The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-02
POLITICAL FACTS
From Democratic Committee
Headquarters
Rural Credits Mark Unparalleled
Achievement


AcnteyeMent
me New YORK Evening fosti Ne
publlcan) says y IS certain tnas lnls
Congress VIII enact rural crsdits reg
islatlon- Inc pli passed ilis LOUISE
by vote OF 40 to III; A pili Drawn
along the same general INES nag pre-
yiousiy passed tne senate Win 0nly
. votes IN the negative. senator laoi-
lis conducted the Dill through the oen-
ate and Representative carter 1lass
through the House-both OF them ois-
playing grasp and incisiVe oepatlng
power-and the nnal measure, as II
will doubtless fnally emerge from
conference, will pc ranked as an
achievement OF the wilson admlnis>
tration. 1t may fairly be SO III tne
sense that measure long advocated
had the driving power put behind y
by Democratic PRESIDENT 10 get u
upon the statute DOCKS. ~ is not 70
be denied that the rural credits Dlll mas
a very clear conception OF tne specla Y
difficulties oil agriculture IN securing
eapltal ana makes a ulrect aila iIllelli-
gent effort TO overcome them' IN op,
Grafton IL may pc seen 10 pe III heeu
OF amendment. put as IL sCaIuS IL
represents a great advance TOWARDS
system OF providing agricultural crea-
its that has long been crying neeo IN
Philadelphia Ledger hepuDllcan)'
Inc United states, whlcn Is the Ticn-
est agricultural country on eartn, Is
finally to have farm land-banks'
Measures creating sucn banks nave l
passed both houses OF Congress. Inc
main features are Identical IN primer
pie, There is need IN tne united otae-
es for land banks. obviously an IN
dustry which yearly produces an OUT
put of nearly ten billion dollars is en-
titled to better banking facliities tnan
it now possesses. Ii the wilson ad-
ministratlon can put upon the statute
books this piece OF advaiced leglsla-
ton, it will be highly honorable
achievement.
Springfield Republican, The rural
credits act, soon to be signed by the
President, is one of the greatest con-
structive measures for the benefit of
American farmers ever enacted by
Congress. In connection with the, new
Federal reserve system, the land banks
must signalize the completion of re-
organization of American finances UNI
PARALLEL since the civil war.
Brewer Bosses Control Republicans
The brewers again showed their
control of the Republican organiza-
. Cka4 Loo - NrTna at
a meeting Of the delegates to the ma
ional Republican Convention in st.
Louis, Otto Stifel, the ST. Louis brew
err, was elected chairman of the dele
cation, defeating former Governor
HadIey by vote of Fl to Z. Berry
man Henwood of Hannibal was chos-
en- as the Missouri membertof the res
olutions committee. Hadley was de-
prived of any honors.
We have nc sympathy for Hadley,
and no interest in this Republican row,
save as it shows who are the real
bosses of the organization in Missou-
ri. Stifel's selection to the high hon
or to head the delegation to the ma
tional convention, strongly emphasize
es what is known to be fact by all
having even limited knowledge OF
the political situation in the State.
Stifel and his brewer allies can get
anything they want from the Republi-
can organization.
John Swanger, Judge Henry Lamm
and Charlie Morris recently went to
st. Louis and submitted their candi-
dacies for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton to this brewery organization. In
fact, the chief rivalry among the Re
endorsement OF these brewer posses
1t is the most open ana suspicious !!
case OF subservlency 70 brewer ana 1, u
quor nominations ever known IN TINS
state.
Inc decent element Oh TINS organi-
zation IS almost m open revolt az the
higih-handed methods the aimed brew
er bosses are using TO controi party
action. II Is freely predictea tha'
when the rank ana HE OF tne Repuo,
llcan party learn tne Iacts IN TegarC
to these many CONFERENCES ana eau
cusses IN st. LOUIS, wherein surren.
der IS invariably made 70 inns aimee
bunch, there VIII De a storm OF lnulg-
nation break that VIII not supside un'
I'll the voters snail have ovefwheim'