The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-30
MUCH LEGISLATION
AFFECTING FARME Err
Next Session of Congress Is Expected
To See the Enactment of Many
Measures to Help Agriculture.
GEORGIAN TO HELP IN FIGHT.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Indica-
tions here now are that from the very
moment that the gongs sound in the
house and senate on the reassemblng
of congress until the extra session has
passed into history sometime in the
summer the eyes Of the agricultural
world will center upon two prominent
utherners-Senatar E. D. Smith, of
South Carolina, ranking democrat on
the senate committee on agriculture,
and Gordon Lee, OF Georgia, holding
a similar position in the house.
With the defeat for denomination of
Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Oklaho-
ma, which removes him from congress
after March 4th, Senator Smith will
become ranking democrat on this COM
mittee on the senate side of the cap
itol. 1t will be the South Carolina
senator who will take care of the mi
nority or democratic interests as they
shall come up from time to time.
Congressman Lee, who has been in
the house many years, worked his way
I'D to the position which he now holds
ranking member on the house agri-
cultural committee-by years OF hard
and faithful work, and just as Senator
Smith will protect the interests OF the
southern people on the senate side, so
will Mr.. Lee be on guard in the house.
One of the big problems that will
face these committees will be the
amendments to present laws providing
that more liberal credit system shall
be brought about.
Marketing Systems.
Legislation will also be put through
to bring about a scientific and ade-
quate marketing system calculated to
stabilize the markets for the farmers
and at the same time to relieve the
consumer of excessive prices.
There is no doubt that the tariff
will be revised to meet the needs OF
the farmer and to protect him against
the invasion of cheap wheat from Can
ada, cheap corn from Argentina, cheap
products from Asia, and other COM
petition which is proving ruinous to
the farming interests generally
With the population leaving the
farms and drifting to the cities the
nation is in a bad way unless some
thing can be done to cause more. pro-
duction. The latter will depend upon
the working out of comprehensive
marketing syste4n~ which will be OF
value not alone to the farmer but tc
the consumer Elimination of the
middleman with his profits is the great
goal TO which attention will be direct
ed.
Everybody Interested.
While it is likely that efforts will
be made, when these matters come up,
to array city against country 1t is
believed that it will be shown that
the interests of both the producer and
consumer are intimately connected IN
these scientific marketing plans.
Anothef big question will be what
to do with the meat packers and to
determine whether or not they are III
combine to keep up the prices oi
meat products while the cattle grower
maintains that he is receiving starva-
ton returns for his stuff.
1t is probable that many OF the de-
fects which now confront us IN the
law will be overcome when amend
ments are offered and passed regard
ing the federal reserve system.
AT any rate, whatever is done the
people Will watch the big agricultural
committees of the house and senate,
therefore all eyes from the south will
be on Senator Smith, of South Caro-
lima, and Representative Lee, OF Geor-
rio