The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-07
HIMSELF A "A RMER,
cox AIDS FARMERS
Nominees Record Of Agricultural Leg
islation Regarded as Evidence Of
Expert knowledge.
PLANNED OHIO HIGHWAYS
Unity of Purpose Shown by AemeVe-
ments of Governor and of Nation
III Administration.

New York. Sept. 7.-As a practical
farmer who.b childhood and young
manhood were passed on the farm
where ne was born. James NJ. Cox
Democratic nominee for the presl-
dency. realizes the needs and PROP
lens of the farmer at first hand'
He knows the compensations, mate
rial and otherwise of a farmens 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 Democratic
Campaign Textbook, rvw on the press
and soon to be issued from the ma
tonal headquarters. Grand Centrai
Palace, New York City, One of his
first acts as governor was TO order
q survey of roads in the state. The
Ga of road building in Ohio began
with his survey, which resulted in
the mapping out OF a complete net
work bf 10000 miles of inter-county
roads to tie together the IS county
seats of the state. OF this, 5000 miles,
connecting the larger cities, were
designated as main market roads. The
latter are to be constructed entirely
at state expense, while the remand
er are TO be built, half at the ex-
pense of the state and half at the
expense Of the county in which the
road lies. The programme calls for an
expenditure of 10000 900 annually, in
Guiding federal aid
Saving Farms From DepopulatiOn.
Another achievement of the Cox ad-
ministration which was of vital con
Germ to agriculture was the enact
mcnt of the school code, This legis-
lation was designed by the governor
to reorganize the rural school system,
and by undermining it. centralizing
and consolidating districts, improving
educational standards and methods
and giving the. country boy and girl
the educational advantages possessed
by pupils in the larger centers, to re-
move the causes of discomfort with
life on the farm and in this way save
the farm from the movement to
the city which was imperiling its
existence.
The roster of agricultural legisla-
ton enacted during Coxs three ad-
ministrations includes the following:
\ law combining all agricultural ac-
tivities under jurisdiction OF an agri-
cultural commission; provision for
study Of and establishment of farm
credit plan; protection against sale
Of untested fertilizer: provision for
destruction OF and remuneration Cor
diseased cattle; compulsory orchard
spraying law. with spraying material
under license; establishment of breed
ing service at institutional farms. and
the building UP of pure bred herds
throughout the state; passage Of a pure
seed bill, establishment of a pro-
ducer-to-consumer market bill provis-
ion for proper seed corn whom Ohio
crop had failed. securing 5000 tractors
in war time 10 keep up production;
enlargement OF agricultural aid through
the experiment station and state agri-
cultura! college.
How much in sympathy have been
the agricultural aims and policies Of
the Democratic nominee and his party
is shown by the record OF the Wilson
administration.
National Agricultural Legislation.
The roster Of national legislation is
long one, filled with measures of a
constructive nature. One Of the most
important was the federal farm loan
act. which lifted old burdens Of debt
from thousands of families. Under its
provision twelve federal land banks
and numerous joint stock land banks
are in operation, with the result that
interest rates have declined from q
per cent. in some cases 10 l-2 pei