The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-14


IN military affairs will report legisla.
lion for the army. hut the committee
IN appropriations will handle the es.
timntes and recommend the approprln
lions for the support ~ the army. The
committee on naval affairs will handle
Legislation for the navy and recon
mend Increases In the navy. new bat
ileships and improvements In navy
yards. etc. but such proposed legisla-
ton must have the appr val Of the
committee on appropriations after that
committee shall have looked over the
governments financial situation to see
whether the money 10 pay for such
things can he made available. The
same viii apply ~ the committees on
agriculture post offices and Indian AZ
fairs. which IN the past have reported
appropriation bills. ms well ms other
legislation affecting the interests as.
signed to them.
Money should be saved under this
new arrangement II Is. Of curse.
such business arrangement ms any
well-organized corporation would use.
It's great advantage will be that the
appropriation ~ the peoples money
will be kept IN the one channel So
long ns eight committees were author
lzed IN report appropriation bills. "
was Inevitable that there would he
many dupllcntions Unfortunately for
The welfare Of the government. there
was always more or less friction be
tween these eight committees.
viii Pass Budget Bill Again.
n l. generally assumed that one Of
The first acts Of congress when II
comes hack In December will provide
for budget system. II will be re
rnlled that last spring the legislative
body passed n budget bill and sent u
10 President Wilson. who vetoed u.
not because he objected tn the sys'
TEN. for he had repeatedly recon
mended that budget legislation he en-
acted. hut because. In his judgment. II
attempted 10 restrict executive author
lty. The house promptly made the cor
rectlon In the bin which the president
asked for. and repassed H. hut the
sennte In It's hurry to get away for
the convention season failed To act ON
The new bill. II Is unfortunate. OF
course. that the estimates and appro'
printions for the next fiscal year VIII
NOT be made under the budget system
hut the consolidation 81 the work Of
reporting appropriation bills will give
congress nm opportunity 10 do better
work In dealing with appropriations
| than heretofore.
Farm Population Drained.
Edwin T. Meredith. secretary Of
agriculture SAYS that the higher
wages paid In Industries. the short
or hours the convenieneces and other
advantages Of city life. have drnined
he farm population, especially IN
the vicinity Of large manufactur
ing ceniers. almost 10 the danger
polnt. The supply 81 farm labor was
" per cent below estimated require
ments last spring The acreage TO he
harvested In food crops this season Is
about II per cent less than last year
Only favorable season AMI much
more than eight hours day labor by
farmers and their families have, the
secretary SAYS. made possible the
| abundant crops this year. A continued
reduction Of the farm labor supply
through conditions which make II i'm
possible for farmers to compete on
equal terms with other Industries. IN
conjunction with an unfavorahle sea
son. will result In reduced production
Of many crops. which will naturally
hiring about high prices Of food IN
cities and add greatly to industrial
problems. he asserts.
"It should he borne In mind that aft
or the season has progressed beyond
planting time. no power on earth car
Increase the production OF food anC
raw material on farms beyond the ca
pacity Of the acreage already plant
this subject "ln other words. a wlol,
year or more is involved In the prep
aration OF the soil md In seeding anC
harvesting. and. therefore. to insure
that an adequate acreage Is planted Il
provide an ample production In M
average season. farm prices must b'
so stabilized ms 10 hold out To th'
farmer n reasonable prospect that. a
the close Of the crop season. he will
find ready market at prices which
will compensate him for his labor anC
investment"
Farmer Must Get Adequate Prices.
Secretary Meredith says that IN,
farmer must receive adequate prices
for his products, prices which will en-
able him TO continue TO produce TO sc
cure a reasonable return for his ef
forts. and 10 maintain a satisfact0r,
standard OF living for himself and 10
his family.
There NAV be people who thlnl
that only the farmer is adversely nj
fected II he fails 10 secure adequat,
prices" said he. "If the farmer stop
producing he will suffer. Of course
but the manufacturer and the mer
chant and the banker will suffer Jus
ms severely. and possibly more so. AM
the farmer will not keep on producing
adequately unless he receives fsi