The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-04-20

they at once saw the necessity Of
doing something for the farmer, that
some method for the marketing Of
the products had to be reached. and
that warehouse law should be en-
acted by the legislature Of Texas. That
law was enacted and Governor Col
quit who was one Of the committee
selected me as one Of the managers o
the department. and the present gov
ernor re-appolnted me for this po
sition. and have been laborlng with
my associate. Mr.. Radford, for the
last year to educate the people OF
Texas up to the necessity and i'm
portance OF this law. We all knew
something was wrong, because the
production did not keep apace with
the population. We all knew that the
Increase was decreasing, while the
population Of our state was lncreas-
ing. We all knew that In the last
ten years the population Of the Uni
ted states increased 90 per cent,
while the Increase OF our production
Of food and feed only increased one
per cent. We saw the danger Of these
conditions, they had ruined the mar
ketlng system, which the farmer de-
pends upon, and we saw the i'm
portance Of putting the farmer and
consumer in closer touch, tho condl-
ton was seen by men high up in Of
fee. and they thought that we
should have to resort to consrlp-
ton Of the farmer to make him pro
duce more. This Jaw is based on
equity and right ! know II 10 not
understood, although we have made
every effort to make the people Of
Texas understand Il, and come to the
rescue and do something for the Ear
mors, to secure him fair and hon
est deal. We have made some ad-
vance. succeeded some, but not
enough There was one man; Pres
idont Wilson, the FIRST president, he
saw that something was wrong when
Wilson aald on the 18th day Of De
cember. 1914. that we had not done
our part by the farmers Of the uni
ted states; that we had fhameiully
neglected them. and that the time
had come when we ought TO do
something. That was Immediately
after the legislature Of Texas enact
ed this law. and the result Of Pres
ldent wilson's efforts was the estab-
iishment Of the Federal Land Bank
as well as the recent laws enacted.
Now what does this law mean to the
people? Yet, some people are trying
TO destroy II. What does 1t mean
for you to destroy this measure2
by 30 doing you destroy the happl-
ness OF farmers. and the value Of
the reserve bank act, as well as the
land act We claim that II you will
give the farmers a better opportu-
nifty that you can make farming
profitable. and not consume his pro-
ducts in transportation and COM
missions before II reaches the consul
mer. and when we have made farm
ing profitable the farm will do the
rest. and you need not conscript the
farmer 10 do IT.
This law goes far and 10 a law
w1ll considered for the benefit OF the
farmers You all know that cotton
has been and is considered a product
Of the South. It deals not wholly
with cotton however. II provides
that standard bale Of cotton be
furnished. because we realized that
we did not have a successful market
ing system. We realized that in thcI
past we have been careless after pre-
pairing Il, In our method Of weighing
and sustained loss thereby My own
county In one winter and you viii
lose as much. lost one-fonrth the
whole crop by having this method
and being unable to get II compress
cd And while the loss Is one-fourth |
on account OF this method OF prepar.
ing for the market we are so care
less as to use this method Of weights