The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1921-01-14

no uran nf adjustment: of labo: diff
cul,'r. AID emitting every reference TO
| thu prevention of srrikes. The Farm
| Puulu spoke the word that II asserts
put the arbitiat'on.a djustmcnt proyi.
licn back in the bill as finally passed
over The ~ otcsts Of the united labor
unions,
| Still another illustration Of low the
Farm Bureau has been on the job for
the farmers Of all sections Of the coun-
Try +. A. incident in connection with
tlc Agricultural Appropriations Bill.
One day Just vt the close of the scs-
sion. when only five members were on
TIL floor Of the Seratc and after all
hearing, of the agricultural commit
Soc. we've over and there was no time
for discussion. an amendment to the
bill was introduced, whereby the num-
Der ui cotton grades permitted by law
w,u.d hc reduced just onc.half.
| Nov this amendment would mean
nothing 20 n Corn BELT farmer, who
might hear OF il. Nor would /, rot a
potato grower of Maine or an
orhIrdman in Oregon a, all excited.
But ,u III" cotton farmer Of the South
/ Wa, uf fundamental Importance. In
day ct uld thi, last.mnuto plan might
have worked. hut No mnrr.
Whom the Farm Bureau discovered
= At had happened, /, took prompt
action. Gray Silver wrote u letter {,
tine chairman of the Agricultural Con-.
mite" ur the Senate, telling him what
Ind lappcncd and how.
/ This l,t,rr "a. m,n,co,.r,nhcd and n
cory nlnrcd an tho dc.k of every MON.
her a. C,n,rr.s with tho dc.In,nt ar
Ina, II that Amendment won't through,
without having bccn acted ON by tho
regular committees in .uc course the
milton would be- told how il had been
, lonyinecred. Tho tom wns PROMPTLY
stricken out of the bIll--thc Farm Bu.
eau had snycd the day for tho cotton
,mers.
Ono dny last spring, when Mr.. Silver
came down TO his office. he found u
stack of telegram snhis desk, from
potato growers on Long Island, saying
they wcrr unable To get seed potatoes
from Name In prcvors years seed
potatoes had been hauled down from
NJ. Inc during the winter, but this time
the blizznrds, the car shortage and the
strikcs had prevented. Spring was at
hand, the ground ready, hut no seed.
Tho railroads could do nothing, and
, ruin stared thrsr men Ia the face.
They nppcaled To the American Farm
bureau Federation for help.
The bureau wired them to send a
nan ut once with the full facts. With
this man IL went 10 tho American
Railway Association offices in Wash
lngton, an organization that unofficial.
llv, but nevertheless effectively in
iluences the movement of freight cars
in the country, and presented the case
This body declared Il could do nothing.
But the Farm Bureau advanced argu-
mcnts that brought an order for the
diversion Of 100 additional box ears u
day 10 Maine above the normal cal
movement there. Within fifty-two
hours after the order had gone forth
cars loaded with Mainc-sced potatoes
ere on .hcir way TO Long Island. Then
fertilizers were needed, n second visit
, was made. and 500 cars were secured
for this purposc.
, When the sugar.bcct growers Of one
/ of the Western states asked for slid,
ing scale contract that would insure
. them a fair price for their product
they were grc.tly disturbed by the re-
mort that the Attorney Generals office
had declared such contract would be
in violation of the federal antitrust
laws. II Is asserted that they were
showo what purported to be u tele,
gram from Washington pronouncinp
the sliding scale agreement to b,
illegal.
A member of the American Farm
Bureau Federation's executive com
mittee, in company with local farm