Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-05-30
BRADY WOULD
POST FARMERS
Favors Appropriation Of $4,000 to
Diffuse Educational Matter
on Rural Credits.


led in the defense of an item auth
orizing the Secretary of Agriculture,
with an appropriation of $4,000. to
make studies In cooperation among
the farmers in matters of rural cred
its and of sanitation aud Of o.her forms
Jf cooperation In rural communities;
to diffuse among the people of the
United States useful information grow
ng out of these studies, In order to
provide basis for broader utiliza-
ton OF results secured by research.
detrimental and demonstration work
II the Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Colleges and State Ex.
pertinent Stations.
Senator Brady is of the opinion,
IN view of the failure OF Congress to
Ass the rural credits legislation and
the intention on the part of the DEM
ocrats to postpone such legislation
Until later session, that In the
/ 'N"ANA'S AHt Ue CIV
IN an opportunity to study this ques-
Ion In cooperation with the Depart
nent of Agriculture and be permitted
o express their views regarding the
proposed bill
1t Is not doubted that there is a
great difference of opinion as to just
what sort of bin would best serve
the interests of the farmer, and 1t
S contended by Senator Brady that
this educational campaign should be
launched and the farmers be given
an opportunity to be heard. He said
in part:
Il understand that the majority
agreed that We were to have a rural
credits bill. | am also advised that
action on the bill has been postponed.
am not crlticising anybody for this
but during that time the farmer is
going to have an opportunity OF study.
ing a bill that Is for his benefit;
and 1t does seem to me that We, as
representatives of the people of the
United States should be willing that
the farmers should have some oppor-
tunity to study rural credits. There
s. no other way that the farmers
can get this information than by gath
erng together and discussing the mat.
ter in an informal and formal way,
by exchanging ideas with each other
and coming In contact with men who
their conditions and needs.
The Committee OF Agriculture Is only
asking for $4,000 for the millions
and millions OF farmers We have In
Lhe United States today.
The farmer produces that which
brings health and happiness to every
home. He works from dawn until dark.
He does not enjoy the advantages
hat you have In your cities, and he
ioes not have an opportunity TO secure
Information relative to the business
methods that the BUSINESS men and
he men living in the cities enjoy.
You should not deny him this small
)ittance that will perhaps enable him
o secure information that will save
lim many hundred dollars of his
lard-earned money,
1T Is the farmer that produces the
'eal wealth of the Nation. The soil
$ the basis Of all real wealth, and we
lave been talking for years of the
'back-to-the-farm" movement. There
s no use sending our young genera
ions back to the farm, less we pro
'ide them ways aud means so that
hey can secure some commercial BEN
,fits from their labor
We are the greatest agricultural
iation on earth, and there Is no coun-
ry in the world that has made q
brighter or greater record than we
AVE. No country has done more to
ldvance the moral, the material, and
he intellectual welfare OF its people
han this nation OF ours; and who
las helped to do this? The farmers.
Ne all know that the farmer has con-
ributed his full share, and the only
way we can maintain the high standard
is by diffusion Of knowledge
md we can do it in no other or bet
er wa than to make this small ap-
And | feel that We are doing the
armer an injustice when we, as you
night say, quarrel here for days over
mall appropriations for the benefit
( millions and millions of our people.
,hile on the same days we suspend
ne rules and give $4,000, 100000
nd $150,000 to different communities