The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-09-01
WILSON'S SERVICE TO
AMERICAS FARMERS
Remarkable Record Set Forth In
Letter by the President.
NEW LAWS AND NEW OUTLOOK

Farm Loan Act, Federal Reserve Bank
Provisions For Warehouse and Mar
keting Facilities Are Only a Part Of
Large Program Executed by the Dem
ooratie Administration.
No administration has ever done so
much to advance the agricultural in
terests Of the United States as that Of
President Wilson. The record is set
forth briefly and effectively in letter
written by the president to Congress
man A. f. Lever chairman Of the com
mittee on agriculture of the house of
representatives. as follows:
The White House, Washington.
Aug. II. 1916.
NV Dear Mr.. Lever--It has given me
much satisfaction to approve today the
bill making appropriations for the de
partment of agriculture for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1917, and for 9th
er purposes, because the bill not only
makes very generous provision for the
Improvement Of farm production In the
nation and for Investigations and dem
onstrations In the field of the market
ing Of farm crops and Of the organiza
ton Of rural life, but also contains
three we'll conceived measures design
ed to improve market practices and the
storage and financing of staple crops
AS the passage of this bill marks the
practical completion of an important
part of the program for the betterment
of rural life which was mapped out at
the beginning Of the administrator ]
feel that / cannot let the occasion
pass without conveying to you and TO
YOUR associates In both houses my ap
probation Of the services rendered to
the nation in strengthening its grea'
agricultural foundations.
The record. legislative as well as ad
ministrative, is a remarkable one. II
speaks for itself and needs only to DC
set forth.
First.-Appreciation Of the impor
lance of agriculture has been shown
through grently and intelligenuy In
creased appropriations for its support.
Second. Particular pains have Deer
taken to foster production by every
promising means. and careful though
has been given especially to the mat
fer Of increasing the meat supply o
the nation.
Third.-Greatly increased provision
hns been made through the enactmen
of the cooperative agricultural eXten
sion act for. conveying agricultural In
formation to farmers and for inducing
them to apply It. This piece OF legis
lation is one Of the most signihcan
and farreaching measures for the edu
cation Of adults ever adopted by an.
government 1t provides for co-opera
ton between the states and the red
eral government. This IS highly In
nortant and significant principle. Whe
the act is I'm full operation there WI
be expended annually under It's terms
from federal and state sources alone
total OF over SS,GOO,OOO In the direc
education Of the farmer. and TIL
amount is being and Will be increasing
" supplemented by contributions frol
local sources. II will permit the pla'
ing in each OF the 1850 rural countie
OF the nation two farm demonstrated
and specialists who will assist tl
demonstrators in the more dithcu
problems confronting them.
Fourth Systematic provision for II
first time has been made for the sol
tion OF problems I'm that important ha
Of agriculture which concerns distrib
tion-marketing, rural finance and r
raj organization.