Gunnison news-champion., 1916-11-03
DEMOCRATIC LlUS
THAT HELP FARMERS
FecsraI Employment Bursan
But One Il nany Achieve
ments Of the wilson
Administration.
..o.EY FOR CROP MOVING
7usss e.ssIsa FssssaI Ress~vs ~.
Good Reads. Drain etaadar6s
and Many othss
0snsistA
sy FRANK Q. ooeLl-
Editor Of tire Nebraska Farm Magazine
..onEY FOR CROP MOVING
D. FRANK Q. opELL-
sdi.er y D. s..er.... F.rm aa.ea.lne

10 you Know tnnt your kpD8t OU1CS
ls now an employment bureau? That
one Of the new things Uncle Sum
as started during the present Adj
sinistration- Secretary Wilson Of the
; Rpartment Of Labor has tackled the
isk Of bringing the jobless man and
ne manless Job together. and noss
very post essiee 10 IN agency ~ the
Jnits6 otatss employment service.
he postmaster II equipped with
hunks for listing applications for Ia
'or OF for employment and Il INSTRUCT
to help get the worker and the Job
contact.
While this might appear to be prin-.
.ipaliy In the interest Of the worker.
I Is really enc Of the numerous Sar.
eaehina things started fer the. bsne-
z of the farmer BY the Adm'nistra.
ion Of President Wilson. The increus-
ny scarcity Of farm labor has become
problem to the farmer. especially
IN the whent-growing and frult-grow-
ing sections. This labor. which In Of q
seasonal character. necessarily must
.e performed largely by itinerant
workers. Some agency which will
meet this demand and relieve the la
~rer Of the graft OF employment
gencies Is necessary. Uncle Sam has
.tarted IL.
A single illustration will show how
ne system works: In the willamette
Valley Of Oregon thousands Of tenn
,'orary workers are needed In hop
sicking time. On August 20 the Ore
son Journal Of Portland printed u
iews article about the new govern
.n<rs- xasxe ts.aI Iw~sw
that six hundred families could OH
'ain immetlinte employment In the
hop ynrts by applying At the Portland
iivision Of the Federal employment
,ervlce.
This IL another Item added to the
mss Of accommodating evidence which
iho~s that the Wilson Administrator
has tried 70 give both labor and the
'aemer . square deal. For the first
time In history. this AdmInIstration
has placed the needs of rural districts
'quarely before Congress ~ Of equal
mportanee with the interests of flnan.
eIai eenters.
And why mott Financial centers
would not amount to much without tho
nine-bIllion-dollnr crop OF the Ameri-
nm farmer. But the interests Of the
farmer have not always been 80 prOmi-
nently and favornbly considered BY
Congress a. they hnve during the past
three years. The record Of Democrat.
Ic claims for fnrmer support h rec
ord Of Accomplishment. II reads like
his In the passage Of laws and admin
strntive acts:
What Has Dssn 0ens for the Farmer.
CURRENCY REFORM: The Fed
erul Reserve Act under which the
farmers pspsr 10 given special con-
sideratIon, including permission 20
National Banks 70 loan on the security
II farm iands.
RURAL CREDITS: An epoch-mak-
ng legislative measure which will re-
lieve the farmer Of the incubus Of the
shOrt-time loan at extortionate inter-
'st. This measure alone, when In
-ull force, will save the farmers Of the
United states one hundred and NSty
million dollars annually In Interest
hargeA
GOOD ROADS: seventy-nve mil
ion dollars made available for the
development Of roads from the farm
the market. under conditions which
vii prevent wasteful use Of the money.
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION:
The passage Of the Smith-Lever Act
brings to every American farm.
through the Joint cooperation Of the
rtleraI Government and the States,
the help Of these agencies In solving
ne business problems Of the farmer.
COTTON FUTURES ACT: Deals
death blow to gambling In this CREST
taple.
UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE
NCT: Enables owners Of stored prod
cts to obtain loans on warehouse
.celpts more nearly approximating tho
'nll value OF the product.
GRAIN STANDARDS: a law en-
cted last August aufh0risea the Sec
retary Of Agriculture to establish on
rial grain standards. This law 'is
working. The farmer who has been
-bbed through juosisd grain grades
fnr years Will appreciate IL value.
CROP MOVING: The surplus funds
II the Treasury Department have been
af1d directly IN the banks Of the
,ntl, and West to aid IN moving crops
i';iring the customary season Of money
-'mrfage.
INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT De
NSlTS: Banks holding government
pnsits are now required 70 pay two
per cent Interest. This cuts on big
raft which formerly came from the
gree use OF huge sunis Of the peoples
money. More than one million dollars
revenue annually II nov derived from
his source alone.
IMPROVED MARKETING DrS-
E;Al: The farmer has Tor years felt
ne power of TIE market eOlnbfne.
iih lie waste. inefnciency and dis
.nsessty. Thk oGlce q MaFifete and
!; lie Rural Organlzatioo Service. e.
ihiIxIled q the Department Of A4ri-
.uiture during this AdmInistrutton. are
,rkine on scientinc Iines TO peomots
tier murket1ng and eo-opernttve 6usi-
y nfkHnIxntioo among fhfmerA
llstee bene1dent Denonroa With
ny ofhefa. show why ~ fnrrtef
prvtiy well estls1e6 W1tt ~ VII
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