The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-28
Senator Brady Pays Tribute
to Farmer

Brady lead in the defense of an item
authorizing the Secretary Of Agriculture
with an appropriation Of $4,000, to
make studies Of cooperation among
the farmers in matters of rural credits
and sanitation and Of other forms OF
cooperation in rural communities; to
diffuse among the people Of the United
States useful information growing out
of these studies, in order to provide o
basis for broader utilization Of re
suits secured by research, expert.
mental and demonstration work Of the
Department Of Agriculture, Agricultur-
al Colleges and State Experimental
Stations.
Senator Brady is Of the opinion, in
view of the failure Of Congress to pass
rural credits legislation and the in.
tenAicn on the part of the Democratic
party to postpone such legislation un.
til later session. that in the mean.
time the farmers should be given an O
portunity to study this question in Co
operation with the Department of Agri
culture and be permitted to express
their views regarding the proposed
bill.
1t is not doubted that there is q
great difference of opinion as to just
what sort of bill would best serve
the interests Of the farmer, and 1t is
contended by Senator Brady that this
educational campaign should be
launched and the farmers given an op.
portunity 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 &C
ton on that bill has been postponed.
l am not criticizing anybody for this
but during that time the farmer is
going to have an opportunity of study
ing bill that is for his benefit; and
1t does seem to me that we, as the
representatives Of the people of the
United States, should be willing tina!
the farmers should have some oppor.
tunity to study rural credits. There
is no other way that the, farmers can
get this information than by gathering
together and discussing the matter in
an informal and in a formal way. by
exchanging ideas with each other, and
coming in contact with men who under
stand their conditions and needs. The
Committee on Agriculture is only ask
ing for $4,000 for the millions and
millions of farmers we have in the
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 advan.
tages that you have in your cities, and
ne does not have an opportunity to Sc.
cure information relative to the busi
ness methods that the business men
and the men living in cities eniov.
You should not deny him this small
plttance that perhaps will enable him
to secure information that will save
him many dollars of his hardearned
money.
1T Is the farmer that produces the
real wealth of this nation. The soil
Is the basis of all real wealth, and
we have been talking for years of
the 'back-to-the-farm' movement. Theirs
is no use of sending our young genera.
ions back to the farm, unless VIZ
provide them ways and means Sc thai
they can secure some commercial, hene
We are the greatest agricultural,
fits from their labor
natlon on earth, and there is M
country in the world that has made a
brighter or greater record than we
nave. No country has done more To
advance the moral, the material and
the Intellectual welfare Of it's people
than this nation of ours; and who has
helped to do this? The farmer. We
all know that the farmer has contrihnt
ed his full share. and the only wav
we can maintain the high standard Of
american life that We all hope to maip
tain is by diffusion of knowledge and
we can do 1t in no other or better
way than to make this small appronr.s
ton.
And feel that we are doing the
farmer an injustice when we, as Vol
might say. quarrel here for days over
small appropriations for the benefit n
millions and millions Of our peon,e
while on the same days we suspend
the rules and give SIS, 900. $3.50 90,
and $4,000 to different communities
for purely local purposes"
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Smith Desires Reelection
Representative Smith df Idaho.
who will be a candidate for re-nomi.
natit N states that he will remain con.
stant1y at his official most hove ,o,,