Pocahontas star herald., 1916-01-07


promote Ihrir welfare. shall also fol
Tow the statutes in appointing the mem
hers ui the agricultural school boards
'nd viii appoint no man as a member
ni said boards unless he Is farmcr
an actual tiller Of the soil. | do not
want TO bc regarded aa AGAINST the
other schools of the state, hut ! do want
II distinctly understood now, | am FOR
] ihe four agricultural schools Of AT
kansas.
/ 10 is no "dcath bed religion matter
with me, us Il Is with s0ais Of my op'
ponunts to be Ia thorough sympathy
with the man who earns his daily
bread; / was raised ON a small hillside
farm, aud my people are still tarmefsi
am the only member Of the family
Who has over broken into politics. But
I believe that IL is IN politics that /
can help 10 bring about some reforms
that the farming classes OF this state
have been working and fighting for,
aud that's what | am going 20 be busy
with during the greater part OF the
next four years. The biggest problem
[ facing the producer today Is that of
marketing his crops after they are har-
vested. ] heartily favor such lcgisla.
tion as viii aid In putting into effect
a central marketing plan, MS provided
| for In a measure which was introduced
during the last session of Congress, and
which law viii regulate the supply, and
| supply the demand Of all farm products.
In other words, the farmer, here In Ar
kansas, will help to make the price on
his corn or cotton, rather than leave 10
| entirely 10 the manipulators Of Wall
| street 10 say Just how little he shall
receive for the fruits of his labor.
am strictly in favor OF, and viii
| lend all possible encouragement 10, the
passage Of the rural credits hill, now
| pending in Congress, vhiyh measure
| will virtually put the farmer "on his
/ foetn 20 stay. OF course, the rieh
| banker may not favor such a measure,
| but 10 will finally become O law with.
out his help. aud an liberal minded men
will finally fall in line. Under this
proposed law, which is a long step n
the right direction, the government viii
loan the farmer money at a low rate
Of interest, for a long period Of years;
such a law will hurt no one, and viii
be Of untold benefit TO many.
Our state Agricultural Department,
officially known as the Department Of
Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture,
has been doing excellent work in the
building up and developing our natural
resources, and its work can be made
more beneficial by proper encourage.
mcnt l favor the creation OF de.
p1rtmcut of immigration in this de.
partment, which can be handled with
ont increased clerical help or expense,
TO work in harmony with the develop
ment Of our mineral fields, the promo
+ tion Of our manufacturing interests and
along agricultural lines In general. This
department of the state government can
De made TO be Of untold benefit 10 the
farming interests Of Arkansas, ospc
rially, and / shall favor the enlarging
OF its scope and usefulness to the peo
pie.
Perhaps the most important public
movement in the South today, and in
all parts OF Arkansas, is the govern
mcnt and county farm demonstration
work now being so successfully carried
ON all around us. This includes the
. corn club and canning club work for
the boys and girls Of the state, and in
my humble opinion, taken all in all,
IL is the biggest move for the public
good that has been started in the South
since the Civil war. ] am in hearty
sympathy with the work, and / am
proud 10 state that in one Of our north
Arkansas counties, the good county Of
Randolph, we have the largest boys
corn club in the world, with a member
ship Of over 1000, and also one Of the
largest girls canning clubs in the
/ United States.
Confederate Pensions.
/ During my six years work in tho
| state auditors office / was clerk of
the State Pension Board, and during
/ my five years as secretary Of state, I
have been president Of the same board.
( 10 has been my earnest desire TO help
/ place a law upon the statutes which
would give the old heroes 100 cents ON
: tho dollar for their pensions, and to
| this end | have drawn and had intro
[ duced during three sessions Of the Gen
/ eral Assembly, measures which would
have done so. After these measures
| had run the gauntlet Of amendments in
both houses they were still good laws
| but badly disfigurcd, and did not bring
about the desired results. As / stated
in my first biennial report three years
ago, 81 am a member Of the State
| Pension Board, and il has been our dis.
tinction and pleasure to look fully into
the records of all the old soldiers, and
to make each and every allowance as
just as possible. There are but few
left of this thinning line Of gray;' to
| them we cannot be too philanthropic,
and ! recommend that our present pen
sion law be so amended as TO allow each
and every pensioner the maximum
amount which can be paid under the
law. As it is now, the allowances are
on q graduated scale of from S25 to
500, dependent upon the extent Of
their physical disability. So liberal
has been the board that at the present
time at least IS per cent Of the entire
number of pensioners receive the full
amount, which is 500. They all, in
common, braved the hazards Of four
years combat; they all, in common,
withstoOd the enmities of common
foe, and since that memorable con.
flict, have all in common lived ale
! glance TO the cause they loved; so 1
] rranr1rnruUpI that fhoir disrpUy9fion bp