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is equipped with blanks for listing ap
plications for labor or for employment
and is instructed to help get the worker
and the job in contact.
While this may appear TO be princi-
pally in the interest Of the worker. it
Is really one of the numerous far
reaching things started for the benefit
Of the farmer by the administration
of President Wilson. The increasing
scarcity of farm labor has become
problem to the farmer csE ecially IN
the wheat growing and fruit growing
sections. This labor. which is of a
seasonal character. necessarily must
be performed largely ~ itinerant
workers. Some agency which will meet
this demand and relieve the iaborer of
the graft of employ ment agencies is
necessary. Uncle sam has started it.
A single Illustration VIII 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 Oregon journal Of Portland
printed a news article about the new
government employment agency, stat
ing that 600 families cos.d obtain i'm
mediate employment in the hop yards
by applying 1T the Portland division of
the federal employment service
This is another item added to the
mass of accommodating evidence which
shows that the Wilson administration
has tried to give both labor and the
farmer square deal For the first
time in history this adninistra ton has
placed the needs of rural districts
squarely before> cougress a. of equal
importance with the. interests of the
financial centers
And why not? Financial centers
would not amount to much without the
nine billion dollar ercp Of the Ameri-
can farmer But the interests of the
farmer have not always been so prom
inently and favoTably considered by
congress as they have during the last
three years The record Of Democratic
claims for farmer support IS record
Of accomplishment It reads like this
in the passage of laws and admins
trative acts:
WHAT as DSSSI iCEtS TOR IIl6 SEFnSE-
CURRENCY REFORM. : The fed
eral reserve act under which the farm
er's paper is given special consideration,
including permission to national banks
to loan on the security Of farm lands
RURAL CREDITS.-An epoch max
ing legislative measure which will re-
lieve the farmer of the incubus of the
chor
v--it4er7 in fun fe+ee
will save tie farmers of the United
States one hundred and fifty million
dollars annually in interest charges.
GOOD ROADS.-Seventy-f million
dollars made available for the develop
ment of roads from the farm to the
market. under conditions which will
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 a
uCdlu Dioh " SttItBiIliS III tulS great
staple.
UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE
ACT. Enables owners of stored prod
ucts to obtain loans on warehouse re-
ceipts more nearly approximating the
full value of the product.
GRAIN STANDARDS 4 law en-
acted last August authorizes the sec
rotary of agriculture to establish off
cial grain standards This law is work
ing The farmer who has been robbed
through juggled grain grades fer years
will appreciate its value.
CROP MONING.-The surplus funds
of the treasury department have been
placed directly in the banks of the
south and west to aid in moving crops
during the customary season of money
shortage.
INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT
DEPOSITS = Banks holding govern
ment deposits are now required to pay
per cent interest This cuts off big
graft which formerly came from the
free use Of huge sums of the peoples
money More than million dollars
revenue annually is now derived from
this source alone
IMPROVED MARK ETING SYS-
TEM.-The farmer has for years felt
the power of the market combine,
with its waste ineliciency and dis.
honesty The Office OF markets and the
rural organization service established
In the department OF agriculture dur
In oil TIT r.4s- r,r. ,,Cr
on scientific lines to promote better
marketing and cooperative. business
orga MIA ton among farmers
These benefcent measures. with many
others. show why the farmer is salts
fed with the Wilson administration.
The Garden Wall.
A wall Is the finest thing a man can
bring to lis ;-uaoa4a ae. II should be of
the same material Is Inc lause-stone.
or stucco, or brick or. If the house is
of wood, i ma. lie IL cgbbles, or it
may be a graceful lattice with Il hedge
planted against it IN old European
gardens the wall is never forgotten.
1t Is Il part~of the general plan, often
containing the cry house walls, always
giving picturesqueucss and privacy
Against it craEeyinas and small fruits
are trained II forms a shelter and a
protection, il maG.s Il home mans
own, and it is I convincing argument
that it is built for Uernauency. 1t is
looked upon rs a heritage.
Walls with green things growing over
them and slender gardens Of old fash