The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-08
FEDERAL AID
FOR FARMERS

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Placed on Loan to Farmers in
Drouth-Stricken Districts in
Middle West.
SPECIAL COAL PRICES.
No Federal Order Has Been Is
sued Interdicting the Sale Of
Gasoline by Dealers on Sun
day or Other Days.
Washington, Aug. GA limit
of So on acre on 100 acres has
been placed on the loans which
the government will make to
farmers in drouth-stricken dis
tricts.
The notes will bear 6 per cent
interest and in the southern
districts will be payable Oct. l,
1919, in the northern districts
Nov. 1, 1919. :,
Applicants must agree to use
seed and methods approved by
the department of agriculture,
and the money will not be ad-
vanced by the government until
the crop is planted and a repre-
sentative of the department cer-
titles to the federal land bank
that the applicant has complet-
ed his planting in proper man
ner and with proper seed.
In order to give applicants a
basis for temporary credit to as
sist in obtaining the seed, the
department of agriculture PROM
ises to investigate all applica-
tions promptly, and on it's ap-.
proval the land bank will issue
a statement of approval to the
effect that the money will be ad-
vanced when the crop is planted
and the necessary certificate and
note and mortgage are executed
and delivered.
It is believed these statements
of approval will be honored by
local banks so that there will be
no material delays in planting
the crops.
The plan is to assist only those
who have exhausted their re-
sources. No loan will be made
to any farmer who has unin-
numbered real or personal pro-
perty sufficient to secure a loan
of $500. Each borrower will be
required, as part of his contract,
to agree that if his yield is seven
bushels to the acre or more, he
will pay into a guaranty fund a
sum equal to 25 per cent of the
amount loaned to him to cover
any loss that may occur. If the
amounts so contributed exceed
the actual loss by the govern
ment, the excess will be return
ed pro rata to the contributors.
Income and excess profits tax
es paid in Minnesota for the last
fiscal year passed the $5O,OOO,-
600 mark, and according to re-
turns to the commissioner of in.
ternal revenue were nine times,
the amount of income taxes paid
in the same state the year before,
although the total collected in
the United States was only 8;
times the corresponding figure
for the year before.
North and South Dakota to-
gether paid in $4,000, 900.
which is about eight times what
they paid the year before, or in.
keeping with the average of the
nation.
To permit the making of a
grade of bituminous coal to take
the place of anthracite which
has been withdrawn from the
Middle West, and which is es-
pecially adopted for use in mag
azine or base burner stoves. the
United States fuel administra-
tion has adopted regulations and
prices for sized screenings. For
all special sizes passing over a
mesh over one-half inch in size.
the mine price for prepared coal
is allowed.
Not Federal Order.
In some localities local associ-
atoms Of automobile supply deal
ers have issued circulars laying
down the rule that dealers in
gasoline must make no sale
thereof on Sundays or holidavs
or after s p. m. other days, and
stating that ut is now an order
from Washington"
No such order, however, has
issued from any governmental
authority or with rOvermmonfa1