Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-20
brand WORKS FOR
FARM RELIEF BILL
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEOnORE TTTEER

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-With
congress preparing to adjourn next
Wednesday the senate farmer relief
bill, increasing the capital and au-
| thority Of the war finance corpora
| ton to make agricultural loans, will
| have close shave in the house. Rep
| resentative Charles H. Brand, Geor-
| gia member Of the banking and cur
renee committee. and others inter
| ested in the farm legislation, confer
red with Republican Leader Mondell
| Wednesday, and were told that the
| bill could not get before the house
| again until next Monday, the taxa
| ton bill taking precedence at that
| time.
Judge Brand said today he would
renew his fight to amend >the bill
so that the finance corporation may
make loans not only to exporters
and bankers, but also to farmers
| associations Of not less than ten per-
sons.
The pending bill, Judge Brand
says, will aid the farm situation, but
does not go far enough. AS it stands
today, the war finance corporation
would make advances only to export
| ers and banks. Farm associations
| and foreign countries with satisfac-
tory securities to offer, he argued,
could not be helped by the govern
ment corporation.
That congress has done more for
the FARMERS OI IIO west IIldu Lie
cotton farmers of the south was con-
tended by Judge Brand, who recited
that the emergency tariff and perma-
nent tariff bills, the anti-grain gam
bling bill and other legislation has
been largely in the interest of the
west.
"The provisions of the bill as
amended" said Judge Brand, "do not
care adequately for the farmers of
| Georgia and the south. 1t does not
| care sufficiently for three classes Of
farmers; first, those owning land and
| those not owning land and wanting
to borrow, and third, farmers who
| need an extension Of loans made at
the banks so that he may hold his
crop for better price.
"It is made clear under this bill
that the railroads are going to get
| what they want. 1t is also clear that
the western farmers are getting all
they want, and what insist, in COM
mon justice and fairness, is that the
cotton grower be taken care Of and
be given what he needs. This bill
| does, not do it. concede 1t will help
some, but it will not bring that sub
stantial and permanent relief which
the cotton grower is entitled to.
''Under the operations of this bill,
not dollar will be loaned to any
single. individual, not a dollar will be
farm producer. For this rea-
son I decided to offer the
amendment to include, among other
things, organizations of farm produc-
ers of not less than ten, and making
it obligatory upon the directors Of the
war finance corporation to advance
money not only to any bank, banker,
or trust company in the United
States, but also to any organization
of farm producers Of not less than
ten.
"In addition to this, contend that
market for our cotton. 1t absolutely
places an embargo against all pur-
chase of our cotton directly by any
European nation. It Internationally
provides that no person outside of
the United States can purchase any
of our agricultural products, even
though the purchase money thereof is
expended within the United States.
This closes the door to all the coun-
tries of Europe who have heretofore
been large buyers of American cot
ton. This is the first attempt on the
part of the congress in time of peace
to prevent European nations through
their own agents and representatives
in this country negotiating for and
purchasing the cotton made in the
cotton-growing states. With this pro-
vision stricken out, not a soul in any
portion of the world outside of the
United States can buy a bale of our
cotton except through the exporters
of this country and the bankers of
the country who are backing the ex-
DorterS.