Milford chronicle., 1920-10-08

r II to the demand as can the manufac-
turer. Bur he can see no good reason
! why the prices of his products should
huctuate so violently from week to
week and sometimes from day to day
/ To Stop Price Fixing.
Fourth.-We promise to put an end
to unnecessary price fixing Of farm
products and to iil considered efforts
= arbitrarily to reduce farm product
prices.
Government drives against food
prices such as we have experienced
during the past two years are vain and
useless. The Ostensible purpose of
such drives is to reduce the price the
consumer pays for food. The actual
result Is unjustly % depress for time
the prices the farmer receives for his I.
grain and live stock. out with no ap-
Dreciable reduction in the price the .
consumer pays. Such drives simply
give the speculatOr and the proiteer
I additional opportunities to add to
/ their eXactiOns.
Fifth.-We favor the administration
OF the farm loan act so as TO help men
who farm to secure farms Of their own
and to give to them long tins credits,
needed to practice the best methods of
diversified farming.
We also favor the authOrizatiO OF [
associations to provide the necessary
machinery to furnish personal credit ;
to the man, whether land owner or I
tenant, who is hampered for lack Of
working capital Unfortunately as i
land Increases in value tenancy also
increases. q
An Increasing Evil. {
This has been true throughout his. \
tory. AT the present time probably a
One-half of the high priced land in the n
corn belt states is farmed By men who,
because of lack of capital, find il nee '
essary 10 rent. This increase in ten II
ancy brings with II evils which are a
real menace TO national welfare. The p
tenant who lacks sufficient working Il
capital and who too often Is working j.
under a short time lease is forced to
farm the land to the limit and rob il Of hi
its fertility in order to pay the rent. at
AMID such conditions we have inehi-
cient schools, broken down churches
and a 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 81
secure the working capital ne needs to De
carry on the best methods OF diyersi- co
led farming, but we should work out tn
system Of land leasing which, while of
iOing full justice 10 both landlord and III
enant will at the same time conserve tb,
he fertility of the soil iet
Transportation Systems. a
Sixth.-We do not longer recoanize H.
he right to speculative profit in the the
peration Of our transportation sys. wi
ems, but we are pledged 20 restore ine
ncm to the highest state Of efficiency
5 quickly as possible. Agricul ture has hol
Uttered more severely than any other 1u
idustry through the inefficient rail \
BAD service of the last two years. enc
Iany farmers have incurred disas- ana
GUS losses through inability 10 mar \
ct their grain and live stock. Such a spe
)nditiOu must NOT be permitted TO and
,ntinue. We must bring about con d
tiOns which viii give Us prompt serv- spe
@ at the lowest possible rates. her
SeVenth.-We are pledged to the re- G.
sion Of the tariff as soon as condi- isb,
ons shall make it necessary for the pro
eserVation Of the nome market for Al
meriean labor, American agriculture M
ID American industry. II we are to eue
lid up self sustaining agriculture N
re at home tie farmer must be pro. te,
cted from unfair competition from ,,,,o,
Ose countries where agriculture is ~
II being exploited and where the ;s =
~ t,,a 'i''I - on We arm are his
r higher American standards; let US ID.
Iintain them a." ''
So long as America can produce the az g
IDS we need | am In favor Of buying ~
m America first OTIS .,i
Fewer Land Hogs. Vent
Z Jhder souhu system Or agricul- like
g, fostered and safeguarded by wise
fair administration Of state and
eral government, the farmers Of the
tied States can feed our people for
ny centuries-perhap indefinitely. NJ,
rming is not an auxiliary; it is the spep
In plant, and geared with il. insep- Torb
bly,, is every wheel of tranSporta- mi
. and industry America could not of +
on with n dissatisfied farming Deo- tbair
and no nation Is secure where land n Al
lger abidcs. We need fewer land Or
IS. who menace our future. and v.o,.i-
re fat hogs for ham and bacon. We d, -
d less beguilement in cultivating a ~ ~,
drennial crop Of votes and more A..
Sideratinu for farming as our basic ,,-ti.,
ustry. We need less appeal to class ~ '-'-
sciousneSs and more resOlute intel o.
W. ~ J . @ U,s''ls OUT pIoD' work
o;I ,I.tiot, t,s 80 'ioi' few
,e,,totio,, ana ,,or ,,i A' S,'t.,'' ou' Holli.
,s IN tl,o ir,.itir, eal,i, ~ ,,...lil - Mr..
orstondinc W. ,aod az ~ '-',,, .i's ~ of El
,,t tba ilis ,vbicl, ,,,a mo-, -. - Webb
naciect ~ orr citizo,sl,,r o.,i -. Fowl,
fdence In just government, along
h determination to mako and hold
Ist Re
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