Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-04

and have not competed with the do
mestic crop. Rather they have supple
mented il.
The domestic demand has been 70.
specific classes and qualities of for
eign wheat to meet particular milling
and planting needs. They arc "A small
fraction of our total production, and
| of our wheat exports.
+, Wheat mt World Price
"The price of wheat is a world price:
and 1t is a matter of little moment
whether the Canadian wheat goes di-
| rectly into the markets of the other
countries of the world or indirectly
thru this country.
| The relatively small quantity OF
corn imported into this country has a
specialized use and does not come in
| to competition with the domestic COM
modify.
No Emergency Relief for Farmer.
The situation in which many of tho
farmers of the country find themselves
cannot be rcmedied by measure OF
this sort. 1t is doubtless generally
Understood. There is no short way
out OF existing conditions and meas
ures of this sort can only have tho
effect of deceiving the farmers and
OF raising false hopes among them.
Actual relief can come only from the
adoption of constructive measures OF a
broader scope from the restoration of
, peace everywhere in the world, the re-
'sumption of normal industrial pur-
4 suits, tho recovary particularly Of
Europe and the discovery there OF ad-
ditional credit foundations on tho
basis of which her people may arrange
to take to farmers and other produc-
ers of this nation n greater part Of
their surplus production.
"One does not pay n compliment 10
the American farmer who attempts %
alarm him by dangers from foreign
competition. The American farmers
are the most effective agricultural pro-
ducers in the world. Their production
Is several times as great for each
worker as that OF their foreign rivals.
This grows out Of the intelligence Of
the American farmer the nature OF his
agricultural practices and economy.
and the fact that he has tho assist
ancc of scientific and practical aEcn-
cies which in respect to varieties of
activity OF personnel, and OF financial
support. exceed those OF any other two
or three nations in the world COM
bIned There is little doubt that tho
continue mainly TO supply the home
demand, but will be increasingly call
cd upon to supply n large part of tho
needs of the rest of the world
Larger Foreign Market Needed
What the farmer now needs is not
only better system of domestic mar
kctinG and credit but especially larger
foreign markets for his surplus pro-
ducts, Clearly measures of this sort
VIII not conducc to an expansion of tho
foreign market. 1t is not a little sin
gular that "A measure which strikes
"A blow at our foreign trade should fol-
low so closely upon the action of con-
gross directing the resumption of ccr-
tain activities OF the war finance cor
poration, especially at the urgent in
sistcnce OF Representatives of tho
farming interests who believe that its
resumption would improve foreign
marketing. Indeed when ono sur
vcys recent activities in the foreign
field and measures enacted affecting
the foreign trade one cannot fail to bo
impressed with the fact that there II
consistency only in their contradic-
tions and Inconsistencies. We have
been VIGOROUSLY building UP great
merchant marine and providing for
Improvement OF marketing in foreign
countries. by the passage of an OK
port trade law and of measures for tho
promotion of banking agencies in fore
ign countries. Now 1t appears that wo
propose to render these measures
abortive in whole or in part.
Il imagine there -is "A little doubt
that while this measure is temporary
II is intended as n foundation for ac-
ton OF "A similar nature of very gen.
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