Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-09
FARMERS WANT REPRESENTATION
 IN WASHINGTON
OBy Review Leased wire)


 WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-SpOkesmen of 16 national farm organizations and many smaller ones, holding a war time conference here at the call of the federal board of farm loans. pre- sented a memorial to President Will son today urging definite government al measures speeding up agricultural production.
 The delegation asked for the ap- pointment of a special commission of nine farmers to advise on agricultural problems and represent the farming viewpoint; for the furlouging of train ed farm workers now in the army so long as their services may be cOnSid- cred more useful in productive agricul- tural than the military service; that the draft regulations be interpreted so as to stop the placing of skilled farm workers, foremen and bonafide farms in class one, that provision be made for furnishing farmers seed, feed. fer tilizers and machinery; that steps be taken to promote short time loans to finance the production of crops and that if the policy of price control is to prevail. il be applied to what a farmer buys as we'll as to what he sells
 After listening to the memorial, President Wilson made this reply:
 'I cannot. of course. answer off hand. so important a memorial as this and l need not tell you that it will receive my most careful and respect ful attention Many of the questions that are raised here have been matters of very deep and constant concern with us for months past and believe that many of them are approaching as successful a solutions as we can work out for them, but just what those steps are l cannot now detail to you You are probably familiar with some of the
 "I want to say that I fully realize that you gentlemen do not mean that your utmost effort will be dependen; upon the acceptance of these susges- tions. l know you are going 10 do your level best in any circumstances and l count on you with the utmost confidence in that. There has never been a time, gentlemen, which tested the real quality of folks as this time is going to test it; because We are fighting for something bigger than any mans imagination can e-anI
 This is final tackle between the things that America has always been opposed to. and was organized to fight and the things that she stands for. It is the final contest. and to lose il would set the world back, not with perhaps several hundreds of years in the development of human life. This thing cannot be exaggerated in it's importance and know that you men are ready. as l am. to spend eV- cry ounce of energy we have got in solving this thing Ii we cannot solve 1t in the hest way. we will solve 1t in the next best way, and if the next best way is not available, we will solve il in the way next best to that, but we will tackle it in some way and do il as well as we can.
 Il am complimented by a visit of so large a representation and l thank you for the candid presentation of this interesting memorial"
 In recommending the creation of a farmers commission to sit permanent ly in Washington with provision by the government for quarters and ex- penses, the memorial said:
 Such commission is needed first of all 10 give the farmers or America a sense Of partnership in the conduct of the war. to which they have a right The occasional consultation with far mers called to Washington or the Oc casional appointment of a farmer to a subordinate place does not amount to fitting participation in the conduct ot the war on the part of one-third of the population of the United States and all the more when that third produces the one form of supplies which is the mosi essential
 This plan would be in harmony with the procedure already adopted by | the government in other essential in dustries. The creation of such com mission would convince ali farmers that our viewpoint was fully represent ' ed in Washington and always accessi ble to the president and would inspire and encourage them as nothing else could"
 The memorial approved the propOs al to issue S4.000.00O.0OO in bonds to ! finance essential industries and sug ! gested that assistance for food prOduc ton would not involve any vast expen ditures.