Arizona republican., 1921-03-04

wool. of course, greatly exceeded its exports.
 Tt is obvious that for the comnaodi- | ties, except sugar and wool, mentioned ' in the measure, which make up the | greater part of our agricultural inner national trade. the imports can have { little or no effect on the prices of the domestic products. This is strikingly, { true of such commodities as wheat and | corn. The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina
 and have not competed with the do- mestic crop. Rather they have supple mented it.
 '.The domestic demand has been dor specific classes and qualities of for eign wheat to meet particular milling
 and planting needws- They are "a small l fraction of our total production and l of our wheat exports. The pI1ce o1
 wheat is a world price, and it is mat
 ter of little moment Whether the Va nadan wheat goes directly into the f 1 markets of the other countries of the
 world or indirectly through this coun7
 try. The relatively small quantity of
 corn imported into this country has a [ | specialized use and does not come into l competition with the domestic com
 modity.
 On Aid to Farmers
 "The situation in which many of the 4 farmers of the country find themselves cannot ile remedied by measure of 'tbis sort. It is doubtless generally u1l- | 2 de-stood There is no short way out
 of existing conditions and meas sufes of
 this sort can only have the effect of ! deceiving the farmers and raising false ; hopes among them. Actual reiIef can , come only from the adoption of con- structive measures of a broader scope. fro mthe restoration of peace every where in the world the resumption Of :, normal iadustFial pursuits. the reeoV- 2 cry particularly of Europe ana tae ] discovery there Of additional credit . foundations on the bass of which her T people may aaange to take to farmers : and other producers of this nation e greater part of their surplus produc- d tien.
 : ssOne does not pay compliment to e the American farmer who attempts to = alarm him by dangers from foreign n competition. The American farmers
 are the most effective agricultural
 producers in the wur:o Their pro | duction is several times as great for : each worker as thas Of their foreign o rivals. This grows out of the intelli- ,t gence of the American farmer, the na- 'o ture of his agricultural practices ana lo economy and the fact that he has the - assistance of scientific and practical y, agencies which in respect to varieties re of activity of personnel and of finan- io cial support, exceed those of any other
 two or three nations in the world com ac Dlned. There IS ltlle dOuDI Iildl llIe ie farmers of this nation will not only or continue mainly to supply the home al demand, but will be increasingly called ar upon to supply large part of the fe needs of the rest of the world. D. Better Marketing and Credit I'd What the farmer now needs is nof -s only a better system Of domestic mar IT'S keting and credit, but especially
 larger foreign markets for his surplus ed products. Slearly, measures of thi: r4,.., .frNr tv Of the foreign market. It is not ; l l little singular that measure whicl -, strikes a blow at our foreign trad da should follow so closely upon the ac us ton of congress directing the resump hu ton of certain activities of the wa oi. finance corporation, especially at tn ed urgent insistance of representatives o IT the farming interests who believe tha pc it's resumption would improve foreigl ., marketing. Indeed. when one survey uH recent activities in the foreign field sh and measures enacted affecting tn
 foreign trade, one cannot fail to be i'm -ed pressed with the fact that there is con CT sistency only in their contradiction sl- and inconsistencies. We have bee
 vigorously building up a great meT
 chant marine and providing for i'm art provement of marketing in foreig at- countries, by the passage of an expol bl- trade law and of measures for the pro the motion of banking agencies in foreig my countries. Now it appears that W ip- propose to render these measures abol
 tive in whole or in part.
 ge, America In No Danger Frs. T imagine there is little doubt ths ex- while this measure is temporary, it use intended as A foundation for action ( des a similar nature of a very general ar
 permanent character. It would seem es- be designed to pave the way for suC lde action. If there ever was a time whe ad- America had anything to fear fro
 hat h lle- nassed cannot believe that Amer and rap ,,podl1care .,rho in most ,asnac