Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-07
WILSON'S SERVICE TO
AMERICAS FARMERS
Remarkable Record Set Forth In
Letter by the President.
NEW LAWS AND NEW OUTLOOK

Provisions For Warehouse and Mar
keting Facilities Are Only a Part of
Large Program Executed by the DEM
%ocratio Administration.
No administration has ever done 81
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 a letter
written by the president to Congress
maj a. Il. Lever, chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture of the house of
representatives, as follows:
The White House, Washington.
Aug, IL, 1916.
My Dear Mr., Lever-Il has given mt
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
eI purposes, because the bill not only
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 well 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 administration, !
feel that | citnnot 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 great
agricultural foundations.
The record. legislative us well as ad.
m~inistrative. is a remarkable one. 1t
speaks for itself and needs only to be
set forth:
First. Appreciation OF the impor.
lance of agriculture has been shown
through greatly and in%telligently in
creased appropriations for its support.
Second. Particular pains have been
taken to foster production by every
promising means. and careful thought
has been given especially to the mat
ter of increasing the meat supply Of
the nation.
Third Greatly increased provision
has been made through the enactment
Of the cooperative agricultural extern
sion act for conveying agricultural in.
formation to farmers and for inducing
them t o apply It. This piece of legis-
latioD is one of the most significant
and ~farreaching measures for the edu-
cation Of adults eve adopted by any
government. Is provides for co-opera-
ton between the states and the fed
eral government. This is a highly i'm,
portant and significant principle. When
the act is In full operation there will
be expended annually under Its terms,
from federal and state sources alone. q
total or over $S,600,o0 In the direct
education of the farmer. and this
amount is being and will be increasing
lyN supplemented by contributions from
local sources. 1t will permit the plac.
ing In each of the 1850 rural counties
OF the nation two farm demonstrators
and specialists who, will assist the
demonstrators In the more difficult
problems confronting them.
Fourth.-Systematic provision for the
first time has been made for the solu-
tion Of problems In that Important half
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