The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-17
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

The grain and live stock farmers
have cause to bemoan their losses
through declining prices but the cot
ton growers have suffered still great
err declines in their product. 800 per
cent or more in some instances. Be
cause of depression in the cotton
states the war finance corporation has
just approved an application for ST..
100000 to be advanced in connection
with shipment of cotton to foreign
ports. 1t is also announced that ST.
10000 has been advanced against cot
| ton already exported. The last So.
| 100000 is to be advanced against con
| tracts made for October to December
| shipments.
Meat Packing in Argentina
! American and British packers in
| the Argentines are seriously consid
| ering closing down all their plants
"A succession of strikes and the pub.
| lie demand for restrictive laws are
| the prime cause of this action. The
| strikes have been almost ceaseless
! and some sort of a labor conflict is
| a matter of daily occurrence. One
large British plant has been closed
and it's staff discharged, and one OF
the largest American plants seems
| now about to follow suit. The farmers
lay the blame for the low price of
| cattle to manipulations of the packers
while the latter contend that the
| = slump in foreign demand for dressed
meat is the cause for the low prices
A number of foreign plants in South
| American countries have been closed
during the past year, nor will they be
/ fr o4ly
proves. There are American packing
plants in a number of South American
countries, in all of which the industry
has been hampered by strikes, also
restrictive legislation.
! Endorses r. r. Commission
The American farm bureau is or
lecord as protesting any attempt te
i limit the duties of the federal trade
commission. The executive commit
| tee recently passed a resolution az
| follows:
1 We express appreciation of the in
| dustry and courage of the fedora
trade commission, both as the direct
executive agent of congress in gather
ing and compiling information for the
use of congress in legislation and in
the enlightenment of the public We
| most emphatically protest against
any hampering or limitation of the
duties of the commission under the
suise of coordination of departments
We believe the commission is now ar
effective aid and arm of congress anG
to put it under complete executive
control would destroy one of it's prime
functions in the public interest. The
systematic and continued collection
and publication of current cost, pro
md o,lyDt
ic industries, would be of incalcula bic
benefit to the public and a check or
undue price fluctuations"
Farm Bureau-What Is It?
The following statement has just
been received from the American farm
bureau headquarters at Chicago:
The printed agreement between the
States Relations Service and the Amer
lean farm bureau federation, definine
the relationship between the count.
agent and the farm bureau, is off the
press. The agreement states:
The County Farm Bureau Is {
voluntary organization of people en-
gagged in farming and has for it:
object the promotion of the economic
and social interests Of agriculture, in
Guiding research and education, The
farm home and the rural community
IL Is nOn-SeCrct, nOn-DdftlSdn ana non
sectarian. and it is its policy as al
organization not to engage in CONNER
cial activities. 1t is open to both mel
: and women on equal terms. While i
: may engage in other activities it il
. greatly interested in the promotion o
/ the cooperative extension WORK il
agriculture and home economics OIL
ganized by the state agricultural col
lcges and the United States depart
: ment of agriculture under the Smith
: Lever extension act and related FEEDER
al and state laws
Monumental Activities"
7 The statement that: IS IL
policy as an organization not TO or
gage in commercial activities" viii
surprise most farmers. AS a matte
of fact all these committees of sever
: teen. of fifteen, etc. are knee dee
| in commercial activities. and what j
true of the national body is also t1u
of the separate states. Indiana. fo
instance, is spending more thousand
, of dollars on its live stock and genera
, d.