The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-09-28

'oice ~ governmental atrp,sistrstion
mas been pructicaiiy igpored, suu ~
times the farmer Inns suffered grew
Dusty as reswt. The farmer Inns
Vial interest Ia our trade relations
With other countries, 10 the admins.
tratlon Of our financial policies and IN
many OF The larger activities Of the
government
seeood.--Ths right Of farmers 10
form cooperative associations for the
marketing Of their products must be
granted. The parasite In distribution
who preys on both producer and con
sumeT must 90 longer cap the vitality
Of this fundamental lka
Scientific study
Third - The Republican party
pledges Itself to Q scientific study o.
agricultural prices anS farm prodvc
tion costs, both a. homo END abroad
with . view to reducing the frequency
Of abnorma, huetuations here. Stabili
| Estion will contribute 70 everybody
confidence. Farmers have complained
bitterly of the frequent and viclen'
fluctuations In prices Of farm products,
and especially In prices Of live stock
They do not hnd such nuctuati lions 10
| the products of other Industries. In q
general way prices OF farm products
must 60 up or down, according u
whether there IL o plentiful crop or u
short one. The farmers raw materials
are the fertility OF the soil. the sun
shine and the rain, and the size OF hif
| crops is measured by the supply OF
| these raw materials and the skill with
| which he makee use Of them. He can
not control his production and adjust
Il 10 the demand 40 can The nanufac
'urer. But he can see ~ good reason
| why the prices Of his products should
nuctuats % violently frsn wssk 10
week and sometimes frsn day 10 6ay.
| 70 step Pdes FtxiNo.
fov-th.-Ws prsmsss . pm a. enc
70 Unnecessary prss Nxing Of tarw
products and 70 ~ esositsrsd ssfort
arbitrarily - rsdvss earW peodvst
| priess.
! Government Anvse against fses
prices such - We have experienced
during the past tive ycars are vain and
useless. The ostensibls purpose Of
such drives IL to reduce the price the
consumer pays for food. The actual
result Is unjusuy 10 deprcss for time
the prices the farmer receives for his
| grain and live stock, but with no ap
preciable reduction In the price the
consumer pays. Such drives simply
give the speculator and the proGteei
additional opportunities to add to
their exactions.
! Fifth.-We favor the administration
Of the farm loan act so az 10 help men
| who farm to secure farrs OF their own
and to give to them long time credits
needed to practice the best methods OF
diversified farming.
We also favor the authorization OF
associations TO provide the necessary
machinery TO furnish personal credit
TO the man. whether land owner or
tenant, who Is hampered for lack OF
working capital. Unfortunately as
laud Increases 10 value tenancy also
Increases.
An Increasing Evil.
This has been true throughout his
tory. At the present time probably
one.hnlf Of the high priced land In the
corn belt states Is farmed by men who
because Of lack OF capital, find Il nee.
essarv TO rent, The INCREASE IN -:e3
ancy brings with 1t evils which are o
real menace to national welfare. The
| tenant who lacks sufficient working
capital and who too often Ii working
| under a short time lease Is forced TO
farm the land to the limit and rob II OF
Its fertility In order to pay the rent
| Amid such conditions We have inefii
Client schools, broken down churches
| and sadly limited social life. We
should therefore concern ourselves not
' only In helping men to secure farms
| Of their own and In helping the tenant
secure the working capital he needs TO
carry on the best methods Of diverst
ded farming, but We should work out
a system OF land leasing which. while
doing full justice TO both landlord and
tenant, will at the same time conserve
the fertility Of the soil.
Transportation Systems
Slxth.-Ws do not longer recognize
the right to speculative profit In the
operation Of our transportation sys
toms, but We are pledged TO restore
them TO the highest state Of efficiency
- quickly - possible. Agriculture has
suffered mere severely than aay ether
industry through The inehieieHt ran.
road service ef ths iaSt I'VE years
Many farmers have incurred dIeae
trous lsssss through inability 70 nae
let their grain and i've stock. Such Q
condition must net BE- permitted -
continue. We must bring about ess
ditions which will give % prompt ssrv
ice at the lowest possible rates.
eeventh.-Ws ars pledged to the ~
vision Of the tariff % soon % eondi
tlons shall mako Il necessary for the
preservation Of The homo market for
American labor. American agriculture
and American Industry. II we are te
build up q self sustaining agriculture
here at home the farmer must be pre-
tected from unfair competition from
those countries where agriculture Is
still being exploited and where the
standards Of living on the farm are
much lower than here. We have asked
for higher American standards; let Us
maintain them.
So long as America cas- produce the
foods We need an IN faver Of buyipe
from Americs nrst.
Fewer Land HoOs.
Under Q sound system Of agrlcsL
ture. fostered and safegua rded by wise
and fair administration Of state and
federal government. the farmers Of the
United States can feed our people for
many centuries-perhaps indefinitely