of the
normal distribution system. III
probable that a federal law for
permissiye- warehousiug system
would stimulate this desirable
velopment,
While the production OF grain fe
orally showed a great Increase ~
the crop Of 191 4, the report pointed
out, the production OF corn showed
no advance. and the meat pr0ductIo1