Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-08-25

Ted who had been hldlng Dehlnd the
tree and listening You're all
right. Suppose you jump down from
the box now and let me finish the
story that you have started so well"
"Hurrah for Uncle Ted yelled all
the children.
children" began Uncle Ted, "The
American farmer is being thought
about great deal in Washington.
He may be having it pretty rough at
home, but in the halls of the Capitol
he is being well treated. President
Harding and Republican leaders in
Congress realized that the farmers
had suffered more from the war
than any other body and that since
they produce the food for the whole
country they must be helped.
What are they really trying to
do to help the farmer?" asked Ruth.
First of all, Ruth, during the
last session a law was passed put
ting the War Finance corporation in
to existence again to help the farmer
get money and start his crops NOV
ing. That was big help and now
there are many other measures being
considered that will help still more.
To show you how Congress has felt
in this matter, when Senator Lodge
presented a resolution providing for
a recess of the Senate from Aug. "a
to Sept. 81 he stated that Congress
would not quit work at that time
unless the farm relief bill had been
passed.
1.-The best way to give you an idea
of the plans for farm legislation is
to mention some of the measures in
cluded in the program. One measure
increases the interest rate on joint
stock land banks from to " per
cent with no increase in the rate OF
interest charged on loans to the
farmers. This would make it possible
to sell securities in competition with
others.
Another is a law that would
authorize the deposit Of $40,000,OOO
Of federal money in federal farm
loan banks.
Congress passed an emergency
tariff bill applying particularly to
agricultural imports which were
coming in from foreign countries so
rapidly as to injure the American
farmer in his home market.
zone measure would regulate
grain exchanges so as to prevent
control of grain prices by the gam
blers who never raised bushel Of
wheat or corn in their lives.
Under another law the farmers
would be given representative on
the Federal Reserve Board, where
he could at all times look after the
interest of the farmers in money
matters.
"Under the Norris bill, as amend
ed, additional credits would be pro-
vided to aid the farmer in marketing
his crops. The biggest problem
facing the farmer is to find markets
for his crops and the Norris bill Will
be the biggest step in the direction
of really helping the farmer place
his crops, ever taken by Congress.
plans are near completion for
adjustment of railroad finances so
that the transportation system can
be brought back to a sound basis
and this will start many kinds OF
business, enlarge the farmers mar
ket and hasten the reduction OF
freight rates.
$50 you see, Riddles, these Sen
ators are not loafing on the job in
Washington as some people would
like to have you believe. They have
worked hard all this year to bring
about legislation that would take
care of our immediate domestic prob
lens, the biggest of all being the
problems of the farmer.
81 am sure the Republican Con-
gress does not believe in legislating
for the benefit of any particular
class to the disadvantage Of others,
and l know the farmers do not be-
lieve in class legislation, but prices
OF farm products were limited by the
government during the war and the
farmers were hit first and hardest
by the deflatlon process The aid
given the farmers now is merely
trying to square things little"
"Well, / guess the farmers appre-
ciate Il, too. know my DadI does
and he has two farms" said Jack.
Yes, children, the farmer has
come into his own, so to speak, at
the National Capitol and we will
never again elect an administration
that is not willing to see that the
farmers get encouragement rather
than Encouragement"