Cheyenne record., 1916-10-26
Federal Employment Eureau
But One Of Many Achieve
reats Ct the Wilson
Administrator.
lNoEEY Foa cRo7 rioNNi
AURA! Credits, Federal cceer.c Ac.,
!. Good Eoads, Grain etandarss
and slza2 Other
b. FEanK G. oozLL.
Editor OF tae ',shrss.,a F=r., s:z-a=sn.

Do you know that your post Office
is now AT; employliy:i. bureau? That
is one Of the new thing, Uncle Sam
has started during the present Adj
Ininistfation. Secretary Wilson of the
Department of Labor has tackled the
task Of bringing the iabless man and
The mnnless job together and now
every post office Is an agency Of TIE
United States employment service.
The postmaster Is equipped with
blanks FOR list!n. applications for IL
Dor or for employment and is instruct-
ed to help get the worker and the job
in contact.
Willie this might appear to be prin-
cipaliy In the interest of the worker.
1t Is really enc of the n;tsacrcus fer.
reaching things started for THE bene-
fit OF the farmer by the Adm nistra-
ticn ct President Wilson. The increas-
ing scarcity of farm labor has become
a problem to the farmer. especially
in the wlieat-growing and fiT:t-grow-
ing sections. This labor. which Is of a
seasonal character, necessarily must
be performed largely by itinarint
workers. Some agency which will
meet this demand and relieve the la
borer of the graft of ein..lcynent
- Ao.tiA' ifst''
started it.
a single illustration will show how
the system works; in the Willamette
Valley of Oregon thousands Of TEN.
porary workers are needed In hop
pickihg time. On August 20 the Ores
gon Journal of Portland printed II
news article about the new govern
sment employment agency, stating
TINT six hundred families could oh
tain Immediate employment in the
hop yards by applying ut the Portland
division of the Federal employment
service.
This Is another item added to tlla
mass of accunr'ating evidence which
shows that the Wilson Administration
has tried to give both labor and the
farmer square deal. For the first
time In hiatory, this Administration
has placed the needs Of rural districts
squarely before Congress as of equal
Importance with the interests CT f:n-tl-
ciai centere.
And why not? Financial centerS
would not amount tn much without the
nine-billion-do!lar crop OF the Ameri-
can farmer. But the interests of the
farmer have not always been so promi-
nently and favornbly considered by
Congress as they have during the past
three years. The record OF Democrat
ic claims for farmer support Is Il rec
ord OF accomplishment. 1t rcnds like
this In the passage OF laws and admin
istrntive acts:
: What Has Been Done for the Farmer.
CURRENCY REFORM: The Fed
eral Reserve Act under which the
farmers paper is given special con-
siceration, including permission to
National Banks to loan on the security
Of farn, lands.
RURAL CREDITS: An epoch -nlal:-
ing legislative measure which will re-
Heye the farmer of the incubus OF the
short-time loan at eXtorticnate inter
est. This measure alone, when In
full force. will save the farmers of the
United States one hundred and fifty
million doIlara annually in interest
charges.
GOOD ROADS: Sevcnty-five- mil
lion dollars made available for the
development of roads from the farm
to the market. under conditions which
VIII 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 the
Federal Government and the States.
the help OF these agencies in solving
the business problems Of the farmer.
COTTON FUTURES ACT: Deals
n death blow to gambling in this great
staple.
UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE
ACT: Enables owners of stored prod
ucts to obtain loans on warehouse
receipts more nearly arproNhnating the
full vnlae of the product.
,
acted last August authorizes the Sec
rotary OF Agriculture to establish ofii-
ciaI grain standards. This law Is
working. The farmer who has been
robbed through jugsled grain grades
for yearc will appreciate its vaius.
4 CROP MoviNG: The surplus funds
lof tic Treasury Department have been
tplnccd directly In The banks OF the
sSouti, md West to aid In moving crops
lluring the customary season Of money
shortage.
INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT DE
IPOSITS: Bani,s holding government
deposits are now required to pay two
ner cent Interest. This cuts OF iDtg
crnft which formerly came from the
free use os huge sums OF the peoples
money. More than one million dol.nrs
revenue annually Is now derived from
this source alone.
IMPROVED MARKETING SYS-
rEN: Tie faru9r has for years felt
ne power of the market coinhinc.
vith lts wnstc. incfliciency and dis
nonesty. The ONCE Of Markets and
~ 0srui Organization Service. cs-
fah)eslsed In the Department OF Agri.
e1afure slussng this Administration. are
SurSSlg - Scientifsc lines to prusnote
HGeaw alnske1ins sud cooperative busa'
- osUDa1nssSeu among sarmerx
IT, oeneneiens 0casurcs. Wild
-oGg 0lnos2 sA0w Why tho fnrner
: oylg - .slssed WITH s''s W.