Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-26
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services in the government of the
nation and especially on general
boards and commissions Tin whose
mebership various interests are rec
ognized) whether directly concerned
with agriculture or not.
Effective recognition of the fact
that the decline of agriculture con-
stitutes the central danger to civ
! ilization, and that the demand for
cheap food at the expense of de-
cent standard of living on the farm,
if successful, always has and always
will lead to agricultural decline, food
scarcity and national decay.
Effective recognition of the fact
that agriculture is declining in
/ America, and that decline in agri-
cultural production compared with
population, in the number of our
people who live and work on farms,
and in the fertility of our soils, must
| be stopped.
Effective recognition of the fact
that the farmer is not a profiteer,
that less than half of the consumer
dollar gets back to the farmer, and
that since crops are not produced
throughout the year, the storage of
food supplies is absolutely necessary
if the people are to be fed but that
boarding must be severely punished
and vigorously suppressed.
The full, free and unquestioned
right to organize and to bargain col
lectively, through cooperative pur-
chase and sale, (and to that end the
passage of the Capper- bill,
thus providing cheaper food for con-
sumers, better prices for farmers,
and better living for both)
For every sound and normal man
fair and workable chance to earn
a good living and get what he earns;
a fair and workable chance for a
decent, useful and desirable life; a
fair and workable chance to marry
and support family, and to give
his children a reasonable start.
The complete and immediate re-
storation of the rights of free
speech, free press and free assembly
guaranteed by the constitution of the
United States.
Extension of the benefits of mod
ern civilization to the open country,
il necessary in part at the common
expense.
Universal free education for farm
children universally accessible and
specifically directed toward life on
the farm
Substantial equality of reward for
equal services, equal time. and equal
skill with men and women engaged
in other occupations.
Substantial equality for farm peo-
pie with those of other callings in
social, political and educational OPP
portunities
A secretary of agriculture in sym
pathy with farmers, and satisfactory
to the great farm organizations of
America.
Closer studies on a broader scale
Of farm production costs at home
and abroad, and uncensored publica-
ton of the facts.
Calculation of the cost of farm
production on the basis of stand
ard working day
A system of sale and distribution
through direct dealing between pro-
Queer and consumer which will Sc
cure to farmers a fair share of the
wealth they create, while reducing
the burdens of a needlessly high cost
OF living for the consumer.
A law providing that supplies and
service furnished to cooperative or
carnations of farmers must be equal
TO those furnished to private dealers
under like circumstances, and equal
ly accessible.
Credit on reasonable terms for
farmers whose lands are not free
and clear as required by the farm
loan board but who need accommo-
dation all the more on that account.
With the exception OF lands adapt
ed mainly for farming, the natural
resources still in the public hands
should be held and utilized for the
public benefit
National control Of developed and
undeyeloped domestic fertilizer sup
plies, of the importation of fertiliz-
er bases, and of the quality and con
tents OF commercial fertilizers.
National regulation of the exporta-
ton OF supplies essential to agricul-
ture of which there is NOT anouob