The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-06-29

charge of and governed from outside
In the washington Post Of June 20
there appeared a communication from
Vienna, by Col. House, in which he
stated that some 100000 children in
Austria were being fed by the Amer
lean relief association.
The last census shows an increasing
number of vacant farms with an in
creasing number of population in the
large cities. And say to you here
and now that if this condition is not
remedied in the near future, i will
not be long before serious trouble viii
happen in the congested centers. We
often hear members advocate drastic
laws against bolshevism, but my
friends. the surest protection against
bolshevism is employment and pro-
duction, Show sme man who is EN-
Moved and whose family has the COM
forts of home and will show you a
family who will not fall to the preach
ing of the bolshevist, the communist,
or the anarchist. If it had not been
for the wonderful progress made IN
developing labor-saying farming ma
chinery, the farm problem would have
bsen even more acute than it is to,
day. Fully so per cent of all the in
migrants entering this country during
the past 10 years or mora had been
engaged in agricultural pursuits In
their former home lands. But not
10 per cent Of them settled on farms
in the United States.
Now. let us consider for a moment
what we are asking for. First, marx
cts must be found for Americas sur
nlus PRODUCTS. The domestic demand
i will not suffice. We ask that Amer
ica,s vast money resources be proper
" placed. Deflation has been too se'
ere and has gone too far in the agri
cnltura1 regions of this country. There
mus+ he notifications of the restrlc
tions within year ago nearly put Us
ont of business, so that money IRON
The faderaI reserve banks and the ru
raj credit banks can be loaned moro
freely in the agricultural sections OF
longer terms and at lower rate o.
interest. In other words, there mus
he a recognition of the difference De
tween an agricultural paper and
commercial paper. because the agrlcu
tural paper is based upon transac
ton which requires more time thar
the ordinary commercial paper. Then
too. the government must work Il
harmony with the international bank
ers with the view of encouraging tn
corporations and agencies formed t.
faster the export trade of the Unite'
States. These foreign EXPORT concern
organized under the Edge law, hay.
not been as successful as they shouli
have been thus far, through want o
sufficient capital.
Then, to, when foreigners come I
America to borrow from our banker
they should be met with the suggestion
that the money they borrow from tn
American people be spent in the I'm
ted States. If they borrow American
money with which to buy, they ough
to buy from American producers in
stead of taking the American gold i
their purses and going shopping else
where as was done in the case Of on
foreign loan recently negotiated /
this country, in which a part Of tn
money was spent in Argentina 70
wheat. It was explained in that cas-
that this money afterwards cam
back to the United States to pay 70
manufactured goods bought by Sout
America. We want the benefit c
American loans to be more direct t
the producers and manufacturers c
our country. I believe that if W