The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-09-23
Himself a Farmer
Cox Aids Farmers

on the farm where he was born,
James M. Cox, Democratic nominee
for the presidency, realizes the
needs and problems of the farmer
at first hand. He knows the COM
pensations, material and otherwise.
of farmers life.
As Governor of Ohio, Mr.. Cox has
been an originator of legislation in
the interests Of the agricultural in
dustry. This is told in the Demo
cratic Campaign Textbook, just is
sued from national headquarters,
Grand Central Palace, New York
City. One of his first acts as gov
ernor was to order e survey Of roads
in the state. The era Of road build
ing in Ohio began with this survey,
which resulted in the mapping out
of a complete network of 10000
miles of inter-county roads to tie to-
gether the SO county seats of the
state. Of this, 5000 miles, connect
ing the larger cities, were designated
as main market roads. The latter
are to be constructed entirely Mt
state expense, swhile the remainder
are to be built, half at the expense
of the state and half at the experse
of the county in which the road
lies. The program calls for an ex-
penditure of $3O,OOO,OOO annually,
including federal aid.
Another achievement Of the Cox
administration which was of vital
concern to agriculture was the en-
actmcnt of the school code. This
legislation was designed by the gov
ernor to reorganize the rural school
system. and by undermining it. cen
tralizing and consolidating dis
tricts, improving educational stand
ards and methods and giving the
country boy and girl the educational
| advantages possessed bv pupils in
the larger cities, to remove the cause
of discomfort with life on the farm
and in this way save the farm from
the movement to the city, which was
importing its existence.
The roster of agricultural legisla-
ton enacted during Cox's three ad-
ministrations includes the following
A law combining all agricultural
activities under jurisdiction of an
agricultural commission; provision
for study of and establishment of a
farm credit plan; protection against
sale of INFESTED fertilizer; provision
for destruction Of and rsmunera-
ton for diseased cattle; compulsory
orchard spraying law, with spraying
material under license; establish
ment of breeding service at institu.
tional farms, and the building up OF
pure-bred herds throughout the
J state; passage of a pure-seed bill
establishment of producer to- con
sumner market bill; provision for The
proper seed corn when Ohio croI
has failed; securing 5000 tractors
in war time to keep up production
enlargement of agricultural ai6
through the experiment station ant
State Agricultural College.
How much in sympathy have beer
the agricultural aims and policies OF
the Democratic nominee and his par,
ty is shown by the record of the Will
son administration.
The roster Of national Legislation
is long one, filled with measures
of a constructive nature. Une Of
the most important was the Fedora
Farm Loan Act, which lifted old
burdens of debt from thousands OF
families. Under its provision twelv,
Federal Land Banks and numerous
Joint Stock Land Banks are in OPP
GRAFTON, with the result that interes,
rates have declined from 25 pei
cent in some cases to 1-2 per cent
with mortgages extending up to 50
years. Another piece Of beneficial
! legislation was the nrovision in thf