The Wahpeton times., 1916-09-07
WILSON'S SERVICE TO
AMERICAS FARMERS
Remarkable Record Set Forth
in Letter by the President
on Signing Bill.
NEW LAWS; NEW OUTLOOK
Farm Loan Act, Fedora, Reserve Eank,
Provisions for Warehouse and Mar!
ketns Facilities Are Part OF Pre-.
gran, Executed by Democrats.

Provisions for Warehouse and Mar
ketins Facilities Are Part Of Pre-.
gram Executed by Democrats.
| No administration has ever done so
! much to advance the agriculture in
terests of the United States as that of
President Wilson. The record is set
forth chiefly and effectively in a let
ter written By the President to Con-
The Committee on Agriculture of the
House OF Representatives, us follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Washington.
August II, 1916.
My Gear Mr.. Lever:
1t has given me much satisfaction
to approve today the bill making ap-
preparations for the Department of
Agriculture for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1917, and for other purposes,
because the hill not only makes very
generous provision for the improve
Ment of farm production in the ma
tion and for investigations and GemNn-
Stfations in the field of the marketing
OF farm crops AMI of the organizations
0t rural life. but also contains three
we'll conceived measures designed to
Improve market practices and the stor-
Hga anG financing of srHpie crops. As
tile passage of this bill marks the,
rrar.i,';il completion of ;u Important !
part OF the program for the hettc.-
:ncnt of rural life which was mapped
out az the beginning OF the a;llnnistrl-
ton. | feel that I cannot let the oc-
rasi''n ra>s without conveying to you
and Your associates in both houses
my appreciation of the service rem
dored to the nation in strengthening
its great agricultural foundations.
The record, legislative as we'll as
administrative, is q remarkable one.
1t speaks for itself and needs only to!
be set forth.
1. Appreciation of the Importance
of agriculture has been shown through
greatly and intclligcntly Increased up
preparations for its support.
.. Particular pains have been taken
to foster production by every promising
means, and careful thought has been
given especially to the matter of in
creasing the meat supply of the nation.
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 induc
ing them to apply it. This piece of
legislation is one Of the most Signiii-
cant and far reaching measures for
the education of adults ever adopted
by any government. 1t provides for
cooperation between the States and
the Federal Government. This is
highly important and significant prin-
ciple. When the Act is in full opera
tion there will be expended annually
under it's terms, fxom Federal and
State sources alone. total of over SS,-'
100000, in the direct education Of the
farmer; and this amount is being and
will he increasingly supplemented by
contributions from local sources. 1t
Will permit the placing in each Of the.
2,S5O rural counties of the natian two
farm demonstrators and specialists
who will assist the demonstrators in
the more difficult problems confront
ing them.
4. Systematic provision for the first
time has been made for the solution
of problems in that important half Of
agriculture which concerns distrbu-
tion-marketing, rural finance, and
rural organization.
S. Provision was made promptly
for the creation of an Office of Mar
kets and Rural Organization and the
appropriations for this Office, includ-
ing those for enforcing new laws de-
signed to promote better marketing,
have been increased to $1.2OOOO0. The
more difficult problems of marketing
are being investigated and plans are
in operation for furnishing assistance
to producers of perishablcs through
market news service. A similar ser
vice for live stock interests will be
inaugurated during the year.
6. The problems of securing the
uniform grading Of staple crops, Of
| uOitllLSS IIhllC III tIt.IlI,
of developing better system of ware
houses, and Of providing more avail
able collateral for farm loans has been
successfully dealt with.
&. Under the Cotton Futures Act
standards for cotton have been estab-
lished, the operations of the futures
exchanges have been put under SUPER
vision, and the sale of cotton has been
placed on a firmer basis.
! 8. The United States Grain Stand
ards Act will secure uniformity in the
grading Of grain, enable the farmer
to obtain fairar prices for his product,
and afford him an incentive to raise
better grades of grain.
8. The Cnitcd States Warehouse
Act will enable the Department of
Agriculture to license bonded ware
houses in the various states. 1t will
lead to the development of better stOr-.
age facilities for staple crops and will
make possible the issuance of reliable
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