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CONGRESSMAN
AIDS VICTIMS
J. III. SINCLAIR FATHERS BILL
PROVIDING FEDERAL SEED
AND FEED LOANS

partisan league congressman from
North Dakota, has introduced bill
providing federal aid for farmers in
the drouth areas Of Montana and 9TH
er states.
Thousands Of farmers in the rain
less territory have lost not only their
grain but will lose their stock unless
aid is forthcoming, for their own reg
ular bank credit has been exhausted
by the calamity.
Representative Sinclair, who is a
North Dakota farmer getting his en-
tire living until elected to congress
from the soil, knows better than most
congressman what drouth conditions
would mean to the farmer, and he ad-
vocates federal aid to the amount Of
$4,000, 900 in the form of seed grain
and feed for stock. A<~
; A Limit of $4,000
Advances up to $500 to any one
farmer should take the form Of loans
with the next crop a. security. Sin
clair would thus have the government
take some Of the risk which the farm
ers are unable to bear alone and for
which they are no way responsible.
A part of North Dakota is expert
encing drouth, but the problem there
is not SO acute because Of the county
bonding act to aid drouth farmers
and because the new state bank will
be able to make unusual credit avail
able to the drouth sections. Farmers
in Montana, Wyoming and South Da'
kota, which do not have this progres'
sive legislation, must look to the fed
eral government for any relief.
Text Of the Bill
The full text Of the Sinclair bill
reads as follows:
'sBe it enacted ty the senate and
house of representatives Of the Unit
ed States Of America, in congress as
sembled, that the secretary Of agri'
culture is thereby authorized, for the
crop Of 1920, to make advances Of
loans to farmers and stoclmen in the
drouth-stricken areas Of the United
States, where he shall find special
need for such assistance exists, fol
the purchase Of wheat, oats and bar.
ley for seed purposes, and Of feed fo1
livestock, or, when necessary, to pro
cure such feed and seed and sell same
to such farmers. Such advances
loans or sales shall be made upol
such terms and conditions and subject
to such regulations as the secretary
Of agriculture shall prescribe, includ'
g an agresmsnt b. each farmer K
use the seed and feed thus obtained
by him for the production Of grain. a
FIST lien ON the crop to be produced
from seed obtained through . loan
advance or sale made under this sec
tion shall, in the discretion Of the sec
retary Of agriculture, be deemed suffi
cient security therefor. The tota
amount Of such advances, loans o.
sales TO any one farmer or stockmal
shall not exceed the sum Of $500. AL
such advances or loans shall be made
through such agencies as the secre
tary Of agriculture shall designate
For carrying out the purposes Of thil
section there is hereby appropriated
out Of any moneys in the treasur.
not otherwise appropriated, the sun
Of $1,000 900, available immediately.
.aThat any person who shall know
ingly make any false representation
for the purpose Of obtaining an ad
vance, loan or sale under this act
shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by q fine Of not exceeding $1,OOt
or BY imprisonment not exceeding si'
months, or both"