The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-01-15
Uncle Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events For the Children
and arown-ups, TOO
REPUBLICANS VOTE TO
HELP THE FARMER

~ wonder when you put on your
clothes, eat wheat bread, brown bread,
rye bread and the hundred and one
products from the farms, if you realize
what conditions the farmers have been
and are working under today?' said
Uncle Ted while Jack and Ruth were
walking with him around their grand
fathers farm.
81 don't think about it at all,'' said
Jack.
THAT s just it, jack replied his
uncle. 1.-THE people living in the cities
little realize just how they are able to
eat each day and just what it means
to get the products of the farm to
them. The farmer is up against seri-
Gus matter, but thanks to Republican
Congress they may now be able to pull
through their troubles. The price the
farmer has been getting for the year 5
products has fallen to the bottom while
the cost to him of materials and equip
ment he has to buy has gone down but
very little. This condition reached the
point where the farmers found they
had to get help or face financial ruin,
which would mean a mighty bad thing
for everybody. The prices of farm
products were high this year up until
the time when the farmer had some
thing to sell, when bang! they dropped.
"What will happen.' asked Ruth.
"'Simply this, Ruth, would happen,
if help isn't given the farmer-the
country will suffer terribly, because if
the farmer can't sell his products for
at least what if costs him to raise
them, he will go out of business, which
will mean no food
We'll, hasn't anything been done TO
help them3D asked Jack.
eyes, Jack; Republican Congress,
working against a President who re-
fused to sign the bill to help the farm
ers, has succeeded in passing it over
his veto. This bill, or resolution, as it
is called, brings back into existence a
body called the War Finance Corpora
ton, which worked during the war.
1.-The resolution, which was intro
duced in the senate by Senator A. !.
Gronna, chairman of the senate agri-
cultural committee, was passed by the
senate and the house of representatives
some time ago, but President Wilson re-
turned it to the senate with message
saying he would not sign it. To make
it a law it was necessary for the SEN
ate and house to repass it by a two
thirds vote. The very day it was re-
turned by Mr.. Wilson, and almost be-
fore the clerk of the senate had finished
reading his message, the senate voted
again and passed it over Mr.. Wilson 8
head by IA vote of 80 to 5. The next
day the house voted on it again, AMI
they passed it over Mr.. Wilson veto
by ii vote of go to &c. Work has al
ready started on reviving the corpora
ton. and within a little more than
month they will begin making loans.
There is already balance to the credit
of the corporation in the United States
treasury of 100000, but this will
probably not be used as it would mean
q lot Of what is known as 'red tape.
The corporation will probably make its
loans by an issue of bonds instead.
Through this body the farmers may be
able to sell their surplus products to
ucts moving. Really, what the War
Finance Corporation does is to aid the
farmer who wants 10 lend his products
to Europe, to be psid for a. soon ~
Europe can get money"
al don't understand that, Uncle
Ted spoke up Jack.
"Well, Jack, III give you an exam
pie of what mean. The banks in the
little country of Czecho- Slovakia and
the industries there making clothes
wantcd to buy from us about 100000
bales of cotton. That little country is
strong from q business standpoint and
is leader in Europe when it comes to
the reconstruction necessary since the
war. She saw a chance to sell cotton
goods made in her factories, if she