The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-04
DEMOCRATIC LAWS
 THAT HELP FARMERS
Federal Employment Bureau One oii Many Wilson Achievements.
MONEY FOR CROP MOVING.
Rural Credits, Federal Reserve Act, Good Roads, Warehouse Law, New Grain Standards and Improved Mar keting System.
By FRANK G. ODELL,

ketin9 system.
 By FRANK G. ODELL.
 Editor of the Nebraska Farm Magazine.
 Do you know that your pOstoffice is now an employment bureau? That is one of the new things Uncle Sam has started during the present administraj ton. Secretary Wilson of the depart ment of labor has tackled the task of bringing the jobless man and the man. less job together, and now every post office is an agency of the United States emp pIoyment service. The postmaster Is equipped with blanks for listing ap- plications for abor, or for employment and is instructed to help get the worker and the job in contact.
 While this may appear to be prfnci- pally in the interest of the worker, It is really one of the numerous far reaching things started far tho benefit of the farmer by the administration of President Wilson. The increasing scarcity of farm labor has become a problem to- the farmer. especially in the wheat growing and fruit growing sections. This labor, which is of q seasonal character, necessarily must be performed largely by itinerant workers. Some agency which will meet this demand and relieve the -laborer of the graft of employment agencies Is necessary. Uncle Sam has started 1t. A single illustration will show how the system works:
 In the Willamette valley of Oregon thousands of temporary workers are needed in hop picking time. On Aug. 20 the OreEon Journal of Portland printed a news article about the new government employment agency, stat: ing, that 600 families could obtain i'm mediate employment in the hop yards by applying at the Portland division of the federal employment service. This is another item added to the mass of accumulating evidence which shows that the Wilson administration has tried to give both labor and the | farmer a square deal For the first time in history this administration has placed the leeds of rural districts squarely before congress as of equal importance with the interests of the financial ceuters.
 And why not? Financial centers would not amount to much without the nine billion dollar crop of the Ameri- can farmer. But the interests of the farmer have not always been SO prom lnently and favorably considered by congress as they have during the last three years. The record of Democratic claims for farmer support is a record of accomplishment. It reads like this In the passage of laws and admins trative acts: What Has Been Done For the Farmer.
 CURRENCY REFORM. The fed eral reserve act, under which the farm | sr's paper is given special consideration, Including permission to national banks to loan on the security of farm lands. RURAL CREDITS.-An epoch mak- ing legislative measure which will re- 1eve the farmer of the incubus of the short time loan at extortionate interest. This measure alone, when in full force, will save the farmers of the United States one Hundred and fifty million dollars annually in interest charges.
 GOOD ROADS.-Seventy-fi million dollars made available for the develop ment of roads from the farm to the ] market. under conditions which will 1 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 tho federal government and the states, the aelp of these agencies in solving the business problems of the farmer. ] COTTON FUTURES ACT.-Deals . 1eath blow to gambling in this great staple.
 UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT.-Enables owners of stored prod acts to obtain loans on warehouse fe- ,eipts more nearly approximating the .ull value of the product
 GRAIN STANDARDS.-A law en- lcted last August authorizes the sec 'etary of agriculture to establish off,
 ial grain standards. This law is work. tng. Tho farner who has been robbed through jussIed grain grades for years ~ill appreciate its value.
 CROP MOVING-The surplus funds If the treasury department have been placed directly in the banks of the louth and west to aid in moving crops Turing the customary season of money Ihortage.
 INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS. Banks holding govern nent deposits are now required to pay 1. per cent interest. This cuts off big yraft which formerly came from the Tree use of huge sums of the peoples money. More than a million dollars 'evenue annually is now derived from his source alone
 IMPROVED MARKETING SYS- CEM.-The farmer has for years felt he power of the market com bine
 with its waste, inefaciency and dis honesty. The office of markets and the
 ural organization service, esta blished n the department of agriculture dur ng this administration, are working ,n scientific lines to promote better marketing and cooperative business
 organization among farmers.
 These benefcent measures, with many
 thers, show why the farmer is satis-
 led with tbs Wilson administration.
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