Republican farmer., 1920-06-11
CLAIMS FARMER
 IS NOT GETTING
 REPRESENTATION
Steering Committee" Is Composed of Millionaires
 Who Hail From Cities.

washington, U. c., June S-Cr1tl- cising the majority of the House for failing to give any farming section representation on the powerful Re publican steering committee and accusing the majority party of indis- criminate slashing of appropriations for agriculture, Representative Will liam L. Nelson, of Missouri, analysed how little had been done for the farmers of the country at this ses- sion of Congress.
 TT find from the recent speech of Representative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois, said Representative Nelson, ''that the steering committed is con stituted of four men, one coming from Chicago, another Cincinnati and two others from Rochester, N. Y, and Worcester, Mass. They are re- puted to be millionaires, all of them. So the farmer, whose work places him in closest partnership with the Master of the Vineyard, is unrepre- sented on this master committee of Congress- -N
 As pointed out by MT. Nelson, the steering committee of the House virtually dictates all legislation. It determines what bills shall be given the right of way, or what measures shall be side-tracked or put at the bottom of the calendar. For instance, when the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds wanted to re- port out public building bill at this session, the steering committee refused to o. K. the program and the bill was never reported.
 Furnishing specific instances of the crippling of agriculture by parsi- monious Republican policy, Repre- sentative Nelson continued:
 "A member on the majority side of this Chamber offered an amend ment to cut s100,0OO from the appro- priation for hog-cholera control, not withstanding that it is estimated that the loss from this disease in the year ending May 1, 1919, amounted to g. S0O,00O head of hogs, worth twice the entire amount carried in the Agricultural appropriation bill. The amendment which was adopted over the protest of Democratic Members, was voted on in the House February 14, at which time 164 members vited for it, of these there were but Democrats
 "We lead the world in number and value of registered and pure-bred animals, more than 60 pure breeds of live stock being found in the Unit ed States. Argentina, Brazil, Uru- quay, and other South American countries are, or soon will be, ac- lively in the market for breeding stock. With this thought in view, a representative was last year. sent by the Bureau of Markets to South America to look into conditions. This man, a practical farmer and exten- sive breeder of live stock, reported and recommended that special live stock representatives be placed in South America to assist in turning trade to the livestock breeders ot
 the United States, as England now has her representatives on the ground. Strange as it may seem, the proposed appropriation, amounting to but $25, 900, was stricken from the
 bill on a point of order made by a Republican Member
 Again, during the consideration
 of the Agricultural bill, Republi-
 can Member from New York offered an amendment to take $5O0,000 from the cooperative agricultural exten- sion work. In contrast, we find MT Rubey, Democrat, of Missouri mak- ins fight for an appropriation fol S30o,000 to provide means to protect the corn crop of the United States | worth $3.934, 4,00o, 900. from the Euro pean corn borer, which threatens te cause losses amounting to millions On the roll call by which this amend nent was defeated in the House after being adopted in committee practically the entire support came ! from the Democratic membership. IF | fact as the records show, during al | the time this bill, which more thar | any other affects the farmer, wa l being considered by this body. Mem
 bers of the majority party were con | sanity engaged in an effort to reduce | the appropriation or to prevent in | creases, however worthy