The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-11
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supervisor.
Tl. United States warehous:
ar, authorizes the Department Of
Agriculture 10 license bonded
warehouses which handle certain
agricultural products. 1t will
make pos sible tlie issuance Of re-
liable and easily negotiable ware
house receipts. promote the bet
ter storing Of farm products and
encourage the standardizing of
marketing processes. Tn. rules
and regulations for its enforce
Incnt are in course Of orepara-
ton. and Interested parties will
be given opportunity to submit
suggestions.
The Fedora! farm-loan act
creates banking system which
will reach intimately into the ru..
raj districts. operate on terms
suited 10 tn. farmers needs un-
der sympathetic management. in
trpduce business methods into
farm fianace. bring order out Of
chaos. reduce the cost Of handl-
ing farm loans. place upon the
market mortgages which will be q
safe investment for private funds
attract into agricultural opera
tion> a fair share Of the capita!
Of tn" Nation and lead to a re-
duction Of interest.
4 provision in the Federl re-
serve act. which was approved on
December 90. 1913. authorized
national banks 20 lend money on
farm mortgages. and recognized
the peculiar needs Of the farmer
by giving his paper maturity
period Of six months.
The + enerai-aid road act. ap-
proved July II. 1916. provides for
cooperation between the Federal
Government and the States in tn.
construction Of rural post roads
and Of roads and trails within or
partly within the national forests.
This measure will conduce to Che
establishment of a more effective
highway machinery in each State.
strongly influence the develop
ment of good road building along
right lines. stimulate larger pro-
duction and better marketing, pro
mote fuller and more attractive
rural life. add greatly t" the con-
venience and economic welfare
to all the people. and strengthen
the national foundations. I'm
mediately after the approval Of
the act. plans were formulated
for its administration. Rules
and regulations were promulgat-
ed ON September. 1. Thir'"-
two States have indicated their in
! tcntion to assent to the proviS-
ions of thu acton" through its
F, IrgiS !aturc and the others thru
their governors. II has been de-
! t"rinined that nine States have
legally aSSented to he act and
are i'm position to meet its re-
quir"IncntS. As soon as certain
detail have been arranged the de-
partmrnt will be prepared to CO.
operate with thcs" States. Eight
have submitted specific project
for consideration. In one of these
Sta'r~ four projects have been ap
proved tentatively. and the nee
c>>ary project agreements are in
cours" of preparation.
, Tile work of the Offic" of
Markets and Rural Organizations
has developed very rapidly, and
some notable reultS have been
secured. Definite assistance has
been rendered to the fruit inter
est of The states of Oregon. Wash
ingtnn.. Idaho and Montana. An
/ organization composed of CO.
operative associations. corpora
/ tions operating for the producers
and individual growers was
formed during tn" past wear. The
purpose of the organization is :"
secure broader distribution tllrI
h" establishment of uniform
grades and marketing methods.
Thru it the fruit 'du>try of tn"
Northwestern States should BE-
! placed upon IL more efficient
; business basis. II comprises IS
per cent of the northwestern
fruit industry. representing an in
vcstmcnt of $3.50. 900, 900 and sup
porting approximately 10000
growers. This is probably thu
, most important single activity IN
+, forming cooperative organiza-
. tons that has yet been undertake
en- by the department..
Preliminary plans have been
formulated for the investigation
of foreign markets for American
farm orducts and for assistance
in the development of the export
I trade under normal conditions. A
representative Of the department
recently conducted Investigations
in Europe along this line. The
work, SO far as possible. will he
done in close cooperation with
the Departments Of State and
Commerce.
A survey Of State marketing act
ivities has been made and the re-