The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

position, put the Iarmers In the rtch
agricultural States of the Middle
West Of Illinois, Iowa and similar.
States, are protesting less loudly.
Farms In illinois," says Represent,
ative William B. Mckinley, which
sold for $500 few years ago are
now selling for $500 and $500"
Farmers want Fabric Bnl.
Shoe and clothing prices come in
for almost universal condemnation,
and to this may be traced many let
ters NOW being received in regard
to the Truth in Fabric" bill. Far
mers from States East of the Mis-
sissippi and from many West Of the
great river have written favoring
the bill. believing 1t win. tend to
give them a square deal.
Soldiers are thinking of the bonus
bill and, although 1t Is believed
some of the correspondence 10 slim
ulated, every Representatives mail
brings in letters discussing IL. More
than one soldier is opposed to the
bill, the letters show.
Without prohibition the average
musical comedy today would be
hunting a new subject, and yet COM
paratively few people are writing
about 1t. "A change In sentiment
since the passage of the volstead
act" says Representative wilfred
w. Lufkin, of Massachusetts,, seems
to have come over my district, and
many persons are urging a light
ening of the law SO as to permit
beer and light wines" Grape and
wine men of California, In writing
to Representative c. F. Lea, urge
modification.
kentuckian Has Scheme.
Out in the hills of Western Ken
lucky one man wrote to Repre-
sentative John NJ. Robson, urging
his own ''liker," but that he be
forced to drink it at home. "The
first time he was caught drinking
1t somewhere else" says the Ken
tuckisn, ''he should be given fve
years in the penitentiary; the Sec
ond time, a sentence of ten years.
and for the third offense, life i'm
prisonment."
There is demand for a Just and
speedy peace, but the war and the
leagne of nations seem to have
dropped from the public mind. ex-
cept where stimulated. In Georgia
the recent Presidential primaries re-
vived interest in the league. and
Representative Frank Park received
an unusually large number of re-
quests for the league covenant. The
speaking tour of Hiram johnson
may be traced by the letters reach
ing Washington in regard to the
league.
Spring has brought many re-
quests for garden seeds. and the
recipient Of one packet wrote to
Representative Carlos Bee. of
Texas, that he was "conscientiously
opposed to accepting them! My
wife, however. does not have any
the seeds"
New England's Interest.
New England is very much inter-
ested in daylight saving now. Mas
sachusets has put 1t into effect, and
New Hampshire dairymen and truck
growers are protesting against hav-
ing to meet trains at 1 or o'clock
in the morning. Manufacturing CEN
ters OF Connecticut are advocating
the act for. the Eastern time zone.
Maine is not botheing so much
about daylight, but is busy with her
centennial celebration and counting
the number of "sardines" she will
catch this year.
One request that nearly got a
Congressman's goat" was one for
goats. An amateur farmer back
home" who did not feel he cared
to purchase a COW at present high
prices but did feel he wanted fresh
milk. decided the best thing to do
would be to purchase a couple of
goats from a governmental ex-
perimental farm. with the Con-
gressman's aid, of course. The ex-
perimental farm was short on
goats. but after some vivid tele-
phone conversation decided they
could spare two of their pets and
shipped them North with the Repre-.
sentative's blessing.
Farms Lack Help.
Down in the cotton growing
States the people are writing of the
resolution which would put futures
and spots on the same basis in the
cotton market. Texas and Okla.
homa cotton growers are bitterly
condemning 1t, while from the Eas.
tern part Of the South comes its
support Control of the pink boil
worm is also taking the attention OF
the cotton men, although most OF
q" them believe the problem is now
solved.
The shortage OF labor is more
acutely felt in the agricultural dis.
tricts than elsewhere, according tc
letters received. In Nebraska one
man with a 4S0-acre farm advertised
for help. He got one applicant
whom he offered 500 month
board and room, but the man re.
fused to take 1t unless he wert
also furnished . car.
As result of the labor shortage
many farmers are cultivatinR onl,
that part of their farms which they
can care for themselves. Along the
Rio Grande the cotton farmers are
calling for Mexican help, which ha.
been provided by executive order
of the Secretary of Labor.
The oil men Of Louisiana, ot
:. Texas. New Mexico. and Oklahoma
and of the other oil fields are con.
cerned with oil interests while IL
some Of the Western States tn,
settlement of the public domain b,
soldiers is receiving attention no
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