The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-22
S|DENT TAKES .PRlDEIN AIDING
 ACR|CULTURISTS
Executive, in Letter, Re views Work of that Nature
 In His Administration

l LII x4x0 CIUxOU | What has been accomplished by 1 President Wilson and a Democratic Congress for the relief of farmers is | set forth in letter from the President l to A. F. Lever, Chairman of the Com-
 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. made public yesterday by the Democratic National Campaign Committee. Chairman Mccormick ex- plained that it was to the general aid of the producing citizens of the coun- try that the President had most per- sistently dedicated his attention. The letter follows:
 The White House. Washington, Aug. Il, 1916. My Dear MT. Lever-It has given
 me much satisfaction to approve to- day the bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes, because the bill not only makes very generous pro- vision for the improvement of farm production in the nation and for in- vestigations and demonstrations in the field of the marketing of farm crops and of the organization of rural life, but also contains three well-conceived measures designed to improve market practices and the storage and financ- ing of staple crops. As the passage of this bill marks the practical com- pletion of an important part of the program for the betterment of rural life, which was mapped out at the be- ginning of the Administration, feel that cannot let the occasion pass without conveying to you and to your associates in both houses my apprecia- tion of the service rendered to the na- ton in strengthening its great agricul- tural foundations.
 Items of Record.
 The record, legislative as well as ad- mfnistrative, is a remarkable one. It speaks for itself and needs only to be set forth.
 1. Appreciation of the importance of agriculture has been shown through greatly and intelligently increased ap- propriations for its support.
 2. Particular pains have been taken t ofoster production by every promis- ing means, and careful thought has been given especially to the matter of increasing the meat supply of the 1ation. 3. Greatly increased provision has been made, through the enactment of the Cooperative Agricultural Exten- sion Act. for conveying agricultural information to farmers and for in- ducing them to apply it. This piece of legislation is one of the most signif- fcant and far-reaching measures for the education of adults ever adopted by any Government. This is a high ly important and significant principle. When the act is in full operation there will be expended annually under it's terms, from Federal and State sources alone. total of over $s.s0o, 900 in the this amount is being and will be in tions from local sources. It will per init :the placing in each of the 1850 rural counties of the nation two farm and specialists who will assist the demonstrators in the more dimcult problems confronting them.
 Distribution and Finance.
 4. Systematic provision for the first time has been made for the solution of problems in that important half of griculture which concerns distribution rural finance, and rural 
 5. Provision was made promptly for the creation of an office of mar kets and rural organization, and the for this office, including those for enforcing new laws designed to promote better marketing, have been increased to $1.200,000. The more difficult problems of marketing arc being investigated and plans are In operation for furnishing assistance to producers of perishables through a market news service. A similar ser-'l vice for livestock interests will be in augurated during the year.
 6. The problem of securing the uni- form grading of staple crops. of reg ulating dealers and traffic in them, of better system of ware houses, and of providing more avail able collateral for farm loans has been dealt with.
 7. Under the Cotton Futures Act standards for cotton have been estab- lished. the operAuOnS or the futures have been put under super vision, and the sale of cotton has been placed on a f1rmer basis.
 8. The United States Grain Stand ards act will secure uniformity in the | trading of grain, enable the farmer to l obtain fairer prices for his product, l and afford him an incentive to raise | better grades of grain.
 g. The United States Warehouse act will enable the Department of Agri- culture to license bonded warehouses In various States. It will lead to the | of better storage facili- ies for staple crops and will make pos sible the issuance of reliable. ware house receipts which will be widely |
 
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