Willmar tribune., 1916-10-04

ic party have taken up this shout and
have advocated the seuttling Of tho
islande. Shall what Admiral Dewey
and President Mckinley, the Amert.
can ealdters, and the Ameeieap school
teachers have wrought tor these peo.
pie and those islands 90 for naught?
The odor Of the Republican party is
upon it, and, therefore. it is q stencil
in the nostrils of the Democracy, and.
therefore, the islands should be scut-
tied. The Philippine bill. with the
scuttling Clarke amendment, passed
the senate by the narrowest kind Of
majority, the vote Of the vice presi-
dent deciding It. When the bill
reached the house. we hoped that
Wilson would at least be neutral, but
such was not the case. He proved
to be as much OF a scuttler as Sen.
ator Clarke But fortunately there
were about thirty northern Democrats
who united with the Republicans in
defeating the nefarious and unpatri-
otto scheme.
Rural Credit Liquidation.
The so-called rural credit law, for
which much credit is claimed by the
Democrats, will be found to be of
little help or use for northern farm
ers. 1t is based on foreign models,
poorly suited to conditions in our
country. It creates a federal farm
loan board Of five members, four of
whom are to receive salary Of $10,.
600 per annum each. The law pro.
vides for the establishment of twelve
farm loan districts, with a farm loan
bank in each. Before farmers can
borrow, they must form farm loan
associations, in which they must take
and pay for stock to the amount OF
IS for every 500 they want to Dor.
row. The scheme will be found to
be so complicated and involved that
few farmers will care to make use OF
It, unless money can be borrowed
through it at materially lower rates
than from other sources, which seems
highly Improbable; at least, in the
north. II a farmer can borrow money
from his local banker, on his farm, at
say six per cent interest, he is not
likely to Join farm loan association
and take stock at the rate of IS for
every 500 he borrows. In the north.
ern states. where money a. a general
rule can be obtained on first class
farm mortgages at from flve to six
per cent interest. it Is not likely that
much use will be made Of the law.
It may be that in the south, where
money Is less plentiful and interest
higher. some help may bo obtained
through the law. Tenants, who are
Often times needy and worthy Of help,
can not secure money under the pro
visions Of the law. Only land own.
srs. who occupy and till their farms
can borrow money under 1t. Tho sys.
TEN will prove to be very expensive
and. inasmuch a. 1t 10 to some ex
tent OF foreign importation. 1t is, ia
say the least, questionable whether
1t will prove to be q success in this
country. It is, in short. q new ex'
pertinent Of doubtful value which
remains to be tried and tested.
Law for Railway Mon.
This law. hurriedly rushed through
during the last hours Of the last ses.
sion Of congress, IL the elimination
OF Democratic legislative WISDOM II
Is at the very apex Of their so-called
scheme Of constructive legislation
What are tho facts In the case? Four
orders Of railway trainmen had by
vote. Of which we have no reliable
data, determined upon q strike to hold
up the railway freight trafhc Of the
entire country Il their demands were
not cQmpaed With prior "a Sent