East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-02
RELIEF FOR THE FARMER
.UPPERMOST ISSUE BEFORE
| congress, ACTION SOON
Senate Swings Into 90 Day In
vestigation of Farmers Ills
and Agricultural Measures.
By II. X. REYNOLDS

BY H. X. REN NOIDS~
international News Service staff
Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. gAu. 2.-As the
special Joint Commission Of the Sen
ate and House swings into aggressive
action in its ninety-day Investigation /
Of the farming industry in the United |
states some 5000 900 Americans who
raise the natious food and who pro- |
duce most Of its clothing are waking |
up to the fact that the present Com
gress. with its sturdy 'agrarian
blocs" in both branches, seems to be |
moro favorably inclined toward agri- |
cultural legislation than any that has
preceded il during the last decade.
The pending investigation, which
was ordered by the passage of a reso-
4 luton offered by Senator Lenroot CR),
4 OF Wisconsin, got under way on July
+ II, and is to remain in continuous ses-
sion in Washington and elsewhere for
H the next three months, Representative
| sydney Anderson (R), Of Minnesota, Is
chairman OF the Joint Commission
and serving with him are senators
Lenroot tRD. of Wisconsin; Capper
| (R.D, Of Kansas; McNary (R.1, Of Ore
gou; Robinson CDl, of Arkansas, dan
Harrison, Cd, Of Mississippi; and
Representative Mills (R), of New
York: Funk RD, of Illoinois; sum
mers CD, Of Texas. and Ten Eyck
tDD, OF New York,
Immediate and effective relief for
the agricultural. industry is the pur-
pose of the inquiry but, according 10
Chairman Anderson's expressed hope,
! the Investigation is to be used to carry
! on the work already launched by many
! members of Congress in the introduc-
i ton Of bills designed to aid agricul-
! ture ana not to block penling asri-
cultural legislation.
Aim 10 Relieve Distress
Should Congress continue to sit
n through the summer and early fal
Y there is little donbt in the minds OF
81 those who are following farm legisla-
II tion that the country will be greatly
y benefited by the passage of a number
n OF bills designed TO relieve the dis
Il tressed situation from which the farm
ers are struggling to extricate them
selves.
b The Leonard resolution directing tn
E9f inquiry outlines the subjects TO be IN
Il vestigated as follows
b !. Causes Of the present condition q
n agriculture
IA 2. Cause Of the difference betwee
u the prices Of agricultural product
81 paid to the producer and the ultimat
p cost to the consumer.
III g. Comparative condition Of indus
"a tries other than agriculture
A. Relation of prices of c0mmoditlt
q other thun-agricultural products
q such products.
b s. Banking and financial resource
E and credits Of the country especial
n as affecting farm credits
a s. Marketing and transportation Fl
n cilities of the country
National organizations of farmer
p which are represented in Washingto
n for the past several weeks have bee
assembling figures and reports frol
IS an parts of the country, which will
III presented to the Joint Commissio
"a The American Farm Bureau FEEDER;
tion, which maintains a legislative o
M flee in Washington and headquarte
II in Chicago, with State federations
E forty-seyen of the forty-eight state
has conducted INQUIRIES in thir
States, taking the testimony of thol
sands Of its members This informs
h tion win be furnished IN turn to Il
congressional investigators. The fe,
Grafton will seek first to establish
e. prima facie case setting forth the COZ
FL dition Of agriculture by citing specif
conditions and will then introduce ey
n Gence when the inquiry progresses III
81 der the heads of transportation, +
nance and marketing.
M Transportation issues Probed
In view Of the wide range which Il
investigation viii take and the mar
subjects which will he probed, men
bers of the commission plan to utfli
as a part of their inquiry testimor
taken by other senate and house con
mittees during the present session
congress.
NJ Under the. plan, when the subie
= Of transportation is reached, there vi
be made available for the use Of Il
agricultural commission the stagge
ing array Of data gathered together
the Senate Interstate Commerce Con
mttee in its exhaustive investigate