Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-01
LOOKS FAVORABLE
TO FARMERS LOAN
Committee Just Returned From Cap.
ital City Report Progress on
Benefit Proposition.

\ TOPEKA, June 30.--The Kansal
committee which went TO Washing
ton 10 urge federal financial aid ts
formers in the next fail planting oi
wheat has returned feeling confident
that some arrangements Will bt
made TO make loans TO the farmer
as requested.
The committee found three ave-
nues OF hope in Washington, says J.
c. Mohleh secretary. OF the state
board Of agriculture. one Of the COM
mittee. These lie In the possibilities
Of direct appropriation by Food
Administrator Hoover. an appropria-
tion from the contingent fund OF the
president and an appropriation by
congress.
Interviews President.
While In Washington the commit
tee had personal interview with
President Wilson who expressed ap-
provai Of the proposition. and with
Food Administrator Hoover. who de-
clared frankly, within five minutes
after the committee had presented
tho proposition: I'm for It; III dc
what ! can to put II through"
The committee also had several
hearings before the senate committee
on agriculture, which at that time
had before II what In known as the
emergency agricultural billy recog.
nized as war measure, The seed
wheat proposition becomes ar
amendment to this bill---or, at anS
rate, that is the present plan. Sew
eral members of the senate commit
tee declared themselves In favor OF
the seed wheat measure, but othel
members were not in favor OF II
Provided the committee reports IA
vorably on the proposition, the sec
rotary of agriculture will be con.
suited az 20 the maximum amount
which the government will loan 4
farmer to assist In the fall planting
The Kansas committee would like to
have the maximum made not less
than 81 900. In its present form the
amendment provides that the wheat
crop ia TO be security for ;hs,loan. the
inference being that in case or crcT
| failure the obligation ceases.
Hoover Enthusiastic.
"Mr. Hoover was enthusiast, FOR
| the proposition from tho start" said
Secretary Mohicr I'VE told him OF
the conditions in western kansas
where the farmers have lost their
wheat crops for the last two seasons,
ana OF the enormous possibilities Of
| the counties affected by the drought
for instance that Ford county this
year had the largest wheat acreage
lin the state.
"Mr Hoover told us that II t"came
| TO show down, he may run an APP
propriation from n fund he has in
hand II now consists OF $4,000, 00G,
accumulated from payments by the
| French government as insurance
nremmms on wheat cargoes. AS yet
| no wheat cargoes 10 the French gov
ernmcnt have been lost
eve have 70 get a congressional
appropriation Of about 100000
oklahoma co-operated with the
Kansas committee in the campaign.
Tho appropriation. II Il becomes
available, II course will be applica-
bic to farmers IN all the states In the
winter wheat belt.
The committee sent TO washington
| bv the state board Of agriculture was
com posed N J. C. Mohler, secretary
Of the board; p. II. Frizell, Larned;
VI W. Avery Wakefield, members of
the board: Or. Henry J. WatEs,
Ksrsea CL9. and Fred Violap" 70.
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