The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-11
ASSISTANCE IS
NOT NEEDED BY
THE FARMERS
From the Government through
Use of Government Cash OF
Credit, Says Houston.
NATIONS NEW BANK I AAl
Is Pointed Out as Good fof Far
lners But He Wants Gran
and Cotton Warehouses
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WARRINGTON p. CT Dec.
That there is no emergency which
justifies government assistance ID
farmers directly through the tise or
government cash or credit. was the
position taken by Secretary Houston
OF the; Department OF Agriculture. m
discussing rural credits In his lii
nual report Just submitted to Presis
dent Wilson. Secretary Houston, IS
statement was regarded ais fnsii-
eating the policy OF the adminiHtf6
ton. s b 4 "a lI' q
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 agricai-
tural community beyond those cared
for under the federal reserve law.
should be cared for by. a system d.
funds, by means OF which the com
bined credit OF farming conimunitits
could be utilized, and by d system 81
land mortgage banks, likewise pfi.
yately capitalized.
There seems to be no emergency
which requires or justifies governs
ment assistance to. the farmers dr.
Irectly through the use Of the govern
ment's cash or the governments
credit, said the report. The.
American farmer is sturdy seIf=rfr
liant and independent. He Is not
In the condition Of serfdom in while
were the European peoples for whom
government aid was extended IL
some form or other during the last
century" sss N n
In advocating d land mort gaze
banking system and system OF COS
operative credits associations the rc2
port asserted that the use of the
funds loaned for productive pui
poses on the farms covered by the
mortgage should be insisted upon.
Mr.. Honston's report reviews the
investigation OF the marketing
and. distribution system and
while the study is not yet sui
ficientlx finished to admit Of dpal
conclusions the work thus far shows
the need OF a reorganization OF tho
distribution process. He says:
During the present grass season,
for example. Chicago has received
Mexican. Canadian and Florida eat
tie at about the same time. Steers
raised In California by an Oregon
operator have been shipped through
Denver and Omaha and their beef
sent to points on the Atlantic coast
Hogs raised In Illinois and sold AZ
indianapolis have been slaughtered
1T Boston and a part of their cured
saacon sbipped to Los Angeles. Affclls
m dressed veal calves expressed To-
onth Water street Commission
ouses at Chicago have been return
to the identical shipping points
nm which they came to I'LL orders
.-om local retail inarets.
Secretary Houston asks CongreFs
n an additional emergency apprQ.
riation of several million dollars on
count of the recent outbreak 81
he foot-and-mouth disease among
Sttle. He said that IL the interval
'stween the last and the present SOS
lion Of Congress had been longer the
epartment would have been without
efficient funds to meet the situation
The department, he said, has
aursued its former policy of phf
chasing diseased and exposed cattieI
m apnraised value and slaughtefs
ing them and burying them It has
established very strict Quarantine
The expense of this task will be very
great and 1t will be necessary to TASK
Congress for an emergency appropri
alton of several millions OF dollars
The interests at stake are vast and
Justify any reasonable expenditure.
The report sets forth the actffiffes
u the department In establishing
standard grain grades. and IN the n
ttial administration Of the new cot
ION futures law which the secfetaf,
calls the FIRST definite systemafie
ieral approach to the solution of
iifiicult problems in this field Of dis
tributton. The secretary recon-
Mends consideration Of Legislation to-
establish q permissive ware-hohsiIif
system for grain and cotton He
pointed out that the warehouse "a
cilities for cotton In the South are
not centralized.
IT the warehouses now In exist
ence." said the report, were re-
modelled so as to comply with the
underwriters requirements, and were
bonded, and II adequate business
methods were adopted the Financing
Of the cotton crop would be material
" improved. Such system would
furnish relief IN time Of einergencI
and would form q useful part Of the
normal distribution system =
probable that federal law for d
permissive warehoustng system
would stimulate this desirable de-
velopment. y.
While the production Of grain GER
orally showed .a great increase IN
tho crop OF 1914. the report polluted