Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-11

~ through the use Of government
cash or credit, was the position TAX.
en- by Secretary Houston OF the &c
partnent Of agriculture, in discussing
rural credits in his annual report,
submitted today to President Wilson.
Secretary Houstoa's statement was
regarded as indicating the policy Of
the administration
Secretary Houston pointed out that
the new bank law takes just and
particular knowledge OF The farmers
requirements" He suggested that
any credit needs of The agricultural
community Beyond those cared for
under the federal reserve Law should
DO cared for by a system OF cooper
alive credit associations" financed
with private funds, by means of
which the combined credit of farming
communities could DE utilized, ard by
a system OF land mortgage banks,
likewise, privately capitalized.
There seems TO b. no emergency
which requires Or. Easrifies govern
,nent assistance 10 THE farmers di,
rectly through the use af the govern
ment's cash or the governments
credit" said tine reg,isr1. The Amar-
lean farmer lis sEurdg, s~shlE7rslisnt and
independent. He is not in the condi-
ton OF sertdol or ssnti-serfdoln, ia
which were the DuEogaan peoples, Tor
whom government aid was extended
In some form or other during the last
century"
In advocating a lanG mortgage
banking System and "a system nf go.
operative credits associations the re
port asserted THAT the Use of the
funds Ioantd fUr p%r,Dducive PURPOSES
on the farrns covered tiy the mort.
cages should he iinsisted UPON
investigates Mariastinu.
Mr., HopstDnis rapart REVIEWS the
investigation gf the mu,,ksting and
distribution Eystsm and while The.
stucy IT. rEot Tgt sltfficigntly finished
to admit of final ~nunclnsSens tbe
work it thus lar tihgws the need of 9
Reorganization pf She distribution pro.
-css6s> lie Eass-
During the present grrBs season,
Tor example. EHliGasgp has received
Mexican, Canadian and FLORIDA cat
tie at about the sarIle Time. Steers.
RAISED III California by al Oregon oy-
orator have been shipped through
Denver 10 Omaha and their beef sent
10 points on the Atlantic coast Hogs
raised liz Illinois and sold at Indian.
apolis haze been slaughtered at Pos
ton and a part OF their cured bacon
shipped 10 Los AageleE. Michigan
dressed veal calves. expressed TO the
South Water street commission hous.
es in Chicago have been returned to-
the identical shippiag points from
which they came to fill orders from
local retail markets"
Wants More Money.
Secretary Houston asks congress
for an additional emergency appro.
priation of. several million dollars on
account of the recent outbreak of
the foot and mouth disease among
cattle. He said that If the interval
between the last and the present ses-
sion Of congress had been longer the |
department would have been without
sufficient funds to meet the situation.
"The department." he said, "has
pursued its former policy Of purchas-
ing diseased and exposed cattle at an
appraised value and Of Strengthening
them and burying them. It has es-
tablished a very strict quarantine.
The expense of this task will be very
great and ii will be necessary to
ask congress for an emergency ap-l
preparation of several millions Of dol.
lars. The interests at stake are vast
and justify any reasonable expendi-
ture."
The report sets forth the activities
of the department, in establishing
standard grain grades and in the in
itial administration Of the new cot
ton futures law, which the secretary
calls the "first definite, systematic,
legal approach to the solution of diff.
ticult problems in this field of distri-
BUTTON" The secretary recommends
consideration Of legislation to estab-
fish a permissive warehousing> sys-
tenn for grain and cotton. He pointed
out that the warehouse facilities for
in the south are not centraliZ-
ed.
Meat Decline.
While the production Of grain gen
orally showed a great increase in the
crop of 1914, the report pointed out,
the production Of corn showed no adj
vance, and the meat production show
ed a distinct decline. In this con.
nectiOn the secretary points out 4
neglect Of livestock pro-
ductlom In the south X
The secretary's report includes a
table giving tho census figures for
1899 and 1909, showing that in all
products except corn and meat ami.
mails there has been q marked in.l
in production during the ten.
period. Continuing, the report
says:
I'VE know that the wheat crop Of
Of approximately 1892, 100000
bushels is the greatest ever produc>
cd in our history, and that the crops
Df oats, hurley, rye, potatoes, tobac'
90 and hay are unusually large. The
crop, forecast in October at
bales. Is the second largest,
rhe apple crop, estimated at 259,000,'
300 bushels, Is the greatest ever har.
The total production OF six
cading cereals is estimated to have
)een nearly 5,000,G00,000 bushels, or
Lbout a28, 100000 bushels in ex
;cse Of the crop Of 1918. For the
country as 4 whole, the crop yields
)efs acre we're 2.3 per cent better
han the average for the past ten
tears. The average yield per acre Of
the staple crops was % per cent